New Orleans city officials are expected to move quickly to take down Confederate monuments around the city, after a court approved their removal. Take Em Down NOLA coordinator Malcolm Suber says they are elated the monuments are coming down, but this is only a partial victory.

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Pro-monument advocates are exploring new legal options.

A Jennings woman is facing additional charges for allegedly lying about how her 4-year-old niece was set on fire. State Fire Marshal’s office spokesman Brant Thompson says 29-year-old Gail Brown is accused of having sex for money at a home while her 6-year-old daughter and the 4-year-old niece were in a vehicle.

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He says Brown is booked for prostitution, child desertion, and false swearing.

The U.S. Department of the Interior announces they will offer 73 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico up for sale for exploration in the oil and gas industry. Associate Director of the Tulane Energy Institute Eric Smith does not expect energy companies to have much interest.

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The lease sale includes about 14-thousand blocks in all areas of the Gulf.

Spring football begins Saturday for the Tigers, and LSU football coach Ed Orgeron is expecting a big 2017 from star running back Derrius Guice. He expects Guice to get even better under new running backs coach Tommie Robinson.

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Guice rushed for nearly 14-hundred yards last season and 15 touchdowns.