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Community Events and Public Meetings
6:30 p.m., Jackson Audubon Society Monthly Chapter Meeting and Potluck Supper at Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). The meeting includes the election of officers and a lecture by …
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Flying from Seattle, Wa., to Chicago, I feel weightless for exactly two seconds.
Amidst so much movement, I think I should be finding more things to write about. The truth is, most of my life in the last month has been spent on …
Five women shot to death at suburban Chicago mall
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There is no known motive yet, and the suspect is still on the loose. What would make a person do something so sinister?
Brett Favre - Make up Your Mind
What is it with these athletes that retire and within months are ready to come back? I don't get it! And this is retirement number two for Brett. Do you …
[Pass The Mic] I Made You a Tape
Rob Gordon, the quintessential über music snob in Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity," sums it up best: "You gotta kick off with a killer, to grab attention. Then you got to …
ARTICLE: Disabled pregnant woman used as target practice
Six people, including a 12-year-old, are in jail on $1 million bond for torturing a pregnant woman with developmental delays who lived with them.
Is It So Difficult to Imagine, Ledger?
The Clarion-Ledger has an editorial today crediting Acting Chief-Sheriff Malcolm McMillin with dealing with the Latasha Norman case quickly and effectively, which seems a bit forced (they must have also …
Art
Raoul Dufy: The Controversial Aesthete
Amid the throngs of women attired like birds of paradise, the men in their usual palette of blues and grays, the clink of cocktail glasses and the rhythmic swell of …
Hedonistically Healthy
I'm not big on deprivation. Never have been, and I've been blessed to not feel like I've had to deprive myself much over the years in order to be healthy …
FEMA Trailers 12 Times Formaldehyde Limit
Recent Environmental Protection Agency testing of FEMA trailers reveals higher average levels of formaldehyde than was originally found by Sierra Club testing last year. EPA testing showed unventilated trailers were …
Warriors, Rescuers, Spooks: The U.S. Military's Growing Involvement In Domestic Affairs
Avian flu, hurricanes, weapons of mass destruction, drug runners, illegal immigrants, would-be terrorists, Fox News, CNN, and Google are just a few of the things Col. Tom Muir's men and …
Melton's Honeymoon, Part V: Seven Degrees of Separation
Like any governmental body that has to share power, the Jackson City Council is a forum of individuals who can rarely accomplish goals without forming some kind of alliance on …
Community Events and Meetings
6 p.m., Jackson Arts Collective Monthly Meeting, at The Commons at Eudora Welty's Birthplace (719 N. Congress St.). Every first Monday, the Collective Steering Committee meets to discuss business of …
Trying To Make It Right
The e-mail about the Jackson doctor came all the way from Canada. Hollis Brown, a singer/songwriter in Saskatchewan, wanted to know if an e-mail he had received, calling New Orleans …
Sheriff to Deputize Two of Jackson's ‘Finest'?
The Clarion-Ledger is reporting:
[Hutchinson] The Other Eartha Kitt
The smile on Eartha Kitt's face was unforgettable. It belied the pain, ridicule and turmoil she had endured after finding herself at or near the top of then-President Lyndon Johnson's …
