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[Music] Hip-Hop + Rock= Free Sol
Midway through my interview with Christopher "Free Sol" Anderson, the talkative, laid back front man of the Memphis-based "hip-hop fusion" band Free Sol, I ask Anderson if he thinks their …
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JFP Chick Ball Raises More Than $3,000
Please contact Natalie Collier (natalie at jacksonfreepress dotcom) if you're a female visual, musical or performance artist interested in donating performance or art to raise money to fight domestic violence …
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Boys In Their ‘Hood
In the mid-'70s, a new sport emerged from the beaches of Southern California, thought up by surfers during a summer drought. Using skateboards with urethane wheels, the teenage members of …
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Showdown At Everyday Stadium
At Ironchef-FujiTV.com, there's this headline: "Nothing is really real unless it happens on television." Hardly. Iron Chef Everyday is a reality, alive and thriving at The Everyday Gourmet on County …
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JFP Interview: Myrlie Evers-Williams
Myrlie Evers-Williams, 72, and I talked long distance last Saturday at noon, separated by distance but connected by more than the telephone—both Mississippians, both widows, albeit by excruciatingly different circumstances, …
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Rape: The Forgotten Crime?
When The Clarion-Ledger recently published Jackson crime figures for 2004, numbers showed drops in most categories, including burglary, assault, robbery and larceny. The years 2002, 2003 and 2004 also saw …
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For The Children
Myrlie Evers-Williams says she and her husband, Medgar, held each other and cried days before he died. They knew he was about to be killed for his tireless work to …
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[Wine] The One That Did It
Around this time of year, there are plenty of reasons to want just the right wine to celebrate with—graduations, weddings, summer celebrations. When you're looking for that extra special bottle …
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Such Great Heights
I've yet to see "In Good Company," but I have taken a listen to the soundtrack, and among the three tracks included by Iron & Wine, one stands out as …
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Can We Be In A Band?
<b>Jackson Chicks Want In On The Scene</b>
As a rapper, as a female, Rachel James has run into a few problems. In studios, she has tried to get serious about her rhymes. She's approached producers—looking sexy, or …
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A Cause To Rock For
Have you ever been physically touched by someone who had no business doing that? Ever been forced to have sexual intercourse when you had refused? Domestic violence is when one …
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[Chick] She Is My Business
I think most of us women have had that friend at some point, and if you don't remember that friend, then I bet you were that friend. That friend was …
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[Sawyer] What 'Pro Life' Really Means
As of last month, the Gallup Poll indicated that 23 percent of Americans wish to keep abortion legal, 53 percent indicated legal but with restrictions, and 22 percent support the …
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Anne Friday
As I admired the various portraits of jazz, blues and rock 'n' roll artists that hang on the walls of Hal & Mal's, I was greeted by Anne Friday, 34, …
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WAPT 16: Melton Vows To Keep Crime-Reduction Promise If Elected
WAPT 16 reports:
JACKSON, Miss. -- Mayoral candidate Democrat Frank Melton told 16 WAPT News in an exclusive interview last year that he wanted to solve the city's crime problem within 180 days.
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Melton Wins Mayor's Race in Low Turn-Out
Remember that today is Election Day! You can vote from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in your usual polling places. For vital candidate and voting information about Jackson races, read …
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Charity Softball Game with Gov. Barbour
1 Braves Way, Pearl, MS 39208
Charity Softball Game for Metro Jackson Habitat for Humanity. Governor Haley Barbour's Softball Team "Barbour's Bombers" vs. Metro Area Media Softball Team "Media Giants." Saturday, June 18th, 5 – 6:30 …
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WLBT 3: Campaigning Continues in Final Hours
WLBT 3 reports:
We know that the city of Jackson will have a new mayor -- but will it be Republican Rick Whitlow or Democrat Frank Melton? Voters will decide when the polls …
