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No Overnight Sensation

It's unfair to call The Overnight Lows' "City of Rotten Eyes" a debut. It's more a culmination--a mail bomb packed tightly with a decade's worth of hand-scrawled show flyers and …

Feature

Southern Punk Soul in a Singlewide

The Dexateens are rambling into their next act. The Tuscaloosa-based band has been bringing its mix of loose, Stones-like swagger, punk energy and southern rock to music clubs throughout the …

Music

Blues ‘Brothers'

Growing up in Cleveland, Miss., Jason and Brock Bailey learned the blues early. The two brothers spent much of their early childhood listening to the music of their father, Joe, …

LGBT

Gay Marriage at High Court: How a Case Can Fizzle

Late in the oral argument over same-sex marriage in California, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a startling comment, given the months of buildup and mountain of legal briefs that have descended …

Economy

House GOP Seeks to Defuse Debt Crisis

With tacit support from President Barack Obama, House Republicans were moving Wednesday to try to defuse a potential debt crisis with legislation to prevent an economy-rattling fiscal crisis for at …

State

Crews Aim to Start Removing Oil from Damaged Barge

The Coast Guard says crews hope to start work Wednesday to remove thousands of gallons of oil from a damaged barge on the Mississippi River, but it's not clear how …

National

Ala. Child Hostage Standoff in 2nd Day at Bunker

A standoff in rural Alabama went into a second full day Thursday as police surrounded an underground bunker where a retired truck driver was holding a 5-year-old hostage he grabbed …

World

Tunisian Opposition Leader Killed Amid Tensions

A Tunisian opposition leader critical of both the Islamist-led government and of violence by radical Muslims was gunned down as he left home Wednesday—the first assassination in post-revolutionary Tunisia.

World

$50 Million in Diamonds Stolen at Brussels Airport

When the armored car set off for the Brussels airport carrying $50 million worth of precious stones from Antwerp's diamond district, eight gunmen knew all about it.

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Panther Mentality with a White Fist

I find myself agreeing with about 100% of what the original Black Panther Party stood for, after the black nationalist platform was abandon. Do not confuse this with the "New …

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Was Goliath all that?

My pastor's focus on Goliath this morning got me to thinking about his description of the infamous "giant" and how his interpretation applies to some of the things I've seen …

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Obama Campaign Focusing on Strong Base: College Students

Obama's campaign said it registered 10,000 voters on college campuses in Ohio last week and signed up 300 new volunteers at colleges in Iowa.

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My Exciting NABJ Trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!!!

Yesterday was my first day back home from the 2011 National Association of Black Journalists Conference, and although I am just recovering from jet lag, I am bursting with energy …

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John Currence: ‘King of American Seafood'

John Currence was wiped out for days during the fifth annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off held in early August in New Orleans.

Good

To Multitask or Not to Multitask

Today, I took notes on a lecture, researched a project, text messaged a friend and chatted with another friend who lives in England. But this isn't a typical day for …

Art

History as Art

The exterior of the spacious, charming house that sits directly across the street from a Jackson middle school is black. Inside James Luckett Powell's house, which was built in 1923, …

Games

Sex, Lies, and Ping Pong

Sometimes it's hard to write about video games. When there is good news to report on, it's likely too cryptic or too little to really write up until it's no …

Culture

[Rev] Blowing Sunshine Up Your Nose

Like many of you, I stayed up all night watching the election returns. The brilliant Dan Rather turns-of-phrase—"His lead is thinner than turnip soup" and "Are your fingernails sweating, yet?" …

Outdoors

Passing The Bar

There's a day in your life when staring at a rope swing hanging from a tree limb, you are content just to watch others fling themselves with glee off the …

Film

No Fires Burning

For filmmaker Tom Rice, patience is paying off. Rice, a Jackson native, began work on "The Rising Place," his feature film debut as a writer and director, in the late …