January Newswire
Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for January.
Results 1 - 20 of 1,097 in January
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Boy Scouts leaders vote to allow gay members
... Troop 478, which operates within the Istrouma Area Council, said the BSA executive committee's initial proposal in January centered on allowing the local organizations sponsoring the troops, like churches and civic groups, to determine if homosexual ... Comment?
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Louisiana earns highest ranking ever in CEO survey of of state business climates
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... Statistics, Louisiana is one of only 11 states in the U.S. (plus Washington, D.C.) with more jobs today than in January 2008. In fact, Louisiana has produced the sixth fastest private-sector job growth in the U.S. (second fastest in the South) since ... Comment?
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Popular radio host Paul Finebaum joining SEC Network, ESPN in Charlotte, N.C.
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... Paul Finebaum Show on WJOX 94.5 FM -- a Cumulus Media station -- since 2007, but his contract expired on January 21, 2013, and the nationally-syndicated show went off-air while he and his management explored other opportunities. Finebaum's return to ... Comment?
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Dramatic Drop in Soybean Basis
... Gulf soybean inspections for the week ending May 9 were down 44% from the previous week and were the lowest since January 1, 2010. U.S soybean plantings are 24% complete vs. 6% last week and vs. 71% at this time last year and the fiver-year average ... Comment?
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Our Music Year No. 143: John Mayer, 'Born and Raised'
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... and Raised," released roughly one year ago, is Mayer's most relaxed effort to date. In "Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967," he sounds closer to Jack Johnson than Eric Clapton, for example. Mayer seems mature. The only cringeworthy lyric of ... Comment?
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Man Arrested In Ricin Scare: FBI
... to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge. A Mississippi man was arrested in that case. On January 15, 1947, the remains of Elizabeth Short, were found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. What made this discovery the stuff of ... Comment?
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Tips And Tricks: Avoiding Discriminatory Discipline Of Groups Of Students
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... this year in public schools, and the focus on this topic makes it one that school leaders should not ignore. In January, a major study showed, among other findings, that black and Hispanic students are suspended at higher rates than their ... Comment?
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The freshmen are coming: Remainder of Penn State's 2013...
... who is regarded as a four-star prospect. Several of the PSU freshmen got a head start on 2013 by enrolling in January, making them eligible for spring practice. Defensive backs Jordan Smith and Anthony Smith, blue-chip tight end prospect Adam ... Comment?
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Hypocrisy from Oklahoma Senators Inhofe and Coburn in Wake of Tornado ...
How's this for chutzpah. Both U.S. senators from Oklahoma, Sen. James Inhofe and Sen. Tom Coburn in January voted against the supplemental appropriations bill to the FEMA disaster relief fund that was targeted to provide relief for the victims of ... Comment?
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Dudley Sykes to speak at Pearl Library's Brown Bag Luncheon, January 25th
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The Pearl Library is so excited that Dudley Sykes will be reading from and talking about his new novel, The Lynching of Malcolm Brown at this month's Brown Bag Luncheon on January 25th! Sykes is a lifetime member of the Friends of the Pearl Library and has always been a huge supporter of this library. Comment?
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Hosemann seeks input to reform state's business laws
... has already put together his business study groups that will work in advance of the 2014 session that starts in January. The groups started meeting this month. Hosemann's office has also set up a page on his official website to gather ideas. The ... Comment?
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Orlando band The Cold Start, best friends and bandmates
... will also be heading to Nashville to record their debut full-length CD. The band's self-titled debut EP came out in January and is available on iTunes . Music fans can check out the Indie/pop/rock band on their official site , Facebook , Twitter , ... Comment?
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Corn planting in Mississippi running a little behind
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... Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville, said the area received almost 5 inches more rain than normal from January to late April. This figure is based on data from 1971 to 2000. 'The key thing is the timing of the rain,' Silva said. 'As ... Comment?
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Funding for airport project in jeopardy
... uncertainty. "FAA construction money has still not been released for 2013," he said. "Usually, that happens in January or February. The deadline for grant submittals is Aug. 15, 2013." Gilbert said he has been an airport engineer for 40 years and ... Comment?
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Metro Nashville government employees rally for raises
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... mayor's initial budget recommendation submitted April 30, he called for only the 1.5% pay raise, to be implemented January 1, 2014. He's now recommending reinstating the increment raises as of July 1, 2013. The bulk of the estimated $6 million for ... Comment?
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A Few Near-Term Catalysts To Consider When It Comes To Southern Company
... forward P/E ratio of 16.17, and a forward yield of 4.37% ($2.03), settled at $46.40/share. Dividend Behavior: Since January 29th, 2009, Southern Company has increased its quarterly dividend a total of five times by an average of $0.0174 each time. ... Comment?
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Mississippi casino revenues on pace for 15-year low
... million April 2012. That's the lowest April since 1998 when revenues were at $172.6 million. Deepening the trend, January's gross gaming revenue was the lowest since 1997, and February posted the lowest statewide total since 1998. He added that ... Comment?
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10 years later: How the Mad Cow crisis changed an industry and a province
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... gone." What would eventually become one of the worst crises in Canadian agriculture history began quietly in late January 2003, when Marwyn Peaster, a former catfish farmer from Mississippi trying his hand at cattle ranching in Alberta, sent a sick ... Comment?
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MGM Resorts Offers Most Upside Among Casino Stocks
... China owns a 35-story, 600-room casino resort in Macau. The cost to build was $1.25 billion. MGM China announced in January of this year that it won a second concession in Macau to build a new casino-resort on the Cotai Strip. This new resort will ... Comment?
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Kentucky Football: A Brief History of the Tony Franklin/Neal Brown Version of the Air Raid Offense
... with the offense and was hired. He brought in Neal Brown as his Offensive Coordinator. Tuberville was hired on January 10, 2010 and hired Brown on January 12th. In 2009, which was Mike Leach's final season, Texas Tech finished with a 9-4 record. ... Comment?
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