Governor Bobby Jindal continues to insist there are neighborhoods in Europe where authority is ceded to a more harsh version of Islamic law. Jindal had a chance to back down from those comments in a one-on-one interview Neil Cavuto on Fox News…

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Fox News previously reported the same claims, but has since apologized and said those reports were false.

New Orleans City Council is expected to vote on a controversial ordinance that would prohibit smoking in bars and casinos. Claudia Rodas, with the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, is in favor of the ordinance. She says more should be done to protect bar and casino workers from the dangers of second hand smoke…

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Opponents of the measure say owners should be allowed to make the decision on whether or not to go smoke-free at their business.

A self-confessed child killer named Phillip DeSelle is set to be released from prison today and the family of the little girl and Evangeline Parish citizens are outraged. Erin Keyser (Kie-Zer) is the aunt of Averie Evans of Natchitoches who was killed by DeSelle when she was 11 years old. Keyser says the man served just 24 years in prison on a 50 year sentence.:

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Keyser says DeSelle, now 65, was given time off for good behavior because of the laws that were in place when he was convicted in the early 90s.