6:30 LRN Newscast

A protest demanding accountability from New Orleans officials for the handling of the Hard Rock construction site, and justice for the victims of the collapse will gather in the French Quarter at 3 PM. The frustration came to a boil when a victim’s body was partially exposed after the tarp covering him blew away. Organizer Trey Monaghan calls the situation disgraceful.
Cut 7 (09) “…for that.”
Two victims remain in the collapsed building.

An LSU Marketing Professor finds playing low volume music or ambient sound in restaurants can help influence customers to pick healthier food options. Professor Courtney Szocs says while low music can help people eat healthily, the inverse is also true, and loud music or background noise can help juice the sales of not-so-healthy options.
Cut 10 (10) “…sense.”
Szocs co-authored a paper in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science on the topic.

New York Giants QB and New Orleans native Eli Manning holds a press conference today to announce his retirement following 16 seasons in the NFL….
Cut 3 (31) “…I’m Kevin Barnhart”