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Music
Stepping off the ‘Front Porch’
Country music is a difficult genre of music to appraise. Most songs sound startlingly common, with similar or identical subjects and not much difference in how they're discussed.
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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ARTICLE: Breast cancer deaths higher among black woman: study
Why, why, why...It ain't fair, I tell ya!
...minority women with early-stage breast cancer had double the risk of white women of failing to receive radiation, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy following breast cancer surgery.
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Get Roy Adkins Out of Jail
I went to see him, and he's holding up pretty well. He slipped me a note through the bars that he wanted me to share with the rest of you. …
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Dead Man Rolling
A dear friend of your departs this life peacefully, and how do you honor his memory? By rolling his corpse on an office chair to a check cashing place in …
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NAMIWalks is tomorrow!
There's still time to give if you wish to do so. You can donate online at http://www.nami.org/namiwalks09/MIS/lwillis or send a check to:
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ARTICLE: Sun Belt, suburbs get more diverse
The influx of immigrants and people moving to the Sun Belt and Western mountain states from other parts of the USA is rearranging the ethnic tapestry of urban centers in …
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Politics
Lottery Money Used to Repave State Highways in Mississippi
New funds from the Mississippi Lottery are helping to lower a backlog in the state's road maintenance projects and have aided in the repaving of more than 250 miles of …
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Just call me Swami
Dr. S here with the results of this week's state college football scores, plus (what you reallly want to read) how I did on forecasting the games' results. I was …
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Person of the Day
Players of the Day: Mississippi Super Bowl Players
Four NFL teams meet this Sunday, and two will find a spot in Super Bowl XLVII.
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Mississippi Roster For 28th Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game
By bryanflynnEarlier today, the coaches and players were announced for the Mississippi roster of the 28th Annual Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Game. The Mississippi Association of Coaches made the announcement.
The game will be played on Saturday, December 13th in Montgomery, Alabama. The game will be televised on WLBT.
Local metro coach, managers, and players are in bold.
Team Mississippi
Head Coach
Jamie Mitchell (Starkville)
Assistant Coaches
Toby Collums (Itawamba)
Chad Cook (Ripley)
Trent Hammond (Tupelo)
Lance Mancuso (Bassfield)
John Perry (Pearl)
Tony Vance (Hattiesburg)
Scout Coach
Jeff Breland (Lake)
Roster
Armani Linton (Walnut) - DB
Cameron Myers (Oak Grove) - DB
Chris Stamps (Warren Central) - DB
Ephrain Kitchen (South Panola) - DB
Jarvis Wilson (Tupelo) - DB
Richaud Floyd (Gulfport) - DB
Fletcher Adams (Brandon) - DL
Jauan Collins (Pascagoula) - DL
Marshean Joseph (Pascagoula) - DL
D.J. Henderson (Clinton) - DL
Keontye Garner (Murrah) - DL
Michael Godley (Starkville) - K
Fred Walls (Olive Branch) - LB
Joseph Dillon (Tylertown) - LB
Jamal Peters (Bassfield) - LB
Justin Clifton (Tupelo) - LB
Johnathan Abram (East Marion) - LB
Tijan Jallow (Olive Branch) - LB
Leo Lewis (Brookhaven) - LB
Tommy Champion (Callaway) - OL
Jordan Bradford (St. Stanislaus) - OL
Jarien Barksdale (South Panola) - OL
Thad Roberts (Petal) - OL
Ryan Gibson (St. Stanislaus) - OL
Rishard Cook (Hattiesburg) - OL
Javon Patterson (Petal) - OL
Drake Dorbeck (St. Aloysius) - OL
Marquez Griffin (Lake Central) - OL
Austin Riley (DeSoto Central) - P
Brady Davis (Starkville) - QB
J'mar Smith (Meridian) - QB
Darrell Henderson (South Panola) - RB
Ladarious Galloway (Gentry) - RB
Jordan Wright (Pearl) - RB
Terrance Davis (Southaven) - WR
Keenan Barnes (Madison Central) - WR
Willie Hibbler (North Panola) - WR
Malik Dear (Murrah) - WR
Trey Smith (Madison Central) - WR
Raphael Leonard (Starkville) - WR
Managers
Dylan McCollom (South Panola)
Daniel Baxter (Brandon)
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Music
Jackson Music Award Winners
The Jackson Music Awards is a time-honored Jackson tradition spanning 34 years, and this year the producers of the awards stressed its connection with the storied past of the Jackson …
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Team of the Day: Mississippi Brilla
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is one of the oldest soccer competitions in America. Yesterday, the U.S. Open Cup held its draw for placing teams in the tournament.
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South Jackson May See Overcrowded Classrooms
An influx of new students in South Jackson could prompt a disorienting shuffle of students between area elementary schools. Officials for Jackson Public Schools are projecting an enrollment of 30,933 …
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Get the Lead Out
According to a recent ABC News report, several brands of lipstick contain lead, including popular brands such as Cover Girl and L'Oreal:
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ALERT: Watch Out for This Email Scam
Since I have received this email twice already, I figure that I'd better warn others about it before someone loses a lot of money. Email accounts are being compromised so …
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Jacksonian Featured by JFP Auditions for American Idol
Santore Bracey was featured as a Jacksonian in the Jackson Free Press back in March 2006. On July 3, he participated in Fox 40's American Idol auditions and was chosen …
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VIDEO: Girl in Clinton's "3 A.M." ad an Obama supporter?
You can't make this stuff up.
The young lady, whose first name is Casey, was eight years old in this commercial, which was originally for a railroad. Whoever produced the Clinton ad bought the file footage …
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Circle of Us Meeting
Although I created an event listing for this, I wanted to highlight this event because I think this group serves an important purpose. More and more African Americans are deciding …
