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JFP on WLEZ 1.5.07 Podcast
Finally, we get Radio JFP recorded...we must be out of "beta." Enjoy.
JFP_WLEZ_10507.mp3 (26.3MB)
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Ala. Tar Balls from 2010 BP Disaster
The material is from the BP well and certain chemicals in the tar have barely broken down,
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Blaque Butterfly presents… "Enter the Realm of the Butterfly"
Here first art show/reception will be Saturday, July 29, 2006.
You've seen her featured in the Jackson Free Press and at events around town. Now prepare to enter the world of the woman known to us as Blaque Butterfly.
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N. Korea Rescinds Invitation to U.S. Envoy
The State Department says it is "deeply disappointed" in North Korea's decision to withdraw for a second time an invitation to a U.S. envoy to discuss the release of a …
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No Death Penalty for Ex-Miss. Inmate in 2013 Vegas Slayings
A 32-year-old former Mississippi jail inmate won't face the death penalty in Nevada in a 2013 double slaying case.
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WWII Marine's Remains Return Home After More than 70 Years
The remains of a fallen World War II soldier have returned to Mississippi after more than 70 years.
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Congressmen Support Landmark Status for Mississippi Capitol
Mississippi's entire congressional delegation is supporting an effort to have the state Capitol named a national historic landmark.
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Robocall Discourages Margaret Barrett-Simon From Running
By Todd StaufferA resident in Fondren sent us this voicemail message, which is an apparent robocall trying to suggest that Margaret Barrett-Simon's campaign is designed to help Tony Yarber.
Link: Robocall Audio
Barrett-Simon responded to the call on her Facebook page last week: "I want to be clear that, should I decide to enter the Jackson mayoral race, my campaign will not engage in these or similar tactics. I would also like to call all of those who decide to enter the campaign to renounce the use of 'robocalls' and similar anonymous 'hit and run' methods."
As one might expect, the call doesn't identify the party paying for it; it does appear to originate from a Washington State area code. When we called the Caller ID number in the message, we reached an automated attendant willing to put us on a no-call list.
If you receive robocalls that you can record or that reach voicemail, please email them to reporter R.L. Nave (rlnave at jacksonfreepress dot com).
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Hinds GOP Plays 'Obama Card' Against Carson in Ward 1 Race
By R.L. NaveA mailer is going around northeast Jackson attempting to link Dorsey Carson, a Ward 1 Jackson City Council candidate, to President Barack Obama.
Obama, an African American Democrat, is very unpopular among Mississippi Republicans.
The mailer, reportedly produced by the Hinds County Republican Party, depicts a photoshopped Obama with his arm around Carson even though the color of the president's hands in the photo don't match.
The Ward 1 race concludes with a runoff between Carson and Republican investment manager Ashby Foote tomorrow, Dec. 16, and is officially nonpartisan. Carson is a Democrat who contributed to Obama's election campaign and ran for the state Legislature as a Democrat, both facts that the direct mailer point out.
The push card also claims that Carson "criticized Mississippi to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder" over the state's redistricting plan. In addition, the flyer purports that Carson donated $500 to former Congressman Travis Childers over Sen. Thad Cochran in the recent U.S. Senate race.
http://jacksonfreepress.com/users/photos/2014/dec/15/19747/
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Eating In the Stables
The "new" Mississippi Capitol building was built in 1903 using back taxes paid by the Illinois Central Railroad, on the site of the old state penitentiary. Originally built for $1.9 …
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Hood Links Sunshine Act to Pardons
Attorney General Jim Hood's campaign site sent out an email this morning urging his supporters to call senators and oppose the Sunshine Act, which would allow agency heads to hire …
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From Blues to Hip-Hop
When I heard about Ali Neff's book on the Clarksdale hip-hop scene, I was relieved that someone had finally decided to talk about something other than the blues. Someone was …
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Health Care
Traffic Noise Increases Risk of Diabetes
Noise from honking cars and police sirens can disrupt sleep, but it also may increase the chance of developing diabetes, according to a large study from Denmark.
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City & County
City to Provide 500 Meals to Jackson Children Over Holidays
Several local nonprofits will unite this holiday season to provide 500 free meals to young people in Jackson as part of ongoing efforts to fight food insecurity in the city …
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Video: Mississippi Truth Commission
Here is some raw footage from the Jan 31 meeting of the Mississippi Truth Commission, the first state-wide body of its kind to assess the tyranny of the Jim Crow …
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"A WAKE FOR PEACE" JAZZ FUNERAL FOR DEMOCRACY
NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 20, 11 A.M. Link Traditional New Orleans jazz funeral entitled "A Wake for Peace": Jazz Funeral for Democracy timed to coincide with the inauguration of George …
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Sandusky Tries to Get His Penn State Pension Back
A handcuffed Jerry Sandusky testified by video link for nearly three hours Tuesday as Pennsylvania's public pension agency considered his request to restore retirement benefits canceled because of his child …
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Education
UMMC Epic Connect, Poetry Out Loud and Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards
The University of Mississippi Medical Center has partnered with the Mississippi Department of Health to launch a project called UMMC Epic Connect, which will link electronic health records between the …
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American Held in Syria Freed After Nearly 2 Years
As the U.S. mourned an American journalist beheaded by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage …
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Blogging the Body Politic
Read about presidential hopeful Howard Dean's remarkable grass-roots blogging campaign. And add your voice at the end: Will this campaign change politics as we know it?
