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RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON: A jewel of a motel in New Orleans
There are advantages to hanging out with people younger than you, and most of those have to do with music.
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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M. SCOTT MORRIS: The Jaybird’s eyes turn to dollar signs
I’d played phone tag for nearly two weeks with Jay Bell, my good friend from “Bradenton-Fun-in-the-Sun-Baby-Florida,” then we finally connected.
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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KATHLEEN PARKER: Not such strange bedfellows
Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt – the benighted Mainstream Media.
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OUR OPINION: Regional, federal assets note big anniversaries
The TVA Act was signed into law on May 18, 1933; the Natchez Trace on May 18, 1938.
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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ERROL CASTENS: Food through 4-year-old eyes
Each year my preschool-teacher wife compiles her students’ interpretations of their mothers’ best dishes.
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OTHER OPINION: Reading success in Wisconsin’s kindergartens
Nearly nine out of 10 kindergartners in Wisconsin are prepared for classroom reading instruction.
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GEORGE WILL: ‘Obama’s incredibly shrinking presidency ...’
Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing.
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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OUR OPINION: New DUI proposal ignites anger, debate
States lowered limits to 0.08 percent a few years ago, in part, because Congress threatened to revoke some highway funding.
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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SID SALTER: GOP’s Frierson points to cost side of Medicaid expansion
Medicaid expansion won’t come without budgetary consequences in Mississippi.
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PATSY R. BRUMFIELD: Miss Bonnie returns for holiday visit
What delights this past Mother’s Day weekend brought – Grandpup Bonnie came to visit Nana, and of equal importance, her mama was wearing some very nice bling on her left-hand ring finger.
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OTHER OPINION: Big Texas district sends schools a message
The message that Austin school district voters sent in Saturday’s school bond election is that they are are still willing to invest in public schools, but they look closely at the details.
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OUR OPINION: Recycling’s profile rises in waste talks
Action on a new contract is expected in June, and changes seem likely for frequency and category.
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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MARTY RUSSELL: Summer may be late but silly season is early
This just in: News reports reveal that the Internal Revenue Service has been targeting children’s lemonade stands for the past two summers.
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BOBBY HARRISON: Gov. Bryant takes the ‘liberal’ view of Medicaid powers
Perhaps Phil Bryant is not as conservative as he likes for Mississippi voters to believe.
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OTHER OPINION: Mississippi Coast told to add amenities
The message coming out of the Southern Gaming Summit was loud and clear:
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OUR OPINION: Mental Health Month focuses on importance of programs
Northeast Mississippi has more mental health programs and facilities than most people know because the profile is low for every level of service.
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SID SALTER: GOP’s Frierson points to cost side of Medicaid expansion
by Sid Salter
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Medicaid expansion won’t come without budgetary consequences in Mississippi.
PATSY R. BRUMFIELD: Miss Bonnie returns for holiday visit
by Patsy R. Brumfield/NEMS Daily Journal
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
What delights this past Mother’s Day weekend brought – Grandpup Bonnie came to visit Nana, and of equal importance, her mama was wearing some very nice bling on her left-hand ring finger.
OTHER OPINION: Big Texas district sends schools a message
by Austin American-Statesman
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
The message that Austin school district voters sent in Saturday’s school bond election is that they are are still willing to invest in public schools, but they look closely at the details.
OUR OPINION: Recycling’s profile rises in waste talks
by NEMS Daily Journal
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Action on a new contract is expected in June, and changes seem likely for frequency and category.
MARTY RUSSELL: Summer may be late but silly season is early
by Marty Russell
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
This just in: News reports reveal that the Internal Revenue Service has been targeting children’s lemonade stands for the past two summers.
BOBBY HARRISON: Gov. Bryant takes the ‘liberal’ view of Medicaid powers
by Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Perhaps Phil Bryant is not as conservative as he likes for Mississippi voters to believe.
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Italian Prime Minister Letta attends a news conference with European Parliament President Schulz at Chigi palace in RomeROME (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. "We hope that this government will finally start listening to us because we are losing our patience," said Enzo Bernardis, who joined the sea of protesters waving red flags and calling for more workers' rights and better contracts. ...


Sat May 18 06:47:00 UTC 2013
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred. Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict between mostly Sunni rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite-dominated forces in neighboring Syria. ...
Sat May 18 07:16:06 UTC 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in PyongyangSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown. Launches by the North of short-term missiles are not uncommon, but the ministry would not speculate whether these latest launches were part of a test or training exercise. "North Korea fired short-range guided missiles twice in the morning and once in the afternoon off its east coast," an official at the South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman's office said by telephone. ...


Sat May 18 03:09:59 UTC 2013

Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans near graffiti during a demonstration in a street leading to Tahrir square, in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces clashed with young men in central Cairo after a protest by several thousand opponents of President Mohamed Mursi, state news agency MENA reported. The forces fired tear gas at the youths throwing firebombs and stones at them. Police arrested a number of men, MENA reported. The Friday protest billed as a major demonstration against Mursi drew only a few thousand people, signaling how momentum for protests that erupted around the second anniversary of the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak has steadily evaporated. ...


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