Featured Articles for the January 26 - February 1, 2006 Issue

FRONT
1. Advocate still publishing eight years after firebombing 2. Every Blow … A Blessing 3. How do you spell relief? M-o-n-e-y! 4. Who will challenge Trent Lott? 5. Campaign for Emmett Till Awareness Month in MS 6. Sgt. Phillip R. Claiborne remembered 7. Facing political heat: JFD chief concentrates on starting new programs 8. MS women lawmakers to be honored

NATION/WORLD
1. Kings divided over ‘living memorial’ 2. Lou Rawls: ‘One of a kind’

NEWS
1. Hundreds pay tribute to Kirksey 2. Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference celebrates 20th anniversary 3. Black Enterprise announces list of 50 most powerful women in business 4. Liddell to present Black History Month lecture 5. Free Community Health Fair 6. Free tax filing and consultation 7. Dr. A.P. Soriano introduced associates from Spain to state officials at Capitol 8. Salt and Pepper Men’s Social Club, Ltd. holds 18th Annual Heritage Celebration 9. Jackson Chapter of Jack and Jill of America announces its 2006 Sweetheart contestants 10. Jackson celebrates King!

HEALTH
1. What all athletes should know about taking steroids 2. The Lions Speak: A message from the sisters 3. For African Americans: New heart failure treatment 4. Strokes affect African Americans ages 35 to 54 5. Easy ways to trim your waist

SPORTS
1. G-Men east past J-State Tigers 77-73 2. GSU women topple JSU 66-61 3. Spike Lee honors early black athletes 4. Myers takes reigns of delta’s new ABA team 5. ‘A night with the stars’

EDITORIALS
1. We’re all on the plantation 2. Uplifting Families: Why you should be picky in choosing a lifetime spouse? 3. You can begin again 4. Tisdale’s Topics: No black/white coalition here!

PERSPECTIVE
1. A book to read: Should America pay? 2. New Orleans reconsidered: Race or class?

EDUCATION
1. Belhaven offers Paralegal Certificate Course curriculum live lecture this fall 2. Robotics competition kicks off at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

STATE/METRO
1. Delta Regional Authority awards $600,000 to needy community 2. McMillian receives MS Business Journal honor 3. Curry gives stirring speech at Magnolia Bar’s awards banquet 4. 2006 recipients for Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts announced 5. Dr. King’s niece to visit Jackson 6. ACORN to educate and provide free tax service to low-income families 7. AKA visits Peter’s Pottery

BOOKSHELF
1. ’50 Years After Brown: The State of Black Equality in America’ nominated for NAACP Image Award 2. Book highlights how African American Christian singles can be blessed beyond their expectations 3. Gospel artist overcomes shooting to proclaim heaven is real 4. Olympia Vernon’s latest novel: ‘A Killing in This Town’ 5. Junior League of Jackson to introduce children’s book illustrated by Wyatt Waters 6. Dad, Aren’t You Glad?

UP & DOWN FARISH STREET

ENTERTAINMENT
1. Writer ‘The Blues’ airs Feb. 2 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting 2. Tyrese stars in Disney’s Annapolis 3. Karen Clark-Sheard kicks year off with new project 4. It’s time to experience urban theater! 5. MS Mass Choir performs at AKA Sorority Founders Weekend Luncheon 6. Willie King and Jackie Bell performs at 930 Blues Café