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Local News - Hattiesburg American en-us http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131j9ht5e/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FHSSPORTS01%2F91107001%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/HSSPORTS01/91107001/-1/rss01 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:47 +0000 Shannon White didn't want to wait a week to play Puckett. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131acti9m/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FHSSPORTS01%2F91106018%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/HSSPORTS01/91106018/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:52 +0000 ROGERS, Ark. - Private services will be held for Billie Jean Dixon, 73, formerly of Hattiesburg, who died Nov.2, 2009, at her home in Rogers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=132hvphat/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FOBITUARIES%2F911070320%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/OBITUARIES/911070320/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:49 +0000 Residents here are shouldering more than $25 million in bonds and borrowed funds for city projects - and the final payments won't be made until 2032. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=12uur2eu6/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FNEWS01%2F911070310%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/NEWS01/911070310/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:42:04 +0000 Twenty years after it fell, the Berlin Wall has spread around the world, morphing en route from an instrument of oppression to a symbol of freedom. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=12vh1aaac/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FOPINION%2F911070306%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/OPINION/911070306/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:54 +0000 When junior guard R.L. Horton sat down to check out the Southern Miss men's basketball schedule for the upcoming season, he was taken aback with what he saw. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=133vipss2/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FSOUTHERNMISS%2F91106011%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/SOUTHERNMISS/91106011/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:44 +0000 Church volunteers greet visitors entering the lobby. The worship band begins its set and a pastor offers to pray privately with anyone during the service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131bjk7gh/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FLIFESTYLE%2F911070301%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/LIFESTYLE/911070301/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:36 +0000 Natchez High's football team made its way into Hattiesburg High's D.I. Patrick Stadium on Friday night knowing a loss would eliminate the Bulldogs from postseason play, while a win would assure them of a Class 6A playoff berth. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=1316cf3os/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FHSSPORTS01%2F91106019%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/HSSPORTS01/91106019/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:24 +0000 HATTIESBURG - Services are 1 p.m. today at Mount Zion Baptist Church for Willie Norman Jackson, 68, of Hattiesburg, who died Nov. 3, 2009, at his home. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=1320598pv/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FOBITUARIES%2F911070321%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/OBITUARIES/911070321/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:21 +0000 It's about jobs, stupid. Like the leftovers of a fat turkey on Thanksgiving, exit polls from Tuesday night's Republican surges in Virginia and New Jersey and the GOP's fratricide in New York's 23rd congressional district gave pundits, pollsters and political consultants a new set of bones to pick through. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=12vil46su/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FOPINION%2F911070307%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/OPINION/911070307/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:41:10 +0000 Webster's Dictionary defines the word ministry as, "An act of serving." I would further add that ministry is an act of serving through caring and action. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131doiipe/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091107%2FLIFESTYLE%2F911070303%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091107/LIFESTYLE/911070303/-1/rss01 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:40:54 +0000 Daniel Koehler kept his head down, trying not to look at any of the cameras as he walked from the Petal municipal courthouse Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=12uaruhm7/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FNEWS01%2F911060367%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/NEWS01/911060367/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42:18 +0000 RICHTON - Graveside services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Buck Creek Cemetery in Richton for Jacob "Dada" Beal, 38, of Richton, who died Nov. 4, 2009, at Forrest General Hospital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=132lcq0aa/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FOBITUARIES%2F911060357%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/OBITUARIES/911060357/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:42:08 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131dt3p1k/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FHSSPORTS01%2F91105015%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/HSSPORTS01/91105015/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:58 +0000 If wives' tales and other old sayings account for much, you'd better get you a sheep to cuddle up to, because it's gonna be a long, cold winter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=12tnpappn/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FSPORTS%2F91105014%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/SPORTS/91105014/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:48 +0000 The 750 yards of offense that the Southern Miss defense gave up to Houston on Saturday isn't a mark that the Golden Eagle defenders will soon forget. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=133abkput/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FSOUTHERNMISS%2F91105013%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/SOUTHERNMISS/91105013/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:38 +0000 A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Thursday signed a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=1305iapt8/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FBUSINESS%2F911060346%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/BUSINESS/911060346/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:28 +0000 Dozens of banks have failed this year. What do you need to know if yours is next? The number of bank failures has reached 106 since January - more than four times the total for 2008 and the most since the savings and loan crisis in 1992. And most experts expect problems caused by unpaid loans to force many more closures in the coming years, mostly among small, community-based banks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=1317athfa/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FLIFESTYLE%2F911060336%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/LIFESTYLE/911060336/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:17 +0000 The Mississippi State Board of Contractors plans to launch a searchable computer database early next year so consumers can check the track records of home builders. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=131d1k0uj/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FOPINION01%2F911060341%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/OPINION01/911060341/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:07 +0000 Second- and third-graders at Oak Grove Lower Elementary are still celebrating grant-funded, state-of-the-art fitness equipment that was honored during a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week on the school's playground. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Jackson/Hattiesburg_American/SIG=132g8gc9o/**http%3A%2F%2Fhattiesburgamerican.com%2Farticle%2F20091106%2FOAKGROVE01%2F911060303%2F-1%2Frss01 http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091106/OAKGROVE01/911060303/-1/rss01 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:57 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:10:47 +0000