A final decision from Sasol on whether or not it will invest in a proposed gas-to-liquids plant in southwest Louisiana has been delayed due to tumbling oil prices.  LSU Center for Energy Studies Executive Director David Dismukes says this decision is well thought out…
CUT 6 (10) “little bit more questionable”
If it’s approved, it would be the most expensive industrial project in Louisiana history.

A Slidell homeowner got a surprise this morning, as he found a strange man asleep on his couch. When police got there, they discovered 31 year-old Sharrod McCullum had forced his way inside, and he appeared to be intoxicated…
CUT (08) Q: ‘the neighborhood”
That’s Slidell Police Detective Daniel Seuzeneau, who says the suspect was arrested without incident.
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Republican Congressman Steve Scalise agrees to meet with two civil rights leaders in the aftermath of reports the House Majority Whip spoke to a group of white supremacists in 2002. They will likely ask Scalise to help advance civil and human rights issues, like the renewal of the Voting Rights Act. Political analyst Clancy Dubos says this meeting a good idea…
CUT 3 (12) “meeting with EURO”

The State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating an intense early morning fire in Ouachita Parish that has claimed the lives of an unidentified man and woman in Calhoun. Right now, they’re trying to just get some answers…
CUT 13 (07) Q: “at this point”
That’s State Fire Marshal Butch Browning.