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Still from Coen Bros. O, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU
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See video at huffingtonpost.com.
Images: (Coen Bros. film) via epicurandealmaker.blogspot.com; (Barbour) via mscasinos.org;
TPM
GOP Senator’s Ad: Gay Guys In Village People Garb Support My Opponent
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By Eric Kleefeld - October 14, 2008, 6:40PM
Check out this new ad (video, too) from Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who is facing a tough challenge from former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D). This ad ties Musgrove, who is a pro-life social conservative and economic populist, […]
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Business Wire
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:30:01 GMT
Lawyer suggests Scruggs got witness help from Lott
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) An insurance company’s attorney suggested during a sworn deposition that former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott urged witnesses to give false information in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, according to court records.
The implication was made last week during a deposition with […]
FEMA trailers toxic, tests show
Facing Relocation
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Alex Brandon / Associated Press
Jim “Hawk” Herring, with his dog Koko, lives in a FEMA trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans. With recent government tests confirming high levels of formaldehyde in the temporary residences, U.S. health officials are urging that hurricane victims be relocated as soon as possible.
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From Think Progress.com…
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), who was appointed to replace Trent Lott, “last year obtained a $6 million earmark for a defense contractor whose executives were among his top campaign contributors” and were represented in the matter by Wicker’s former chief of staff.
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Images: (Hog) iptv.org; (Senator) opencongress.org
Ga. judge rejects bid to halt execution
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Writer Sat Jul 14, 2:15 PM ET
SAVANNAH, Ga. - A judge has denied a bid to halt the execution scheduled this coming week of convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis, refusing to hear evidence the defense says would show he is innocent and identify […]
The stiffing of workers on wages and overtime must be harder to shake than cigarettes and meth.
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Rosemary Ramirez Barbour via Hattiesburg American
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Article published May 18, 2007
Pay issues dog contractor
By JILLIAN KRAMER–Hattiesburg American
A company charged with maintaining almost 4,000 FEMA trailers across Mississippi has allegedly violated wage and overtime pay standards stipulated in its contract with […]
W. is no doubt working on Baghdad to show the post-surge progress through a series of Catholic grammar school filmstrips.
Google maps of New Orleans criticized by congressional subcommittee
AP
(3/31/07 - NEW ORLEANS, LA) - Google’s replacement of post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery on its map portal with images of the region before the storm does a […]
“SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Thursday, July 27, 2006 · Last updated 4:48 p.m. PT
Congressman, ex-FEMA chief Brown squabble
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
In this Feb. 24, 2006, file photo, some of more than 10,000 mobile homes are shown at the Hope, Ark., airport. Sen. Mark Pryor and Rep. Mike Ross, both D-Ark., said Thursday, July 27, 2006, that […]
THE NATION
In the Black(water)
by JEREMY SCAHILL
[from the June 5, 2006 issue]
Tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims remain without homes. The environment is devastated. People are disenfranchised. Financial resources, desperate residents are told, are scarce. But at least New Orleans has a Wal-Mart parking lot serving as a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center with perhaps the […]