Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Budget, Momentum bill top legislative agenda (The Natchez Democrat)

NATCHEZ - Legislators are headed back to the Capitol at 1 p.m. today for a special session to pass a budget, deal with the Momentum Mississippi economic development package and more.
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Baylor going to NCAA men's tennis finals (The State)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Baylor won its 57th straight match Monday night, beating Florida 4-1 and advancing to the finals of the NCAA men's tennis championships.The defending champion Bears will face UCLA in the finals for the second straight year. UCLA defeated Mississippi 4-2 in Monday's other semifinal.
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Mississippi 10, Arkansas 2 (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Matt Maloney overcame six walks to limit Arkansas to two runs on six hits over seven innings in Mississippi's 10-2 victory Saturday over the Razorbacks to keep alive the Rebels' hopes of winning a Southeastern Conference division title.
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LSU's Determann receives weekly honor (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)

BATON ROUGE - With a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, runners on first and second and one out, Jason Determann fanned the last two Mississippi State batters to lead LSU to the SEC Western Division title.
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At dinner, dignitaries celebrate completion of Natchez Trace extension (The Natchez Democrat)

NATCHEZ - A dinner Saturday night on the grounds of Rosalie - owned, appropriately, by the Mississippi chapter of the DAR - was a time to celebrate the "ta-da" moment for the Natchez Trace Parkway.
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Pettway bags Ferriss Trophy (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

Ole Miss outfielder Brian Pettway hauled home some hardware Monday night. Some serious hardware. "It's pretty heavy, I'd say 40 pounds, at least," Pettway said after receiving the second annual Boo Ferriss Trophy at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Jackson.
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Flying on the wings of the past (Independent Record)

Author William Faulkner called it the "Big Woods." It was 24 million acres of Mississippi River. The Mississippi Delta hardwood wetlands were home to thousands of species of wildlife that used to include wolves, cougars and the ivory-billed woodpecker.
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Yo, fish! It's a 124-pounder (Chicago Sun-Times)

Yo, fish! It is the biggest fish story in Illinois history. The battle between Tim Pruitt and a 124-pound blue catfish began below the Melvin Price Locks and Dam on the Mississippi River at Alton at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Mississippi briefs (The Clarion-Ledger)

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a Centreville woman on her 29th birthday. Lakeisha Russ was found dead Saturday on the porch of the McComb apartment in which she was staying, Pike County Coroner Percy Pittman said.
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Education workshop schedule (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

Registration deadline is Friday, May 27, to attend any of the art workshops sponsored by Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education, to be held during the 2005 Mega Conference June 6-9 at the Mississippi Convention Center in Biloxi. The conference is sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Education.
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Photo Release -- Deepwater Program's Fast-Response Cutter Reaches Successful Systems Requirements Milestone (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)

PASCAGOULA, Miss., May 24, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The U.S. Coast Guard's innovative, 140-foot fast-response cutter has reached a systems requirements milestone resulting in the ship being one step closer to construction commencement. A photo accompanying this release is available at http://media.primezone.com/noc/ The fast-response cutter is being built by Integrated Coast Guard Systems (ICGS), a
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Jason Sprinkle, Seattle guerrilla artist, fatally hit by train (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

SEATTLE - A man found dead along railroad tracks in Mississippi has been identified as Jason Sprinkle, a guerrilla artist who left the field after one of his events paralyzed downtown Seattle with a bomb scare.
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Mississippi St. slips past LSU (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser)

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Thomas Berkery and Brad Jones had RBI singles in a three-run seventh inning to give Mississippi State a 5-3 win Saturday over LSU to improve the Bulldogs' Southeastern Conference tournament hopes.
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Stribling officially steps down at Valley (The Clarion-Ledger)

Lafayette Stribling retired as Mississippi Valley State's men's basketball coach on Monday. He's not hanging up his whistle, however. Stribling, 70, is set to become Tougaloo College's men's basketball coach, a move that has been speculated for weeks.
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FBI to exhume black teen's body for clues (Detroit News)

The FBI's renewed investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager who was killed 50 years ago in Mississippi after whistling at a white woman, is aimed at determining whether anyone alive should be held accountable for the murder that helped inspire the civil rights movement.
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State of the Region to to note gains, gaps (djournal.com)

TUPELO - Lewis Whitfield will have some mixed news for Thursday's State of the Region meeting, which will cover the future of economic development in the rural South and Northeast Mississippi.
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Judge: 'I'll rule in hospital case in due time' (djournal.com)

OXFORD - Members of the North Mississippi Medical Center board of directors have enjoyed profitable deals for their businesses, including major construction contracts, through their association with the hospital, says the attorney for uninsured people suing the hospital.
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Lake Caroline accident follows familiar script (The Clarion-Ledger)

Sunday's tragic boating accident at Lake Caroline follows a script compiled from 54 accidents investigated in 2004 by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
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Injured Miss. soldier recounts explosion (The Clarion-Ledger)

COLUMBUS — A Mississippi soldier injured last month in Iraq says he remembers waking up after the explosion, hanging upside down and being held in place only by his seat belt.
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Conflict-of-interest issues debated in patient care case (The Clarion-Ledger)

North Mississippi Health Services and an attorney for uninsured patients argued before a federal judge Monday over conflict-of-interest issues, which the attorney says affect patient care.
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Moldovan Ends 2005 Singles Season With Loss to Mississippi's Carlotti (Seminoles.com)

Senior Mihaela Moldovan loses to #38 Chloe Carlotti in the opening round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championships.
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