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February 12, 2009
Is Favre Leaving Football, or Just the Jets?
Is Favre Leaving Football, or Just the Jets? For one day, at least, Brett Favre challenged Alex Rodriguez for the big headlines. On Wednesday, Favre, one of the N.F.L.’s most exalted quarterbacks, announced his retirement. Again. Hold the video tributes and rocking chairs. We’ve been down this road before. “We’re just taking him based on…
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February 12, 2009
MITCHELL – Judge Bobby DeLaughter to be formally charged today in Dickie Scruggs II mess
DeLaughter in court on criminal charges Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter is slated to appear in federal court in Oxford on a charge he was influenced to rule in favor of former high-profile lawyer Dickie Scruggs, who was sentenced this week to seven years in prison in the case. DeLaughter has maintained his innocence,…
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February 12, 2009
SLABBED traces roots of Dickie Scruggs’ civil mess
Plea Tree of Scruggs II has roots dating back to 1984 tangled in 1998 Coahoma County Chancery Court Decision In 1984, Richard F. Scruggs and William Roberts Wilson, Jr. agreed to associate one another in a number of asbestos-related personal injury cases. Accordingly, they formed an intermediary corporation in 1985 known as Asbestos Group, P.A.…
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February 12, 2009
YP – AG Jim Hood and PSC Brandon Presley get put on defense by Entergy
In a turn of events, Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, seemingly speaking for the Commission as a whole, and Attorney General Jim Hood attempted today to counter the impact of an audit requested and paid for by the PSC. Both pols were long on rhetoric, but short on specifics. From Presley’s release “With respect to…
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February 12, 2009
Hamilton: Kiffin learning from mistakes
Hamilton: Kiffin learning from mistakes KNOXVILLE — It’s been a rough week for Tennessee Coach Lane Kiffin. And his boss is well aware of it. After wrongfully accusing a rival of cheating, being reprimanded by a conference commissioner and having his own school turn him in for two minor recruiting violations, Kiffin is quickly realizing…
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February 12, 2009
House passes Voter ID
MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REP BRIAN ALDRIDGE, PASSES VOTER ID Jackson, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed comprehensive Voter ID legislation. Numerous Mississippians have expressed with great conviction their support for government issued photo ID, and today their hard work has come to fruition. While Aldridge disagreed with some portions of the…
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February 12, 2009
LAWANDMORE – “I see Dickie Scruggs shackled, orange-jumpsuit-and-all”
“I see Dickie Scruggs shackled, orange-jumpsuit-and-all,” Alan Lange, Y’all Politics The King [why does that term always default on Southern lads – e.g. Elvis, King George Bush] was in court to plead to a one count information of mail fraud involving corrupting a public official from providing “honest services” to the state. That count has…
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February 12, 2009
NMC – Was Dickie Scruggs II also a state felony?
The Government’s Factual Basis implies that the scheme was also a state felony… The factual basis used by the prosecution yesterday incorporates a state criminal statute as part of outlining the crime relating to Scruggs and the circuit judge. The statute is cited and then attached to the factual basis. Here’s what the document says…
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February 12, 2009
NMC – Scruggs II Guilty Plea and Sentencing (Part Two)
Scruggs II Guilty Plea and Sentencing (Part Two) Question: Does this possibility of a Rule 35 reduction only affect the new sentence? Norman then read the factual basis, which has been posted elsewhere on the blog. Among the interesting parts are: Langston wanting Peters not to enter an appearance but to corruptly influence the judge…
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February 12, 2009
YP – Dickie Scruggs court filings from 2/10/9
Scruggs Plea Agreement Scruggs Information Scruggs Fact Basis
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February 12, 2009
This time, we’ve got to believe it’s for real – Favre
This time, we’ve got to believe it’s for real – Favre Somehow, you’ve got to believe this is it. Brett Favre is hanging ‘em up. For real. No more qualifiers. His body has told him it’s time. His mind has given up the fight. The storybook ending didn’t happen, not with the Green Bay Packers,…
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February 12, 2009
Mississippi’s Big 3 weather hard times — for now
Mississippi’s Big 3 weather hard times — for now JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Southern Miss set a record for football season ticket sales. More than 30,000 Mississippi fans made the trip to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. And at Mississippi State, baseball season ticket sales are ahead of last year’s pace even though the Bulldogs…
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 21, 2026
Statewide assistance program opens for families dealing with opioid abuse
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Clara Turnage
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September 21, 2026
Student-athletes report need for suicide prevention, training
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Frank Corder
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September 21, 2026
President Trump welcomes Mississippi’s Reeves, other governors to Oval Office for Medicaid announcement
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Cass Rutledge
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September 18, 2026
Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
General Atomics announced second expansion this year, bringing 125 more jobs to Shannon
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September 21, 2026
Sights from the Vaught: Ole Miss vs. LSU
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September 21, 2026
Taylor’s four TDs rally Mississippi St. from 16-0 down to 41-34 win at South Carolina in SEC opener
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September 21, 2026
Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss says win over Lane Kiffin and LSU ‘meant more than other games’
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Lesley Davis
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September 21, 2026
The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house
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Sid Salter
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September 16, 2026
Despite many statutory protections, there is no clear constitutional right to clean water
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Russ Latino
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September 15, 2026
Sydney Sweeney Novig Ad: Body positivity’s double standard
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