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Time to Stop the 'Black Friday' Lunacy
The trampling death of a Wal-Mart temporary worker yesterday morning in a stampede to shop in a big-box retrailer whose products are mostly made outside the United States sent a …
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Health Exchanges Slow to Attract Young, Healthy
Fears that health insurance exchanges wouldn't attract the young, healthy people needed to make them financially viable are being heightened by the early results of signups in several states.
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21st Century Job Hunting
For many fields, the 21st century job seeker benefits from having an online resume. First, get a blog. Blogger and WordPress are free online hosts for blogs where you can …
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Fondren Business Happenings
Despite the looming recession threatening to disrupt and weaken local economies all across the nation, the Fondren business district is flexing its muscles.
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Suit Over Missouri Execution Drug Draws Scrutiny
A ruling temporarily prohibiting a compounding pharmacy from selling execution drugs to Missouri could have implications across the country, a legal expert said Thursday.
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City & County
Blighted Property a 'Recipe for Disaster,' But Residents Can Buy Some of It
When Alberta Epps arrived at the Jackson Police Training Academy Saturday morning, she was looking to find out more than about some overgrown property next to her house.
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[Barkley] Power of the Purse and the Pill
Women's personal economies have always been tied to their ability to control their reproduction.
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John Oliver Starts Miss. Company; Buys and Forgives $15m in Medical Debt
By Todd StaufferIn a segment highlighting how easy it is to buy up old medical debt and learn about the patients who have it, John Oliver on his show "Last Week Tonight" put together a shell company to do just that.
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Mii Fit?
Last time I blogged on here, I mentioned my vacation-oriented Food Court diet disgust and the intense need to buy a Wii Fit. After that went up I went poking …
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Biz Roundup
Pine Cone Moves; Fresh Local Produce, Goods for Jackson
The Pine Cone gift boutique (1220 E. Northside Drive, Suite 220) opened its new home in Deville Plaza next door to Deville Camera yesterday.
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Crime
Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty as Part of Largest Health Care Fraud Case Ever in Mississippi
Thomas Edward Spell, Jr., 50, of Ridgeland, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to a Criminal Information outlining his role in a more than $240 million dollar …
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State
Mississippians Give $12.3 Million to GoFundMe Campaigns
Scrolling through Facebook, it's almost impossible not to see a GoFundMe campaign these days. The Internet age has made generosity simple: the click of a button and a few online …
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5 Ways To Support Your Salon During Uncertain Times
COVID-19 is having a global impact on our daily lives, and it is becoming increasingly apparent that businesses are really starting to take a hit, particularly the service industry.
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The NAMIWalks Fundraiser is back! Help me "Stomp Out The Stigma of Mental Illness"!
I am writing you today to tell you about an upcoming event that I am participating in that is both very important and very exciting to me. It is NAMIWalks …
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Health Care
US Surgeon General Acknowledges Black Skepticism of Vaccines
The U.S. surgeon general on Thursday urged Black leaders in Mississippi to get COVID-19 vaccinations and to ask others in their communities to do the same.
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Pastors Protest Hobby Lobby Birth-control Fight
A coalition of liberal Christian groups has come out against Hobby Lobby's lawsuit challenging federal health care guidelines that require companies to provide insurance that covers the morning-after pill.
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Jacksonian
Lauren Lyles
A desire to achieve personal fame drives some people; others may find inspiration in getting wealthy. Jackson native Lauren Lyles' motivation stems from her desire to see and help people …
