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Tim Slattery

Putting a balloon a few hundred feet in the air is not an easy task, but for balloonist Tim Slattery it's just like any other hobby--one he compares to sailing …

West Jackson Development Looks Ahead

With construction on a mixed-use development scheduled for completion in July, Jackson State University's Center for University-Based Development is looking ahead to several projects in west Jackson. The next phase …

What's on My Nightstand?

I've always loved to read. Reading invites us into another world populated with alternate possibilities. Whether we read for recreation or to deepen our knowledge of a particular subject, we …

Mix It Up This Weekend

Let's kick this summer off right, and let's do it tonight. Come to Art Remix at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). This free …

10 Things to Know for Thursday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Dr. Younus Mirza

Dr. Younus Mirza, a visiting professor at Millsaps College, is giving a free lecture tonight on "al-Qaeda in Today's World," exploring the group's role in the current global state.

Minor: Haley Should Release Tax Returns

In Bill Minor's syndicated column this week, he argues that Gov. Haley Barbour should be more accountable to the public:

Monitor Melton's Mentoring

Mayor Frank Melton's eleventh-hour call this week for the city to pay $1 million for young people to work for private businesses should put a vital issue front and center …

Whole Foods, Historic Preservation, Small Business and Downtown Cafe

Whole Foods Market's South regional buyers visited the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum in Jackson Monday, Feb. 18 to meet local farmers and producers.

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Extreme Makeover: Hattiesburg Edition

Like relatively every American, I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition every Sunday on ABC. Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment and like having a good bawl fest once a week, …

Lazy Dinner

Lazy Magnolia has been quenching the thirst of beer lovers all over the South since September 2003. As the state's only brewery, Lazy Magnolia's "Lazy Folks" have done an excellent …

Sh*t Anonymous Bloggers Say

You know it had to happen. They're too cowardly to put their real names to their angry posts. If you watch closely enough, you realize they must be using the …

Susan Haltom

Can you even imagine your first job right out of the University of Mississippi being curator of exhibits at the Old Capitol? And then, almost 20 years later, when you're …

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Women's college basketball, Ole Miss at Tennessee (6 p.m., Knoxville, Tenn., CSS): Can the Lady Rebels pull an upset against the SEC's best?

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Doctor S sez: Less than three months until college football starts. That's why we call these the dead days.

Monday Sports Report

Sunday's highlights: Southern Miss women lead C-USA. Murrah's Mo Williams thrilled to be an All-Star.

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The best in sports in the next 14 days

Men's basketball, Southern Miss vs. Marquette, 7 p.m., WSFZ (930): How strapped for cash is Southern Miss' athletics program? USM sold a CUSA home game to Marquette, which moved it …

Kemper Shareholders Should Share Pain

MPC's 582-megatwatt Kemper IGCC coal-fired power plant is now more than 80 percent complete. Since January, Southern's stock price has risen steadily from just above $42 in January to around …

Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson

Chokwe Lumumba never trailed Jonathan Lee in the Democratic runoff.

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Gene Dattel

A Mississippi Delta native, Gene Dattel was the only Mississippian to attend Yale in 1962.