washingtonpost.com - MississippiMississippiJury Deliberations Begin in Ebbers Trial- May 7, 2005 A federal jury of seven women and five men this morning began debating the fate of former WorldCom Inc. chief executive Bernard J. Ebbers.-The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8572-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ms Short Novels- May 7, 2005 Rivers of Memory My Jim (Crown, $19.95) is Nancy Rawles's answer to Huckleberry Finn. Where Mark Twain celebrates Huck's voice, Rawles celebrates the voice of Sadie Watson, the woman who was left behind in slavery when her husband, Jim, escaped down the Mississippi with Huck.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63170-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Sen. Lott Refurbishes Image, Power Base- May 7, 2005 Ousted Senate majority leader Trent Lott, who fell so spectacularly from grace, remains determined to claw his way back to power in Washington.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51374-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... GOP Constituents Caught In Battle Over Subsidies- May 7, 2005 A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions in subsidies to big cotton growers has set off a battle in Republican congressional ranks that pits budget cutters and against traditional agricultural interests.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15353-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Spending Bill for Military Is Ripe for the Stuffing- May 7, 2005 The Senate this week takes up emergency spending legislation to keep military funds flowing to Iraq and Afghanistan. It is certain to end up on President Bush's desk, and that's why lawmakers will try to tack on their own pressing provisions.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42419-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Conflicting Portraits of Ebbers Drawn at Trial- May 7, 2005 Over the past five weeks, jurors have been shown two radically different faces of the entrepreneur who built WorldCom from an obscure Mississippi phone service reseller to the nation's second-largest long-distance firm.- The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64357-2005Mar1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Colleges Sharpen Focus On Freshmen- May 7, 2005 Institutions are finding that a shift in education policy may lead to early academic success and also boost student retention rates.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26230-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... 3 Doors Down's Southern Rock Gets a Metal Edge- May 7, 2005 After two multi-platinum albums and six No. 1 singles, ranging from the bouncy singalong "Kryptonite" to the melancholy ballad "Here Without You," 3 Doors Down had become Top 40's preeminent southern rock band. So when the small-town Mississippi group packed up vocalist Brad Arnold's warm drawl and penchant for covering Lynryd Skynyrd's "That Smell" in concert and relocated to Nashville to record its new album, it could have been a sign that it might turn up the twang even further.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9461-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ms Learning Life's Lessons From Its Great Teachers- May 7, 2005 I don't know if this is exactly what I'm going to tell the college journalism students in The Washington Post Semester seminar. By the time you read this, I already will have addressed their Friday noontime meeting; and I have a way of changing themes, or abandoning them completely before a speech. But this is what I'm thinking at the moment:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21943-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_nation/states/m... Executives Take a Turn As Pr. George's Principals- May 7, 2005 Fifteen minutes before classes began yesterday, businessman Al Porter reported for duty as the honorary principal of DuVal High School in Lanham. Thomas Anderson, the real principal, whisked him into a closed-door meeting to hear a mother's concerns about her son's low grades.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55089-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |