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MARTY RUSSELL: When it’s a no-win situation, do the right thing
Travis Childers in a no-win situation. Why not do the right thing and consider what’s best for the majority of Americans?
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SHEENA BARNETT: The differences of differences
I wish everyone would celebrate their differences rather than using them to wage an “us versus them” battle.
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EDITORIAL: Making roads public
Consider a countywide plan prioritizing private roadways.
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CHARLIE MITCHELL: Model rules offer clarity to open records process
Way back in 1972, the Legislature consolidated various hints, suspicions and beliefs about access to government documents by adopting the Mississippi Public Records Act.
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BOBBY HARRISON: House, Senate agreement stands as final budget hurdle
If it seems like legislators are in a hurry to leave the Mississippi Capitol, it is because they are.
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Jason Altmire DOYLE MCMANUS: Will the Blue Dogs' hunt for Obama?
The most important member of Congress this month may be a man you’ve never heard of:
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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor from the NEMS Daily Journal.
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EDITORIAL: Open, then shut
Heavy-handed move kills stengthened meetings bill.
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BILL CRAWFORD: Charter schools: Yes or No awaits legislators’ final action
by Bill Crawford
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Can “charter” or “innovative” schools save the day? Last week the Legislature was pondering this question.
Letters to the Editor
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Letters from the NEMS Daily Journal newspaper.
EDITORIAL: Earmark tampering
by NEMS Daily Journal
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U.S. House actions threaten a basic budget responsibility.
LLOYD GRAY: Voter ID’s detour was all about politics
by Lloyd Gray/NEMS Daily Journal
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It’s now official: Voter ID will be on the ballot in the November 2011 general election in Mississippi.
MICHAEL FUMENTO: Toyota hysteria: Reaction to safety records way over the top
by Michael Fumento
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While it’s the extraordinary that makes for headlines and congressional demagoguery, focusing on the ordinary is what will truly save lives.
SONNY SCOTT: A particular teacher left deep, valuable impression
by Sonny Scott
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Since entering the first grade in 1953, I have spent thousands of hours in classrooms.
world news
Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign (AP)

TO GO WITH HEIDI VOGT STORY SLUGGED: BC-AS--Afghanistan-Fear Campaign-- In this image taken on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, in Marjah, Afghanistan, Afghans listen to a Marine officer while on patrol. Taliban insurgents are conducting a fear and intimidation campaign against residents of the southern Afghan town of Marjah, which international forces just wrested from insurgents. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its Afghan allies.


Wed Mar 17 12:01:31 -0500 2010
DomRep expands 10-year manhunt for US drug kingpin (AP)

In this picture taken Thursday, March 11, 2010, District Attorney Alejandro Moscoso exits a room where a wanted poster hangs for convicted murderer and suspected drug trafficker Jose Figueroa Agosto, left, and his lover Sobeida Felix Morel in Santo Domingo. Figueroa Agosto, a US citizen with more than a decade on the run, is the most wanted man in a country known for moving South American cocaine to the US. Morel is the country's second-most wanted fugitive who was detained on money-laundering charges in 2009. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - The Dominican Republic's most wanted man is an American who for 10 years has fed his mystique by pulling off narrow escapes and taunting police.


Wed Mar 17 13:47:59 -0500 2010
5 Americans charged with terrorism in Pakistan (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010, file photo, Pakistani police officers with detained American Muslims leave a police station to send them into prison in Sargodha, Pakistan. A Pakistani court charged the five young Americans on Wednesday March 17, 2010, with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)AP - A Pakistani court charged five young Americans on Wednesday with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country and conspiring to wage war against nations allied with Pakistan, their defense lawyer said.


Wed Mar 17 09:44:38 -0500 2010
Priests with love lives speak out against celibacy (AP)
AP - Leon Laclau shared his life, and often, his bed, with Marga over 20 years — all while serving as a Catholic priest in a town in the French Pyrenees.
Wed Mar 17 13:19:21 -0500 2010