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December 18, 2008
YP – Oil below $40 – now where are politicians railing against oil execs?
Today, miraculously, despite the obvious well-coordinated cabal between greedy oil executives, Middle East royalty and oil barons, and the rest of the trilateralist, industrial complex, oil has inexplicably fallen below $40 per barrel. How on earth did that happen? Where are the boneheaded state and Washington politicians calling for a windfall profits tax now? Eh,…
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December 18, 2008
Auburn’s football coach choice far from black and white
Auburn’s football coach choice far from black and white Jay Jacobs answered the question, and he didn’t lie. He didn’t lie because he didn’t answer the question. Not exactly. Not directly. The Auburn athletics director – the most maligned man in college football at the moment – wouldn’t allow himself to be painted into a…
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December 18, 2008
Chad Bumphis Says …
Chad Bumphis Says … Tupelo’s Chad Bumphis dropped by the Daily Journal offices yesterday afternoon – no particular reason – and so I cornered him for a few minutes to get his thoughts on recruiting. It’s down to Alabama and MSU, and coaches from each school have been/will be visiting him this week, and he…
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December 17, 2008
Auditor: Ex-Jones Co. worker embezzled
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 A former Jones County deputy court clerk could face up to 30 years in prison for embezzling more than $200,000 and altering public records to hide the crime, state officials said Tuesday. Natalie Brooke Ward, 30, surrendered to Jones County deputies Tuesday after she was indicted by a grand jury on two…
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December 17, 2008
Crime lab: State must modernize investigations
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/17/8 It’s past time to bring Mississippi criminal investigation into the modern era. That’s no slam on the people working in the existing system, but it is a slam on the system. Mississippi has consistently failed to adequately fund the state’s crime lab, to fund a state medical examiner or to enact…
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December 17, 2008
Blue Springs plant delay prompts ‘wait and see’ mindset in region
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/17/8 Toyota’s announced indefinite delay of its Blue Springs plant on Monday created a “wait and see” attitude for many businesses and projects related to the automaker’s arrival. Here is what some of them were saying Tuesday: – REAL ESTATE: “I don’t see the Toyota announcement negatively affecting our market…
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December 17, 2008
Langston proceeding points to more charges
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/17/8 Tuesday’s sentencing of former top plaintiffs’ attorney Joey Langston of Booneville brought more than hints about a second round of indictments in the state’s ongoing judicial bribery investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Dawson spoke the words “Scruggs II” in the courtroom before Langston was sentenced to 36 months in…
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December 17, 2008
Trips to Caribbean appear to have broken House rules
The Hill, 12/16/8 For at least five of the last six years, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have spent a few days each fall at a different luxurious Caribbean island resort. The trip’s official mission is to facilitate business and diplomatic relationships between the region and the…
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December 17, 2008
Melton’s discussion of legal woes may violate gag order
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/17/8 Mayor Frank Melton talked about his legal troubles at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting in what could be a violation of a federal gag order. Melton goes on trial Jan. 5 on federal civil-rights charges related to a 2006 police-style raid on a Ridgeway Street duplex. After repeated statements about the incident,…
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December 17, 2008
Council rejects $50K proposal for ex-guards’ attorney’s fees
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/16/8 The Jackson City Council did not approve a proposal Tuesday night that would have given $50,000 to Mayor Frank Melton’s former police bodyguards to pay attorney fees from their 2007 state trial. The request died in a 3-3 vote. A similar request was denied by the council in October. Councilmen Frank Bluntson,…
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December 17, 2008
Williams likely only to get a slap on the wrist for Mickelson comments
Williams likely only to get a slap on the wrist for Mickelson comments We’ve come a long way, baby. Twenty years ago nobody knew our names, few people cared about what we said, and we caddies never, ever made any headlines. It looks as though Tiger Woods’ bagman Stevie Williams threw out an off-the-cuff personal…
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December 17, 2008
What sports figures really say behind closed doors
What sports figures really say behind closed doors Wrigley Field played a prominent role in the federal wiretaps that could bring down Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He allegedly threatened to block a sale of the ballpark unless Tribune Co., owner of the Cubs and the ballpark as well as this newspaper, fired some of the Chicago…
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September 17, 2026
U.S. stocks rally to their best day in 6 weeks after oil prices and bond yields ease
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Frank Corder
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September 17, 2026
State Rep. Mangold wants to be the voice of ag as Mississippi’s next Agriculture Commissioner
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 17, 2026
Attorney General offers proposed uses for $188.9 million in Meta settlement funding
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Frank Corder
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September 15, 2026
Hitachi Energy brings largest U.S. investment to date to Mississippi
Business
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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
Business
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Frank Corder
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September 10, 2026
C Spire expanding fiber network with new high-capacity corridor between Jackson and Olive Branch
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Alistair Begg
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September 17, 2026
Casting all your cares
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Richelle Putnam
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September 16, 2026
Storyteller Anne McKee: The Rose on the Hill
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Alistair Begg
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September 16, 2026
I want to see
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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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Merle Flowers
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September 10, 2026
Mississippi does not have pharmacies to spare
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