Miss. Gov. Faces Rage, Heckling After Suspending Life Sentence of Convicted S...

Mississippi clearly needs a new governor. Gov. Haley Barbour has previously let five other convicted killers go."The last thing a governor wants - and especially a law-and-order Republican governor - is a controversy over a pardon or commutation of sentence, especially when...

Toyota to build assembly plant in Mississippi

4000 employees, plus thousands more in support businesses.  This is welcome news for north Mississippi which has seen the redeployment of thousands of furniture manufacturing jobs since the passage of NAFTA."Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi plans a major economic...

Barbour wisely dismisses Brown's Katrina conspiracy

"Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is shooting off his mouth again. Last week in New York City, he claimed that Mississippi and Louisiana were treated differently after Hurricane Katrina because of their politics. Unfortunately,...

Major New Link-Up on Cerro Torre

"Major New Link-Up on Cerro Torre By Dougald MacDonald Cerro Torre's southern flank. The 1994 Marsigny-Parkin line follows obvious ice gullies to the saddle left of the tower, the Col of Hope. From there, the 1974 Ragni di Lecco route climbs steep ice to the top. Cordes and...

Actor Osment faces pot, drunken driving charges (Reuters)

" LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday charged Oscar-nominated actor Haley Joel Osment " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Haley Joel Osment , who famously saw dead people in 1999 hit movie "The Sixth Sense," with drunken driving and marijuana...

Haley Joel Hospitalized

" He may see dead people, but roadside columns are a trickier beast for Haley Joel Osment. The Sixth Sense star was hospitalized in Pasadena early Thursday after reportedly losing control of his car, hitting a brick pillar and flipping his vehicle. According to the Los...

'Sixth Sense' star in hospital after crash

"Haley Joel Osment was hospitalized early Thursday after he apparently lost control of his car while heading to his Los Angeles area home, authorities said. Osment, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a boy who could see dead people in "The Sixth Sense,"...