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Cate Blanchett ignites 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
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She's had an ugly, ugly time of it, poor Blanche. A lesser woman would have disintegrated sooner. Comment?
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. Comment?
DeLand column: Favre, Vikings are at the crossroads
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. Comment?
Giving wisely: Check your charity
By Jennifer Jacob Brown jbrown@themeridianstar.com These days, Christmastime is more commercialized than ever. Comment?
Jefferson returns to scene of knee injury
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. Comment?
S. Miss. sees 4 inches of snow
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. Comment?
Sure, you would like for your quarterback to have Peyton Manning's height, Brett Favre's arm strength and Michael Vick's speed. Comment?
Biopic of Oher is lesson in family
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. Comment?
Lawmakers hear from School of Arts backers
When some legislators gathered recently to take stock of the Mississippi School of the Arts, the devil stood beside Rep. Comment?
Distracted drivers: lol no im nt bsy im only driving
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. Comment?
Thompson: State's happy warrior
Even in the face of his own approaching death from cancer, Mississippi's public health 'happy warrior' kept fighting for others. Comment?
Adjusting state's tax structure could help now, in future
THIS WAS CERTAINLY not the way Gov. Haley Barbour wanted to end his term in state office. Comment?
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. Comment?
HBCUs' separate missions necessary
The recent talk regarding the recommended merger of Mississippi's three historically black institutions of higher learning has certainly created a controversy. Comment?
Poplarville Resident to be Featured in MPB Wwii Documentary
Poplarville resident Charles Byrd will be featured in a documentary produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Comment?
Ross: Merger talks didna t affect decision to leave
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. Comment?
Barbour: Plant on hold as company seeks financing
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. Comment?
State: No movement on north Miss. Toyota plant
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. Comment?
a Shared Servicesa no laughing matter
By BILL CRAWFORD guest columnist George Carlin's word skits made me laughand think. Comment?
Time running out on solving violence linked to civil rights era
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. Comment?