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PROJECT RUNWAY LOVERS: "Where's Andre?" We don't know but we have something just as good!

After announcing the confirmation of Project Runway's Kara Saun last week, we are pleased to add to that excitement with more additions to our award-winning fashion weekend.

Bishop Phillip Coleman: R.I.P.

Bishop Dr. Phillip Coleman, Sr., Th.D., pastor of Greater Bethlehem Temple Apostolic Church, died Tuesday from cancer. He was 81.

ARTICLE: Calif. mom gives birth on front lawn by herself

Nothing surprises me any more. Nothing. From USA Today:

Funding Approved for Two-Way Capitol Street

Downtown Jackson Partners said today that Sen. Thad Cochran is confirming that the city will get a $3 million 20 percent matching grant in order to make Capitol Street two-way. This is great news for downtown's Renaissance efforts.

Shelley Johnson

When Shelley Johnson started researching the American foster-care system 10 years ago, she was shocked to discover that 500,000 children did not have stable homes.

Henry Murphy

Whatever shape journalism takes in the future, there's a good chance Henry Murphy will be a part of it.

Civil Rights Museum Funding Advances In House

A proposed national civil-rights museum in downtown Jackson could receive $30 million in state funds, under a bill up for consideration by the state House of Representatives. The House Ways & Means Committee voted today to approve HB 1463, which allots $55 million total to the civil-rights museum and a museum of Mississippi history, both to be located near the William Winter state archives building. The bill now goes to the House floor for a vote by the full chamber.

Wendi Reed

Last season was historic for the Jackson State Lady Tigers softball team. Under first-year head coach Rick Fremin, the team won more than 20 games for the fourth time in program history. More importantly, the Lady Tigers won their first Southwestern Athletic Conference softball championship. JSU received a bid to the Alabama regional and faced the Crimson Tide in their opening game. The Lady Tigers lost two straight games, however, ending their season.

John Taylor Jr.

Family is a running theme for the Rev. John Taylor Jr. The 29-year-old candidate for the Ward 3 City Council seat believes a lot of Jackson's problems start with fathers who don't take responsibility.

The First Ever JFP Top 25

The first annual JFP Sports top 25 features nine teams from the SEC, five teams from the Big 12, four teams from the Big Ten, two from the ACC, two from the Pac-12, two from the Mountain West Conference and one independent.

Hinds Jails Switching Commissary Providers

Hinds County jails are joining the buy-local movement.

City Breaks Ground on Upgrade to Water System

The city broke ground Wednesday on a new water-storage tank to replace Jackson's only well system still in use. Once the project is finished, southwest Jackson residents will join the rest of the city in using a surface water system.

A Beautiful, Brooding Revolt

Colour Revolt's debut LP, "Plunder, Beg, and Curse," is the product of a precociously mature band, a group with a distinctive and unique sound who is willing to take on heavy themes.

In Their Words: Jason Moffitt

The JFP is featuring the stories of some of the people Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned, in their own words.

Cooper-Stokes' Election Contested

While today marks the beginning of LaRita Cooper-Stokes' term on the City Council, it might not mean the end of the election.

Feds Need to Get 'Er Done

The U.S. Constitution probably breathed a sigh of relief last week when the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments of Mayor Frank Melton and his two bodyguards for the alleged Aug. 26, 2006, attack on a Ridgeway Street duplex.

The Slate

Ole Miss fans will wonder what might have been for the rest of this week and years to come after the way they lost to La Salle.

Hideo Kojima Lays Down the Law

When people say the name Uwe Boll, some might think of a disgusting, slimy bug that eats crap for a living. Members of the gaming community, on the other hand, envision a disgusting, slimy human that makes crap for a living. Uwe Boll has been the producer/director of several massive box-office failures based on videogames.

Rove and Melton Facing Music the Same Day?

In a world where we all have spent a lot of time in recent years waiting for a reckoning for injustice, it is quite possible that the Jackson mayor and former President Bush's hatchet man will appear before a judge the same dayFeb. 2. The Associated Press is reporting about Karl Rove:

running from sniffles

When I walked into the post office this morning, I was scolded for going out in the cold with wet hair.

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