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February 14, 2008
DJ – Federal grand jury returns to its session
Federal grand jury returns to its session The men and women convened Wednesday morning at the downtown federal courthouse, chatting with front-door security guards they’ve come to know during their extended duty considering information from government prosecutors. It was unclear if Wednesday was their last day since grand jury activity is secret. “Looks like this…
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February 14, 2008
SETR – Legally Speaking: Justice for sale?
Legally Speaking: Justice for sale? The question of who is responsible for this perception may depend largely on your political leanings. But one thing is clear – corporate defendants are not the monolithic evildoers, nor are plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyers the shining virtuous knights, that John Grisham’s black and white world would have you believe.…
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February 14, 2008
FOLO – Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake
Patterson and Balducci talk about P.L. Blake Balducci then responds, “Well, that’s exactly what I was gonna tell him today, is that I was just gonna tell him that I’ve taken care of somethin’ you and I had gotten handled and that I was gonna get you to talk to P.L. and let P.L. visit…
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February 14, 2008
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1
Hurt suspends campaign for House District 1 Hurt, who faced four challengers in the Democratic bid for 1st District U.S. House Representatives, said poor health and a lucrative book deal prompted his decision. Because it’s too late to remove his name from the March 11 election ballot, Hurt said he will participate in debates if…
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February 14, 2008
The Scruggs Dost Protest Too Much, Methinks
I fought the law . . . by Alan Lange
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February 14, 2008
The Scruggs Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks
I fought the law . . . by Alan Lange
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February 14, 2008
WSJLAWBLOG – Fun With Wiretaps, Courtesy of L’Affaire Scruggs
Fun With Wiretaps, Courtesy of L’Affaire Scruggs Henry Lackey: Hello? Tim Balducci: Uh, Hey Judge, It’s Tim. JL: Hey, Hee. . Hee . . He . . TB: How ya doing buddy? JL: Doing good . . . TB: Good . . . good . . . You got just a second? JL: Have plenty…
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February 14, 2008
MS Democrats Oppose Any Voter Identification
The chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party said today that a voter identification proposal before a state House committee could intimidate some people and prevent them from voting. Wayne Dowdy also said enacting voter ID in Mississippi is not an effective way to eliminate or combat voter fraud. “This issue is wrong for Mississippi,” Dowdy…
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February 14, 2008
MPB Interview with Don Mason re: Scruggs’ Defense “Entrapment” Allegations
MPB’s Sandra Knispel spoke to Don Mason, associate director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at the University of Mississippi, about the motion to dismiss the Scruggs criminal bribery case.
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February 13, 2008
YP FLASHBACK – Scruggs: These are not just legal wars. They are public relations and political wars.
Lawyer Like A Hurricane Mr. Scruggs, 60, slim, often folksy and smooth as molasses in court, is using techniques that he honed in his earlier legal fights. He is arguing now, as he did before to such good effect, that he is fighting for the little guy who cannot stand up alone to big anonymous…
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February 13, 2008
FOLO – Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument
Thoughts on Scruggs’s quasi-entrapment argument Most lawyers reading that pleading think it has echoes of an entrapment defense without coming out and saying it; I think this has come up in comments. I had not given too much thought to why they don’t come out and say it, other than it’s procedurally not going to…
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February 13, 2008
FORTUNE – Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge
Scruggs may use stealth entrapment defense to bribery charge In their papers, Scruggs and his two co-defendants – law partners Sidney A. Backstrom and David Zachary Scruggs (Scruggs’s son) – specifically ask a federal judge in Oxford, Mississippi to dismiss the indictment against them due to “outrageous government misconduct.” The motion alleges that government “agents,”…
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Clara Turnage
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April 22, 2026
NASA funds Ole Miss studies of planet-forming space dust
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 22, 2026
Insurance Commissioner disputes claim of Mississippi being in top five states with highest home insurance premiums
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Senator Wicker rebukes Administration over NATO, European allies comments
Business
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Frank Corder
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April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Mark Long, Associated Press
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April 22, 2026
SEC quarterbacks could be key in helping the league end a 3-year championship drought
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 22, 2026
Marie Hull: Prolific and colorful in life and art
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Alistair Begg
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April 22, 2026
Victory over temptation
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Russ Latino
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April 22, 2026
Federal indictment against The Southern Poverty Law Center hits close to home
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Sid Salter
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April 22, 2026
Local sports: Glory and honor from the days before NIL, the portals, and social media
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Mike Chaney
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April 21, 2026
Mississippi is leading the way in pipeline emergency preparedness
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