Governor Bobby Jindal continues to poll low in the latest Republican presidential surveys. A Monmouth University poll gives him just 1 percent support of Iowa Republican caucus voters. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the fact that Jindal is a sitting governor could be hurting him…:
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He says you can expect Jindal to remain in the race at least through the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.

State Police say a crash in Tangipahoa Parish has claimed the life of a bicyclist. Trooper Dustin Dwight says the unidentified cyclist was traveling on the US 190 Tangipahoa River Bridge late Monday night…:
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Authorities are working to determine the victim’s identity, the driver that hit the bike has not been cited.

The state department of health and hospitals says they have found a brain-eating amoeba in another water system in Louisiana. This time the amoeba was located in the North Monroe Water System, which serves the town of Sterlington. It’s the fourth water system to test positive for the deadly amoeba. Officials say the water is safe to drink, just don’t get it up your nose.

Louisiana Oil and Gas Association President Don Briggs says the current state of the industry in Louisiana is not pretty. He says the declining prices of crude oil has caused the Oil and Gas industry to hit record lows in several areas in the past year. Briggs says the number of working drilling sites in the state has taken a huge hit…
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US crude oil prices fell $3.79 today to $45.41 a barrel in New York. That led to Exxon Mobil’s stock falling four percent.