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Marcus Burger
Marcus Burger knows his way around the three primordial elements of rock, paper and scissors. Burger, who is the Hinds County deputy director for Young Leaders in Philanthropy, is organizing …
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Music
[Artists To Watch] Wild Emotions: Like Musical Rain
During a typical night's summer rehearsal for the Wild Emotions, their practice space—Daphne Nabors' house—is filled with heat, humidity and plenty of energy.
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Irreverence and the Ukulele
Dent May's "The Good Feeling Music of Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele" is an odd aesthetic choice for a Mississippi musician. May is from Jackson and currently resides in …
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10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today:
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Killer Ribs
If you go to a restaurant called The Rib Shack, you'd better order some ribs. The Lynch Street barbecue joint just opened in late July, and I recently decided to …
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories people will be talking about today.
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Feast For The Senses
The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra hums in waiting, but not for long. "Boomers at the Ballpark," a musical good-bye to summer, rockets the 63rd season into fruition on Sept. 8 at …
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the Best in Sports for the Next Seven Days
Colleges, fan fests: Tonight the Big 3 turn out to rally the troops, er, fans in Central Mississippi. The Golden Eagles' "All-Star Party" kicks off at the Mississippi Trade Mart …
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Breaking: Cutcliffe Fired
Ole Miss fired football coach David Cutcliffe on Wednesday. This comes on the heels of a 4-7 finish, Cutcliffe's first losing season in Oxford. In 2003, the Rebels were 10-3 …
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Groups Support Manning's Efforts to Stop Execution
Two organizations that help exonerate inmates using DNA evidence have asked the state Supreme Court to let them file briefs to support Willie Jerome Manning's effort to avoid execution on …
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Person of the Day
Jim Hood
The office of Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood has long been an advocate for victims of crime in the state. As such, Hood and his team of attorneys write and …
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'Keep on Pushing'
Big Roscoe: "Welcome to Clubb Chicken Wing's 'Day After New Year Hot Wing Happy Hour.' Regular customers returned here to wind down after partying New Year's Eve and day."
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Killen Seeks OK to Pursue New Trial in 1964 Deaths
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments from a former Ku Klux Klansman convicted in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers.
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Lawyer Fired from BP Claims Program Sues Company
An attorney who was fired by the court-supervised administrator of BP's settlement with Gulf Coast businesses and residents is suing her former employer and the London-based oil giant.
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Bryant Rescinds Part of Order in Insurance Dispute
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is backtracking from part of an executive order he issued in a dispute between the state's largest insurer and a hospital company.
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City & County
Council Backs Mayor's Plan on Taxes
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba received approval from Jackson's City Council to reallocate 5.56 mills of tax money to bail out the zoo, among other things.
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The Heart of Chick Ball
The JFP Chick Ball is more than just a night of entertainment and merriment—at the heart of the Chick Ball is a vehicle to shine a light to victimization in …
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State
Parole Board Shuffle
Malcolm McMillin, formerly a Hinds County sheriff, is stepping down from his post as head of the state parole board.
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Person of the Day
Dr. Carolyn Meyers
It's a different world from the one in which Dr. Carolyn Meyers studied alloys as a graduate engineering student at Georgia Tech.
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Mississippi's Wicker Sees Way Off 'Fiscal Cliff'
Mississippi's junior U.S. senator says Republicans are willing to meet President Barack Obama's call for new revenue to stave off tax increases and deep cuts in government programs — but …
