Governor Bobby Jindal will not participate in a primetime republican presidential debate on Thursday. The governor failed to poll high enough in five recent national polls to be one of the ten candidates to appear in the Fox News debate. Jindal will have the opportunity to take part in a debate of second tier candidates, which will take place Thursday afternoon in Cleveland.

US crude oil prices went up slightly today to $45.55 a barrel, but crude prices have fallen 20 percent in the past month. LSU economist Doctor Loren Scott says this is having a negative impact on jobs tied to oil and gas. Scott says it’s difficult to forecast oil prices but he expects the price of crude to turn around in the near future…
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The Colorado State University hurricane forecast team has released their updated forecast for the 2015 hurricane season and it’s not much different than their June forecast….
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Terrebonne Parish deputies arrest a mother in Houma for allegedly leaving her 2-year-old unattended at a car wash. Major Malcolm Wolfe says they got a report about a small child walking alone in the parking lot and apparently the child was previously left alone in the vehicle.…:
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The mother, 33-year-old Sumer Boudloche is charged with child desertion.