The NCAA has permanently banned three former UNO basketball players for their roles in a point shaving scheme. Dae Dae Hunter owned up to his part in the scandal. He told ABC’s Good Morning America that he and others were approached by a bettor from Las Vegas who had reason to believe that the Privateers and their players were easy targets.

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Hunter says that he did it so he could get money to care for his newborn child.

If your Thanksgiving plans include a road trip. Keep in mind it’s historically the busiest holiday for travel. Don Redman with Triple-A Louisiana says the best time for drivers to travel is early

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Certain visitors to Baton Rouge are fueling speculation over LSU’s football coaching search. Andrew Greenstein reports.

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As LSU appears to be trying to entice Lane Kiffin to football program, the state of Louisiana is trying to attract New Yorkers to Louisiana. Louisiana Economic Development paid for a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal with the headline, “In Louisiana We Value Capitalism, Not Socialism.” After Openly Socialist, Zohran Mamdani was elected as mayor of the Big Apple, some businesses have plans to leave the city and Louisiana would like to invite them to the Bayou State saying, “we’re building opportunity and we’d love for you to join us.”