The Pelicans use their cap space to secure two highly touted veterans in free agency last night. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A new LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center study finds eating more will keep those who exercise reguarly from losing more weight. Jeff Palermo has more…
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Two men are dead following a break-in at a Shreveport home early Sunday morning. A female witness who lived there told investigators that her ex-boyfriend, 39-year-old Brandon Brown, broke into the home through a master bedroom window. Caddo Parish Sheriff’s spokesperson Cindy Chadwick…
The victim, 36-year-old Perry Bailey, a Barksdale Air Force airman, was transported to a hospital and later died of his injuries. Chadwick says as the female and her family were fleeing the home, there was another gunshot.
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Chadwick says there were five children in the home at the time of the break-in, ages 6 to 17.
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The Pelicans made a splash at the start of the NBA free agency last night by using their cap space on two widely respected veterans at positions of need.
The team started the night by securing New Orleans’ best shooter since Peja Stojakovic, guard JJ Reddick. Reddick joins New Orleans on a two-year contract and Locked on Pelicans Publisher Jake Madison says he’s exactly what the young team needed.
The 35-year-old averaged 18 points a game last year and is a career 41 percent 3 point shooter.
The pels also traded two second-round picks to Utah for Center Derrick Favors, who is on the last year of his contract. Madison says Favors is a tough interior defender and rebounder, but best of all…
The 28-year-old averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds last year.
Those moves mark the likely end of the Pels’ wheeling and dealing that’s completely reshaped the roster over the summer. Madison says New Orleans now has a fast-paced, defensively stout starting lineup, with some firepower off the bench…
The team also signed Italian forward Nicolo Melli to a two year, 8 million dollar deal.
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LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has found that people who exercise regularly, but do not lose as much weight as expected are eating too much. Doctor Tim Church says they looked at people who were overweight or had obesity over a six-month period and came away with those results…
Church says an additional 100 to 150 calories a day can diminish the effect of a calorie-burning exercise…
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Church says 25-percent of the people in their study didn’t gain weight or put on extra pounds and he says it all comes down to how much you are eating…
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In Lafayette, police are investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of a two-year-old. The incident happened around eight o’clock Sunday night and three adults at the home have been arrested in what is being ruled an accidental shooting. Lafayette Police spokesperson Corporal Bridgette Dugas says they have been charged with negligent homicide.
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When officers arrived at the home they found the two-year child suffering from a gunshot wound, he later died at a local hospital. The child’s mother 22-year old MaKayla Cormier is among the three arrested. Dugas says police are also searching for a fourth suspect.
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Dugas says death investigations are always traumatic for everyone involved, especially when a child’s life is cut short.