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THE NEWS-STAR WWW.THENEWSSTAR.COMTUESDAY,DECEMBER6, 2016 3B With a sellout capacity of 73,000, the Louisiana Superdome draws quite a crowd! But wait, according to Newton Research, nearly 2.7 million Louisiana adults are reading the daily and weekly newspapers enough to fill The Dome 36 times! enough for our New Orleans Saints to sell out every home game for 4 years. Now, impressive! Your logo here Sources: Newton Research for the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Who dat? newspaper readers filling the Superdome 36 times! If already a reader of Louisiana newspapers in good company! And if a Louisiana advertiser remember that Dome or no Dome, our newspapers have you covered. 1 1:33 PM Page 1 With a sellout capacity of 73,000, the Louisiana Superdome draws quite a crowd! But wait, according to Newton Research, nearly 2.7 million Louisiana adults are reading the daily and weekly newspapers enough to fill The Dome 36 times! enough for our New Orleans Saints to sell out every home game for 4 years. Now, impressive! Your logo here Sources: Newton Research for the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Who dat? newspaper readers filling the Superdome 36 times! If already a reader of Louisiana newspapers in good company! And if a Louisiana advertiser remember that Dome or no Dome, our newspapers have you covered. 1 1:33 PM Page 1 With a sellout capacity of 73,000, the Louisiana Superdome draws quite a crowd! But wait, according to Newton Research, nearly 2.7 million Louisiana adults are reading the daily and weekly newspapers enough to fill The Dome 36 times! enough for our New Orleans Saints to sell out every home game for 4 years.

Now, impressive! Your logo here Sources: Newton Research for the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Who dat? newspaper readers filling the Superdome 36 times! If already a reader of Louisiana newspapers in good company! And if a Louisiana advertiser remember that Dome or no Dome, our newspapers have you covered. 1 1:33 PM Page 1 With a sellout capacity of 73,000, the Louisiana Superdome draws quite a crowd! But wait, according to Newton Research, nearly 2.7 million Louisiana adults are reading the daily and weekly newspapers enough to fill The Dome 36 times! enough for our New Orleans Saints to sell out every home game for 4 years. Now, impressive! Your logo here Sources: Newton Research for the Louisiana Press Association and the Louisiana Superdome Louisiana Who dat? newspaper readers filling the Superdome 36 times! If already a reader of Louisiana newspapers in good company! And if a Louisiana advertiser remember that Dome or no Dome, our newspapers have you covered. 1 1:33 PM Page 1 LOTTERY Pick 3: 1-3-4 Pick 4: 0-4-1-2 Easy 5: 4-7-13-27-35 Lotto: 3-9-17-18-29-30 Powerball: 8-10-26-27-33 Powerball 22; Power Play 2 Mega Millions: 3-33-35-49-51 Megaball Megaplier 2 BIRTHS ST. FRANCIS Joshua and Leah Harris, a boy, Henry Stephen.

DEATHS Danny Boothe, 66 WISNER Danny Boothe died Friday. Graveside services are 2 p.m. Wednesday in Old Pine Hill Cemetery under the direction of Gill First National Funeral Home. William C. Feathers, 87 RAYVILLE William Feathers, retired, died Sunday, Nov.

27. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Macedonia B.C. in Rayville. Visitation is 2 p.m.

Thursday. Burial will be at Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville under the direction of Tennant Funeral Home of Rayville. H. D. Gullette, 87 H.

D. Gullette, of Monroe, retired masonry contractor, died Monday. Visitation is 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

R. L. Hooper, 81 R. L. Hooper, of West Monroe, a retired chief warrant officer from the United States Army, died Saturday.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Visitation is 10-11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.

Marianne Dalton Jones, 51 DOWNSVILLE Marianne Dalton Jones, a medical purchasing agent, died Sunday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Mary Perry, 68 BASTROP Mary Perry, ahomemaker, died Sunday, Nov. 27. Services are 1p.m.

Thursday at St. Timothy B.C. in Bastrop. Visitation is 5-6 p.m. at Tennant Funeral Home of Bastrop.

Burial will be at H.V. Adams Cemetery in Bastrop under the direction of Tennant Funeral Home of Bastrop. Donald Ray Pridgett, 65 MANGHAM Donald Pridgett, a baptist minister, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St.

Joe B.C. in Alto. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. at Holly Grove Baptist Church, of Rayville. Burial will be at New Bethel Cemetery in Mangham under the direction of Tennant Funeral Home of Rayville.

Bobby Sanders, 54 RAYVILLE Bobby Sanders, disabled, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pilgrim Rest B.C. in Rayville. Visitation is 5-6 p.m.

at Tennant Funeral Home of Rayville. Burial will be at Love Charity Cemetery in Rayville under the direction of Tennant Funeral Home of Rayville. Harold Sawyer, 92 BASTROP Harold Sawyer, retired from International Paper died Saturday. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Central MILESTONES STAFF REPORT NEW ORLEANS Questions to potential jurors Monday in the Will Smith shooting death trial make clear that your law will be at issue when testimony begins.

