| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Non-unanimous jury ruling: A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling means that as many as 1,500 inmates convicted by non-unanimous juries won't be entitled to receive new trials. John Simerman has more on Friday's court decision. Fraternity shooting: Authorities in Baton Rouge said nine people were shot at a fraternity house just off the campus of Southern University there. The investigation is still unfolding, police said. Little Muddy: Here’s an eye-opening headline – ‘The Mississippi River is drying up.’ Well OK, then. A lack of rain has dropped water levels to near record lows, Carlie Wells reports. Here's what it looks like. But, hey, some people really, uh, dig it. Lights out: The French Quarter is a pretty dark place these days. Literally. Reporter Chad Calder tells us why. Tesla lawsuit: Will we see Elon Musk and Jeff Landry square off in a courtroom? Probably not. But Louisiana's attorney general says his office wants to intervene in a lawsuit the billionaire owner of the Tesla car company filed to overturn Louisiana's law forbidding carmakers from selling vehicles directly to consumers. Bags on heads bad? The Saints just aren’t a very good football team right now, a point painfully driven home by their dismal Thursday night loss to the Cardinals. Columnist Jeff Duncan asks: Bags on heads again bad? Makes for a pretty rough Friday. But on the plus side, Sunday afternoon’s now wide open. Perhaps... a festival or parade? Purple coffin: Maybe you’re familiar with the saga of “Big Lee” Martin, whose Bonnabel Boulevard home was a shrine to LSU sports. But you probably don’t know how “Big Bob” ended up with Big Lee’s purple coffin. Settle in for another bizarre tale from our Doug MacCash. Speaking of fans, Tulane’s 6-1 start and No. 25 AP ranking are generating a lot of buzz, Marie Fazio reports. Good times Uptown. Thanks for reading Lunch Line today — and remember, you can keep up all day long at NOLA.com. Bob | 