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New Projects for Downtown, Bailey Magnet Areas
First to downtown: there's an article in today's Clarion-Ledger about a new project
called Old Capitol Green. This will be an eight-block project bounded by Pearl Street to the north, Commerce St. to the west, South St. to the south and Jefferson to …
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[Comedy] No Secrets for Lesbian Comic
When stand-up comic Suzanne Westenhoefer performs at New Stage Theatre on Friday, it will be her first performance in Mississippi. As she talks to me on the phone from her …
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LaLee's Letters of Love
I had to post these two letters to the Editor of the CL. Mainly because they offended me, horribly.
They were in response to the follow up article regarding LaLee. The woman in the Delta who was the focus of the documentary the 'Legacy of Cotton'.
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Update: W.C. Don's Still Open for Business
Note: See comments below this posting for update from management.
The City of Jackson announced Thursday afternoon that both northbound lanes of State Street between Tombigbee and Capital streets are temporarily closed to traffic for the remainder of the week. …
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Judge Orders White House to Release Spying Info
What a week. First, Cheney shoots somebody; now this. AP is reporting:
A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep …
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Breaking: All Five ‘Grayhead' Defendants Found Not Guilty
After four hours of deliberations, a jury has acquitted the five defendants accused of kidnapping and assaulting Michael Sanders to warn him away from talking to the police. Police say …
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Make It A Medley
Peas and carrots. Broccoli and cauliflower. Tri-colored bell peppers. Sure, I like a good veg medley from time to time, but what I really crave most days is a great …
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Amid Shouts, A 911 Overhaul
The mood in the House on Feb. 8 was affable, as it had been throughout most of the Legislative session since it opened in January. Lawmakers passed more than 10 …
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Do The Right Thing
This story originally ran in the Daily Mississippian, Ole Miss' student newspaper.
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What The Tuck!?!
In November 2002, Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, a long-time Democrat, shook a few corners of the Mississippi political underground by announcing that she would now be called Republican Lt. Gov. …
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One of Mississippi's Best-Kept Secrets for Artists
I had to buckle down and do it this week. It was time-consuming and a bit intimidating, but I finally got it done. What? The application for the MS Arts …
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Coretta, Betty and Me
It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States.
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Is Jackson ready for the emergence of "Homo-Hop"?
"Heterosexuals are very comfortable with the idea of gay boys parodying hiphop, and alot less comfortable with us doing it. And particularly if we do it well" Tim'm West in …
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Melton Ramps Up Morals Crusade
Mayor Frank Melton is showing his feminist side in his attempts to close down all sexually oriented entertainment in Jackson and "redefine" life in Jackson as we know it. The …
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Does Mississippi have BLACK UNITY?
Wih so much talk this month about race relations and how far society has come with dealing with the issue of race, I am reminded of a quote I heard …
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What's in a Blog?
Winter colds can really cramp your blogging style. They can also make you stop and think about what you're blogging about in the first place.
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Robert Moore: New Police Chief in Rockford, Ill?
The Rockford Register Star is reporting:
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Thoughts on Spike Lee's Comments in Oxford
Thought you all would find this interesting: Spike Lee visited University of MS today (something I had heard nothing about here locally) and made national news.