Potential jurors in the trial of the man charged with second-degree murder in the death of the former New Orleans Saints star were asked about their attitudes on lethal self-defense. They also were asked whether they can put aside opinions formed amid intense media coverage of death and how popularity might affect a verdict. Smith was a star on the 2006 Saints team that helped lift the stricken spirits with a winning season after Hurri- cane Katrina. He played with the team when it won the only Super Bowl three seasons later. He was shot to death April 9during a confrontation following a vehicle crash.

Charged in his death is a 29-year-old former semiprofessional football player named Cardell Hayes. The owner of a tow-truck company and the father of a5-year-old son, Hayes is described by friends as soft-spoken and even-tempered hardly the type to erupt into a lethal road rage. His attorney has been laying the groundwork for a self-defense argument, saying Smith was the aggressor. Jury selection started with about 130 potential jury candidates filing into a New Orleans courtroom. Judge Camille Buras hoped to assemble a jury of 12, with four alternates, by late Monday or some- time Tuesday.

Lawyers said the trial could last seven to 10 days. So many jury candidates were summoned that reporters and other members of the public, including some of family and friends, had to listen to an audio feed from a nearby courtroom. Prosecutor Jason Napoli asked jurors opinions on whether the presence of a gun might escalate or deescalate tensions. Defense attorney John Fuller quoted from the so-called your law, noting that it allows a person engaged in legal activity to force with rather than retreat. He emphasized a section of the law stating that jurors cannot consider the possibility of retreat as a factor in whether the person believed deadly force was necessary.

Later, during an afternoon round of jury candidate questioning, prosecutor Laura Rodigue stressed the words Prosecutors have maintained in pretrial hearings that Hayes chose to ram into SUV after Hayes, earlier, had lightly hit the rear of vehicle. Outside, a handful of protesters brandished signs that read, Cardell Inside, Fuller asked potential jurors to consider how they would approach the case all the actions were the same, but the parties were The trial began days after Joe McKnight, another former NFL player, was shot and killed just last Thursday in a New Orleans suburb after a road rage incident on a bridge spiraled out of control. The man authorities identified as the shooter in that case Gasser has been released from custody with no charges as the investigation continues. Hayes has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in death. Conviction carries a mandatory life sentence.

He is also charged with attempted second-degree murder in the wounding of wife, who was shot in the legs. He has been jailed since the April shooting, unable to make the $1.75 million bond. Jury selection begins in Saints death KEVIN MCGILL ASSOCIATED PRESS TED THE TIMES-PICAYUNE VIA AP Prosecution attorneys Laura Rodrigue, front left, Jason Napoli, right rear, and Tiffany Tucker, right, enter Orleans Criminal Court in New Orleans with their team as jury selection begins Monday for Cardell Hayes as he goes on trial for the shooting-death of former Saints player Will Smith. BATON ROUGE- Early voting was sluggish in advance of this runoff election, with fewer than 6 percent of 3 million registered voters casting ballots. About 171,000 voters went to the polls in advance, during the just- ended early voting period for the Saturday election that will decide an open U.S.

Senate seat and two open U.S. House seats, along with dozens of local elections. only a third of the people who early voted ahead of last primary election, which had the attention-grabbing presidential race on the ballot. December elections historically have had low turnouts, and Secretary of State Tom office expects about 35 percent of voters statewide to show up for the election, compared to 68 percent for the presidential election. Senate race Top of the ballot is the competition for a U.S.

Senate seat between Democrat Foster Campbell, a state utility regulator with the Public Service Commission, and Republican John Kennedy, the state treasurer. runoff will decide the last U.S. Senate seat, and Kennedy is the front-runner. Early voting data appears to be more favorable to the Republican contender. White voters cast early ballots in greater proportions than black voters during the weeklong early voting period, according to statistics released Monday by office.

While 31 percent of registered voters are African-American, only 24 percent of those who cast ballots ahead of Election Day were black. a problem for Campbell, who needs strong turnout from black voters, who traditionally support Democratic candidates. Republicans also turned out in greater proportions than their Democratic and independent counterparts. While 30 percent of state voters are registered with the GOP, they made up 42 percent of the early voters, according to the data. Other races Also on the ballot are races for two U.S.

House seats, left open because Republican incumbents Charles Boustany and John Fleming unsuccessfully ran for the Senate instead of reelection. The 3rd District seat representing southwest and south central Louisiana is a competition between two Republicans: Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle, the third-place finisher in last race; and former Capt. Clay Higgins, dubbed the John for his attention-drawing Crime Stoppers segments. The 4th District seat representing northwest Louisiana is a competition between Republican state Rep. Mike Johnson of Benton and Democratic lawyer Marshall Jones of Shreveport.

Demographer John Couvillon reviewed early voting data and said in his analysis that both districts have shown a larger Republican tilt among voters who cast early ballots for the runoff election. Several judgeships and municipal races also will be settled Saturday, along with propositions across 44 parishes, according to office. Low early voting turnout noted for Saturday election MELINDA DESLATTE ASSOCIATED PRESS.