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“South Broad” by Pat Conroy

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:01:01 +0000

In the tradition of outstanding Southern writers, Pat Conroy is a master storyteller and a magician with words. “South of Broad” was published in 2009, but I read what I want to, when I want to. Therefore, I have just finished this wonderful book and enjoyed all 512 pages of it. Well, actually I didn’t [...]

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Anti-Medicaid states: Earning $8,200 in Mississippi is too much

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:21:18 +0000

MIAMI — Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she’d be able to get health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law. Then she heard that her own governor won’t agree to the federal plan [...]

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South Carolina’s Spurrier moves forward with plan to pay college football players

Associated Press — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:18:54 +0000

DESTIN, Fla. — Steve Spurrier is sticking with his plan to pay players. South Carolina’s outspoken coach first floated the idea at the Southeastern Conference’s spring meetings last year. Fellow coaches and league administrators listened, but it made little, if any, progress. He trotted out his stipend plan again this week and said Wednesday that [...]

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Bryant criminalizes Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:53:50 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a law that will put new regulations on the state’s only abortion clinic, starting July 1. The Republican said he’s not bothered by the possibility that the clinic’s owner will sue to try to block the new mandates. “If it closes that clinic, then so be [...]

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Analysis: Few get all they want at Mississippi Capitol

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:38:43 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Legislature is moving to the end of its 2012 session, and interest groups are being reminded of a universal truth in politics: You can’t always get what you want. People who say the U.S. borders are too porous were upset when an immigration-enforcement died in a Senate committee, after passing the [...]

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Mississippi utility, Santee Cooper in negotiations

Associated Press — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:51:33 +0000

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — Santee Cooper says it will negotiate with a Mississippi power company over a small stake in two new nuclear plants being built in South Carolina. South Carolina’s state-owned utility said Friday that it has offered 4 percent to 14 percent of the ownership and power from the new plants to the [...]

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Mississippi included in Michael Foods egg recall list

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:29 +0000

MINNETONKA, Minn. — A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, [...]

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Clinical therapist Thomas Pough helps bring sex addiction out of the shadows

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:01 +0000

As a college student, Thomas Pough made the discovery that counseling was for him. A series of positions and moves led him to Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services in Hattiesburg in 1996. An outgrowth of Forrest General Hospital, it’s one of the nation’s most comprehensive treatment centers and Mississippi’s largest. “I’ve always been [...]

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MBJ Editorial: Parcells never knew he was actually talking about Mississippi

MBJ Staff — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:21:34 +0000

Positive is great. Reality is, well, real. Every once in a while, a talking head will rebut some statistic that’s not favorable to his or her opinion by saying, “Yeah, well, you can make statistics say whatever your want them to say.” Super Bowl winning coach Bill Parcells, however, famously said, “You are what your [...]

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