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June 5, 2008
McCain raises $21M in May; RNC nearly $23M
McCain raises $21M in May; RNC nearly $23M Republican John McCain collected $21.5 million in May — his best month of presidential fundraising, campaign officials said Thursday. The Arizona senator enters June with $31.5 million cash on hand. McCain has been raising money in a joint effort with the Republican National Committee, which reported raising…
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June 5, 2008
SPR – Haley Barbour briefs RGA on 5 year plan in Atlanta
With ticket talk in the air, GOP governors gather in Atlanta The current superstar of Republican veep possibilities, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, didn’t come to the RGA’s gathering in Atlanta Wednesday, hosted by Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, the current RGA chair. But the more likely choice, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, gave the luncheon speech, and…
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June 5, 2008
Black colleges must integrate
Black colleges must integrate I commend Delta State University for becoming the first “white” college in the state of Mississippi to have a student population truly representative of the state at about 40 percent black and 60 percent white. While such an accomplishment is a distant dream for us here at the University of Mississippi…
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June 5, 2008
Tiger, basketball, baseball players dominate the Fortunate 50
Tiger, basketball, baseball players dominate the Fortunate 50 Over the five years we’ve tracked the money game, the Sports Illustrated Fortunate 50 has featured hundreds of athletes worth billions of dollars. As we present our fifth annual rundown of the 50 top-earning American athletes (taking into account salary, winnings, endorsement and appearance-fee income), we drew…
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June 5, 2008
Obama’s Longtime Friend and Money Man Convicted of Corruption
Former Obama Fundraiser Convicted of Corruption Antoin Rezko, a Chicago businessman and longtime fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), was convicted of 16 felony corruption charges Wednesday in a case that alleged influence peddling in the upper reaches of the administration of Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D). After two months of vivid testimony about political profiteering…
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June 5, 2008
Reining In the Kings of Tort
Reining In the Kings of Tort The cases involve two of the country’s most prominent class-action lawyers, Melvyn Weiss and Dickie Scruggs. Over the past several decades, they have won billions in judgments against tobacco companies, asbestos companies, energy companies and other putative corporate villains. Both pleaded guilty this year to criminal abuse of the…
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June 5, 2008
Thompson pans state’s use of Katrina-recovery funds
Thompson pans state’s use of Katrina-recovery funds Thompson, the Democratic chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Congress should “put some constraints” on future disaster aid “because of the demonstrated poor use of the funds.” He also criticized state attempts to use Katrina reconstruction money to free up funds for nonemergency purposes, including funds…
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June 5, 2008
Wilkie on Scruggs – from DM article on changing name of Scruggs Hall
GOP Scruggs funds reallocated Whether or not the campus music building, Richard and Diane Scruggs Hall, will retain its name is also a topic of discussion. Curtis Wilkie, a former Boston Globe reporter and journalism professor at Ole Miss, who met Scruggs while writing an article about the lawyer, said he considers him a friend…
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June 5, 2008
Harmony Books Chooses Curtis Wilkie for the Dickie Scruggs Book
Another Southern story According to Publishers Lunch, an online book-world scuttlebutt site, our pal and former Globe colleague, Curtis Wilkie, has inked a deal with Harmony Books for a book entitled “King of Torts,” about lawyer Dickie Scruggs, who won fabulous judgments in tobacco and asbestos cases, but may also end up in jail for…
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June 5, 2008
Gallo Notes- Saturday’s Democrat Cookout with Franks.
Gallo Notes- Saturday’s Democrat Cookout with Franks. Franks- The Mississippi Democrats, riding a wave of enthusiasm, will meet Saturday to select their new leadership. All sources point to Mooreville, Mississippi attorney and former Lt. Gov. candidate Jamie Franks to replace Wayne Dowdy. Franks may consider it a runner-up position since kicking himself for not running…
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June 5, 2008
Class action or class extortion? Two lawyers pay the price
Class action or class extortion? Two lawyers pay the price In the novels of John Grisham and the real-life exploits of consumer advocates such as Ralph Nader, the plaintiff’s lawyers are the good guys – populist heroes who battle the avarice of corporate America. But that folkloric image has been battered by two recent cases…
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June 5, 2008
Loophole lets corporations fund political conventions
Loophole lets corporations fund political conventions Five years ago this week, a federal election regulator predicted that corporate sponsorship of political conventions would eventually be as common as it is for football bowl games. “I look forward to the day, by 2008, when Americans can turn on their TVs and watch the Nokia Democratic Convention,…
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 22, 2025
Education freedom expected to play a major role in the 2026 midterm elections
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December 22, 2025
Magnolia Mornings: December 22, 2025
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December 22, 2025
Judge orders special elections for Mississippi Supreme Court after Voting Rights Act violation
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Chris Burrows, Associated Press
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December 22, 2025
Ole Miss embraces upcoming rematch with Georgia in a CFP quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl
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Robert St. John
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December 22, 2025
The meaning of Christmas
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Alistair Begg
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December 22, 2025
The heart that God accepts
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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Kelley Williams
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December 19, 2025
Cliff Notes for Corps speak
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Sid Salter
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December 17, 2025
PERS pension concerns remain volatile for state lawmakers in 2026 as markets rumble
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