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June 27, 2008

Senator Roger Wicker (R) supports bill to encourage oil exploration and new technology

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today helped introduce the Gas Price Reduction Act of 2008, legislation designed to address the high price of gas at the pump. The legislation, which has 42 cosponsors, is part of an effort by Senate Republicans to reach out to their Democratic colleagues in order to find common ground on…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 27, 2008

OE – Hundreds ask for leniency for Scruggses, Backstrom

Former “60 Minutes” producer Lowell Bergman and tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand are among those who wrote to Biggers on Scruggs’ behalf. All three were portrayed in the movie “The Insider,” starring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. “You have before you a rare man, who has made comforting the afflicted a calling,” Bergman said. “I…