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MDOC's HIV/AIDS Program a National Model

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is touting a Mississippi program for inmates with HIV/AIDS as one of the nation's best.

Heads Up, Tacklers

Football is a tough game. I should know: Even though I played for only six or seven years, I have more days than I would like to count where my …

Pure Pain

Walking into the Highland Village studio, I was greeted by a gaggle of svelte, ponytailed women with the lines of ballet dancers.

The Cookbook Ladies of Rankin County

In 1978 Barney McKee, then director of the University Press of Mississippi, brought home a cookbook that he couldn't publish. That book was "The Twelve Days of Christmas Cookbook" and …

Time to Think Ahead

People don't plan to fail; they fail to plan. Anyone needing evidence of that adage's truth needn't look much further than Jackson's decrepit, and worsening, infrastructure.

Is 'Getting By' as Good as It Gets?

In the past month we've been through one hurricane, two national conventions and three weeks of preseason football. Here are a few of my casual observations.

Apple Rolls Out Larger, Faster iPhone; Siri to Gain New Abilities

For the first time, the iPhone is growing. After sticking for five years to the same screen size, Apple on Wednesday revealed a new phone that's taller, with a bigger …

Isaac Churns Up Oil, Questions

Hurricane Isaac disturbed oil from the 2010 BP disaster, washed up on Gulf beaches.

An Inconvenient Joke

If there is anything we now know here in Mississippi and in neighboring states, rising (or surging) oceans are nothing to belittle or use to score cheap political points.

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The Water Also Rises

In the ecological balance between droughts and floods, Where do Mississippi farmers—and consumer prices—stand?

Jackson Man Charged with Murder in Butt-Implant Death

Morris Garner, a Jackson man who lives as a woman under the name Tracey Lynne Garner, will face murder charges in the death of an Atlanta woman.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that people will be talking about today:

Community Events and Public Meetings

The Jackson Touchdown Club Meeting is tonight at 6 p.m. at River Hills Club (3600 Ridgewood Road).

BP Sells Gulf Assets to Cover Blowout Costs

BP is selling some deep-water assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $5.55 billionto cover the cost of its oil well blowout in the Gulf two years ago.

U.S. Added 103,000 Jobs in August, Lost 7,000 Gov't Jobs

Analysts had predicted about 125,000 new jobs in August, but 103,000 were created with 7,000 government jobs eliminated, resulting in a net gain of 96,000 jobs.

Speeches Highlight Obama-Romney Contrasts

The 2012 election is filled with political differences and voters will face a stark choice in policies.

Radically Different Approaches to Cutting $750 Bil in Annual Medical Waste

To reform Medicare, President Obama would cut payments to service provides, and Mitt Romney would cut payments to future retirees.

Reaping Cool-Weather Rewards

Mississippi, along with the rest of the South, is blessed with a long growing season, and now is the time to plant a fall garden so that you can enjoy …

Urban Homesteading Planning For Winter

Those who practice "homesteading"-or self-sufficiency-are busy preserving or "putting up" the produce they have grown this summer.

Paul Ryan Denies Making Inaccurate Statements

Asked on NBC's "Today" whether he would agree that some of his statements have not always been accurate, he said, "No, not in the least, actually."