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Girl About Town
Eating, Drinking and Learning
Eating and drinking are generally a recipe for a good time. But they also present opportunities to learn or to think about things in a larger context. One recent weekend, …
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John Currence: Big Bad Chef
John Currence takes on the day—and the world—with a quart-sized container of iced coffee and the mouth of a sailor.
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Luck, Instinct Determined Fates of Volcano Hikers
Some survivors of the eruption of Mount Ontake made a split-second decision to hide behind big rocks or escaped into lodges that dot the mountain's slopes. Outdoors, other hikers fell, …
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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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Syrian Refugees See Future in Continental Europe
Surrounded by compatriots among a row of white canvas tents and prefabricated homes, Bahjat Molla sings mournfully of missing his Latakia home, of the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, of …
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US-Led Strikes Hit IS Group as Coalition Grows
American warplanes and drones hit Islamic State group tanks, Humvees, checkpoints and bunkers in airstrikes Friday targeting the extremists in Syria and Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition expanded to include …
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Rain Helps Reduce Threat from California Wildfire
Helpful rains and more than 8,000 firefighters brought solid advances against a huge wildfire in Northern California, leading evacuations to dwindle and the number of threatened homes to fall from …
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Sierra Leone Cordons Off 3 Areas to Control Ebola
Sierra Leone restricted travel Thursday in three more "hotspots" of Ebola where more than 1 million people live, meaning about a third of the country's population is now under quarantine.
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US-Led Strikes Hit IS-Held Oil Sites in Syria
U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the extremist Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing at least 19 people as the militants released dozens of detainees in …
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City & County
Westward Expansion
West Jackson is full of the kinds of challenges that social-science careers are built on, and the master plan takes all of it into account.
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Building Purpose in Jackson
Jackson has made positive strides over the last few years, and I believe our best years to be in front of it—but there is still a lot of work for …
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Calling All Men of Character
To reverse the abuse cycle, it takes all of us, especially men.
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Robert Henri: Journey into Spain
The American painter and teacher Robert Henri, who taught at New York School of Art, made frequent trips to Spain that resulted in his appropriately titled "Spanish Sojourns" collection of …
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Biz Roundup
Lucky Town, USM College of Nursing and Nissan/Habitat Collaboration
On Friday, Nov. 7, locally owned and operated craft microbrewery Lucky Town Brewing will open the doors to their new brewing facility in Jackson for a weekend-long grand-opening celebration.
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Assad Backs Efforts to Fight Terrorism
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday he supports any international effort against terrorism, apparently trying to position his government on the side of the U.S.-led coalition conducting airstrikes against the …
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Some 130,000 Syrians Reach Turkey, Fleeing IS
Some 130,000 Syrian refugees fleeing the advance of Islamic State militants have crossed the border into Turkey in the past four days, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Monday, warning that …
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UK Remains United After Scotland Referendum
The United Kingdom will stay united. Voters in Scotland resoundingly rejected independence in a historic referendum that shook the country to its core.
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France Strikes Islamic State Group's Depot in Iraq
Joining U.S. forces acting in Iraqi skies, French fighter jets struck Friday against the militant Islamic State group, destroying a logistics depot, Iraqi and French officials said.
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Man Faces Arson Charge in Huge California Wildfire
Thousands of firefighters kept a huge and still-growing wildfire from burning homes in Northern California while a man with a long criminal history faced charges of deliberately starting the blaze …
