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October 14, 2009
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud, particularly the Skilling case
Supreme Court looks at Honest Services fraud Honest services fraud. It’s clearly the buzz phrase of the day in white-collar criminal cases, due to the decision of the Supreme Court to review the conviction of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling (see previous LB post). The law makes it a crime to deprive someone of “the…
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October 14, 2009
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation
Florida and Alabama pulling away not only from SEC, but from nation College football may not have a playoff, but it does have a bracket. I first advanced my BCS title game bracket theory on Sept. 11 in the From Scrimmage blog to console a grammarian USC fan who couldn’t understand why I had jumped…
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October 14, 2009
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards
Q&A with ESPN’s BCS analyst Brad Edwards Brad Edwards’ life is about to center around computers and polls. The beauty pagent portion of the college football season officially starts Sunday when the first Bowl Championship Series standings are released. I talked with Brad, who analyzes the BCS for ESPN, for a preliminary look at what…
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October 14, 2009
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SAYS MORE BUDGET CUTS INEVITABLE FOR FY 2010 “In view of the continuing revenue shortfall that threatens the state budget, I have begun working on additional cuts that will be needed to keep the budget in balance, as required by law. Complicating the process is a state statute that limits my authority to…
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October 14, 2009
AP – Morgan Freeman helps friend (Bill Luckett) in Miss. gov’s race
Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov’s race Freeman has written a fundraising letter and is one of the hosts for a cocktail party in Los Angeles next week for Bill Luckett, an attorney seeking the Democratic nomination. Term limits prevent Republican Gov. Haley Barbour from seeking a third term. “Reform in Mississippi is hard…
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October 14, 2009
MID Commish Mike Chaney’s response to CL editorial on insurance denials based on domestic abuse
The editorial entitled “Insurance: Abuse Victims Are Denied”, which appeared in the October 9, 2009 edition of The Clarion-Ledger, requires a response. In the 2001 Session of the Mississippi Legislature, the Mississippi Insurance Department worked closely with then House Insurance Committee Chairperson, Rep. Mary Ann Stevens, to sponsor four bills designed to prohibit unfair discrimination…
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October 13, 2009
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits
Miss. to be one of the first states to get Census results, political arm-wrestling awaits Little of the same redistricting tension that surrounded the 2000 population census exists now as the Legislature awaits figures of the 2010 census. But that is not to say some angry partisan arm-wrestling — Democrat against Republican — over legislative…
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October 13, 2009
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains
Bennie Thompson against Wicker’s measure to allow checked guns on trains Senate legislation to let Amtrak train passengers put guns in checked baggage would undermine safety, two House lawmakers said today. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, and Peter King of New York, the panel’s senior Republican, protested the gun proposal…
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October 13, 2009
C.L. – Insurance shouldn’t deny abused because they are supposed “high risks”
C.L. – Insurance shouldn’t deny abused because they are supposed “high risks” Mississippi is one of eight states in which it is legal for insurance companies to deny coverage to victims of domestic violence on the basis that such victimization makes a potential insured “high risk.” Talk about being victimized twice! This is wrong and…
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October 13, 2009
Luckett a VIP at the Helena blues festival
Luckett a VIP at the Helena blues festival But there were other sounds of note that were not strictly musical — things political, environmental, educational, economic. In attendance at the VIP party, into which I ventured by knowing somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody, was a large and oddly engaging man of silver hair…
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October 13, 2009
Jim Hood seeks a billion from Memphis over alleged water theft, case with U.S. Supreme Court
Jim Hood seeks a billion from Memphis over alleged water theft, case with U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court will decide if Memphis, Tennessee has been stealing Mississippi’s groundwater since 1985 and, if guilty, the state would have to pay $1 billion in damages. In February 2005, the state of Mississippi filed its first complaint…
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October 13, 2009
The STEPS coalition wants seats for Obama’s town hall in NOLA
The STEPS coalition wants seats for Obama’s town hall in NOLA The STEPS coalition is hoping to get seats at a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday in New Orleans to make their voices heard on hurricane recovery issues. Members of the group, which is made up of several advocacy organizations, have…
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Supreme Court clears way for Crawford execution
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Jeremy Pittari
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi Child Protective Services partners with Sunnybrook Children’s Home to license more foster parents
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September 12, 2025
A 22-year-old Utah man is in custody in Charlie Kirk shooting
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Frank Corder
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September 12, 2025
HII announces partnership with shipyards in multiple states to meet increased demand by U.S. Navy
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Daniel Tyson
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September 11, 2025
Domtar shuttering Grenada paper mill, impacting more than 150 employees
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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September 11, 2025
US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped
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September 12, 2025
Mississippi’s “Literary Lawn Party” returns this weekend
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Alistair Begg
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September 12, 2025
Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?
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Laura Lee Leathers
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September 11, 2025
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: The Handpie Guy
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Kimberly Ross
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September 11, 2025
Misapplied rage permeates throughout modern society
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Russ Latino
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September 10, 2025
The assassination of Charlie Kirk presents a turning point opportunity
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Sid Salter
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September 10, 2025
‘Walking Tall?’: Sordid allegations against legendary Tennessee sheriff are shocking
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