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BOBBY HARRISON: 'Candidate’ Barbour, mistake and all, got good press
How often does an honest mistake or misunderstanding work out so well?
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In this file photo, winner of the St. Jude dream home Miranda Andrews, second from right, shares as laugh with, from left, her mother Betty Andrews, St. Jude representative, Jessami Jacobson, her father Donald Andrews and friend Carly Parker during a tour of the home in Fairpark shortly after winning the home. (C. Todd Sherman) M. SCOTT MORRIS: Did Ecru woman take $150,000 or dream home?
Back in June, I wrote about Miranda Andrews, who won the 2010 St. Jude Dream Home.
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MICHELLE WILLIAMS: One week down, and eight to go!
Last week was the first week of the home delivery phase in of the Pontotoc Progress.
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LLOYD GRAY: Hot days seem hotter these days
The horrendous heat of the last couple of weeks has carried with it more than discomfort.
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SONNY SCOTT: A southern weekend can wander through rationalism
During a recent weekend excursion, my wife and I carried our two oldest grandsons on a holiday to see the sights and sites of the upland South.
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ERROL CASTENS: Oddities and distinctives take on varying forms
A handful of our region’s oddities:
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BOBBY HARRISON: Tuck weighs options as 2011 political speculation builds
Remember Amy Tuck?
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BOBBY HARRISON: Consolidation commission probably missed its chance
The commission appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour to study the hot-buttom issue of school district consolidation is having difficulty agreeing on a final report.
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LLOYD GRAY: Here's a story: We're here for the long haul
by Lloyd Gray/NEMS Daily Journal
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Newspaper newsrooms aren’t the same now.
LENA MITCHELL: Younger teens shortchanged on summer jobs this year
by Lena Mitchell/NEMS Daily Journal & Steve Szkotak/The Associated Press
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In about three weeks area schools will open for the fall session and summer vacation will be over for the students.
EDITORIAL: Optimism for growth
by NEMS Daily Journal
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Three Rivers renews focus on existing firms, diversity.
BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippians cautiously watch revenue collections
by Bobby Harrison/NEMS Daily Journal
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A person doesn't have to be a rocket scientist or spend a night in a Holiday Inn Express to understand the state budget, but it would probably help.
JUNITA GAMBRELL FLOYD: Selfless service to others in need illuminates part of our character
by Juanita Gambrell Floyd
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As a child growing up, I always heard my aunt, Leona Cobb.
MICHELLE WILLIAMS: Come, celebrate the Fourth with us!
by Michelle Williams/Progress
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Celebrate our independence this Saturday at Howard Stafford Park.
world news
Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 44 (AP)

People who were injured by an explosion lie down on road during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed a score of people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.(AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Suicide bombings targeting religious minorities killed at least 44 people in Pakistan on Friday, sharply driving up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country already battered by massive flooding.


Fri Sep 03 09:15:12 -0500 2010
7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial (AP)

Bernardo Teixeira, one of the alleged victims of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home in Lisbon called Casa Pia arrives at a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 for the verdict of the major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years. A former worker at a state-run orphanage admitted to participating in a network that systematically abused children and implicated six other defendants including Carlos Cruz . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - A Portuguese court found six men and one woman guilty Friday of crimes relating to child sex abuse in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a prosecution lawyer said.


Fri Sep 03 08:21:42 -0500 2010
Iranian opposition leader's home attacked (AP)

** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.


Fri Sep 03 08:58:43 -0500 2010
Ex-UK deputy PM wants answers on tabloid scandal (AP)
AP - Britain's former deputy prime minister pressed Friday for police to reveal more about what is alleged to have been a pattern of illegal eavesdropping at a major tabloid newspaper.
Fri Sep 03 08:53:37 -0500 2010