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Sports
It All Comes Down to This
Super Bowl XLVII features an interesting matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. Both teams are strong defensively but very different on offense.
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Music
Black Jacket Does Pink Floyd
We all know I love music, all types and kinds. One of my favorite bands ever is Pink Floyd. I first discovered them at age 13 when my seventh-grade boyfriend …
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Music
An Apostle for Southern Soul
Daddy B. Nice wants to bring everyone home to southern soul. Nice, the pseudonym of Colorado-based writer Bruno Nicewanger, has been promoting the under-documented musical genre on his website, SouthernSoulRnB.com, …
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Film
Grim Revenge
Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner play the leads in “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”
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City & County
Robert Amos: Bring in the Bucks
Robert Amos ran for mayor of Jackson in 2009 and for a seat on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors 2011.
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Stinker Quote of the Week: "Doubts"
Kelly was tsk, tsking about Americans believing conspiracy theories when she should be crowing about how successful FOX has been in fostering fear, uncertainty and doubt among its viewers.
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Business
Arena Study Unveiled
After nearly five years of discussions, fundraising and bid evaluation, the city of Jackson finally has the results of a feasibility study for a new downtown arena.
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City & County
Hardwick: ‘A Grassroots Approach’
In her first political race, Jackson City Council candidate June Hardwick says she wants to put power back in the hands of the people.
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Jacksonian
Matthew Furdge
Known in the hip-hop world as Krack Koke or simply Got Koke, Jackson native and music producer Matthew Furdge is nominated not once, but twice, for Best Rap Album at …
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Editor's Note
Bryant’s Health-Care Rhetoric Doesn’t Add Up
Insured people do go to doctors more often. That’s exactly the point.
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Art
Tackling ‘Race’ at New Stage
Is racial prejudice a malignancy that lies in the remote far corners of the basement of all of our brains—even if only the size of a mustard seed—just waiting to …
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Union Backers Say Nissan Threatens Plant Closure
Pro-union workers said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. has threatened to close its Canton assembly plant if workers vote for the United Auto Workers to represent them, though the company …
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Crews Aim to Start Removing Oil from Damaged Barge
The Coast Guard says crews hope to start work Wednesday to remove thousands of gallons of oil from a damaged barge on the Mississippi River, but it's not clear how …
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Slow U.S. Economic Growth in Q4 May Hide Strength
Most economists agree that Wednesday's snapshot of U.S. economic growth is going to look dismal.
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1 Dead as Vast Storm Rakes South, Midwest
A large storm system packing high winds, hail and several possible tornadoes tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power …
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Giffords to Speak at Senate Gun Violence Hearing
Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will appear as an unscheduled witness Wednesday at the year's first congressional hearing on curbing gun violence, adding drama to a session that was already …
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US Economy Shrinks 0.1 Pct., 1st Time in 3½ Years
The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December for the first time since 2009.
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Bills Would Combine Miss. School Districts
Bills passed Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee would merge the Clay County and West Point school districts and give agricultural high schools in Coahoma and Hinds counties to the …
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Oil Leak: Miss. River at Vicksburg Remains Closed
Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean …
