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Memphis Flyer: Handicapping Plame Game

The Flyer takes a look at the Plame situation and "handicaps" the odds of the various types of indictments that could come as early as next week from the grand …

C-L: Malfunctions, confusion confound metro-area voters

The Clarion-Ledger reports:

Ways to Give

Not everyone in Jackson experiences a merry and bright holiday season. Here are a couple local charities who need your donations to help those in need.

Eric Stringfellow: Stretch run could determine outcome in hotly contested mayoral race

Eric Stringfellow writes at the Clarion-Ledger:

I Blame it On the Weather

I've finally found a workout routine and I'm blaming in on the weather.

The amazing fall weather is not too hot and not too cold. Fall is my favorite season because I crave balance and as the muggy long summer days fade, I …

How Not to Get Sick

Several coworkers and friends in my life have gotten sick recently. It's probably the change in the weather. Luckily, I have an amazing immune system. Seriously, I'm not even trying …

Mississippi Showcase

One of the things Dr. S enjoys most about watching an NFL game, besides all of the subtle, tasteful beer commercials, is seeing how many players from Mississippi and Mississippi …

Watermelon Classic

The 20th running of one of Mississippi's oldest road races takes place at 7:30 a.m. on Friday July 4, 2003 in front of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and …

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

“Horror is a fitting genre to write about race in America,” University of Mississippi's 2020-21 John and Renée Grisham writer in residence Maurice Carlos Ruffin said. “As far back as …

No Midnight Alcohol Sales on New Year's Eve in Mississippi

Mississippi bars and restaurants are limited in selling alcohol to customers ringing in the new year. An executive order by Gov. Tate Reeves bans the sale of alcohol between 11 …

Out-Of-Town Papers: Ole Miss Flames Out

Here's how some out-of-town papers saw it:

It's all over for the Ole Miss baseball team, which lost to Miami 14-9 Monday night in Game 3 of the Oxford Super Regional. The Rebels gave up one grand …

Bad and Beautiful

Roller derby is experienceing a rebirth on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Mississippi Rollergirls are Mississippi's first flat-track derby league. Right now the league consists of one team, but its …

Literary Resonations

When English professor and poet Steve Kistulentz joined the Millsaps College faculty in 2009, he campaigned to formalize a visiting writers series.

Fingers and Toes

In the running world, a seemingly endless debate rages--what shoes will maximize your running potential? One camp swears by minimalist running shoes, characterized by being lightweight and having a super …

Out Of The Freezer, Back On The Ice

Doctor S sez: I like Brussels sprouts better than the NHL.

The NHL returns to the ice on Wednesday night after nearly two years of labor issues-related exile. Newsday's Johnette Howard sums up the situation nicely: "Hockey is sort of the …

"Surrounded by Silence," Prefuse 73

Scott Herrin, a former Atlanta native known as Prefuse 73, changed the face of underground music in 2001 by unleashing the groundbreaking glitch-hop release "Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives." Combining …

"The Needle was Travelling," Tarwater

Alex Slawson & Herman Snell

Tarwater is the project of Berliners Bernd Jestram and Ronald Lippok [also in To Rococo Rot] whose primary output has been that of scoring motion pictures- in Germany at least. …

Herman's Picks

Mark your calendar now for Thursday, Dec. 2 for the Hal & Mal's Operation Shoestring Benefit Concert. From 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. your $15 donation to Operation Shoestring gets …

"Silent Alarm," Bloc Party

-- Herman Snell & Alex Slawson

With a bevy of EP's and 12-inch singles under their belt over the past year, Bloc Party unleash their scorching debut album. This is crisp and manic British post punk, …

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Threatened'

No one's constitutional rights are being threatened here. House Bill 2 has caused confusion and raised numerous questions over its meaning.