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July 10, 2008
Jesse Jackson wants to remove Obama’s body parts?
Jesse Jackson Apologizes for Crude Obama Remarks The Rev. Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for saying Barack Obama is “talking down to black people” during what he thought was a private conversation with a FOX News reporter Sunday. Jackson was speaking at the time about Obama’s speeches in black churches and his support for faith-based charities.…
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July 10, 2008
Frank Melton’s indictment, initial roundup
Mississippi Mayor Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Violations Grace Chung Becker of the Justice Department said the three men were charged in a conspiracy to tear down a private home in Jackson and thereby violate the civil rights of the owner and resident of that home. In April 2007, all three men were acquitted of…
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July 10, 2008
CL – Melton, bodyguards indicted for alleged civil rights violations
Melton, bodyguards indicted for alleged civil rights violations A federal grand jury has indicted Jackson Mayor Frank Melton and his two police bodyguards on charges related to damage caused to an alleged drug house on Ridgeway Street on Aug. 26, 2006. The charges allege that Melton and bodyguards Marcus Wright and Michael Recio conspired to…
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July 10, 2008
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton indicted by Federal Grand Jury
Mayor Frank Melton and Jackson Police Officers serving as Melton body guards, Marcus Wright and Michael Recio have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury
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July 9, 2008
US Senate Approves Immunity for Telecom Cos in Wiretapping
By a vote of 69-28, the Senate approved a bill granting immunity to telecommunications companies that aided in the wiretapping of Americans without warrants.
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July 9, 2008
Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices
Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Bush to release oil from the government’s emergency reserve to knock down gasoline prices she says “are helping push the economy toward recession.” Pelosi, D-Calif., in a letter to Bush noted that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been used three…
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July 9, 2008
Minor wants out of prison to care for sick wife
Minor wants out of prison to care for sick wife Former attorney Paul Minor is asking a federal court to release him from prison so he can care for his sick wife during appeals of a bribery conviction that he claims was politically motivated. Laura E. Sweeney, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said Wednesday: “With this…
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July 9, 2008
Red/Blue – Jere, what am I going to do with you?
Jere, what am I going to do with you? Nash wrote that back in the day, “the Democratic governor and Democratic legislature usually resolved problems.” Then, “all of a sudden,” Republicans came on the scene and bogged down the works. First of all, that’s just not good history. Examples abound of how governors Bill Allain,…
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July 9, 2008
State’s health officer to fight
The Clarion-Ledger, 7/9/8 The state Department of Health’s lab will have its license revoked for a year for violating federal protocol on lab tests – unless it wins an appeal. State Health Officer Dr. Ed Thompson is vowing to fight. Mississippi’s lab processes more than 600,000 specimens a year, including everything from suspected West Nile…
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July 9, 2008
Medicaid: Budget figures should add pressure
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/9/8 If Gov. Haley Barbour and state lawmakers didn’t already have pressure on them to find compromise for a $90 million shortfall in Medicaid funding, the state’s declining revenue estimate should add yet more. Despite spending thousands of taxpayer dollars for a special session called primarily to make up the Medicaid deficit,…
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July 9, 2008
Miss. Democratic Party to get new leaders
The Sun Herald, 7/8/8 The Mississippi Democratic Party will meet Saturday to elect its new leaders. Former state Rep. Jamie Franks of Mooreville is the only person who has publicly announced as a candidate for the party chairmanship. The current chairman, former U.S. Rep. Wayne Dowdy of Magnolia, said earlier this year that he wouldn’t…
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July 9, 2008
Youth programs: Annual budget is key to plan
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/9/8 Jackson Mayor Frank Melton has been single-minded about the need for summer youth programs, defying the City Council to stop him from diverting funds to youth. Over the July 4 holiday, Melton hosted about 50 boys and girls he had invited over for a barbecue as a reward for their participation…
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May 6, 2025
Miss. Dept. of Health says oversight lapses in HIV program grants are unacceptable
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May 6, 2025
To her amazement, a Miss. State professor was one of the top individual donors to the Mississippi Democratic Party
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May 6, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: May 6, 2025
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2025
Amazon locating inbound cross dock operations in Marshall County, creating 1,000 jobs
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Lynne Jeter
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April 17, 2025
GE Aerospace moving at warp speed in Batesville
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Lynne Jeter
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April 15, 2025
ABB doubling size of operations in Tate County
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Meredith Biesinger
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May 6, 2025
Elvis Presley’s Roots: A journey to the heart of rock ‘n’ roll in Tupelo
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C.H. Spurgeon
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May 6, 2025
God’s work in salvation
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Parrish Alford
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May 5, 2025
Selmon under pressure to protect Mississippi State’s baseball legacy with next hire
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Sid Salter
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April 30, 2025
Is a new era in federal natural disaster relief something Mississippi can easily navigate?
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Bill Crawford
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April 27, 2025
Model Utah program considered by legislature unfairly denigrated
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Courtney Taylor
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April 25, 2025
Inside Mississippi’s workforce reset: Reduce waste, cut overhead, create results
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