A straw poll conducted at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference showed Governor Bobby Jindal finishing in 12th place among Republican presidential hopefuls. Jindal received less than one percent of the ballots in that poll. UL-Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says this group has not had a good record in predicting presidential nominees…:
CUT 6 (07) “not that person”
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won the poll.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s office says the wife of a doctor who admitted to shooting and killing her husband during an argument has not been charged in his death. 65-year-old Wayne Breen was shot early Sunday morning at the couple’s Folsom-area home. Legal analyst Doug Sunseri says in cases like this the DA will often let a grand jury make the next move:
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Kacie Breen called 911 around 3am Sunday and said she and her husband got into a fight and she ended up shooting him.

LSU and its former defensive coordinator John Chavis are in a legal battle. The two sides filed lawsuits against each other. LSU claims Chavis owes a 400-thousand dollar contractual buyout for accepting a job with Texas A-and-M. Legal analyst Tim Meche says where the case will be heard, Texas or Baton Rouge, needs to be settled first…:
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Chavis claims he took the proper steps to avoid paying the buyout.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s office says an Alexandria man was arrested for the 87th time after an investigation into an attempted simple burglary. They say 54-year-old Jessie Swafford was out on bond at the time of his 87th arrest from a felony theft charge pending in court.