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Girl About Town
Of Beer and Building Community
The owners of Lucky Town Brewery explained how they want to be part of the regrowth of midtown at a community meeting at CS’s.
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Obama to Meet with Netanyahu, Iran Likely Topic
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end.
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City & County
Teeuwissen: City Attorney/History Professor
When it comes to Jackson, there's not much that still surprises city attorney Pieter Teeuwissen after nine years total representing the city, four of them as city attorney.
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Snowden Submits Request for Asylum in Russia
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said, claiming he faces persecution from the U.S. government and could face …
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chickball
JFP Chick Ball Auction Guide
Where can you buy neat art, jewelry and gift certificates and help keep women and children safe all at the same time? The 9th Annual JFP Chick Ball, of course.
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House GOP, Democrats Clash Over Immigration
House Republicans took a tentative step toward offering citizenship to some unauthorized immigrants Tuesday, but hit an immediate wall of resistance from the White House on down as Democrats said …
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Music
Pop: A Social Mirror
Most music listeners, no matter their genre of preference, have a skewed understanding of pop.
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Girl About Town
Beyond Downtown
The Livingston Farmers Market might be the ticket to get downtowners out into the suburbs.
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Person of the Day
2013 Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Class
This Friday and Saturday, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame will induct the 2013 Hall of Fame Class, which includes Bill Buckner, Jimmy Giles, Gerald Glass, Earnest Larry "Doc" Harrington, …
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Music
The Daytripper
This weekend, on a beautiful fall day, I decided at a moment’s notice to get in the car and go for a little road trip.
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Biz Roundup
Innovate Mississippi, New Businesses and Safe Shopping Tips
Tony Jeff, president of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, announced at the company's 13th Annual Conference Nov. 14 that the organization has changed its name to Innovate Mississippi.
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3 BP Employees Arraigned on Gulf Oil Spill Charges
Two BP rig supervisors and a former BP executive pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the deadly Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the company's response to the …
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Fed Survey: U.S. Economy Growing at Steady Pace
A pickup in consumer spending and steady home sales helped lift economic growth from October through early November in most parts of the United States, according to a Federal Reserve …
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Health Care
Dog Bites BPA: Chemicals Leak from Plastic Training Toys
Dogs that chew on plastic training devices and toys may be exposed to hormone-altering chemicals, according to research at Texas Tech University.
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Music
At the Mercy of an Audience
The music industry has very little room for pretense. If you write sloppily, play or sing poorly, or look like you've been hit repeatedly with a tether ball since birth, …
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Music
Six Guys, Four Guitars, Loud Madness
If you aren't going to see this band, I don't want to speak with you. This is the kind of music that moshpit-inducing, sweaty-energy recordings can only hint at.
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Obama: Income Inequality a Defining Challenge
President Barack Obama prodded Congress to raise wages and secure the social safety net as he issued an overarching appeal Wednesday to correct inequalities that he said make it harder …
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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Snowden: NSA's Indiscriminate Spying 'Collapsing'
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy "open letter to the people of Brazil" that he's been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of …
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Art
Pearl’s Joyful Tatter
Tatting is a lace-making technique from the era of Jane Austen, candlelight and wire spectacles.
