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National
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Tool"
In 2010, Mississippi's rate of maternal death per 100,000 was 15.2 percent, putting it at 45th in the nation for high rates of maternal deaths, meaning that only five states …
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Malarky Patty Melt
Chef Fat Meat: "Citizens of the Ghetto Science Community, this presidential election and the previous debates have inspired me to become even more politically active. Therefore, I am ready to …
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Books
Spooky Stories
Do you want to know more about ghosts and paranormal investigations? Here are some books that might help you.
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Investigators Search for Life After Death
This was not the first time Bullard and Grantham had been to the home that they regard as a consistent source of other-worldly evidence.
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My Ghost of Duff Green
We turned out the lights, switched on the small digital recorder and took our places at a table in the middle of the ballroom to attempt to communicate with the …
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Talk Back at JFP.ms
"Romney has no coherent foreign policy, so far as I can tell. Instead, it's just opportunism run amok."
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Robert Johnson: Crossroads Man
For many blues musicians and enthusiasts, Robert Johnson is the epitome of the blues.
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Another Nail in the Coffin
Another nail was hammered into my marriage’s coffin the day we buried my father-in-law—I just didn’t know it, yet.
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Interview
William Waller Jr.: No Agenda
Criticized for political donations, Mississippi State Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr. says as long as the state constitution requires judges to run for office, contributions are necessary.
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Players Union Opposes Tagliabue in BountyGate Appeal, Fujita on IR for Season
The players' union opposes former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue hearing the appeals of the four players suspended in the Saints bounties case.
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Obama Opponents Strive to Make Emails Campaign Issue
"There were emails about all sorts of information that was becoming available in the aftermath of the attack," Carney said. "The whole point of an intelligence community and what they …
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DOJ: Lauderdale County Violates Students' Rights
Authorities in east Mississippi run a "school-to-prison pipeline" that locks up students for infractions like flatulence or wearing the wrong color socks, a policy that mainly affects black and disabled …
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Ind. GOP Senate Candidate Stands by Rape Comment
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Wednesday that he is standing by his statement that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape "that's something God intended."
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City & County
City to Spend $90 Million on Water Improvements
A contractor for the city estimates a new $90 million project to upgrade the city's water system will create hundreds of new jobs in Jackson.
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Jacksonian
Chad King
This Halloween, the Fondren Theatre Group brings the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" back to a Jackson stage for its fourth production.
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Editor's Note
Beware the GOP's (Un)Scientific Sexism
The majority of Mississippians who voted last fall to block the passage of the "personhood" initiative should be very nervous about the Nov. 6 election.
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City & County
An Essential Opportunity
For those who are homeless, the Opportunity Center, the only day shelter in Jackson, is home.
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Swing-State Voters Hit with Mail Ad Barrage
Around lunchtime each day, the latest missives promoting or pillorying Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney arrive in Diane Ouradnik's mailbox. Before long, they're in her trash.
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Biz Roundup
Loans, Internet Access, Retirement, Steel and Illegal Burritos
Small Business Administration loans in the state were down to their lowest total since 2008, despite the second highest national total ever.
