Flu season is coming up fast and that means it’s time for your vaccination. Scott Carwile has more…
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Governor Bobby Jindal is spending yet another weekend visiting key presidential campaign states. Eric Gill reports…
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US-Senator David Vitter isn’t hiding the fact that he’s glad to see Attorney General Eric Holder step down. Michelle Southern reports..:
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Flu season is right around the corner and that means it’s time for your flu shot. Bill Schaffner with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases says everyone older than six months of age should be getting a vaccination because there is no excuse not to do it.
Schaffner says you can get flu shots at any doctors office, clinic or even pharmacy. He says young adults get hit the hardest when it comes to getting sick because they are the hardest demographic to get vaccinated.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 100 children lost their lives to the flu last season and 90 percent of them were not vaccinated. Schaffner says the vaccine is tailored to attack the viruses they think will be the most common during this season.
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Governor Bobby Jindal is spending yet another weekend visiting key presidential campaign states. Jindal is still considering a presidential bid in 2016, although recent poll numbers do not have the governor performing well against other contenders. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says it’s still early in the process and a lot could happen before the first primary…
Jindal is in New Hampshire today with Republican gubernatorial candidate Walt Havenstein (HAV-en-styn) for education-related events. Hogan says, even if Jindal runs and doesn’t win the Republican presidential nomination, he still has lots of options…
Saturday, Jindal returns to Iowa to make an appearance at an Iowa State University tailgate for Republican Senator Bill Dix and give a speech to the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition. The governor has said he will not announce a possible presidential bid until after the November elections. Hogan says, given Jindal’s activity, it’s hard not to think he’s leaning toward running…
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US-Senator David Vitter isn’t hiding the fact that he’s glad to see Attorney General Eric Holder step down. When it came down Thursday, Vitter tweeted almost right away that it was welcome news…:
Vitter says no AG in the nation’s history has attacked Louisiana more than Holder…:
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Vitter says Holder also tried to release personal information of Louisiana voters and has overall been a complete disaster. He says he’s proud to have voted against Holder’s Senate confirmation..:
cut 12 (08) “wish I hadn’t been”
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New Orleans Senator JP Morrell leads a new study commission trying to determine how much Louisiana agencies spend on the death penalty. Morrell, a Democrat, says the idea came to mind when the current combination of drugs used for lethal injection became unavailable and seeing what happened in other states…
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Morrell says they want to find out if it is too expensive for the state to enforce the death penalty. He says several factors must be considered when determining the cost of the death penalty…
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He says, right now, when the state budget is so bad, the actual cost of enforcing the death penalty should be considered. Views differ widely on the topic. Morrell says prosecutors will say the cost of executing someone is negligible, while defense attorneys say it cost millions of dollars…
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The Saints go after their second straight win on Sunday night when they visit the Dallas Cowboys. NFL Analyst Mike Detillier says for the Black and Gold to come away with a win, they have to slow down Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray and the Saints have to establish their running game…
The Saints have won the last three games played between these two teams. New Orleans scored 30 or more points in each contest and Detillier expects a lot of points to be scored on Sunday night…
The Saints have lost their last five regular season road games, but Detillier says the Saints are 9-and-0 in Sunday night games, when Coach Sean Payton is on the sidelines…