One of the men present when someone working for the David Vitter campaign filmed Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand’s coffee group, feels that person intended to find out what the sheriff was talking about. Vitter has called the entire spying incident silly, but Attorney John Cummings, who was there when it happened, said the US Senator is strange himself..:
CUT 16 (06) “something sneaky”
A spokesman for the Vitter campaign claims a tracker that worked for a PAC that supports Edwards was taking pictures of Vitter during a private dinner in Lafayette earlier this week.

Results from the Nation’s Report Card, shows Louisiana public school students ranking from 43rd to 49th nationally in reading and math. BESE President Chas Roemer says while the report did include some noted improvements, educators must continue to demand better performance from students…:
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The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office says a woman is under arrest amid allegations that she tried to kill her 2-year-old little boy. EBRSO spokeswoman Casey Hicks says the mother, 29-year-old Samantha Snell, admitted she was angry that her son got water out of the refrigerator which is when she hit him with a belt causing him to fall on the tile floor and hit his head…:
CUT 11 (06) “to juveniles”
She says Snell was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

The presidential GOP hopefuls participate in a debate hosted by CNBC tonight and again Governor Bobby Jindal didn’t get invited to the main stage. Jindal’s campaign argued he should be included in the main debate, because recent poll numbers from Iowa, the first primary state, showed he was gaining support. The governor even threatened to skip the CNBC debate, but after thinking about it, changed his mind.