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• Francis Ford Coppola, ‘The Help’ Cast Kick Off Deauville Film Festival
  The red carpet sparkled with sun and stars on Friday as the 37th annual Deauville American Film Festival kicked off on a beautiful Normandy night with Francis Ford Coppola and the stars of The Help . […]
• Yiddish center exhibit explores Jewish life in the Deep South
  Greenwood, Miss "Joe Martin Erber and Meyer Gelman, who passed away in the fall of 1991, stand before the lovely ark of Congregation Ahavath Rayim, the last orthodox shul in the State. […]
• Calisolar Announces Plans to Expand Solar Silicon Production
  JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To meet increasing demand, Calisolar announced plans to expand production of its revolutionary low-cost, high-quality solar silicon by building a new facility in Mississippi. […]
• The Help needs some help
  Like the flawed but milestone Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument in Washington, the blockbuster film The Help is a gift to our civilization , but it is nonetheless vacuous. […]
• Miss. lawmakers advance job-creation proposals
  JACKSON — Mississippi legislators were on track Friday to approve incentives for three projects that could create 4,800 private-sector jobs. The House and Senate each passed its own version of an incentives package. They must agree on a single bill to send to Republican Gov. Haley Barbour. […]
• Haley Barbour declares state of emergency for South Mississippi counties
  JACKSON, Mississippi - Gov. Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency for the South Mississippi counties expected to be affected by severe tropical weather in the Gulf of Mexico in coming days. […]
• Rescue teams search for Jackson man in reservoir
  Rescue units resumed their search this morning for Daniel Boyd, 54, of Jackson, who is believed to have drowned in the Ross Barnett Reservoir last night. […]