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FourthAmendment.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Drug dog was a de minimus intrusion where the dog arrived just as the paperwork on the traffic offense was completed. United States v. Brooks, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104892 (S.D. Ga. April 23, 2009).* Impoundment of defendant’s moped on his custoidial arrest was reasonable although it was parked on private property. United States v. Cauthen, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105361 (M.D. N.C. November 10,...
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
By BOB HERBERT NYT One of the most cherished items in my possession is a postcard that was sent from Mississippi to the Upper West Side of Manhattan in June 1964. “Dear Mom and Dad,” it says, “I have arrived safely in Meridian, Mississippi. This is a wonderful town and the weather is fine. I wish you were here. The people in this city are wonderful and our reception was very good....
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Inter Alia (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Philip Thomas is a lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi, who went from a primarily defense practice to a primarily plaintiff practice. He's demonstrating his knowledge of litigation on both sides of the fence at MS Litigation Review and Commentary . You'll find his comments on the latest developments in Mississippi civil litigation, including specific cases, as well as matters pending before certain courts...
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Black Political Thought (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The U.S. Navy has named a supply ship after slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The nearly 700 foot-long vessel will deliver food, ammunition and parts to other ships at sea. During the civil rights movement, Evers organized nonviolent protests, voter registration drives and boycotts in Mississippi. He rose to the post of state field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of...
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Sanctuary for the Abused (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
What to Do When a Spouse Refuses Help by Rob Jackson, MS, LPC, NCC (written from a Christian perspective and does not necessarily express the religious views of this site or its owner) We shouldn’t be surprised when an addict refuses our initial confrontation. The situation is difficult for the addict as well. Perhaps, in spite of our fears, we presented our concerns logically and with more than...
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Housing Works News (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
When the Campaign to End AIDS launched in 2005, hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS drove in caravans and walked to Washington, D.C. from throughout the country to remind the world that AIDS was not over. Filmmakers from Filmworks Brooklyn documented the effort of one of those caravans. The result is Closer to God , a compelling documentary about a dozen people living with HIV and AIDS. Closer to God...
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Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
In Schmidt v. Catholic Diocese of Biloxi , (MS Sup. Ct., Sept. 17, 2009), members of St. Paul Catholic Church in Pass Christian, Mississippi brought suit after the diocese effectively closed the church that had been damaged by Hurricane Katrina and merged the parish into a newly created one. In this decision, the Mississippi Supreme Court held that plaintiffs lack standing to assert that St. Paul's...
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PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
THE ROCK-A-BILLY MUSEUM in Jackson, Mississippi, has an exhibition on musical instruments in the Bible: Rock-A-Billy Museum will host exhibit on Biblical instruments beginning Monday By TRACIE SIMER tsimer@jacksonsun.com • September 19, 2009 Trumpets, harps, horns and drums all are modern-day instruments found in most orchestras. They also were found in ancient civilizations, including ancient...
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The centre due to open on Wednesday (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
Libya agrees deal to grow wheat in Ukraine. Libyan dissident dies after benadryl to Jordan. Pakistan to send up to workers to Libya. S Bing Video Feature Poses Security Challenges. The year old knocked talk show host Oprah Winfrey off the top spot on the annual Dosage nexium list, which is based on earnings and media. S push to reform the nation. Former Infinity group of Chicago Theological Seminary...
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RCRD LBL (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Punk music and fashion shot across the sky pretty quickly in the ’70s, but when hardcore emerged in the ’80s, it really set up shop and became a code of living. So it’s not insincere for the SoCal-based BYO (Better Youth Organization) label, which was formed by members of the band Youth Brigade , to give its 25th-anniversary box set the gospel-ish title Let Them Know . You wanna...
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ACLU (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Jackson, MS -- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today asked a federal court in Mississippi to end government funding of religion in the state's abstinence-only-until-marriage program.The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District on behalf of a teen and two community members who attended a state-sponsored abstinence summit in May of this...
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Mouth of the Potomac (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) says there is a special relationship between the late Sen. Ted Kennedy and the civil rights movement. “There was something about the Kennedy family…[and] Sen. Kennedy. It was this feeling that these men would do the right thing — that they would be our champion,” said Lewis, who marched alongside Martin Luther King and was beaten by racists who sought...
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Finding life hard? (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
The Help Kathryn Stockett I read lots of books but rarely review them as most as fine but ordinary; this is an exception. I bought it simply because I saw it in Waterstones just after I had heard an excerpt from it on Pick of the Week on Radio 4. I think it was Woman's Hour Book of the Month or something. Set in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962 it relates the Civil Rights movement from an unusual angle....
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Music City Oracle (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
Biloxi, Mississippi -- Evangelical Christians tend to get excited over the civil embrace of religion. Today's promotion of a "gospel brunch" Sunday morning at the meeting of the National Governors Association provided a reminder as to why they should reconsider.Encouraging attendance at the event, Mississippi governor and NGA host Haley Barber declared, "Tomorrow there's going to be...
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PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 03/27/2009
[From Alan Gielczyk RTS Jackson, MS] Hey Sammy and gang how is spring coming in your area? It is beautiful here in Mississippi! I have to tell you how I am finding the switch from PDA(TX) to smartphone(Centro). I love...
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