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Excerpts of Calif. Gay Marriage Case at High Court
Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court.
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Housing, Manufacturing Give U.S. Economy Lift
Gains in housing and manufacturing propelled the U.S. economy over the winter, according to reports released Tuesday, and analysts say they point to the resilience of consumers and businesses as …
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Obama Gives Secret Service Its 1st Female Director
President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director.
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North Korea Says It Has Cut Last Military Hotline
Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut its last military hotline with Seoul on Wednesday.
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High Court Hears Case on Federal Benefits for Gays
The Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.
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Charter School Bill Loses House Vote, But Not Dead
Mississippi House members don't want to proceed with a bill including a charter schools expansion favored by the Senate.
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Person of the Day
Otis Williams
Otis Williams was one of 15 applicants out of 550 national and international nominees to receive the 2012 Shire Brave Award and the only one in Mississippi.
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
One of Jackson's biggest events happened over the weekend. Didn't go to the parade? That's …
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Bars Test Limits of Legal-Marijuana Laws in WA, CO
John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vapor.
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N. Korea Puts Artillery Forces at Top Combat Posture
North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea …
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Calif. Gay Marriage Argument at High Court Today
The U.S. Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage.
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10 Years Ago This Week, the JFP Opposed the Iraq War
By Donna LaddDuring this 10th anniversary of the Bush invasion of Iraq, I remember well the week that the war started. The JFP was only a few months old and still making a name for ourselves. When we realized that Bush was actualy pushing ahead with the threatened Iraq campaign, we postponed our planned cover story (an interview with then JPD Chief Robert Moore) and published this "myths" of the Iraq War instead. (The other story ran the next week.) At the time, the war was popular, and supporters were lying through their teeth as we now know, even trying to convince Americans that attacking Iraq was, somehow, a way to go after Saddam Hussein (presumably because they had Islam in common).
This was one of those decisions we didn't have to make. We knew it wouldn't be a popular move to publish a cover story and a cover that was clearly against Bush's war, but we started this newspaper to tell the truth, no matter who it perturbs. So in one of our early "do the right thing and wait" moves (which publisher Todd Stauffer now calls stories like these), we put the issue out and waited for the other shoe to fall.
It didn't. The issue after this one had our biggest ad sales as of that time, and we only lost three distribution spots (one of which returned, and the other two are out of business).
The truth isn't always popular, but it is the Fourth Estate's responsibility to tell it. I'm fond of saying that my editorial decisions over the year have kept my conscience clear. This one was no exception.
May all of the soldiers, and civilians, who lost their lives in the Iraq War rest in peace. That includes my cousin, Josh Ladd, who died in Iraq believing he was fighting for a just cause.
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Miss. State Rep. Jessica Upshaw Found Dead
State Rep. Jessica Upshaw, an attorney who had been a lawmaker since 2004, was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide. She was 53.
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GOP's 'No' on Medicaid Becomes "Let's Make a Deal'
Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic "no."
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Heart Repair Breakthroughs Replace Surgeon's Knife
Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.
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AP Interview: Couple Reflects on Gay Marriage
Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their …
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Winning Ticket for $338M Powerball Sold in NJ
The lottery fantasies of mansions, luxury boats and unlimited travel are over for most people. But for the owner—or owners—of the lone winning ticket sold in New Jersey for Powerball's …
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City & County
Hail Damage Leaves Local Body Shops Swamped
The hailstorm that blew through the greater Jackson area last Monday left vehicles dented, damaged and, in some cases, totaled.
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Health Care
Group Appointments With Doctors: When Three Isn't A Crowd
In recent years, a growing number of doctors have begun holding group appointments--seeing up to a dozen patients with similar medical concerns all at once.
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
A Medicaid Rally is March 27, 11 a.m., in the second floor rotunda at the Mississippi State Capitol.
