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August 5, 2008

LNL – Scruggs begins 5-year sentence

Scruggs begins 5-year sentence Convicted trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs reported Monday to a federal prison in Kentucky. Scruggs, a once-famed plaintiffs’ attorney who made millions through class action lawsuits, is beginning a five-year prison sentence for conspiring to bribe a judge with $50,000. He was convicted of conspiring to offer the money to Lafayette…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 5, 2008

Trying to Gauge the ‘Obama Effect’ in Senate and House Races

Trying to Gauge the ‘Obama Effect’ in Senate and House Races But the size of Obama’s coattails, if any, is hard to gauge. Take, for example, Mississippi. The Deep South state is a steep, uphill climb for Obama, even though it has, by far, the highest concentration of African-Americans in the country at 37 percent.…