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How to Make Enemies

When award-winning journalist Curtis Wilkie sets out to cover the downfall of Mississippi's foremost trial attorney, he goes at it like a neurotic terrier digging in a graveyard--with a macabre …

EU Threatens to Sanction Tax Havens Like Panama

The European Union has threatened to sanction countries like Panama if they continue to refuse to cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data …

2nd Arrest Made in Killing of Mississippi Family

A second suspect was arrested and charged in the abduction and killing of a Mississippi couple and their 7-year-old son, authorities said Thursday.

New Orleans Saints Training Camp

The road to Super Bowl XLVIII begins today for the New Orleans Saints, as the team begins to put the turmoil of last season behind it.

UN: Stopping Zika May Require Genetically Modified Insects

It may be necessary to use controversial methods like genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the insects that are now spreading Zika across the Americas, the World Health Organization said …

Six Dead in Pa. Thrift Store Collapse

A building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store Wednesday morning, injuring at least 14 and killing six people.

France Girds for New Threats Amid Mali Operation

France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that the French could be targeted within …

Bloodwater

Capt. Louis Skrmetta didn't know what hit him in late August 2005. That weekend, as he was running a boatload of about 600 people out to Ship Island, The Weather …

A Golden Standard

"Are you ready for some football?" A voice in the dark asks before the start of New Stage Theatre's production of "Lombardi."

Mystery Ballots

Leading up to Election day, we've heard a lot of semi-hysteria regarding voter fraud in Mississippi. Certain politicians have latched onto this chimera as the wedge issue for 2007, while …

Miss. Senator Says She Plans to Alter Iran Divestment Bill

A Mississippi state senator trying to curtail investments in Iran says she's reworking the bill over concerns that it could hurt the state's ability to work with automaker Toyota Motor …

Industry Denies High-Fructose Corn Syrup Unhealthy

The president of the Corn Refiners Association sent an e-mail to JFP contributing writer Brandi Herrera Phrem about her story "Healthy Holiday Eating," stating that "the suggestion that high fructose …

U.S. Ready to Strike Back Against China Cyberattacks

As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other …

NSA Debate Pits Far Left, Right Against the Middle

Revelations of massive government collections of Americans' phone and email records have reinvigorated an odd-couple political alliance of the far left and right.

Dean Does Dixie

Casey Parks interviews Howard Dean, Charles Evers and the head of the Jackson State University Young Democrats about race politics in the South.

My Statement About Mike Lacey's Use of Racial Slur

April 18, 2008—When I first heard that one of AAN's highest ranking executives had used the n-word to jokingly refer to a deceased friend of his, I assumed his friend …

Bloomberg: Jackson 11th Strongest Economy

CORRECTION: We described circa, a store in Fondren, incorrectly. We should have said it is a lifestyle store.

Kynesha Williams

"You can dream it, or you can make it happen" are words Kynesha Williams lives by. Williams, 28, is the founder of BeanSprout Benefit, a foundation that raises money for …

Think Equal

Here's a great ad on marriage equality for same-sex couples:

A clear majority of Americans support civil unions, and an equal majority oppose same-sex marriage. I am absolutely sure that this is because most heterosexuals simply have no idea just …

MDOT Gets 511 System

MDOT has contracted a 511 traffic-and-travel telephone system to British-based engineering firm Atkins.