Over 236 thousand people took advantage of the early voting period that concluded yesterday. That’s a decent number, according to Secretary of State Tom Schedler, but it’s not nearly the response for the 2012 Presidential election. For THIS election, we could potentially hit 60 percent in a turnout…
CUT 5 (06) Q: “for the country”

LSU football is on the cutting edge of some new sports technology: a new mouth guard with an electronic chip that measures the force, severity and even the location of hits on a player. Biometrics is the company that has developed the guards, and company officials are ready to expand their use…
CUT 10 (08) Q: “these players are taking”
That’s Biometrics CEO Jesse Harper.

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Calhoun Republican Zach Dasher has just picked up another endorsement in his quest for the 5th Congressional District seat. Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz-who is considering a presidential run in 2016-announced that endorsement today. Oberservers say it’s a move for Dasher to rally Republican voters over to his side…
CUT 14 (05) Q: “trying to do”
That’s ULM Political Science Professor Joshua Stockley.

The cold front that is pushing through is already dropping temperatures in North Louisiana, and giving the entire state the coldest temperatures so far this season by Friday morning …
CUT 8 (07) Q: ” into the seventies”
That’s Chris Nuttall (NUT uhl) from the Natonal Weather Service Office in Shreveport, who says some areas in the state could get temperatures as low as the upper 30′s Friday morning.