Researchers at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center are involved in a history discovery linking obesity to genetics. The study discovered 97 new gentic factors that contribute to obesity and 49 gentic markers that determine where fat is stored in the body. Doctor Mark Sarzynksi, says these results give them a better idea of where to target their next studies…
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A civil lawsuit has been filed against Saints linebacker Junior Galette by a woman who claims Galette abused her sexually, mentally and physically and also drugged her. Legal analyst Doug Sunseri…
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But a criminal domestic violence charge that involes the same woman who filed the civil suit has reportedly been dismissed by Kenner authorities.

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…
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Wright was Barack Obama’s minister until 2008 when controversial comments surfaced from a sermon he gave in 2003.

The Legislature’s joint budget committee meets today and they’ll get a chance to approve the Jindal administration’s plan to cut 103-million dollars from this year’s budget, which will lead to state worker layoffs and the reduction of museum hours.