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  1. Cate Blanchett ignites 'A Streetcar Named Desire'Read the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Staten Island Advance

    She's had an ugly, ugly time of it, poor Blanche. A lesser woman would have disintegrated sooner.

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    Related Topix: Drama Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Music!, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Entertainment

  2. Miss Rodeo AmericaRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | Starkville Daily News

    Submitted photo/SDN Kelli Jackson of Eupora was crowned as Miss Rodeo America 2010 in Las Vegas and will make her first formal appearance today at the Wranger National Finals Rodeo.

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    Related Topix: Eupora, MS, Email Spam, Duke University

  3. DeLand column: Favre, Vikings are at the crossroadsRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | St. Cloud Times

    Maybe Brad Childress made a deal with the devil when he went down to Mississippi last summer, just like legend has it that Robert Johnson did when he went down to the crossroads eight decades earlier.

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    Related Topix: Sports, NFL Football, Minnesota Vikings, Adrian Peterson (Minnesota Vikings), NFL Players, Brett Favre, Robert Johnson

  4. Giving wisely: Check your charityRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Meridian Star

    By Jennifer Jacob Brown jbrown@themeridianstar.com These days, Christmastime is more commercialized than ever.

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    Related Topix: Life, Charity , Meridian, MS

  5. Jefferson returns to scene of knee injuryRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson returned to New Orleans Arena on Friday. That's where his season ended last February when he came down awkwardly on one leg late in a game against the Hornets and ended up hopping across the court before collapsing in pain with what was later determined to be a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  6. S. Miss. sees 4 inches of snowRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    Southwest Louisiana got its earliest snowfall ever, and about 8,000 homes and businesses lost power as a winter storm dumped as much as 4 inches of snow in southern Mississippi.

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    Related Topix: Weather

  7. He's got itRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    Sure, you would like for your quarterback to have Peyton Manning's height, Brett Favre's arm strength and Michael Vick's speed.

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    Related Topix: High School Football, High School Football, Mississippi High School Football

  8. Biopic of Oher is lesson in familyRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    GREENWOOD - There's much about the film The Blind Side to like. It has a big Mississippi connection, lots of shots of shapely actress Sandra Bullock, and just enough football to keep it from becoming oversentimental.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Michael Oher, NFL Players

  9. Lawmakers hear from School of Arts backersRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Hattiesburg American

    When some legislators gathered recently to take stock of the Mississippi School of the Arts, the devil stood beside Rep.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Bob Evans Farms, Restaurant Management, Monticello, MS, Haley Barbour, US Governors, Columbus, MS

  10. Distracted drivers: lol no im nt bsy im only drivingRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    Here is an interesting bit of worthless trivia to pull out when conversation slows at your next holiday party - the first car phone dates back to 1910 and Lars Magnus Ericsson.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Cell Phones, Electronics

  11. Thompson: State's happy warriorRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    Even in the face of his own approaching death from cancer, Mississippi's public health 'happy warrior' kept fighting for others.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, HIV/AIDS, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

  12. Adjusting state's tax structure could help now, in futureRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Hattiesburg American

    THIS WAS CERTAINLY not the way Gov. Haley Barbour wanted to end his term in state office.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Haley Barbour, US Governors, Jackson State University, January

  13. Race 'on table' in Miss.Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    In the spring of 2007, I came to Mississippi to cover the trial of James Ford Seale for his role in the kidnapping and murder of two black youths in southwest Mississippi in 1964.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Neshoba County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Philadelphia, MS

  14. HBCUs' separate missions necessaryRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | The Clarion-Ledger

    The recent talk regarding the recommended merger of Mississippi's three historically black institutions of higher learning has certainly created a controversy.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi Valley State University, Lorman, MS

  15. Poplarville Resident to be Featured in MPB Wwii DocumentaryRead the original story

    Yesterday | Picayune Item

    Poplarville resident Charles Byrd will be featured in a documentary produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

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    Related Topix: Mississippi, Poplarville, MS

  16. Ross: Merger talks didna t affect decision to leaveRead the original story

    Yesterday | Picayune Item

    Alcorn State University President George E. Ross says a proposed merger of the state's historically black universities didn't factor into his decision to take a new job in Michigan.

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    Related Topix: Alcorn State University, Michigan, Michigan Government, Central Michigan University, Mississippi, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University

  17. Barbour: Plant on hold as company seeks financingRead the original story

    Yesterday | Picayune Item

    A manufacturing company that wants to build a $300 million plant in the job-hungry Mississippi Delta is still trying to arrange private financing, so plans for a special legislative session for the project are on hold, Gov.

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    Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors, Tunica County, MS

  18. State: No movement on north Miss. Toyota plantRead the original story

    Yesterday | Picayune Item

    Economic development officials say that a year after Toyota announced it would delay opening its north Mississippi plant, the company hasn't notified the state of any intention to move forward with the project.

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    Related Topix: Tupelo, MS, Picayune, MS

  19. a Shared Servicesa no laughing matterRead the original story

    Yesterday | Meridian Star

    By BILL CRAWFORD guest columnist George Carlin's word skits made me laughand think.

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    Related Topix: Haley Barbour, US Governors, Science / Technology, NASA, Outsourcing, Opinion

  20. Time running out on solving violence linked to civil rights eraRead the original story

    Yesterday | News Courier

    Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers; The Press-Register of Mobile on unsolved cases: FBI officials need public support as they make what may be one last push for justice in unsolved cases linked to the violence of the civil rights era.

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    Related Topix: Alabama, Mississippi, Opinion