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Not even the inconvenience of a November storm system named Ida can dampen South Mississippi’s enthusiasm for the New Orleans Saints, who improved to 8-0 for the first time in club history with a 30-20 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
An open letter to African-American women:
It is becoming apparent to many Americans in this high-tech era of the Internet, blogs, iPods, 24/7 cable “news” channels — and now, the biggest economic downturn in 70 years — that print journalism, namely newspapers, is becoming an endangered species.
Beach walkers consider objects that wash ashore overnight, borne here by tide, wind, and currents, gifts from Mother Nature. Every day is like viewing a Christmas tree laden with presents. Yesterday’s stormy weather has brought us countless shells, pieces of driftwood, clumps of grass, and sadly a couple of dead mullets. However today, it is the large number of shells from a long dormant oyster bed that captures our interest. — Diary, autumn 2009
Dateline 1984 — Recalling the ghost of Wal-Mart One