Authorities in Iberia Parish and LA State Police are looking for Paul Stanley Collins Jr. who is accused of shooting to death his estranged wife - the mother of his two children.

The government is doling out $20-million to farmers in eight states, including Louisiana, to create habitats for migratory birds whose usual Gulf wintering spots may be fouled by the massive BP oil spill.

Louisiana is entering the grip of a summer heat wave for the weekend and into next week.

The wife of a  Keithville man found murdered in his home Sunday has been arrested for hiring someone to kill her husband.

State Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham reopens part of the Mississippi River delta in Plaquemines Parish to recreational fishing.

First Lady Supriya Jindal was in Shreveport and Alexandria today to rally support for an effort to assist those affected by the Gulf oil spill crisis.

>>Southern California Wildfire Moving Out Of Foothills

(Los Angeles, CA)  --  Thousands of people have already been evacuated from their homes in the face of the 105-thousand-acre Station Fire raging in the hills north of Los Angeles.  Now the flames are racing toward Los Angeles proper.  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa [[ vee-yah-ruh-GOH-sah ]] says winds will play an important part in what is saved and what is lost to the flames.  Billowing smoke from the fire has prompted health warnings for the area.  Five people are trapped by the flames.

>>Gasoline Prices Falling

(Washington, DC)  --  The nationwide average for gasoline prices has fallen for a third straight week.  The Energy Department says the average price for a gallon of regular fell a penny and a half in the past week, to two-dollars-61-cents.  That's a dollar-seven lower than this time a year ago.  The most expensive gasoline is being burned in San Francisco at three-dollars-seven-cents a gallon.  Fuel is cheapest in Houston at two-42.

>>National Park Service Ready For Flight 93 Memorial Construction

(Washington, DC)  --  The National Park Service is ready to begin construction on a national memorial park dedicated to the passengers of Flight 92.  That United Airlines plane crashed in a Pennsylvania field, killing all 40 people aboard after it was hijacked by terrorists on September 11th, 2001.  A ribbon-cutting for the 20-million-dollar first phase of the memorial is planned for this September 11th.  Completion is scheduled for September 11th, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America.

>>Hurricane Jimena Close To Category Five Storm

(Miami, FL)  --  Hurricane Jimena [[ he-MEN-ah ]] is close to becoming the most powerful hurricane possible, a Category Five storm.  The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Jimena, with 155 mile per hour winds, is just one mile per hour short of the frightening status.  The center of the storm is about 305 miles south of Cabo San Lucas in Mexico.  The southern part of the Baja California peninsula could begin feeling the effects of the storm tomorrow.

>>Chris Brown Doesn't Remember Rihanna Beating

(Undated)  --  Entertainer Chris Brown says he has no recollection of the infamous altercation with former-girlfriend Rihanna.  Brown makes the claim In an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live," scheduled to air Wednesday.  Meanwhile, in a separate interview with "People" magazine, Brown says he's never fallen out of live with Rihanna.  Last week, he was ordered to stay away from Rihanna for the next five years as part of his punishment for the beating.

>>Coach Rodriguez Denies Player Allegations

(Ann Arbor, MI)  --  Michigan's head football coach, Rich Rodriguez, says claims his team broke NCAA training rules are false.  The violations allegedly involved the amount of allowed practice time.  The "Detroit Free Press" reported over the weekend that several players from the 2008 and 2009 Michigan football teams described the violations.  But they added they didn't feel the need to report the rules being broken, because they thought other teams were doing the same.

>>Indiana Boy Accused Of Leading Wild Police Chase

(Greenfield, IN)  --  Police in Greenfield, Indiana are talking about a wild weekend car chase that eventually involved officers from five police departments over a half-hour period.  The driver was a nine-year-old boy who was upset his parents had told him he couldn't stay out and play with friends.  The youngster is accused of sneaking out of his home Saturday night and stealing his mother's car, along with a purse and cell phone.  He eventually stopped and nobody was hurt, but the boy is facing charges for fleeing law enforcement.
 

(Undated)  --  Just how sexually curious should kids get before parents intervene?  Two doctors try to set down some ground rules in a new clinical report.  The researchers found that more than half of all children will explore some sort of sexual behavior before they turn 13.  That could mean just some innocent exploration down under.  At the other end of the spectrum is behavior that's truly intrusive and even abusive toward another child.  That should make parents do a double-take, researchers say.  Otherwise, try not to overreact.  Doctors say you should simply redirect unacceptable behavior with innocent distractions.  The findings are published in the journal "Pediatrics." 
 

(Columbus, OH)  --  Going back to school really can be a headache for students.  Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, say more than a third of children suffer from recurrent headaches, pain that occurs more than once a month.  The majority are simple tension headaches.  Migraines are far more disruptive and account for about 25-percent of headaches in children and teens. 

Doctors have some suggestions for parents of youngsters suffering from headaches.  First, try to get kids back into a routine schedule two weeks before school starts.  They also suggest cutting out the caffeine and energy drinks.  In a study published in the journal "Headache," researchers at NCH said "minimizing caffeine consumption may benefit sleep and mood in headache patients and decrease susceptibility to migraine attacks." 

Researchers say youngsters who still suffer from frequent headaches despite a healthy lifestyle should see a doctor.  A visit to the pediatrician is also highly recommended if headaches occur in the back of the head or if they only occur in the morning.  Those could be signs of a more serious issue.