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• Local farmers look to D.C. for help

  Local farmers look to D.C. for help Mississippi farmers facing catastrophic crop losses after heavy fall rains hope to see extra disaster relief funded by Congress. Dr. Lester Spell, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, said he has asked the Mississippi congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to go beyond [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:31pm EST
  

• Democrat Travis Childers says he’ll vote no on health care

  Democrat Travis Childers says he'll vote no on health care Washington, DC – Congressman Travis Childers (MS-01) released the following statement regarding his upcoming vote on the House health care reform bill, H.R. 3962: “Today, millions of hard-working Americans are suffering from soaring premiums that are increasing seven times faster than' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:26pm EST
  

• SALTER - During 2010 session, special fund raids are the battle

  During 2010 session, special fund raids are the battle During the 2010 legislative session, the battle will be about special funds raids. Two of the more enticing special fund targets will, of course, be the the Working Cash Stabilization Fund - commonly called the "rainy day" fund - and the Health [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

• Pundit Blog - Haley Barbour = adult supervision

  Pundit Blog - Haley Barbour = adult supervision In the fall and winter of 1998, I had the brief chance to work for Haley Barbour at his firm, Barbour, Griffith and Rogers (before Speaker-elect Denny Hastert asked me to return to Capitol Hill and serve as his spokesman). Haley was the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  

• Virginia Loss Showcases Democratic Troubles

  Virginia Loss Showcases Democratic Troubles Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who chairs the Republican Governors Association, told RealClearPolitics in an interview last night that the most important effect of the election results, in terms of next year's midterm elections, could be GOP candidate recruitment. Barbour was chairman of the Republican National Committee [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:14pm EST
  

• BREAKING!!!! - Haley Barbour’s Son Hits Two Hole-In-One Shots In One Round

  BREAKING!!!! - Haley Barbour’s Kid Hits Two Hole-In-One Shots In One Round WJLA 11/3/9 [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  

• MCJ - ObamaCare’s free lunch

  ObamaCare's free lunch The government bailouts, the corporate salary caps, the rising deficit, cap and trade and the ominous ObamaCare are all deeply disturbing developments coming out of Washington. How could elected officials, at the exact point in history when jobs and the economy are so vitally important to the welfare of [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  

• Two Hinds County offices have new leaders

  Two Hinds County offices have new leaders Supervisors on Monday in a 4-1 vote selected Permit and Zoning Director Jimmie Lewis to take over the county's Emergency Operations Center. In another vote, they selected Assistant Hinds County Attorney Sherri Flowers as the county's top prosecutor. The EOC director coordinates the county's response to [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  

• Stanford Receiver to Investors: Don’t Expect Much Back

  Stanford Receiver to Investors: Don’t Expect Much Back Under the most optimistic scenario, as much as 20 cents on the dollar could be returned to victims of the investment fraud that brought down Stanford Financial Group. That’s among the findings in a status report filed in the Texas court where federal regulators [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:56pm EST
  

• G.O.P. Wins Two Key Governors’ Races

  G.O.P. Wins Two Key Governors’ Races Republicans swept contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday as voters went to the polls filled with economic uncertainty, dealing President Obama a setback and building momentum for a Republican comeback attempt in next year’s midterm Congressional elections. But in a closely watched [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  

• CL - Ole Miss: ‘New’ South rose long ago

  CL - Ole Miss: 'New' South rose long ago University of Mississippi fans who feel led to perpetuate the Reconstruction-era notion that the South somehow needs to "rise again" badly miss the point. The South has long since risen and moved on - and Ole Miss is an integral part of that [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:37pm EST
  

• HERRING - On The NY Republican Party

  HERRING - On The NY Republican Party On the eve of two gubernatorial elections that have attracted national attention as possible barometers of the current popularity of the Obama Administration and the potential gains that Republicans might make in the all-important 2010 congressional elections, the special November 3, 2009, congressional election [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:35pm EST
  

• Shepard Smith tells Ole Miss students to stop using chant

  Shepard Smith tells Ole Miss students to stop using chant Ole Miss email 11/3/9 [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:33pm EST