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Business
Gannett's Butterfly Effect
One month ago, five Clarion-Ledger's newsroom staff members, "armed" with $200 in one-dollar bills, spent a Sunday afternoon at the Flowood Walmart "to celebrate and promote the new, expanded" version …
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Rebelling Against the Rebellion
Newt Knight is described as a "deserter, renegade and assassin" on the website of the local Sons of the Confederate Veterans chapter in Jones County, but Lew Smith in nearby …
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Health Care
GOP Shows Signs of Reaching Out to Democrats on Health Care
Republicans showed signs Tuesday of reaching out to Democrats for a joint if modest effort to buttress health insurance markets, four days after the GOP effort to unilaterally uproot and …
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National
Rebel Yell: Southern Nationalists Again Crying 'Secede'
As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and failed to do: secede …
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Education
Drum Majors for Academic Excellence, Vietnam Reflections and MUW Nursing Program
Jackson State University's Development Foundation has launched a campaign called "J5 Drum Majors for Academic Excellence" to help the university generate $1 million within four years for endowed scholarships.
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Trump Says He's Leaving Businesses to Avoid Conflicts
President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he's leaving his business empire to focus on being the nation's 45th president, declaring he can successfully avoid conflicts of interest between governing and profiting …
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Protesters: Police Shooting May be Legal, but isn't Right
A prosecutor's decision to clear a Charlotte police officer in the killing of a black man left some African-American community leaders saying while the shooting may have been legal, it …
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National
Pressuring Trump, Clinton Releases 2015 Tax Returns
Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6 million last year, according to a tax filing released by her campaign Friday that sought to pressure presidential rival Donald Trump to disclose his …
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Music
Light Beam Rider
Light Beam Rider may hail from Corinth, Miss., but for many years, Jacksonians could frequently catch the group's freaked-out indie-rock sound at local venues such as Hal & Mal's and …
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Art
From Mother School to Museum
From the outside, one can't possibly see the beautiful and tragic history that the two-story gray building on Bloom Street holds.
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Foley's Death Isn't Changing Views in Congress
For all its horror, the beheading of an American journalist in Syria appears unlikely to change lawmakers' minds about military intervention against Islamic State extremists.
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Rand Paul and 2016: A Message of Change, Delivered Deadpan
Ready to enter the chase for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, first-term Kentucky senator Rand Paul has designs on changing how members of his party go about getting elected to …
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Clerk Ignores Gay Marriage Order, Asks Judge for Delay
A Kentucky clerk who defied a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses and turned away four gay couples has until Monday to convince the judge to delay his mandate.
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Chokehold Case Stirs Debate on Special Prosecutors
After a police officer wasn't indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than local district attorneys.
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Style
Hope for Harper Grace
Harper Grace Durval, now 2, has a rare form of epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome. Her daily grand mal seizures include unconsciousness, severe muscle contractions, and loss of bladder and bowel control. …
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Congress Probes How IRS Emails Could Go Missing
The Internal Revenue Service commissioner said Friday the agency will not share with Congress additional details about its lost emails related to the ongoing tea party investigation until its own …
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And the Oscar Goes To ...
Hollywood rolls out the red carpet Sunday, Feb. 27, to celebrate the achievements of the motion picture industry during the past year. Despite promises of something new and better, devoted …
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JPS Weighs Bullying Policy
The bullying got so bad that LaShron Cooley's daughter began to feel physically sick before school. As a sixth-grader in the International Baccalaureate Program at Northwest Middle School, the girl …
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30 Under 30
Mynelle Gardens, on Clinton Boulevard, is a botanical wonderland. There are seven acres of nooks and crannies—a perfect setting for romantic walks.
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Will Romney's International Gaffes Affect Him Back Home?
On Romney's three-country tour he had the Mayor of London using his name as an epithet, the Palestinians calling a 'racist' and Solidarity in Poland distancing itself from him for …
