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A Different Brand
Hinds County makes sense to planning consultant Tripp Muldrow. He lived in Baltimore in the 2000s, and while many residents had given up on the city and moved away, a …
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Passenger Jones: Taking Flight
This is your captain speaking. As we prepare for takeoff, we invite you to remove the headphones from your seat console and plug them into the audio outlet underneath your …
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Katrina's Scars Harder to See as Super Bowl Looms
New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 …
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Biz Roundup
Restaurants, SBA, BBB, New Paper Plant and Zippity Doo Dah
Babalu Tacos and Tapas led a December food drive that collected more than 1,000 cans of food for Stewpot Community Services.
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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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NM Abortion Complaint Highlights Privacy Concerns
A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation's four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had …
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Organic Living
Great Gardens Start with a Plan
Organic gardeners may be eager to get out and garden, but it's still too early to plant summer crops. We can start planning, though, savoring the bounteous crop of garden …
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Music
What the Pell?
With his high-energy shows, Starkville-based rapper and hip-hop artist Pell is trying to make a name for himself.
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GOP Governors Take a Pragmatic Turn
Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more …
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First Witness Testifies in Gulf Oil Spill Trial
BP failed to implement a new safety plan on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig even though the company realized a blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was its greatest …
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BP Executive Testifies at Gulf Oil Spill Trial
A ranking BP executive testified Tuesday that the London-based oil giant and its contractors share the responsibility for preventing blowouts like the one that killed 11 workers and spawned the …
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Getting (a Little) Past Politics on Keystone Pipeline
This morning I got to the office with an e-mail in my inbox, apparently forwarded to me, from the office of Scott Brown, famously the GOP senator from Massachusetts who …
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Weaning from Cable
The Cable Company and I have been fighting. Until recently, they've been winning. There was a brief stint where I dealt them a heavy blow when I opted for Internet …
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My Hero the Gyro
My affair with the gyro sandwich (pronounced YEER-oh, not JI-roh) began as a small child. I remember my father taking me to a small family-owned storefront inside a shopping mall …
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Replacing Mr. Peanut
In the past few years, Americans have seen a surprising number of food contamination incidents. Most recently, 46 states reported the appearance of salmonella in peanut products, which was followed …
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How to Renovate a Park
This month, community leaders broke ground for Fondren's Cherokee Heights Park renovation.
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[D.I.Y.] Be A Spoken Word Poet
In the past decade, a resurgence of the poetry known as spoken word has emerged and has become an outlet for expression for many people. Poets are drawn to the …
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The Best 10 Movies of 2004
2004 was not an especially great year for movies. Though there were many good films (and a handful of highly memorable ones), this year's awards season has surprisingly few quality …
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Guilt-Free Carbon Units
It was an ordinary Monday morning. I put on my corduroy jacket and walked outside. A flock of robins pecked for worms in our un-raked front yard. Our next-door neighbor …
