Louisiana volunteers are joining the Red Cross response in South Carolina as the East Coast state deals with severe flooding. Michelle Southern reports…:

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A new NBC/Marist poll on the presidential race in Iowa shows Governor Bobby Jindal now has 6-percent of the vote. Eric Gill reports…

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A Louisiana company announces plans to build a huge liquefied natural gas facility in Cameron Parish. Jeff Palermo has the story…

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Louisiana volunteers are joining the Red Cross response in South Carolina as the state deals with severe flooding. Spokeswoman Nancy Malone says they’ll be helping families stay safe and dry by opening shelters and bringing in meals…:

cut 4  (11)  “in Louisiana”

Malone says another big part of the volunteers’ job is to provide emotional support to people going through this disaster. She says people in other areas know that Louisiana is all too familiar with what this feels like…:

Cut 5  (09)  “recovery”

Malone says flooding in the Carolinas has destroyed homes, forced evacuations and left thousands without water or power. She says not everyone can dedicate time to volunteer on the ground, but anyone can make a donation to the Red Cross to help people affected by this disaster…:

Cut 6 (08)  “those things”

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A new NBC/Marist poll on the presidential race in Iowa shows Governor Bobby Jindal now has 6-percent of the vote. That’s a two-percent increase from their previous poll. Radio Iowa News Director Kay Henderson says Jindal’s campaign efforts may be getting some traction…

CUT 7 (09)  “in this poll”

Jindal’s 6-percent has him tied for fifth place, along with Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, among Republican presidential hopefuls. Donald Trump leads the poll with 24-percent, followed by Ben Carson with 19-percent. Henderson says there are visible signs that the governor is gaining support…

Cut 8  (10)  “Catholic church” 

She feels the Jindal campaign is hoping for the kind of miracle that propelled Mike Huckabee to victory in Iowa in 2008 and Rick Santorum in 2012. Henderson says it will be interesting to see if Jindal’s “boots on the ground” campaign strategy will succeed…

Cut 9 (07) “pay off” 

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The Thibodaux Police Department says five people are under arrest after a toddler and 17 dogs had to be removed from a home that was in deplorable conditions. Spokesman David Melancon says they got a report that one of the dogs was loose and trying to attack people. He says animal control initially responded…:

Cut 10 (10) “the conditions”

The suspects, including the parents of the child, range in age from 17 to 73 and face various counts of animal cruelty and child desertion charges. Melancon says when the officers got out of their car to make contact with the homeowner during the dog attack investigation, they immediately smelled urine and feces…:

cut 11 (10) “got worse”

The 17 dogs were brought to the Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter. The Department of Child and Family Services has the child. Melancon says the floors of the home were caked with feces, the smell of urine was overpowering and there was molding food spread throughout the house…:

Cut 12 (08) “as well”

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A Louisiana based company announces plans to build an 11-billion dollar facility in Cameron Parish that will export liquefied natural gas. Former Governor and now chairman of G-2, L-N-G, Buddy Roemer, says it’s the fourth largest investment project in the state’s history, creating thousands of construction jobs

Cut 13 (11)  “four years”

Roemer says the project still needs approval from federal agencies. The company hopes to break ground in two years. He says once completed, the plant will have 250 permanent workers and it will export liquefied natural gas across the globe

Cut 14 (10) “China”

Thomas Hudson, president of G-2, L-N-G, is glad they can announced a significant economic development project in Cameron Parish on the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Rita

Cut 15  (10)  “this parish”

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LSU’s passing game took a step backwards in its progession during the Tigers 44-22 win over Eastern Michigan. The Tigers only completed four passes for 80 yards. Coach Les Miles says there were more plays to be had, if they didn’t have several dropped passes…

Cut 16  (14)  “dropping those balls”

The Tigers are ranked 124th in the nation in passing, one of just five teams in the country averaging less than 100 passing yards a game. Miles says the the drops last Saturday were uncharacteristic and the wide receivers expect more of themselves…

Cut 17 (17) “game week” 

The Tigers are 4-0 and ranked fifth in the latest coaches poll. But Miles says there’s room for improvement as his team heads back into SEC play this Saturday…

