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The FBI in Jackson has been searching the Scruggs Law Firm on The Square since 10:30 this morning for a specific document that is "ancillary" to Hurricane Katrina insurance litigation, attorney Joey Langston said this afternoon. The FBI confirmed this morning that a search warrant had been executed at the law firm headed by high-profile attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who successfully sued Big Tobacco and has represented hundreds of policyholders suing insurance companies over Katrina damage.

Independent tests by ConsumerLab.com revealed that of 21 brands of multivitamins on the market in the US and Canada, only 10 met the stated claims on their labels or satisfied other quality standards.Of particular interest to dog owners: Pet-Tabs vitamins for dogs (made by Pfizer) were found to be contaminated with 1.4 micrograms of lead per tablet.

If the federal government ever gets its act together and passes a much-needed immigration reform, I'm giving up my legal career and taking up a profession that will actually allow me to become a U.S. citizen. Like gardening. Or construction. Or anything else that counts as "unskilled." And maybe I'll also fly to Cancun for some sun-and-fun. And come back illegally. (I'm tan and speak fluent Spanish; think I could pass?) Or I'll have a Miami friend take me out on a boat -- so I can come back on a raft. Because I sure ain't gonna get a green...

Ridgeland artist and entrepreneur Gail Pittman has created two new pottery pieces, "Hope and Future", designed to benefit Mississippi victims of Hurricane Katrina. She will donate 100% of all "Hope and Future" profits to Mississippi chapters of the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.Pittman is the president and founder of Gail Pittman, Inc., which specializes in hand-painted pottery. Her products are distributed in 47 states and international markets. The Hope and Future pattern includes a long tray that sells for $50 and a bowl for $100. Both pieces are available for purchase at the Canton Flea Market booth on...

My mother is in the hospital undergoing tests. So far, the doctors have discovered a 3-centimeter mass in her liver, a 4-centimeter mass in her right adrenal gland, and a suspicious lesion in her left lung. She has been sick for a year, suffering from what we thought was a recurrence of depression. During the past three months, she lost over 20 pounds and became so weak that we finally convinced her to go to the hospital on Saturday.Although I haven't posted here very often, because I've been so busy working and trying to take care of my mother's needs,...

Does it seem to you that every time you read a newspaper (except for this one, of course) you get more depressed with every page you read? Isn't it a shame that the news is always so ... well ... icky? Wouldn't it be great if one day you opened up the newspaper or turned on the TV and saw something wonderful? Well, I would certainly like to see that. And, as it happens, I've got quite a wish list of what I'd like to see: .... I'd like to see Bill Clinton in jail. I'd like to see Hillary ...

FBI Says A Second Senior Agent Will Confirm Comments Of Political Pressure At Justice Over Fundraising Probe! 5/23/00 - In explosive testimony May 23, the FBI's top lawyer told Congress that a second high-ranking FBI agent can confirm overhearing a conversation in which a senior Justice Department official said political pressures were great to kill an Independent Counsel probe of the Clinton/Gore fundraising scandal as far back as 1996. Larry Parkinson, the FBI general counsel, told the House Judiciary Committee that Neal Gallagher, the chief of the Bureau's national security division, was present at a meeting when, reportedly, Lee J. ...

A study of photographs of the April 14 attack on demonstrators supporting Elian Gonzalez reveals the identities of the Cuban “diplomats” who barged out of their compound in downtown Washington and took part in the unprovoked assault. Two weeks ago, news alert! cited U.S. Secret Service and Washington Metropolitan Police Department reports about how the Cuban officials planned and carried out the beatings of men and women who had gathered outside the Cuban Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in downtown Washington (see “Cuban Diplomats Fight ‘Hand-to-Hand Combat’ Against Demonstrators,” Insight Webwire, April 21). News alert! since has learned the ...

The Starr Report Sanitized A Crucial Statement By Monica Lewinsky Involving A "Foreign Embassy" Penetration Bill Told Her About!! 5/5/00 - When Ken Starr sent the House his now infamous, sex-talk report about the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton sex romps, there was mention of a cover story between the two lovers should their hot phone talks be overheard, as the president was concerned. What's interesting, while Starr spared no expense to reveal the sticky details of much, if not most, of the Lewinsky-Clinton "sexual relations" there was a gloss over on an interesting exchange between the intern and the ...

I guess this qualifies as a "vanity" post, but from some of the comments I've been reading on the forum, there seems to be a considerable lack of understanding about guardians ad litem. A guardian ad litem is a special guardian appointed by a court to represent the interests of a child (or an incompetent person) in specific litigation. Such an appointment is considered necessary when the child (or incompetent person) has individual interests that may conflict with those (such as parents or relatives) who purport to speak for the child (or incompetent person). The appointment of such guardians is ...

Amid thousands of "lost" White House emails are some reportedly involving Bill Clinton & Al Gore 4/24/00 - As Independent Counsel Robert Ray issues at least one subpoena involving the "lost" White House emails, Insight is told there could be previously unknown private emails involving President Bill Clinton. Insight has also learned that Ray is preparing other subpoenas (at least one has been issued) to potential witnesses with direct knowledge of the overall emails issue, including outside contractors and former White House employees. Moreover, separate subpoenas are in the works involving previously unknown long distance telephone records that have never ...

WorldNetDaily Set to Report Discovery of New Memo Alerting White House of Email Scandal -- Back in Dec. 1998! 4/17/00 - An exclusive report set to hit the country early Tuesday morning -- April 18, 2000 -- details a previously unknown 1998 secret memo that confirms far more White House knowledge of the "Project X" emails scandal than that suggested in recent testimony before Congress. The memo, written by a Northrop Grumman employee and passed to senior White House staff, not only expresses concern over an Insight story that broke the email scandal back in December 1998, but also ...

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MSNBC news tonight broadcast a segment about a pen-pan of Ronald Reagan. On the whole, it was not a negative piece.

A mother whose 12-year-old son fatally shot his 8-year-old brother was charged with manslaughter Friday in the child's death.Zelda Towers, 40, of 4345 Adams Station Road was being held Friday night without bond at the Hinds County Detention Center.Joseph Towers accidentally shot Jeremiah Towers with his mother's handgun Thursday at their home near Utica in Hinds County, officials said.Joseph and Jeremiah were home with Jeremiah's twin, Joshua. Their 15-year-old sister came home from school shortly after the shooting.Zelda Towers was not home."Our investigation shows that her negligence caused the death of the child," said Hinds County Sheriff Malcolm McMillin, whose ...