NEMS360.com - Personhood backers Opposition using scare tactics

JACKSON - Supporters of the personhood initiative, which defines life as beginning at fertilization, said Monday that opposition to the proposal is coming from out-of-state groups such as Planned Parenthood Read more: NEMS360.com - Personhood backers Opposition using scare ta …

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Occupy Police: What Happens If The Cops Won't Beat Protesters On Command? | Addicting Info

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Holiday From Hate | Memphis Gaydar

Protesting Anti-Gay AFA on Monday, Oct 10th. I plan to skate by there and offer some support. Come on down!

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Occupy Together |  Occupy Mississippi

Well I never would have believed it. Even super conservative, resistant to change, toe the line mississippi's getting "occupied."

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Cockroach brains could be the next source of antibiotics | Posted | National Post

Cockroaches may be good for something after all. The insect's brain could be a valuable source of life-saving antibiotics, especially in the fight against bacteria resistant to the current crop of drugs, scientists in the U.K.

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How Renters' Aid Is Boosting the Housing Market - Newsweek

Fights, hospitalizations, and all-around chaos--was it a reenactment of the infamous Rolling Stones Altamont concert, or a political protest gone awry? No, in a suburb of Atlanta last week, the near-riot took place in a very, very long line, estimated at 30,000 people or more, fo …

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David Sirota: GOP: Recession's Foreclosure Victims "Want a Homeless Life"

After their anti-tax zealotry left their city in the budgetary lurch, Colorado Springs Republicans have slashed their community's social services to the bone.

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Australian Jury Says You Can't Get Raped In Skinny Jeans

A few days ago, an Australian jury voted to acquit 23-year-old Nicholas Gonzales of rape. This is not particularly surprising, because like most countries, Australia has a low rape conviction rate. But the reasoning behind this acquittal is more outrageous than usual.

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Families of 9-11 victims question NYC mosque (OneNewsNow.com)

A messianic Jewish leader doesn't think New York City officials should have granted a permit to two Muslim organizations that want to locate a mosque in a building damaged in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Are Establishment Republicans Turning Against Fox? - Newsweek.com

GOP Sen. Tom Coburn scored a perfect 100 on the American Conservative Union's rankings for lawmakers last year.

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New York City To Stop Paying Teachers For Doing Nothing - The Two-Way - Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPR

If you were searching for some of the most bizarre union work rules in the nation, New York City's public school system was always a safe place to look.

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SheWired.com - Parents Send Constance McMillen to Fake Prom?

Constance McMillen, the courageous lesbian teen that sued her Mississippi school for canceling prom after she requested to bring her girlfriend, has reportedly been the victim of a cruel hoax.

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Tea partiers vow revenge over health overhaul - Yahoo! News

Tea partiers in Tallahassee on plan revenge over passage of Obama health care bill.

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Health care foes 11 votes shy of defeating bill - CNN.com

House Democratic leaders are hoping to get 216 votes in favor of the Senate's health care reform bill.STORY HIGHLIGHTS 5 more House Dems say they'll vote against Senate health care plan Proponents of health care plan need 216 votes to pass Senate measure Democrats currently ho …

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Houston school board upholds firing of teacher who used racial slur

Please pay special attention to the comments section of this article in my local newspaper, and tell me why this part of the country shouldn't be wiped off the face of the earth?

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Houston Teacher Suspended for Racial Slur - WTVA.com

HOUSTON, Miss. (WTVA) -- A substitute teacher has been suspended from the Houston School District over racially insensitive comments made to a group of fifth graders.

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NEMS360.com - UPDATE Miss Senate panel OKs prescription for cold pills

slideshow JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate Judiciary B Committee has passed a bill that would require a doctor's prescription to purchase cold medicine containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine, which is a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine

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Despite Black Princess, Disney's Race Record Mixed : NPR

Tiana, the Walt Disney Co.'s first black heroine, had a difficult transition from storyboard to movie screen: The Princess and the Frog, released late last year, came after months of focus groups, revisions and even a name change.

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Victims' parents remain divided over West Memphis 3 case - CNN.com

There was a time that Pamela Hobbs believed justice had been served for her young son's murder. But 16 years after the mutilations and killings of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts, including her son, she has more doubts than ever.

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NEMS360.com - OPINION Scientists put Southerners at top of happiness scale

Maybe it's the mudbugs. .....Louisianans, a study concludes, are the happiest people in America. And this was no rinky-dink study. It was undertaken by the University

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2 Argentine men wed in Latin America's first gay marriage -

Two men have wed in Argentina, the first gay marriage in Latin America.

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ACLU files suit against Moss Point police officers | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi filed suit Monday in federal court accusing Moss Point lawmen of attacking a man and his sister after he questioned the officers about what they were doing outside his relative's home.

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Drunken woman held after attacking Santa | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

A woman Downtown was arrested on Monday for assaulting Santa Claus and public intoxication. Two acquaintances also were held on public intoxication charges, and all three were booked for possession of alcohol by a minor.

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