Cut 18 (14) “play best”

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A new statewide poll on Louisiana’s governor’s race shows Democrat John Bel Edwards has jumped out to a 9-point lead over Republican David Vitter. Eric Gill reports…

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Louisiana’s landmark $6.8 billion settlement with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster has been finalized. Eric Gill has more…

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A new statewide poll on Louisiana’s governor’s race shows Democrat John Bel Edwards has jumped out to a 9-point lead over Republican David Vitter. The JMC Analytics survey finds Edwards on top with 28-percent  followed by Vitter’s 19-percent. Pollster John Couvillon says Edwards is catching a wave right now…

CUT 3 (11)  “a Democrat” 2X

He believes Edwards is benefiting from the three Republican candidates attacking each other in this race. The poll of 500 likely voters shows that 55-percent said that prostitution allegations from Vitter’s past will impact their vote this month. Couvillon says it appears Vitter’s campaign is rubbing voters the wrong way…

CUT 4 (11)  “Senator Vitter”

This is the first survey on the governor’s race to show significant separation between Edwards and Vitter. Republicans Scott Angelle and Jay Dardenne polled at 8-percent and 7-percent respectively. Couvillon says it’s probably time for them to shift their focus from Vitter to Edwards…

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Louisiana’s landmark $6.8 billion settlement with BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster has been finalized. This clears the way for the state to begin receiving billions of dollars for coastal restoration and economic recovery. Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves says it’s time to bring this situation to a close…

CUT 6 (08) “for the state” 

This is part of an overall $20 billion settlement with BP among five Gulf Coast states. $5 billion is earmarked for natural resources damages in the state. Graves, former state head of coastal protection, says this will have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coast…

CUT 7 (06)  “every year”

$1 billion of the settlement will be used for economic damages. Graves says Congress needs to look as changing laws so the federal government has more leverage in cases like this…

CUT 8 (09)  “spilling the oil”

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Minden Congressman John Fleming has thrown his support behind Metairie Representative Steve Scalise in his bid to become House Majority Leader. Fleming says electing Scalise would be good for the country and good for Louisiana. LaPolitics-dot-com Publisher Jeremy Alford says there were questions whether Fleming would support Scalise’s bid to move up in the House leadership…

CUT 9 (11)  “conservative leadership”

Scalise, the current House Majority Whip, looks to move into the number two leadership position in the US House. Alford says the timing of Fleming’s endorsement is interesting since Scalise stated last week that he had enough votes secured to win the election…

cut 10 (10)  “know right now”

The election to select the new House Majority Leader is scheduled for Thursday. Fleming is the last state Congressman to support Scalise’s effort. Alford says this is a big plus for Scalise…

Cut 11 (06)  “behind him”

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The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a vehicle of interest in connection with the triple shooting in LaPlace that claimed the life of one man and injured two others. Sheriff Mike Tregre says 23-year-old Travis Gregoire died and and another 23-year-old man is recovering at a hospital. He says the third shooting victim is an 18-year-old female…:

cut 12 (05)  “is critical”

Tregre says they are still interviewing people to try to determine suspects or motive in the deadly shooting. He says their crime cameras captured an image of a vehicle described as a white four door extended cab truck…:

cut 13 (07)  “this homicide”

Tregre says they want to find the truck, its owner and any other possible occupants of the vehicle when the shooting took place. They aren’t releasing how many people could be involved, but Tregre says it appears as though the victims had just arrived in a vehicle of their own…:

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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s appeal to his conviction on fraud charges is heard in a federal courtroom today. Eric Gill reports…

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The multi-state Powerball lottery game has a new matrix, which will lead to bigger jackpots and the rules have changed so more money can be won from lower-tier prizes. Emelie Gunn has more….

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About 280-thousand dollars has been raised for the victims and those who lost their lives in the Lafayette theater shooting in July. Jeff Palermo has more….

