Suspect in Klan case dies | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

Billy Wayne Posey, a key suspect in the Ku Klux Klan's killings of three civil rights workers in 1964 in Mississippi, has died, but Justice Department officials say they're continuing their investigation of the remaining suspects.

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Younger Scruggs back behind bars | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

Former lawyer Zach Scruggs is back behind bars for allegedly violating conditions of his release from federal prison to a halfway house in Tupelo last week.

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Family seeks honest investigation - Local - SunHerald.com

I hope that the US attorney helps Mrs. Johnson find the truth she seeks. Many feel that since the Grand Jury found no evidence of wrong doing that indeed none actually occured.

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Ruth Marcus - The Party of No - washingtonpost.com

Ruth Marcus is a genius. She pretty much had the situation in Congress concerning the stimulus debate summed up with this one sentence: Republicans did better jabbing at Democrats than conveying a positive case about what they would do instead.

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Grand jury decision evokes memories of past - Featured Story - SunHerald.com

LUCEDALE- ... Johnson's family heard the report first. Their faces were solemn and sad, almost resigned, as they filed from the back room to their seats in the front benches. Row after row of black faces surrounded them, more than 100 in all.

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Hinds judge pleads not guilty to corruption | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger

The former prosecutor who made a worldwide name for himself for putting Klansman Byron De La Beckwith behind bars pleaded not guilty today to a five-count indictment in court, accused of ruling in favor of the former lawyer once called Mississippi's "king of torts."

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Study finds educated, affluent GOP members moving to Dems

Excerpt: Recent Republican losses in Pennsylvania have been spurred by defections from among the party's more affluent and better-educated voters.

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A Nurse For The Ages - At 82, Dorothy Turner Loves Working The Overnight ER Shift

Wow! Just....WOW!

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[Interview with Bishop Williamson] Längre intervju med Williamson

He says "quote unquote the Holocaust" The site is Swedish but the interview is in English. This is one of the excommunicated bishops Pope Benedict just unexcommunicated. NYTimes article seeded here: Pope Reinstates Four Bishops, Including Holocaust Denier - NYTimes.com

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Pope Reinstates Four Bishops, Including Holocaust Denier - NYTimes.com

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI, acceding to the far-right of the Roman Catholic Church, revoked the excommunications of four schismatic bishops on Saturday, including one whose comments denying the Holocaust have provoked outrage.

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Man accused in Miss. of threat to president-elect - Nation Wire - SunHerald.com

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Lott unnamed co-conspirator in civil case - News Updates - SunHerald.com

Well, the truth about former Mississippi Senator Trent Lott has finally hit print. It's about time. He's accused of trying to buy influence in appointing his brother-in-law to the bench. Check out and follow the story as it is revealed.

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WLOX-TV and WLOX.com - Building South Mississippi Together |New film tells South Mississippi's Katrina story

"HANCOCK COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - The latest Katrina documentary is now out on DVD. "Mississippi Son: A film maker's journey home" is making its way around the film festival circuit, and has already won more than a dozen awards.

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Former Klansman threatens suit over contract - Regional Wire - SunHerald.com

JACKSON, Miss.

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High School Star Dies During Traffic Stop

JACKSON, Miss. (Dec. 8) - A George County High School football star died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound early Monday after being pulled over by a sheriff's deputy, authorities said.

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Nuclear waste piling up at U.S. hospitals - Health care- msnbc.com

Nuclear waste that's piled up in our nations hospitals can and may be used by terrorists to make dirty bombs. The issue of stockpiling nuclear waste should and must be addressed by our legislators bfore it's too late.

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Ex-KKK man freed over 1964 deaths

A former Mississippi police officer, James Ford Seales, convicted in the 1964 kidnapping and conspiracy in the deaths of 2 African-American teenagers, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore from Franklin County has been set free by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Court to hear Noxubee voting right case

"The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled arguments for the week of Nov.

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The National Interest

I like Susan. She's a credit to her family. She carries on the ideals that Ike brought to the office of the Presidency and this country.

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Oprah Says No to Palin, and Gets an Earful - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

It's more of the same political intimidation tactics used by the right when George W. Bush first took this country in Iraq. It's just a shame that people in this country are unable to have an opinion without the right making it a statement about their business.

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Mississippi Will Host First Presidential Debate - News- msnbc.com

The first presidential debate will take place in Oxford, MS. The home of Ole Miss Rebels. It should really be a fiery exchange of ideas on the issues with Mississippi being a very conservative state with a very large African-American population.

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Paranoid shift

Just before his death, James Jesus Angleton, the legendary chief of counterintelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, was a bitter man. He felt betrayed by the people he had worked for all his life.

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'Loop Current' could make Gustav deadlier- msnbc.com

A Visit from Gustav

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Gasoline Prices Fall, But Not As Far As Oil Prices : NPR

"So far, oil prices have fallen more than twice as far as gasoline prices, suggesting that even if crude oil prices level off, there's room for additional savings at the gas pump."

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New Orleans cops cleared in bridge shooting

Two killed in shooting on a bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina A judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges Wednesday against seven New Orleans police officers accused of gunning down two men on a bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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