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Soccer: Man U Wins Champions League

How big is the Champions League? So big that's it one of the rare occasions that Americans (besides you socceristas) pay attention to European football. Manchester United and Chelsea, a …

College Baseball: Rebels, Eagles Win

Ole Miss probably clinched a trip to the NCAA Regionals on Wednesday with a 4-1 victory over Georgia in the first round of the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. The …

The Only Music Television that Matters

Pitchfork Media, an online-only music publication based in Chicago, is working to reinvigorate the lost art form of the music video. On April 7, the publication launched Pitchfork.tv, a Web …

A Tangled Web: The Mysteries of Frank Melton

After Frank Melton urged Donna Ladd in March 2005 to look into "rumors? about his past, the JFP conducted a three-year investigation into the specifics of those allegations.

Dairy Bar of Confusion

More than three years after Frank Melton challenged the JFP outside Bravo! restaurant to look into the rumors about him, it is clear that his Jackson web of young friends, …

[Kamikaze] Can White America Elect a Black President?

Excuse me if I seem out of breath. It's just that I've been laughing so hard since last week's West Virginia primaries that it's difficult to regain my composure. Don't …

Alan French

"For me, I wouldn't live anywhere else," Alan French says from his house-turned-office on North State Street in Fondren.

Connecting Better Electrically

Even if you're just an occasional reader of the Jackson Free Press, you may have noticed that editor Donna Ladd is something of a "connector" in the parlance of the …

Savory Pancakes

Grains are the food of life.

College Baseball: Rebels, Eagles Open Postseason Play

It's tournament time. Ole Miss faces top-seeded Georgia on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the SEC Tournament. Meanwhile, Southern Miss takes on Central Florida at 4 p.m. in the CUSA …

Some Things Should Be Off-Limits. Period.

I don't care that it's standard political practice. It doesn't matter to me what tradition dictates. Some things should be off limits. Period. Wife, kids, family, personal lives and the …

Mayor's Attempt to Rush Airport Appointment Thwarted

The Jackson City Council tabled confirming the appointment of local media mogul Wyatt Emmerich to the Jackson Airport Board after denying a request by Mayor Frank Melton and other councilmen …

Apple Store in Ridgeland Hits ‘Snag'

According to a piece in the Clarion-Ledger today, the long-awaited Apple Store in Ridgeland has hit a snag -- Ridgeland's architectural review board doesn't get it.

"So who should be the HNIC of the Memphis City Schools?"

This was the second sentence of the first paragraph of an article written by John Branston for the Memphis Flyer. So it won't look as if I am taking this …

What, Hampton? Crime ‘Better' Than When?

As part of The Clarion-Ledger's odd collection of articles today, seemingly designed to kiss and make up with the city it has scorned and bashed for so long, David Hampton …

College Baseball: JSU Stays Alive In SWAC Tourney

Jackson State defeated Grambling State 7-4 Friday in the rain-plagued SWAC Tournament. The Tigers face in-state rival Mississippi Valley State in an elimination game on Saturday at 3 p.m.

Barbour Calls May 21 Special Session for Medicaid and MDES

Read background on ad oversight controversy here.

ARTICLE: Skimpy prom dress lands teen in cuffs

Please go here, look at this dress, and tell me whether you think it was inappropriate for a high school prom. Here's an excerpt of the article on the incident:

California Supremes Overrule Same-Sex Marriage Ban

It's all over the news, but the one of the items that seems to be interesting about the ruling from a legal point of view is the notion that California …

NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rained Out

From Delta State Athletics Media Relations:

CLEVELAND— Day one of the NCAA South Central Regional has been washed out due to rains over the past two days in Cleveland. The tournament will resume on Friday and …