Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu is making a big issue over time sheets that possibly show her opponent, Republican Bill Cassidy, was paid by the LSU Health Sciences Center for work he never did. Eric Gill reports…:
CUT 1 (28) “reporting”

The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s office says a man faces many charges after allegedly trying to kidnap a woman in her own driveway before she was resuced by her husband and son. They say 46-year-old Chad Babin of St. Amant was cussing the woman and she screamed for help. The suspect was held at gunpoint until the cops arrived.

State Police say a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle and a deer has left one man dead and his wife seriously injured. Master Trooper Scott Moreau says 53-year-old Gordon Bolton was riding his Harley Davidson with his wife, 57-year-old Monika (MO-nika) Bolton, in Vernon Parish Saturday night…:
CUT 9 (05) “collided with it”
Gordon was pronounced dead at a local hospital while Monika remains hospitalized in serious condition.

Thankfully we had another extremely quiet Hurricane Season this year. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there were only 8 named storms which is the fewest since 1997. He says this is the ninth straight year we didn’t have a major hurricane hit the US Coastline, the longest such streak since records were kept…:
CUT 13 (06) “major hurricane”
He says we can attribute the quiet season to lower than normal sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean