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[City/County] - [health care] - [Politics] - [State] - JFP Person of the Day: Robin Webb

by Ronni Mott
November 16, 2009

Concert pianist, composer and activist Robin Webb, 52, has been living with HIV and AIDS for more than two decades. Diagnosed in 1988 as HIV positive, his doctor told him in 1990 that the virus had progressed. "You have AIDS,"…
 
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[City/County] - Public Meetings and Community Events

by Vince Falconi
November 16, 2009

Monday, Nov. 16

6 p.m., Domestic Violence Awareness Forum at the Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). Moderated by Donna Ladd, Jackson Free Press editor-in-chief, the panel will discuss how to make Mississippi a safer place…
 
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State Earns “F” from March of Dimes but Shows Improvement

November 17, 2009

Mississippi received a failing grade from the second annual March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, but the organization states that it showed improvement on some criteria. The report, released yesterday on the seventh annual Prematurity Awareness Day, says as a whole, the United…
 
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[Barbour] - [Politics] - [State] - Barbour to Announce Budget Recommendations

November 16, 2009

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will provide the state with his recommendations for the budget today. With revenues lagging behind estimates for the last year, politicians and pundits expect the announced cuts to be deep and wide.
 
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[City/County] - [Justice] - DeLaughter Sentenced to 18 Months

by Adam Lynch
November 13, 2009

Update: U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson sentenced DeLaughter to 18 months this afternoon.

Former Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Bobby DeLaughter will hear his sentence for obstruction of justice this afternoon. DeLaughter pleaded guilty to the charge…
 
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[business] - [City/County] - Crazy Cat Opens New Fondren Location

by Ward Schaefer
November 13, 2009

Fondren shoppers have another place to indulge their sweet tooth. On Monday, Nov. 9, Highland Village confectioner Jon Lansdale opened a second location of his Crazy Cat Bakers in the Fondren Corner building. Crazy Cat is selling grab-and-go lunches and…
 
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[business] - [City/County] - JFP Person of the Day: John Dooley

by Ward Schaefer
November 13, 2009

John Dooley is turning his passion for scuba diving into a business. Two weeks ago, Dooley won a $10,000 grant from the Mississippi Technology Alliance to develop Diver's D\Lyte, a performance drink that Dooley invented for scuba divers.
 
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[education] - [State] - [Burnham] Stakes Raised for Mississippi Schools

by Dr. Tom Burnham
Appointed as State Superintendent of Education
November 13, 2009

The difference between Mississippi's old school-accountability rating system, which rated schools from Level 1 to Level 5, and the school and district accountability system that the state will implement this…
 
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[City/County] - [Crime] - [Com Stat] - Jackson Violent Crime Down 10.1 Percent

by Ward Schaefer
November 12, 2009

Major crimes in Jackson decreased again last week, according to statistics released this morning at a Jackson Police Department meeting. Officers reported 154 property crimes, down from 226 the week before, and 32 violent crimes, up slightly from 25 the…
 
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[Barbour] - [Politics] - [State] - [war] - Barbour Visits Iraq; Talks State Budget Cuts

by Ronni Mott
November 12, 2009

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour spent Veteran's Day in Iraq visiting some of the 124,000 American troops there, including more than 3,500 from the Magnolia state, mostly from the Tupelo-based 155th Brigade Combat Team. Barbour joined fellow Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue…
 
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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…
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Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
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