The Louisiana Workforce Commission says the state set an employment record in September, but the oil and gas job losses continue at a rapid pace. Michelle Southern reports…

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Police are searching for two persons of interest in the murder of a Baton Rouge couple found dead at a truck stop in Hammond. They believe Denis and Suzanne Duplantier were taken from their home and driven to Hammond Sunday. Autopsy results show the Duplantiers were strangled to death. Authorities are also searching for a suspect vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet truck with license plate number C287533, that was seen on surveillance video.

The American Cancer Society has updated their guidelines to start breast cancer screenings at the age of 45. Dean Emeritus at the LSU School of Public Health in New Orleans, Dr. Elizabeth Fontham, says the changed guidelines also state that doctors no longer need to perform breast exams during checkups…

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She says women 55 and over can now be screened every other year.

Baton Rouge authorities are investigating a case where a 15-year-old girl spent a night alone in a wooded area bound and gagged. Corporal L’ Jean McKneely says a person walking near St. James Baptist Church spotted the girl…

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He says investigators have determined that more than one person is responsible for this crime.