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GINNA PARSONS: Inspirational book comes with recipes
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Best Life Diet” by Bob Greene. He’s the guy who helped Oprah get on a sensible eating plan.
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LYNN PATTERSON: Cooking healthful meals easy with nagivation tips to use at grocery store
The task of cooking a big meal after a full day of work might seem kind of overwhelming.
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Clay Lezon, Ben Mathis, Hannah Melby, Daniel Hare and Caroline Melby are Nash Street. Learn more at nashstreet.com. NASH STREET: Where bluegrass meets country
Nash Street brings its style of music, called grassroots country, to Link Centre
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Master Gardeners Reginald Rose, left, Paul Skinner, Charles Wood and Bill Fisher ham it up outside the Lee County Extension Center in Tupelo. The four, along with four others, will answer questions in an “Ask the Experts” class on May 25 as part of the 2010 Learning Series. (Deste Lee) Expert Advice
Lee County Master Gardeners gear up for 2010 Learning Series.
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REVIEW: Albom’s ‘Have a Little Faith’ a heart-lifting read
It was a lesson you learned the moment you were old enough to sass back: Always respect your elders.
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A new year is a good opportunity to start fresh
It’s that time of year again – the new year. It feels like a fresh slate to us.
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Lovely Bones’ is haunting, uplifting
During some scenes in “The Lovely Bones,” I could feel my heart beating almost in time with characters on screen.
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Jeanette Simmons South Pontotoc teacher earns recognition at White House
Jeanette Simmons of South Pontotoc Elementary School received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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Good local music from NEMS bands in 2009
by Sheena Barnett/NEMS Daily Journal
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Pontotoc: “Back to You,” So Be iT one of the local bands who stood out.
Psychic seer serves citizens successfully in Pontotoc County
by Judd Hambrick/Special to the NEMS Daily Journal
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Lost your valuable jewelry? He can help. Lost your livestock or your pets? He can help. Had anything stolen? He can help.
Hansberger women combine love, laughter and food in over-sized kitchen in Pontotoc
by Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
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It’s a week before Christmas, and Clytee Hansberger’s kitchen is hopping.
Gospel music
by NEMS Daily Journal
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The Fishin’ Hole, located between Pontotoc and Oxford on Hwy. 6, will feature gospel music by Fishers of Men Quartet.
Fishing for treasures
by Ginna Parsons/NEMS Daily Journal
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Sadie Kenney's been collecting antiques for 44 years now.
Well-behaved students get new, fun roles at South Pontotoc
by Chris Kieffer/NEMS Daily Journal
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South Pontotoc kindergarten student Lizze Ruth spent a day last week checking on teachers, organizing state test data and patrolling the school’s hallways.
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'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.


Wed Mar 10 12:23:27 -0600 2010
Charlie Sheen due back on `Two and a Half Men' (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, actor Charlie Sheen is pictured at an event to celebrate Planet Hollywood's purchase of restaurant chain Buca di Beppo, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - A spokesman for Charlie Sheen says the actor will soon be back at "Two and a Half Men" after undergoing rehab that temporarily halted production of CBS' top-rated sitcom.


Wed Mar 10 12:02:39 -0600 2010
Critics mixed on Lloyd Webber's 'Love Never Dies' (AP)

British musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber arrives for the world premiere of his new musical 'Love Never Dies', at the Adelphi Theatre in London, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The theater world was eagerly awaiting Tuesday's premiere in London of 'Love Never Dies,' the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global hit 'Phantom of the Opera.' (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - It got an opening-night standing ovation, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical extravaganza has received a mixed reception from London critics.


Wed Mar 10 05:37:26 -0600 2010
Osmonds return to stage after death of Marie's son (AP)

Marie Osmond, right, hugs her son Stephen Craig, the eldest of Marie Osmond's children, after the casket of her son Michael Bryan is taken from a funeral service, in Provo, Utah, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/George Frey)AP - Marie Osmond told a Las Vegas Strip audience as she returned to the stage less than two weeks after her son's apparent suicide that she has relied on her spirituality to cope with his death


Wed Mar 10 06:36:38 -0600 2010