Editorials
Labor Day could be happier
Americans will celebrate Labor Day on Monday — the 126th such observance — with one looming question: “Where are the jobs?” Despite being promised not to exceed 8 percent unemployment after a $787...
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Green Acres Sharp is the right one
Harry Sharp came to Vicksburg in 1985 and immediately made his mark, buying a crumbling antebellum home used as headquarters for the Salvation Army and transforming it into a showplace bed and bre...
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Day, Jones have both contributed to city
David Day, owner of the Klondyke and host of the former 1490 AM “Live from the Klondyke” radio show, and Mark Jones, owner of the radio station, have much in common. They are both Vicksburg reside...
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Settlement needed between county, casino
The term “splitting the baby” is derived from accounts of King Solomon in the Old Testament and refers to a willingness to divide awards in a dispute so all parties can feel they’ve gained somethi...
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Embezzlement City needs to stay on top
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The FBI says employee theft is one of the most rapidly growing crimes in the country. While theft of any kind is unacceptable, it is perhaps most appalling when municipal employees or elected offic...
Too early Common sense and safety are lacking
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On Friday evening, the Red Carpet Bowl football games celebrated 50 years since the first playing. For the first game Friday, the temperature hovered in the mid-90s with stifling humidity. Footbal...
A double shame
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The stories last week that vandals had destroyed windows at the Southern Cultural Heritage Center to the tune of about $800 and, separately, that a mural at City Front had been defaced are shameful...
Integrity: University links to athletics grow weaker
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In January, Oregon played in the Rose Bowl with senior Jeremiah Masoli at quarterback. The Ducks lost that day, but the future still looked bright for Masoli, a strong contender for the Heisman — w...
Retailing in Vicksburg to get needed boost
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Vicksburg is fortunate to have an economy that stands on many legs. Government employment, especially federal government employment, and the tourism-casino industry are the largest. But there are m...
Jury still out on Marshall Sanders’ case
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“It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.” Rule 8.4(b) Mississ...
National News

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.


Wed Sep 08 17:58:08 -0500 2010

Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.


Wed Sep 08 20:07:12 -0500 2010

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen  at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.


Wed Sep 08 15:35:16 -0500 2010

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Politically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans — and some fellow Democrats — just two months before bruising midterm elections.


Wed Sep 08 17:58:08 -0500 2010

Pastor Terry Jones, center, of the Dove World Outreach Center speaks at a new conference in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Jones stated that he is going forward with a scheduled burning of copies of the Quran at his church on Saturday, Sept. 11. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off.


Wed Sep 08 20:07:12 -0500 2010

A British Petroleum (BP) logo is seen  at a petrol station in south London April 27, 2010. BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States' worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs. REUTERS/Toby Melville/FilesAP - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report issued Wednesday, acknowledging among other things that it misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well. But in a possible preview of its legal strategy, it also pointed the finger at its partners on the doomed rig.


Wed Sep 08 15:35:16 -0500 2010