Feds tab Missouri-Arkansas region to “promote and conserve the economic, recreational, and natural values of healthy river systems from source to outlet and across watersheds.” http://www.carrollconews.com/story/1930470.html
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Around the South: Right to Pray, Mosque Opens, 12 of Toxic 20
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ACLU Challenges ‘Right to Pray’ Vote Mosque Overcomes Hurdles, Opens ‘Toxic 20′ Air Pollution Rankings: Alabama, 14th | Florida, 6th | Georgia, 9th | Kentucky, 1st | Maryland, 19th | Mississippi, 17th | Missouri, 15th | North Carolina, 8th |…
Around the South: Face-Chewing, Foam Parties, Pregnancy Policy
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Florida Face-Chewing Victim Provides Details to Police Georgia City Cracks Down on ‘Foam Parties’ Best States to Live in 2032: Alabama, 44th | Arkansas, 46th | Florida, 45th | Maryland, 10th | Mississippi, 49th | Virginia, 6th | West Virginia,…
Around the South: Citizens United, Power Strains, ‘Bad’ Town Names
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North Little Rock Considers Citizens United Vote Electricity Uptick Strains Aging U.S. Power Grid ‘Most Unfortunate Town Names’: Toad Suck, Ark. – 1st | Climax, Ga. – 2nd SOCIETY Immigrant Studies: Florida | Georgia Arkansas 1 of ‘Faltering 4′ in…
Around the South: Mosques, Sikhs, Church Apology, Nat’l Night Out
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Second Fire in a Month Destroys Missouri Mosque | Tennessee Mosque Undergoes Final Inspection Temple Gunman Linked to North Carolina, ‘White Power’ Music | Maryland Music Label Removes Gunman’s Music Sikhs No Stranger to Violence Recently | Kentucky Victim Leaves…
Around the South: Voting Rights, Hunger Strike, Same-Sex Kiss Day
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All apologies for yesterday, which did not lend itself to links; Sundays never do. Onward with the latest incarnation of gathering Southern news in efforts of less than a three-hour process. South Leads Voting Rights Challenge What Obama Means to…
Around the South: Hunger Strike, Drought, Chick-Fil-A, Sex Offenders
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Drought: Arkansas’ ‘Famed’ Cattle Industry Decimated | Missouri Still ‘Exceptional’ | Wet July Good for Mississippi Farmers | Mississippi River Low Mark Concerns Shippers North Carolina Prison Hunger Strike Continues ‘Adults’ Instigate Kids Beating Missouri Lesbian SOCIETY Chick-Fil-A Controversy: Alabama…
Around the South: Voting Rights, Auto Insurance, Religion & Race
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Feds: Florida’s Purge Violates Voting Rights Act Georgia City Considers Cremating Poor Mississippi Town Where Church Blocked Wedding Rallies for Tolerance Black Eye for Southern Baptists’ First Black President | Ethics Official Announces Retirement Following Rebuke for Racial Remarks High…
Around the South: Voter’s Rights, Religion & Race, Georgia Elections
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Florida Deliberately Curtails Vote Southern Baptists: Mississippi Church Wrong to Reject Black Couple’s Wedding Kentucky Man Fulfills Brother’s Dying Wish by Giving $500 Tips High Auto Insurance Costs: Florida, 10th | South Carolina, 12th | Alabama,…
Around the South: Mountaintop Removal Protest, Farming, Walmart Bomb Threats
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Walmart Bomb Threats Rattle Missouri Members Defend Mississippi Church that Blocked Black Couple’s Wedding Girl’s Lemonade Stand Inspires Louisiana Humane Society Farming: North Carolina Farmers Expect Best Corn Crop in Years | Labor Shortage Could Loom for North Carolina |…