Lots of folks are buzzing about the entertaining debate last night between Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bill Cassidy in their runoff bid. UL Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says Cassidy brought up the incumbent’s charter flight matter and Landrieu called the Congressman a liar for the so-called double billing incident — but there were really no knockout blows…:
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Election Day is this Saturday.

Officials from St. Tammany Parish say the teen accused of stabbing to death a Slidell man lives at an Acadia Parish boys’ home. They say 17-year-old Clayton Maricle is accused of stabbing to death 20-year-old Nicolas Carmen 15 times Saturday night. The suspect is from Slidell, but at the time of the crime, he was on a furlough from the boys home in Branch which is in Acadia Parish. Maricle faces a sentence of life in prison if he is convicted of second-degree murder.

Efforts to keep a pit bull named Zeus in Moreauville from being separated from the family that owns him came to a happy conclusion for the family last night. Eric Gill has the story…:
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The American Automobile Association says you could see gas prices drop by as much as 15 cents over the next couple of weeks if the price of crude remains low. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular is $2.57.