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Girl Hoped to Have Been Cured of HIV Has Relapsed
A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV—and therefore is not …
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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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UN to Vote on Crash Resolution; Russia Has Doubts
The U.N. Security Council will vote Monday on an Australia-proposed resolution demanding international access to the Ukraine plane crash site and a cease-fire around the area, with diplomats pressuring a …
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Friend is First Convicted in Boston Marathon Probe
The conviction of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for impeding the investigation into the bombings has his lawyers wondering if anyone else who faces charges connected …
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Colorado Issuing Driver's Licenses to Immigrants
Colorado will begin issuing driver's licenses and identification cards to immigrants Friday regardless of their legal status, underscoring a sea change in a state that less than a decade ago …
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Ole Miss Taking More Steps for Racial Diversity
The University of Mississippi, which has long struggled to distance itself from plantation-era imagery, is renaming a street known as Confederate Drive and adding historical context to Old South symbols …
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Art
Printing with Patti Henson
Patti Henson puts a little bit of herself into every piece she crafts. Her vivid watercolor paintings, fascinating fabric-batik pieces, and clever logos, drawings, and designs are sprinkled across the …
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Ole Miss, Ranked 18, Only Mississippi School in First 2014 AP Poll
Jameis Winston and defending national champion Florida State are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll. The University of Mississippi is the only entry among Mississippi schools, …
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Person of the Day
Glen Rogers
Mississippi-born Glen Rogers is an internationally acclaimed artist who draws inspiration from ancient symbols carved on rocks and cave walls around the world to create paintings, prints, drawings and public …
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Pamela Bates Graham
At night and on weekends, Pamela Bates Graham puts on the green and black uniform of the Capital City Roller Girls and transforms into Graham Reaper.
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Art
From the Pub to the Stage
Catherine Bishop became the only certified Irish-dancing teacher in Mississippi, and she trained in Ireland in 2002 and 2003.
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Biz Roundup
Mentoring, Telemedicine and Home Health
Last week, St. Dominic’s announced an expanded partnership with REACH Health Inc. that will allow the hospital to connect lung specialists with acute care pulmonary patients.
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City & County
War of Words Begins in Mayor’s Contest
When the robots begin calling, you know the race has begun. Before she announced that she had indeed decided to seek the mayor's office, Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon was …
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Music
The Fray’s ‘Helios’ Burns up on Entry
It seems like ages since Colorado piano-pop band The Fray released something new, though it actually hasn't been at all.
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Politics
Piling on the Poor
Before the session started, fiscally conservative budget writers vowed to keep state spending to a minimum unless the economy improved and projected revenues went up.
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Report: Both Black and White Children Lag in Mississippi
When it comes to education, health, and economic opportunity, both white and black children in Mississippi are worse off than their peers in nearly every other state, a report and …
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Storied Songstress
If a great song tells a story, it naturally follows that a great singer would be skilled at the art of storytelling. Writer, English teacher and jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin …
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Books
The Natchez Novelist
In 2011, author Greg Iles was just a week away from the deadline for his next novel, a follow-up to the best-seller "The Devil's Punchbowl," when he was involved in …
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Mississippi Residents Picking Through the Rubble in Pearl, Tupelo, Winston County
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Dagmar Almenares, who lives in the Highlands mobile home park near Mississippi's biggest airport, said he considers himself lucky to be alive. The 33-year-old Cuba native …
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Kiev Says It's "Helpless" to Restore Order in East
Ukraine's police and security forces are "helpless" to quell unrest in two eastern regions bordering Russia, and in some cases are cooperating with pro-Russian gunmen who have seized scores of …
