Year: 2008

JACKSON, Miss. – It pays to go to school near an Exxon gas station. Just ask the students at Northwest Jackson Middle School. For the second consecutive year, Northwest Jackson Middle School has been on […]

Associated Press – December 4, 2008 1:43 PM ET ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) – Two teenage girls who worked at a Minnesota nursing home are charged with abusing patients there. The girls, a 19-year-old and […]

WASHINGTON – Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, dramatic proof the country is careening deeper into recession. The new figures, released by […]

Victor McTeer Columnist Every four years following the election of the president, the government releases “The Plum Book,” a listing of more than 7,000 jobs that the President-Elect will fill during his or her term […]

The 2008 Capital City Classic marks the 16th Anniversary of Mississippi’s most attended, colorful sporting event. Like any noted anniversary celebration, the 2008 16th Annual Celebration will be one to be remembered and enjoyed by […]

JACKSON, Miss. — Haley Barbour recently projected a bleak future for the State of Mississippi. He reveald his Executive Budget Recommendation for Fiscal Year 2010. “This is my sixth budget recommendation, but it is my […]

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama today commending him on his election victory and encouraging him to choose Arizona Governor Janet […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to levels not seen in at least five years as financial and energy stocks tumbled while demand for the safety of government […]