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- No matter what Newsweek says, China's Xinhua news agency is not coming to take over journalism: http://cot.ag/8Zdzl1
- And from @StryDotUs: 'The Biggest Little Annexation Case in Mississippi History' http://stry.me/9mvbsL #longreads
- Sunday's #longreads -- A classic from 1972: 'An 18-year-old looks back on life' http://nyti.ms/brFXMt
- A final Biloxi cemetery #closingthought: The Southerner's Goodbye http://twitpic.com/2jqk25
- They needed a study to prove this? 'Study: Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes' http://bit.ly/9O3USZ
- The t-shirt that we can only hope ignites a Waffle House vs. IHOP Twitter feud http://cot.ag/acGf2s
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- Mike Jr.’s Last Cast Effort.The dream, all along, was to fish. Mike Jr.’s dad was the oyster-shucking champion of the coast 14 years running. Mike Jr.’s neighborhood backed up to the piers on Biloxi’s back bay, where the shrimp boats were hauling in seafood faster than they could sell it. Mike Jr. was 11 years old, and all he […]
- The Biggest Little Annexation Case in State History (or: Britt Singletary Will See You In Court.)Call it what it is: the only time the city of Biloxi’s ever been thrilled to be sued. There aren’t supposed to be happy stories that come out of lawsuits like this. But here they are a decade later, the city of Biloxi and one of its feistiest residents, with the feel-good story of the […]
- Welcome to the Fast-Paced World of Historic Homes.Ken P’Pool didn’t know how much damage there was, so he and his staff started loading up their cars and driving down to the coast, four hours down from Jackson and four hours back, until life felt like road tripping down a Möbius strip. P’Pool had watched as the roof of the Old Capitol in […]
- The Challenges That Lie Ahead.This is what faith looks like. If anyone could be forgiven for losing faith, the parishioners at St. Rose de Lima could. Their church has stood in Bay St. Louis, Miss., for eight decades, and their congregation has lived through three major hurricanes, several minor ones and the Great Depression. They could be forgiven for […]
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