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National
Packers Seething as NFL Replacement Refs Take Heat
Overnight, the NFL's replacement referees went from minor nuisance to staggering problem.
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NFL
Regular Refs Back Tonight; Goodell Apologizes to Fans
The NFL's regular officiating crews are back, and Commissioner Roger Goodell has apologized to the fans who fretted about the replacements the last three weeks.
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Nobel Awarded for Stem Cell, Early Cloning Work
wo scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be reprogrammed into completely different kinds.
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Online Support Group for Boomerangers
For all the adults who live with their parents, we could use a virtual hug now and then.
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Oh, Tortoise, Oh Hare: Those Confusing Political Fables
The Marshand Crisler campaign is sending out a rather bizarre campaign mailer using the children's fable of the tortoise and the hare. The only problem is that this particular fable …
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Behind Barbour's Prison Rhetoric
To hear Gov. Haley Barbour tell it, if he doesn't get his way, the state's fiscal crisis could force thousands of felons out of jail and into communities. Since his …
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Editor's Note
Repeal the Rhetoric
The morning that the U.S. Supreme Court did not strike down "Obamacare" as so many believed it would do was yet another of those crazy busy days in the Jackson …
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2007 JFP Voter's Guide: What You Need to Know To Vote FAQ
And Thus, Earn Respect & Make A Difference In The Damn World
Whether you're a first-time voter or you've voted in every election since 1940, you might have a question about voting in the primaries. With a little help from the League …
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Protesting Protest
Over a hundred thousand protesters took to the streets across the country the week the war started—but not to protest the war. They were protesting the protest of the war. …
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Katrina Helps, Hinders Local Business
Hurricane Katrina is costing literally billions of dollars—potentially more than $125 billion—and at least some of that burden is hitting home for businesses right here in Jackson.
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The Surging General
There's no doubt that Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, a medical doctor and former governor of Vermont, has excited young voters. With his upturned fists and shrill, outspoken dislike for …
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Food
Chef St. John Pulls Up an Extra Table
When the Edwards Street Fellowship Center, an outreach ministry of the United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, didn't have enough food to feed their clients, they called Robert St. John.
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Obama Gives Pivotal Speech Thursday
President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday for a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his way but …
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Men We Love
In honor of Dad's day, we want to spotlight just a few of the Jacksonian men we love.
Former Gov. William Winter, 81, is such an obvious choice for the "Men We Love" issue that we almost feel silly including him. But, as politics get uglier and more …
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DOW Climbs 206 After Fed Steps In
The stock market staged a huge rally Thursday after investors got the aggressive economic help they wanted from the Federal Reserve.
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[Balko] Cops Beat Unarmed Future Cop
A year ago this month, Jordan Miles, an 18-year-old music student at Pittsburgh's Creative and Performing Arts High School, was walking to his grandmother's home in the city's Homewood neighborhood …
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[Balko] 'I Find that Inexcusable'
At a stoplight just a few miles from his home, Nicholas Beltrante, 82, puts on his flashers, opens the driver's side door to his car, gets out, and approaches my …
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Though Still High, 2012 Deficit Falls 16% Over Last Year
A stronger economy meant more people had jobs and income that generated tax revenue. Corporations also contributed more to federal revenue than in 2011.
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Advantage Obama in Hunt for 270 Electoral Votes
President Barack Obama is poised to eke out a victory in the race for the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election, having beaten back Republican Mitt Romney's attempts to …
