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[Drink] Little Sips
How does a can of wine sound? Or how about a little bottle of something-something? The big thing right now in the wine business is to lure folks in with …
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Wine Made In The Mountains
We have all heard plenty about Napa and Sonoma, but many of the other American Viticultural Areas in California want attention. The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is one such region. …
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Where In The World?
For most of us, the geography of the winemaking world doesn't extend past California, France, Italy and Australia. Those are the big boys, so why would anyone look for wine …
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Molly Ivins Calls the Election for Kerry, the ‘Uniter'
Molly Ivins this week:
Without fear of contradiction, I can say that George W. Bush has turned out to be a divider, not a uniter, for the past four years. Sheesh, if we get …
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[Geek] Comic Crisis!
Comic fans are used to company-wide crossovers interrupting the usual plotlines in favor of an ill-contrived tie-in. The main characters take a break from the action of the special event …
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Get Your Holiday Jollies
Bellies are full, but the day is not over. Once everyone has helped with his or her assigned clean-up task, what is there to do but fall into a stupor …
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Nathan Glenn
When Nathan Glenn, now 29, was growing up, his parents would check him out of school to "help toast bread or wash dishes" at one of their restaurants. After graduating …
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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Men's college basketball, Ole Miss at Mississippi State (8 p.m., Starkville, ESPN or ESPN2, 97.3 FM, 105.9 FM): This game could be good for what ails both the Rebels and …
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Welcome Bloggers
Stay tuned. And now, for our fearless football preview ...
Welcome to the JFP Sports Blog. I'm your host, Dr. S. Let's get things started with ... the Jackie Sherrill Watch. How much longer will the Prince of Darkness reign …
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Politics
Mississippi Lawmakers Work Toward Medical Marijuana Program
Two Mississippi lawmakers say they're continuing to work on proposals to create a medical marijuana program, two months after the state Supreme Court invalidated one that voters had approved.
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Politics
Mississippi Could Revive a Form of Initiative Process
Mississippi legislators are working to set a new way for people to petition to put issues on statewide ballots, months after the state Supreme Court tossed out the state's old …
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State
Mississippi Senate Panel: Reduce Income Tax, Don't Erase It
“If lawmakers truly want Mississippi to be a place where people want to start families, small businesses, and where national corporations want to expand, it needs to prioritize investments that …
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Person of the Day
Danny Lynch
The University of Southern Mississippi has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the baseball crown in Conference USA. The league coaches gave the Golden Eagles six first-place votes, …
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Technology
The Joy of Failure
The function of Dwarf Fortress is to simulate in unnerving complexity a chaotic, living world, from its geology to its psychology.
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Jackson: Stop the Scorched-Earth Politics
Jackson city elections are not our city at its best. Inevitably, one or more candidates wage scorched-earth campaigns that make our city look like a hellhole.
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Development
Breaking Ground at the Outlet Mall
Yates construction, Spectrum Capital and the state of Mississippi officially broke ground on one of the state's most aggressive commercial developments to date: the Outlets of Mississippi Thursday morning in …
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Miss. Seniors Get Another Shot to Pass Grad Tests
Mississippi officials are trying to retest hundreds of high school seniors who flunked exams that are required for graduation.
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City & County
Local Option Dies Again
Once again, the Mississippi Legislature has left Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. with a local-option sales-tax law he refuses to implement.
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Stuart Kellogg
At 10 p.m. in Jackson, about 80 percent of the people who are watching TV have their sets tuned to one of the top-three local news stations.
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Bryan's Rant
Do the Right Thing, IOC
Last week the International Olympic Committee selected wrestling, softball/baseball (combined bid) and squash as sports for its short list of those to include in the 2020 Olympic Games. It dropped …
