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Art
Zombies and Filmmaking
Prepare Now for the Zombie Apocalypse! On Oct. 26, as part of the fourth annual Mississippi International Film Festival, zombies and their attendant goons will overrun the Russell C. Davis …
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Half-Life
This summer, a couple of Walker's Drive-In employees painted a mural on the iconic eatery's patio wall in Fondren. It replaced a pockmarked and aging piece The Projectors, a trio …
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What Matters
Nearing 90 years of life, she sat on the edge of her chair staring into my daughter's eyes as if there was some clue as to who she was.
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Killing'
Same old, same old conservative response—reduce the size of government regardless of what the issue is.
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Candidate
Jones: Looking for Bargains
Leon Jones, a 48-year-old former Jackson police officer and day-care center owner, knows the importance of having an advocate on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
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City & County
What $6.5 Million Will Buy
Budget talks heated Sept. 5 as Mayor Chokwe Lumumba began distributing some of the funds from his $503 million budget, starting with re-allocating $6.5 million from the public schools. The …
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City & County
Enforcing Truancy Laws
Jackson Councilman Tony Yarber, Ward 6, doesn't split hairs on state truancy laws at Jackson Public Schools: He doesn't believe they are being enforced.
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Environment
Gators: A Conservation Love Story
By now, the stories of Mississippi's three record-breaking alligators have traveled around the world.
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Jacksonian
Christy Henderson
As the founder and executive director of the Mississippi Ridability Therapeutic Riding Center, Christy Henderson lives to enrich the lives of special-needs individuals through horseback riding.
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Editor's Note
Finding Sheroes
Think about the women you see in films and TV shows, on magazine covers and runways. They are pornified, photoshopped, plastic.
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Music
Blender IV: Hip-Hop Gives Back
Throughout last year, Jackson hip-hop artist James Crow, or Herbert Brown as his friends know him, struggled through an incredible hardship—one that no amount of talent, dedication or hard work …
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Obama Conditionally Backs Offer on Syria
President Barack Obama conditionally endorsed a Russian offer for international inspectors to seize and destroy deadly chemical weapons in Syria as efforts to avert retaliatory U.S. missile strikes shift from …
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9/11 Anniversary to Be Marked With Tributes
Sept. 11 victims' loved ones will gather at ground zero to commemorate the attacks' anniversary with the reading of names, moments of silence and serene music that have become tradition.
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The NSA machine: Too Big for Anyone to Understand
The National Security Agency set it in motion in 2006 and the vast network of supercomputers, switches and wiretaps began gathering Americans' phone and Internet records by the millions, looking …
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AP Interview: Syria Renouncing Arms Shows Strength
Syria's acceptance of a proposal to relinquish its chemical weapons stockpile should not be interpreted as a concession or sign of weakness, a senior government official said Wednesday. Damascus' agreement, …
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Top 1 Percent in U.S. Took Biggest Share Since 1928
The income gap between the richest 1 percent and the rest of America last year reached the widest point since the Roaring Twenties.
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Indian Court Convicts 4 in Fatal Gang Rape Case
An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over …