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Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s appeal to his conviction on fraud charges is heard in a federal courtroom in New Orleans today. Nagin was convicted on 20 counts last year and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino says Nagin is arguing that the jury was incorrectly instructed on laws regarding honest services fraud…

cut 4  (06)  “the evidence”

He says, on appeal, the best argument any defendant has is that there was a flaw in the jury instructions. Ciolino says Nagin claims that the city would have awarded the contracts in question regardless of whether or not he received any kind of payment from the contractors…

Cut 5  (10)  “awarded anyway”

He says Nagin’s appeal only covers nine of his 20 convictions. Ciolino says, although Nagin is taking his best shot, it’s difficult in any criminal case to prevail on appeal…

Cut 6 (10)  “other errors”

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New changes are in place for the Powerball multi-state lottery game which will make it more difficult for players to win the grand prize, but more money could be won in other ways. Louisiana Lottery Spokesperson Kim Chopin says the matrix changes will increase the odds of winning the jackpot from 1 in 175 million to 1 and 292 million….

CUT 7 (06)  “really love”

To produce the added player benefits, ten numbers will be added to the field of white-ball numbers for a total of 69 and nine Powerball numbers will be removed for a total of 26. Chopin says this allows them to increase the prize for matching four white balls plus a red Powerball number from 10-thousand to 50-thousand dollars

Cut 8  (12)  “prize levels” 

Chopin says for players who add the one-dollar power play option, they can now multiply their nonjackpot prize up to ten times….

Cut 9 (12) “40 bucks” 

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About 280-thousand dollars has been raised for the 11 victims and the families of the two women killed in July’s Lafayette theater shooting. CEO of Pixus Digital Printing Todd Landry says the company raised the majority of the money by selling signs, t-shirts, car deals. He says he never dreamed they’d have this kind of impact.

Cut 10 (09) “a rewarding thing”

Landry says even though it’s been a little over two months since the tragedy, they’re still receiving orders. He says they’ve come out with a new Lafayette Strong commemorative wooden sign with all the proceeds going to the victims and their families.

cut 11 (10) “60 days”

The United Way says an initial payment of five-thousand dollarxs has been sent to each of the victim families. He says people interested in purchasing items can visit Louisiana Hot Stuff–dot-com.

Cut 12 (09) “as well”

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The Department of Children and Family Services announces changes coming to child support direct payment card clients when it comes to paying and receiving money. D-C-F-S Secretary Suzy Sonnier says Louisiana is in the process of moving towards a new stored value card for child support clients. She says this means all clients using the card need to update their address as soon as possible.

Cut 13 (10)  “is successful”

Sonnier says as D-C-F-S switches vendors, all clients will be getting a new value card in the mail. She says to change your address visit D-C-F-S-dot-L-A-dot-G-O-V-backslash-cafe. (www.dcfs.la.gov/cafe)

Cut 14 (08) “their address”

Sonnier is strongly encouraging her child support clients to start using direct deposit.

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It wasn’t the blowout people were expecting on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. LSU only led by six points halftime and eventually defeated Eastern Michigan 44-22. Star running back Leonard Fournette admits they underestimated the Eagles…

Cut 16  (08)  “stay on everybody”

Fournette rushed for 233 yards and three touchdowns. The Tigers needed a big game from the Heisman Trophy candidate, because LSU only threw for 80 yards as quarterback Brandon Harris completed just four passes. It wasn’t all Harris’ fault as there were plenty of drops. Coach Les Miles says they’ll continue to work on the passing game…

Cut 17 (20) “South Carolina” 

Fournette made history on Saturday, becoming the first SEC running back to rush for over 200 yards in three consecutive games…

Cut 18 (10) “for me”

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For the second straight year, Louisiana Tech easily defeated UL Lafayette. The Bulldogs scored 22 points in the 2nd quarter and went on to win 43-13. The Cajuns scored first, a 49-yard touchdown pass to Elijah McGuire. But the Bulldogs scored the next 36 points. Coach Skip Holtz liked how his team responded to that early score…

Cut 19 (22) “they have”

Last year Tech beat the Cajuns 48-20. Holtz says it’s nice to beat your in-state rivals by wide margins two years in a row…

Cut 20 (10) “care of business”