A global consortium, which includes LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research, has made a historic discovery linking obesity to genetics. Eric Gill reports…
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A Kenner woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Saints linebacker Junior Gallette, claiming he was physically and emotionally abusive to her during their 2-year relationship. Eric Gill reports…
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Former Governor Edwin Edwards is making news again this week as he plans to seek his real estate license. Michelle Southern reports…:
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A global consortium, which includes LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has made a historic discovery linking obesity to genetics. The study discovered 97 new genetic factors that contribute to obesity and 49 genetic markers that determine where fat is stored in the body. Pennington Researcher, Dr. Mark Sarzynski, says these results give them a better idea of where to target their next studies…
The worldwide study involved over half-a-million participants and more than 400 researchers. Sarzynski says the results of the study gives researchers a better idea of what to target to find better obesity treatments…
He says it will probably be at least five years before this is moved forward in a very specific manner. Sarzynski says the next step is seeing how these markers are specifically related to obesity…
Cut 6 (10) “something like that”
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A Kenner woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Saints linebacker Junior Gallette, claiming he was physically and emotionally abusive to her during their 2-year relationship. Legal analyst Doug Sunseri says this is not good for Gallette or the Saints. Sunseri says now Gallette will be asked about his personal behavior with this woman under oath…
He says the results of the investigation could also determine if Gallette violated the NFL’s new Domestic Abuse Policy. After an incident involving this woman last month, Gallette and a friend, Terrance Banks, were booked on charges of simple battery involving domestic abuse, which is a misdemeanor. Sunseri says this civil lawsuit will allow for a thorough examination of the facts…
The lawsuit also claims that other members of the team groped her while she was drugged. Sunseri says this lawsuit is another distraction that the Saints do not need right now. He says the team will have to decide whether or not they want to keep Gallette on the roster…
Cut 9 (08) “Gallette’s career”
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Former Governor Edwin Edwards is making news again this week as he plans to seek his real estate license. The Cajun Prince says with an 18-month old child and young wife, he would like to make sure there is a nice nest egg left behind for them and plenty of money for son Eli to go to college…:
Edwards says everything is in place for him to get his license but he has to take and pass the test which he plans to do within the next few weeks. He says this is something he’s thought about doing since he got out of prison…:
Edwards says with a real estate license he’ll be able to work with some of his friends who are engineers and architects on developing property in south Louisiana…:
cut 12 (04) “for our joint benefit”
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The former pastor of President Barack Obama, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, spoke to students at Southern University on Thursday telling the audience that you shouldn’t seek help from the government but instead from the Lord. Wright says for too many years, blacks have looked to government for help and that’s the wrong place
Wright was Barack Obama’s minister until 2008 when controversial comments surfaced from a sermon he gave in 2003. Wright didn’t mention Mr. Obama during his speech, but defended his work as President…
Wright’s appearance at Southern was part of a Black History month program paid for by private donations. He spoke about injustices that black people have dealt with since the biblical times until now
Cut 15 (12) “mass incarceration”
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