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Former House Appropriations Committee Chairman Charlie Capps - the man who firmly and honorably held Mississippi's public purse strings in his hands for 16 years - died Friday at Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland.

Tastefully updated 3 bedroom farmhouse on 1.4 acres close to town .A Refinished pumpkin pine floors, gourmet kitchen, all new windows, and a beautiful post and beam LR with gas stove.A Lovely lot with mini-orchard, perennial garden, and large yard.

Sally G. McMillen is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History and Department chair at Davidson College.

Summary: In this presentation of applied mathematics in practice, Richard A. Guyer explains how mathematics is used in various ways with MRI and provides descriptive images to help his audience better understand this diagnostic tool.

Douglas and Lori Dowd sold a three-bedroom, two-bath condo at 7559 Byron Place in Clayton to Caroline and Brian Muegge for $264,000 on Nov.

From Staff Reports Originally published: December 18. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: December 17.

Brenda Boyle and Kirk Combe celebrated two big milestones this year -- their 30th wedding anniversary and their new books.

Well appointed contemporary home on Seven Tree Pond.A First floor Master Suite with cathedral ceilings, granite countertops, hardwood floors throughout, walkout basement, multiple decks, stainless appliances.A Bank Owned and priced well below town assessed value.

It is tempting for parents whose savings and earnings have been wiped out by the economic downturn to tell their teens: "We love you.

John Cox has been named Thatcher Chair of English at Darlington School. He replaces Academic Dean David Powell, who held the title since the establishment of the Thatcher Chair in 1992, named for the parents a 1944 graduate.

Gov. Joe Manchin has chosen from within his cabinet for his new chief of staff. Jim Spears has been Manchin's secretary of Military Affairs and Public Safety since 2005.

Georgetown High School seniors Emily Crosby and Justin Smalls certainly fit a dictionary definition of scholar: a learned person.

The average American eats 17.6 pounds of turkey per year, more than double the figure for 1970, according to the National Turkey Federation.

Archives Blogroll ScienceOnline2010 - introducing the participants: even more SciBlings Category: SO'10 Posted on: November 25, 2009 10:19 AM, by Coturnix As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference , but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list.

CONCORD State highway officials have chosen an alternate route for the planned straightening of Pitts School Road, scrapping their original choice, which would have split the more-than-century-old Barbee Farms.

Ms. McMillen, Department Chair and Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History at Davidson College, is the author of Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Womens Rights Movement .

Does the name of a new Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school connote drugs and loose morals? Some parents in north Mecklenburg think so, touching off a furor over a school named for a distinguished principal, a full nine months before the doors open.

The Agenda, developed earlier this month by leading thinkers at a conference at Davidson College, includes eight "measurable visions:" NURTURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION: To compete in a 21st century global economy, each Southern state must increase its high school graduation rate and have 60 percent of native Southerners and new ...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's "graduation success rate" differs from federal graduation statistics because it accounts for students who transfer.

Caroline Brown's milestone showed just what hard work, a broad support structure and some God-given talent can do for a student-athlete. It can produce a straight-A student , a grounded youth and a sensational athlete.