Wyoming votes today - and Obama wins, well, just about anyway

UPDATE: 6:58PM EST  " Obama led rival Sen. Hillary Clinton at 59 percent to 40 percent, with 96 percent of precincts reporting. The caucus thrust the state, which has only 12 delegates, into the...

Winter storm warnings for US Midwest

As tornadoes ravaged northern Florida, winter storms hit the midwest." The National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings for parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas and other states....

Wintry mess expected across the eastern United States

While for some residents across North America, Spring is definetely on the way, for many in the eastern United States the worst is yet to come. There's a cold front crossing the Southeast, which will erupt into...

New Orleans Mayor Rips Plan to Empty FEMA Trailers

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A plan to move people living in trailers to apartments and hotels because of concerns about formaldehyde fumes will not work and will lead to a "second great displacement" of New Orleans residents, the city's mayor said.You can read current NowPublic...

How Groundwater Shaped Mars

Fascinating Stuff. The whole article is on the yahoo page and I am sure all over the net soon."Scientists think a massive ocean once covered one-third of Mars, and recent photographs suggest that pockets of water may still be hidden beneath the planet's surface. Water is...

CDC: Gulf Coast Trailers Have Toxic Air

Fumes from 519 trailer and mobile homes in Louisiana and Mississippi were — on average — about five times what people are exposed to in most modern homes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

FW police rescue girl, 14, forced into prostitution

FW police rescue girl, 14, forced into prostitution06:35 PM CST on Saturday, January 5, 2008 By DARLA MILES / WFAA-TV WFAA-TV Lee is charged with the facilitation of aggravated kidnapping, engaging in organized criminal activity and prostitution. FORT WORTH - Five...

Mississippi to Ban Fat People from Eating in Restaurants

Mississippi to Ban Fat People from Eating in Restaurants Hello, Welcome to Dennys, Will you step on the Scale Please.  This is what you may hear when you go to your local restaurant in Mississippi who allows...

Kia Shine Releases Statement On Wendy Day and S.E.A. Brawl

Recently, MemphisRap.com ran an article that raised questions about what really did happen at the Southern Entertainment Awards after a brawl occurred involving rapper Kia Shine, who told MemphisRap.com his side of the story.

Obama sees support from black community in SC, GA, and AL. WOW. What a surprise

So i've been watching the news, reading the online blogs, hitting the news sites and one thing that I keep finding interesting is the "news" that Obama is picking up support from the black community in Southern states.  Now, this may be important, but I'm just curious as...

Report: Design flaw cause of Minn. Bridge Collapse

The findings of the report confirm the original suspicion that a structural flaw, as apposed to an impact or terrorism, were the cause of the dramatic collapse. See here for the original report. "Federal...

Powerful Storms Slam Mississippi

Inclement weather continues to hit the US. "At least two injuries were reported Thursday as powerful thunderstorms packing heavy rain and possible tornadoes pushed across Mississippi. There were numerous reports of scattered property damage around the state, including at a...

Tornado destroys 3 homes in Brookhaven, MS

UPDATE: 21.12.07 -nukegingrich  at 20:57 on December 20th, 2007: The early reports of a fatality were in error.  Two injured, three homes destroyed, NO fatalities. _________________UPDATE: 15:20 PST - A report from NowPublic contributor...

6 black people you can hate without seeming racist

Is he a black man who desperately wants to be white, or a black man with an assortment of mental illnesses?

Trent Lott to Resign by End of Year

Another Republican Senator to retire, this time it's the #2."Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, plans to resign his seat by the end of the year, congressional and Bush administration...

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