The US House overwhelmingly passed the Keystone XL Pipeline bill today. It was one of the first pieces of legislation taken up by the newly sworn-in Republican-controlled Congress, and newly elected 6th District Congressman Garret Graves says he’s glad to see it pass, despite the threat of a presidential veto…
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The Senate should have enough votes on a similar bill for them as well.

A Shreveport woman is booked with negligent homicide in the death of her son who was killed in a crash in which she was involved. Twenty-five year-old Quirtisha Allen was arrested yesterday for the September incident. Bossier City Police took some time to make sure they had all the vehicle data information…
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The child was not properly restrained, according to their reports.
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Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Republican Scott Angelle says his campaign has raised over $1.5 million since he announced his candidacy. But UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says it’s not just about the competition with the other Republicans Jay Dardenne and David Vitter for the governor’s office…
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And Democrat candidate John Bel Edwards could be factor there.

Since we are in the middle of the cold and flu season, there’s some new Yale research that shows some validity to the belief that cold weather can make you sick. As far as the flu, Dr. Fred Lopez from the LSU New Orleans School of Medicine says the nasal cavity is where the flu virus would most likely enter the body…
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He says staying out of the cold does help.