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Tuck hasn't always been pro-life
By BILL MINOR
Wed,10/22/03-11:00PM , 193 Reads
JACKSON - Barbara Blackmon threw a bomb never seen before on the state's political stage when she challenged Amy Tuck to join her in certifying she had never had an abortion.

Conventional wisdom says state Senator Blackmon's bomb was self-destructive to her chances of being elected lieutenant governor and unseating Tuck.
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City vote versus country vote
By BILL MINOR
Wed,10/15/03-11:00PM , 28 Reads
JACKSON - Although Mississippi is still the most rurally populated state in the South, its richest crop of votes, as Republicans no doubt have discovered, is found in the urban areas.
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Either workhorse or wannabe
By BILL MINOR
Wed,10/08/03-11:00PM , 106 Reads
JACKSON-It's incredible in his governorship campaign that Haley Barbour several times has invoked as a role model the name of Kirk Fordice, the guy who was a national embarrassment for Mississippi in the 1990s.
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Court slams door on smokers
By BILL MINOR
Wed,10/01/03-11:00PM , 103 Reads
JACKSON - Unnoticed in the "tort reform" din, the state's highest court has slammed the door on any Mississippian recovering damages against Big Tobacco companies for the harmful effects of cigarettes.
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