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...potential purchasers my sons and I considered, and he became our first choice, a decision we have never regretted. The account of Loewen's threatening to build a competitive funeral home misrepresents the events that occurred and the positive atmosphere of the transaction. JOHN WRIGHT, President Wright & Ferguson Jackson, Mississippi...
...addicted to the painkiller Vicodin. Last summer he checked himself into the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and emerged a new man. He swore off alcohol and married his high school sweetheart, the mother of their five-year-old daughter. But soon thereafter, his best friend back in Kiln, Mississippi, Mark Haverty, was killed in a car accident; the driver, who police say was legally intoxicated, was Brett's brother Scott. A month after that, his sister Brandi was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Louisiana. Through it all, Favre managed to stay clean and to lead...
...When poker first gained a following on Mississippi riverboats in the mid 1800s—think adolescent Abe Lincoln—four players divided up a deck of 20 cards between one another, and then bet on who held the most valuable hand. Traditional poker mavens thus depended upon their ability to analyze human expression, a skill made obsolete by keyboards and screen names. A lip twitch there, a cleared-throat here, and a sharp intake of breath from competition to the left—these were the precursors to quick uploads and winning odds. Bluffing was an art; graphic...
...December’s devastating tsunami in Asia, University President Lawrence H. Summers announced that the University would match donations to 26 approved charities up to $100 per person. The effort raised over $500,000, with Harvard contributing $245,877 in matching funds. After Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, the University again matched donations to eight charities up to $100 per person. All Harvard schools took in displaced students from Loyola and Tulane universities, with the College eventually accepting 36 undergraduates. When compared to the responses of other schools, Harvard’s generosity outpaces almost every one. None...
...coalition of wifebeater-wearing Steppers—had collaborated to raise money for such a cause. More than 1,000 tickets were sold, though exact attendance had not been tallied by yesterday night. The idea arose just days after the storm whipped through New Orleans and parts of Mississippi and Alabama on August 29, prompting massive flooding and violent lawlessness in a city that the groups would later pay tribute to. At the start of the show, Louis Armstrong’s voiced scratched the dark silence: “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans...