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Colorado State University hurricane researchers continue to predict a below average season.  Researcher Phil Klotzbach says a major contributing factor is the cold temperature of the tropical Atlantic Ocean waters….

Cut 3 (11) “…fuel for the storms.”

With the bulk of hurricane activity traditionally happening in August and beyond, Klotzbach breaks down the numbers of the remaining hurricane season.

Cut 4 (10) “…one major hurricane.”

Klotzbach says no matter what the forecast may call for, it is always important to be ready during hurricane season.

Cut 5 (04)  “…season for you” 

Klotzbach says there has not been a named storm since July 15th and 2009 was the last time a name storm did not formed between July 15th and August 6th.

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A Kenner mom is under arrest after allegedly assaulting the citizens who rescued her 11 month and 3 year-old children from a hot car. Kenner Police Lt. Michael Cunningham says cameras showed the citizens helping the children exit the vehicle and after the mother discovered this, Cunningham says the mother ran out, and started punching the good Samaritans.

Cut 6 (10) “called 911”.

The mother, 22-year-old Shawnise Sherman, was arrested and booked with Simple battery and Child Desertion.

Cunningham says local business security footage shows Sherman parking at 12:03PM, turning off her car, locking the two kids in, and walking into a local business. At 1:29, the citizens who would later allegedly be assaulted walked up the car, discovered the children, and helped them out. Cunningham says the midday temperatures when the kids were discovered were brutal.

Cut 7 (10) “99 degrees.”

Cunningham says he and everyone else is relived that the citizens stumbled upon the situation and acted fast, because the results could have been deadly.

Cut 8 (10) “there eventually.”

It is now legal to break a window to rescue a minor or pet from parked and locked car in Louisiana, as long as you call out for the owner and then call police before smashing the window.

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Investigation Discovery airs a two-hour documentary tonight called “Sugar Town,” which examines the controversial death of Victor White the Third.  The 22-year-old black man died from a gunshot wound sustained while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser in New Iberia. State Police and the Iberia Parish coroner say White shot himself, but White’s family says no way. Journalist Tony Brown agrees…

Cut 9 (09)  “Jimmy Hoffa.”

Brown says the investigation has been filled with inconsistencies. He points to the police report that says White shot himself in the back, but the coroner’s report says the bullet entered the front of his body…

Cut 10 (07) “decent Louisiana resident”

Earlier this year, White’s family settled a federal civil lawsuit with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s office. The amount of that settlement is not publicly known. Brown is glad White’s case will receive more national attention with the airing of “Sugar Town”…

Cut 11 (07) “the country ”