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Union leader fears job losses under Barbour budget
Belleville :: IL :: USA | 2 days ago
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Union leader Brenda Scott worries some current state workers will be shoved into the unemployment line if Mississippi legislators adopt Gov. Haley Barbour's proposed budget. Barbour, a Republican, said this month that he wants to give state program directors...
Tags: Haley Barbour, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Brenda Scott, Personnel Board, union leader, Belleville, Business Finance, Mississippi, Labor
Book outlines intertwined history of cotton, race
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Gene Dattel grew up in the segregated South and was one of the few Mississippians enrolled at Yale University in 1962 when his home state became ensnared in a bloody confrontation over integration. More than 1,200 miles and a cultural universe away from...
Tags: Gene Dattel, A. Daniels, University of Mississippi, Northern, Mississippi Delta, U.S, Yale University, America, New York City, Slavery in the United States, Cotton, Southern United States, Slavery, Social Issues, Mississippi, American Civil War, Abolitionism
Villanova Wins Puerto Rico Tip-Off
The Villanova Wildcats got 21 points from Scottie Reynolds and a 17 point, 16 rebound effort from Antonio Pena in defeating the Rebels of Ole Miss to capture the title of the O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Classic. Corey Stokes also chipped in...
Tags: Villanova, Ole Miss, Mississippi, college basketball, Puerto Rico, MVP, Antonio Pena, Jay Wright (coach)
High water may squelch bonfires
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Every year in the River Parishes, Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the beginning of a longtime tradition of building bonfires along the Mississippi River levee to light the way for Papa Noel on Christmas Eve. But Papa Noel may have to find his own way if...
Tags: New Orleans, Mississippi, Christmas bonfires, Bonfire, Fire, Levee, Preparations for Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Betsy, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Geotechnical engineering, Disaster Accident
In Mississippi Delta, a Promising Summer Washed Away by the Fall
Lexington :: KY :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility It was a long day for John Hart, a farmer in the hills just east of the Mississippi Delta. An insurance company had decreed that, though Mr. Hart's crop of soybeans and rice was ruined, he would have to harvest it and haul it to a salvage company for...
Tags: agriculture, farming, harvest, Mississippi Delta, allnews, Mr. Hart, crops, Mr. Clark, black farmers, Lexington, Family farm, Mississippi, Environment, Farms, Agricultural economics
Does bar play a role in violence?
Homewood :: AL :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility John Heller/Post-Gazette Ramona Searles stands on the corner in front of Homewood's Mac Can Do bar on Brushston Avenue. The drab, faded, red facade of the Mac Can Do bar squats at the intersection of Homewood's Brushton Avenue and Kelly Street, one...
Tags: Mr. McClelland, Homewood Church of Christ, Mr. Brooks, Brushton Avenue, Mr. Boyd, bar owner, liquor license, Mississippi, Mac Can Do, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Homewood, Brushton New York, Pittsburgh, Law Crime
COL FB: California 34, Stanford 28
Tucson :: AZ :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Shane Vereen rushed for 193 yards on 42 carries with three touchdowns Saturday, leading California to a 34-28 win over arch-rival and 17th-ranked Stanford. He scored once in the second quarter and twice in the third in place of injured Jahvid Best (two...
Tags: Late Stand Spoils Stanford, LSU, California, Florida State, ole miss, Florida International, Mississippi, rose bowl, Ohio State, Tucson, 2005￢ﾀﾓ06 NCAA football bowl games, Pat White, West Virginia Mountaineers football, College football bowls, Mike Kafka, allnews, California Golden Bears football team, Stanford Cardinal football team, California Golden Bears football, Jahvid Best, Kevin Riley, C. J. Spiller, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, Oregon Ducks football, Oregon Ducks football team, Josh Booty, Case Keenum, Tim Tebow, 2004￢ﾀﾓ05 NCAA football bowl games, Colt McCoy, Big Game, Stanford Axe, Jeff Tedford
COL FB: Mississippi 25, LSU 23
Oxford :: MS :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Dexter McCluster rushed for 148 yards and also threw a touchdown pass Saturday, leading Mississippi to a 25-23 win over 10th-ranked LSU. The Rebels went ahead, 25-17, on Joshua Shene's fourth field goal with 3:42 remaining, then survived LSU's late comeback...
Tags: LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi, Tigers, Dexter McCluster, Oxford, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Louisiana State University, Magnolia Bowl, Auburn￢ﾀﾓLSU rivalry, LSU Tigers football, Ole Miss Rebels football, Les Miles, allnews, Jevan Snead, Cotton Bowl, Alabama Crimson Tide football team, War Conflict, LSU Tigers football team, Auburn Tigers football, Cotton Bowl Classic, Ole Miss Rebels, Tiger Stadium, Houston Nutt, Sugar Bowl
Mississippi hands Kansas State its first loss
San Juan :: Argentina | 8 days ago
Credibility Chris Warren scored 27 and Terrico White 25 for Mississippi as the Rebels defeated Kansas State 86-74 in the second round of the Puerto Rico Tip-off. Mississippi broke open a close game at halftime, stretching a two-point lead to 15 with 8:27 remaining...
Tags: Denis Clemente, Mississippi, Kansas State, Argentina, San Juan, Ole Miss Rebels football, allnews, Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rico, KOKI-TV, ESPNU, Texas Longhorns men's basketball 2000-2008, ESPN Classic, College football on television, KOTV, KTUL
Hoosiers lose first as Rebels roll late
San Juan :: Argentina | 8 days ago
Credibility Puerto Rico – Jeremiah Rivers sliced from right to left and made a miraculous up-and-under basket. The shot got Indiana within eight points of Mississippi with just under six minutes left in their opening-round Puerto Rico Tip-off Classic game. But Rebels...
Tags: Murphy Holloway, Indiana University, Puerto Rico Tip-off, Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo de Puerto Rico, Mississippi, reilly auto, auto parts, parts puerto, Hoosiers, Argentina, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bermuda Triangle, San Juan Puerto Rico, San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo metropolitan area, allnews, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Puerto Rican national basketball team, War Conflict, Tom Crean (basketball coach), Shooting guards
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