by Adam Lynch
September 9, 2009
Amanda Starnes, 24, is in duress. She learned a few months ago that she suffers from Type 1 diabetes. She is a Holmes Junior College student and unemployed, with no federal or state health aid. Her doctor warned her to…
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[Politics] - The Young and the Uninsured
[arts] - [Good] - [State] - Out of Line: HeARTWorks Bringing Hope to Homeless
by Melia Dicker
September 2, 2009
Michael Lewis stands in front of a table covered with a sheet of canvas, which he has splattered with colorful acrylic paints in the style of Jackson Pollock. He surveys his work in silence, straightens the canvas so it lies…
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September 2, 2009
Michael Lewis stands in front of a table covered with a sheet of canvas, which he has splattered with colorful acrylic paints in the style of Jackson Pollock. He surveys his work in silence, straightens the canvas so it lies…
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[Sports] - [State] - 2009 College Football Preview
by Doctor S
August 26, 2009
Triggerman. Signal-caller. Pivot. Field general. By any name, the quarterback is the most important player on the field.
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August 26, 2009
Triggerman. Signal-caller. Pivot. Field general. By any name, the quarterback is the most important player on the field.
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[State] - Power Plays
by Adam Lynch
August 19, 2009
Back in 2001, drivers heading down Highway 220 on cold weekday mornings could see plumes of heat billowing out of the exhaust towers of KGen's Jackson power plant on Beasley Road.
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August 19, 2009
Back in 2001, drivers heading down Highway 220 on cold weekday mornings could see plumes of heat billowing out of the exhaust towers of KGen's Jackson power plant on Beasley Road.
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Jackpedia 2009
by Maggie Neff
August 12, 2009
So you’re new to Jackson. What next? Where do you eat, or drink tasty whiskey sours until you convince yourself to sing karaoke? Where do you find cool bargains and innovative art?
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August 12, 2009
So you’re new to Jackson. What next? Where do you eat, or drink tasty whiskey sours until you convince yourself to sing karaoke? Where do you find cool bargains and innovative art?
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[business] - [City/County] - [Politics] - Who’s Getting Rich off ‘No Child Left Behind’?
by Ward Schaefer
August 5, 2009
In a fenced-in complex of buildings sandwiched between Capitol and Amite streets, a small tutoring business is making big money. Gray & Associates, an education company owned by Terry Police Chief Juan Gray, made $1.3 million last year for tutoring…
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August 5, 2009
In a fenced-in complex of buildings sandwiched between Capitol and Amite streets, a small tutoring business is making big money. Gray & Associates, an education company owned by Terry Police Chief Juan Gray, made $1.3 million last year for tutoring…
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The ‘Local’ Lie
by Stacy Mitchell
July 29, 2009
Wal-Mart is hanging bright green banners over its produce aisles that simply say, "Local." HSBC, one of the largest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "the world's local bank." Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a…
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July 29, 2009
Wal-Mart is hanging bright green banners over its produce aisles that simply say, "Local." HSBC, one of the largest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "the world's local bank." Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a…
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[Chick] - Chicks We Love
July 22, 2009
Chicks like these are rare. They are intelligent, strong, influential women who are making the face of Jackson look a little brighter. These chicks are architects, journalists, animal lovers, mothers and philanthropists. And we love them.
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Chicks like these are rare. They are intelligent, strong, influential women who are making the face of Jackson look a little brighter. These chicks are architects, journalists, animal lovers, mothers and philanthropists. And we love them.
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[arts] - [interview] - [Art] - A Dark Touch
by Melia Dicker
July 15, 2009
Mathew Puckett's workspace on the second floor of One to One Studio is full of oil paintings of variations on his image. There's the one of him in profile sitting in a wooden armchair, a…
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July 15, 2009
Mathew Puckett's workspace on the second floor of One to One Studio is full of oil paintings of variations on his image. There's the one of him in profile sitting in a wooden armchair, a…
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[City/County] - [Politics] - Johnson’s Back!
by Adam Lynch
July 8, 2009
“I, Harvey Johnson, Jr, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully ... discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”
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July 8, 2009
“I, Harvey Johnson, Jr, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully ... discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”
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Nov 20, 2009[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is…
Nov 20, 2009
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian: check out the following link:
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/news2.html
It does appear, by the article written today,…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some…
Nov 20, 2009
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different…