SunHerald.com: Local http://www.sunherald.com/local-news/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from SunHerald.com en-us Copyright 2012 SunHerald.com Local 60 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:24:25 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@SunHerald.com Cox takes O.S. alderman seat http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738391/cox-takes-os-alderman-seat.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738391/cox-takes-os-alderman-seat.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32 CST OCEAN SPRINGS -- Bobby Cox, son of a former alderman, is the city’s new alderman at large. Report questions spending of Thompson, Wicker http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738307/report-questions-spending-of-thompson.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738307/report-questions-spending-of-thompson.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:43 CST WASHINGTON -- A Washington Post report says congressional earmark spending appears to have funded projects near lawmakers’ personal properties and questions projects secured by Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson and Roger Wicker. Smoking ban wouldn’t include casinos, bars http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738396/smoking-ban-wouldnt-include-casinos.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738396/smoking-ban-wouldnt-include-casinos.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:21 CST BILOXI -- Those who want smoking banned in all public places in the city and those who said a smoking ban would be bad for business and personal freedom presented their arguments Tuesday to the Biloxi Council, which took no action. Roberts to sign book in April http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738323/roberts-to-sign-book-in-april.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738323/roberts-to-sign-book-in-april.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:48 CST Lucimarian Roberts will sign copies of her book “My Story, My Song” at 11 a.m. April 21 at Barnes & Noble at Crossroads in Gulfport. Board may limit truck traffic in Wiggins http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738356/board-may-limit-truck-traffic.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738356/board-may-limit-truck-traffic.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:13 CST WIGGINS -- City officials discussed limiting large-truck traffic on some city roads at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting. Dubuisson knew how to enjoy life, Mardi Gras http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738413/dubuisson-knew-how-to-enjoy-life.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738413/dubuisson-knew-how-to-enjoy-life.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:22 CST GULFPORT -- Shawn Dubuisson enjoyed life. CRIME BRIEFS http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738354/crime-briefs.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738354/crime-briefs.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:22 CST Man pleads guilty to ammo charge Man who warned of Challenger disaster dies http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738358/man-who-warned-of-challenger-disaster.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738358/man-who-warned-of-challenger-disaster.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:18 CST NEPHI, Utah -- The man who warned his employer of the equipment quirk that led to the deadly explosion of the space shuttle Challenger has died. Roger Boisjoly was 73. Hood angered over House bill http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738398/hood-angered-over-house-bill.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738398/hood-angered-over-house-bill.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:21 CST JACKSON -- A state House committee voted Tuesday to push forward a bill that would cut Attorney General Jim Hood’s authority, turning down Hood’s request to speak to the group before it voted. Mississippi briefs http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738355/mississippi-briefs.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3738355/mississippi-briefs.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:13 CST Tigers, other animals taken from Collins zoo Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers’ properties http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737986/congressional-earmarks-sometimes.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737986/congressional-earmarks-sometimes.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:53 CST WASHINGTON -- AU.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to replenish the beach about 900 feet from his island vacation cottage. A representative from Michigan earmarked $486,000 to add a bike lane to a bridge within walking distance of her home. About the series http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737988/about-the-series.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737988/about-the-series.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:53 CST This series is based on an examination of the finances of all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members of the U.S. Senate. What is an earmark? http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737987/what-is-an-earmark.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/07/3737987/what-is-an-earmark.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:53 CST WASHINGTON -- What is an earmark? Cox wins O.S. alderman at-large seat http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/06/3737504/voting-steady-in-os.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/06/3737504/voting-steady-in-os.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33 CST OCEAN SPRINGS -- The city has a new alderman at-large -- Bobby Cox, the son of a former alderman. Biloxi teen named state Youth of the Year runner-up http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/06/3735641/biloxi-teen-named-state-youth.html http://www.sunherald.com/2012/02/06/3735641/biloxi-teen-named-state-youth.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:13 CST BILOXI -- Representing the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast, Biloxi High School senior Aesha Coleman was named first runner-up in the state’s Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year competition.