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Gloria Williamson
A former Democratic state senator from Philadelphia, Miss., Gloria Williamson has devoted countless hours over the last 10 years to improving the status of women in Mississippi.
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Robin Dietrick
The last year has been a busy one for Robin Dietrick, who has gone from knowing little about Japan's influence on American artists and culture, to organizing and compiling a …
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Oil Found on Miss. Barrier Island
Residue from the Gulf oil spill has washed up on Petit Bois Island, Gov. Haley Barbour announced in a press conference this afternoon. A two-mile long strand, approximately one meter …
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Crazy Cat Opens New Fondren Location
Fondren shoppers have another place to indulge their sweet tooth. On Monday, Nov. 9, Highland Village confectioner Jon Lansdale opened a second location of his Crazy Cat Bakers in the …
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Education
JPS Asking for Tax Increase
The Jackson Public Schools board approved a $206 million JPS budget for the upcoming year at a meeting yesterday by a vote of six to one.
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Business
Smoke and the City
Mississippi is one of only 10 states that hasn't adopted a statewide ban, but several cities have passed ordinances against smoking in public places, including Jackson.
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Letters
Making Roads Safer
Imagine driving behind someone who is swerving from side to side. For years, we would have probably assumed that driver was drinking and driving.
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Bryan's Rant
Saints’ Woes
Last season the Saints went 9-0 at the Superdome. This season, they are 0-2 at home after a 27-24 overtime loss to the hapless Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
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Person of the Day
Dr. Nancy Lottridge Anderson
Dr. Nancy Lottridge Anderson is putting her knowledge of "crazy money" into an app.
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Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius is the first amputee track athlete to compete in any Olympic games.
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GOOD Ideas
Outside the Political Box
The "cultural creatives" movement is one attempt to reject the binary division in favor of a new, more enlightened political climate.
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Black Bar: Just Do It
Political awareness has been a theme of many groups across the country in recent months; even the MTV Video Music Awards turned this year's show into a rally to get …
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Spike Lee
It wasn't enough for filmmaker Spike Lee to make one documentary about the anger and outrage of Gulf Coast residents in the months after Hurricane Katrina. His new documentary, "If …
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[Stiggers] Spinnin' Wheel
We return to America's favorite game show "Wheel of the Fortunate."
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State
Hinds County Insurance Smackdown!
Today, supervisors voted on a compromise that involved the county picking up a portion of an increase in employee premiums approved at the Oct. 1 board meeting.
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Bryan's Rant
Still a Chance for a Saints Superbowl?
There wasn't even enough time to bask in the win against San Diego before thoughts turned to the New Orleans Saints' playoff hopes.
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City & County
Rap Sessions Empowering Youth
A diverse crowd of college-age students, young adults and others attended a community dialogue on the hip-hop generation yesterday evening at Jackson State University's Rose E. McCoy auditorium.
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SUMMER SLAM
The reason .0039% people in this country vote is because of secret mailers and because the media stuffs politics down our throats. Show me the funny pages.
