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That Motley Crue Girl

About three months ago, my best friend called me with one of her fabulous ideas. These ideas come at least twice a year and previously involved both a foray into …

Take That, O Disloyal Ones!

Immediately following a Jackson City Council work session in January, Mississippi Link publisher/owner Socrates Garrett was all smiles. Council President Marshand Crisler had informed him that it was looking like …

Dads and Purity Balls-Respect My Authortay!

I've sat on this one too long. Feministing has blogged about the ickiness of the Purity Ball for a while now, and this one is quite the ickiest.

Barbour Defends Town Hall Confrontations

The recent spate of rowdy behavior at health-care town-hall meetings is because Americans don't understand the Obama administration's plan, Gov. Haley Barbour told reporters during a conference call Monday organized …

SCOTUS Rules on Ariz. Immigration Law

The ongoing controversy around Arizona's controversial immigration law culminated today in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down this morning.

City Launches Summer Reading Program

The Jackson Public Schools District and city leaders announced an initiative yesterday to recruit 30,000 young readers across the city to read 100,000 books over the summer.

Landfall Hurricanes Likely on Mississippi Coast

Since 1900, 16 hurricanes have hit the Mississippi coast, nine of them category 3, 4 or 5, making them "major" storms. That means that of the 40 total Gulf hurricanes …

David Hampton: Must choice be governance ‘or' glitter for mayor – not both?

Style vs. substance seems to be choice politicians offer these days.

David Hampton at the Clarion-Ledger writes:

First Person

My vote from here on out goes to those who promise they will do everything in their power to allow my daughter to live in a humane society.

Bush Helps the Gautier Family Rebuild

And did I mention condescending?

This is so incredibly offensive.

Happy Bissextile Day!

Got your attention, didn't I? Ha ha...

Anyway,

10/23 Dow Ends Up 172; NASDAQ Stays Down

Although the Dow got as low as 275 it rallied back by the time the bell rang to go up 2 percent after two straight days of sliding, including a …

Point That Finger Somewhere Else, Wouldya?

Watch this eight-minute compilation of clips showing how the spin cycle is working the phrases "blame game" and "finger-pointing." Very interesting.

Study: Most Katrina Victims Elderly

AP is reporting:

A majority of people killed by Hurricane Katrina were older residents unable or unwilling to evacuate in the rising floodwaters, according to a study of almost half the bodies recovered …

"Nudes and Figurative Works"

"Nudes and Figurative Works"• Currently hanging• Fischer Gallery• Free

From A to C but where is B?

Youth Media Project

Oftentimes children will explain to you that they want to change the world or impact their society without knowing how.

[In The Street] Barefoot Beats

Benefitting Habitat for Humanity, this is the festival's first year, and it promises to be a good time.

Soulful Jazz

Pam Confer considers her style "a little jazz dipped in soul." Here are some songs that she often performs.

Inmates Injured in Jail Fight

A fight that broke out this afternoon at the downtown Jackson jail resulted in injuries for three prisoners, WAPT reports.

WLBT 3: Campaigning Continues in Final Hours

WLBT 3 reports:

We know that the city of Jackson will have a new mayor -- but will it be Republican Rick Whitlow or Democrat Frank Melton? Voters will decide when the polls …