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GINNA PARSONS: Inspirational book comes with recipes
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Best Life Diet” by Bob Greene. He’s the guy who helped Oprah get on a sensible eating plan.
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LYNN PATTERSON: Cooking healthful meals easy with nagivation tips to use at grocery store
The task of cooking a big meal after a full day of work might seem kind of overwhelming.
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Clay Lezon, Ben Mathis, Hannah Melby, Daniel Hare and Caroline Melby are Nash Street. Learn more at nashstreet.com. NASH STREET: Where bluegrass meets country
Nash Street brings its style of music, called grassroots country, to Link Centre
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Master Gardeners Reginald Rose, left, Paul Skinner, Charles Wood and Bill Fisher ham it up outside the Lee County Extension Center in Tupelo. The four, along with four others, will answer questions in an “Ask the Experts” class on May 25 as part of the 2010 Learning Series. (Deste Lee) Expert Advice
Lee County Master Gardeners gear up for 2010 Learning Series.
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REVIEW: Albom’s ‘Have a Little Faith’ a heart-lifting read
It was a lesson you learned the moment you were old enough to sass back: Always respect your elders.
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A new year is a good opportunity to start fresh
It’s that time of year again – the new year. It feels like a fresh slate to us.
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Lovely Bones’ is haunting, uplifting
During some scenes in “The Lovely Bones,” I could feel my heart beating almost in time with characters on screen.
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Jeanette Simmons South Pontotoc teacher earns recognition at White House
Jeanette Simmons of South Pontotoc Elementary School received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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Good local music from NEMS bands in 2009
by Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
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Pontotoc: “Back to You,” So Be iT one of the local bands who stood out.
Psychic seer serves citizens successfully in Pontotoc County
by Judd Hambrick/Special to the NEMS Daily Journal
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Lost your valuable jewelry? He can help. Lost your livestock or your pets? He can help. Had anything stolen? He can help.
Hansberger women combine love, laughter and food in over-sized kitchen in Pontotoc
by Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
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It’s a week before Christmas, and Clytee Hansberger’s kitchen is hopping.
Gospel music
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The Fishin’ Hole, located between Pontotoc and Oxford on Hwy. 6, will feature gospel music by Fishers of Men Quartet.
Fishing for treasures
by Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
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Sadie Kenney's been collecting antiques for 44 years now.
Well-behaved students get new, fun roles at South Pontotoc
by Chris Kieffer/NEMS Daily Journal
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South Pontotoc kindergarten student Lizze Ruth spent a day last week checking on teachers, organizing state test data and patrolling the school’s hallways.
world news
Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales (AP)
AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
Thu Mar 11 08:37:53 -0600 2010
'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

In this publicity image released by Fox, the 12 male finalists for the ninth season of the reality singing competetion, 'American Idol,' front row from left, Andrew Garcia, John Park, Tyler Grady, Joe Munoz and Jermaine Sellers and, back row, from left, Lee Dewyze, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban, Michael Lynche, Todrick Hall, Casey James and Alex Lambert, are shown. (AP Photo/Fox, Patrick Ecclestein)AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."


Thu Mar 11 05:14:05 -0600 2010
Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, left, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman, right. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.


Wed Mar 10 19:56:29 -0600 2010
Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)

Actress Reese Witherspoon, Avon global ambassador, speaks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.


Thu Mar 11 05:31:38 -0600 2010