This is the last Christmas shopping weekend and folks are expected to pack the mall with list in hand. LSU Marketing Professor Dan Rice says shopping number reports so far show consumers are spending a little less this year, but it’s not because there are less shoppers, it’s because they are paying lower prices…:
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He says online shopping gets bigger and bigger every year, but this weekend more people will head to the brick and mortar stores to ensure they have gifts in hand by Christmas.

Not long after the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments, several organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the endeavor. They claim the city is failing to comply with federal laws protecting sites on the National Register of Historic Places. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed an ordinance calling for the relocation of the four Confederate monuments following the City Council’s decision.

Court filings reveal that LSU altered its contract with former defensive coordinator John Chavis after he signed it in 2012. Jeff Palermo has the story…:
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State Police say Louisiana’s casinos brought in over $200 million dollars in November which is a 2.6 percent increase over the prior year. New Orleans saw winnings decline nearly 8 percent in November and Harrah’s blames the declines on the smoking ban. Now with the Golden Nugget, Lake Charles was up 15.4 percent over last year.