| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Williams trial jury bound: Looks like the jury will soon be deliberating in the tax fraud trial of New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams. Williams and a co-defendant, Nicole Burdett, face 10 counts in federal court. Closing arguments are being heard and the jury will begin deliberating the case this afternoon. You can follow all the developments here. Dark, and sweltering: Entergy has told us this before, but it still comes like a gut-punch as we prepare to enter the worst part of the hurricane season. A company rep recently outlined how long power might be out in the event of a direct hit. Yikes! Not No. 1? After spending months atop the list of high school football players, Arch Manning (yep, from that famous football family) has fallen all the way to No. 2 in ESPN’s national rankings. Vapors! Manning, the Isidore Newman quarterback, recently announced he’ll play college football at the University of Texas, which will be plenty glad to have him regardless of his ESPN ranking. Mega Millions: The Mega Millions lottery drawing is later tonight (the pot is nearly $1 billion – with a “B”) and it’s a good bet the employees of Raising Cane’s will be following pretty closely. That's because the company’s founder, Todd Graves, is betting big on tonight's drawing. Hope you enjoyed today’s Lunch Line. Thanks for reading – and remember, you can keep up all day long on NOLA.com. BW | 