FRONT PAGE
1. U.S.S. Cole set to Return to Home Port This Spring
2. Smith-Wills Lease Causes Real Friction
3. The National Association of Black Journalists Writing Workshop
4. Langston Hughes Stamp
5. Rewarding Students for Staying in School
6. Everybody Read-In
7. Bessie Polk Gets Her Day in Court
8. Mayors Make Final Plans to Meet in City in April
9. "Woman of the Year 2002"
10. Mayor Harvey Johnson received the Unita Blackwell Award

HOMELAND DEFENSE NEWS
1. Prepare for Take Off
2. Disease Detective Returns Home to Assist NY Health Officials
3. Conyers, ACLU Challenge Hearings
4. U.S. Gets More Detainees
5. Bush Calls for Substantial Increase in Homeland Security
6. Fallen Marine Honored
7. Western Media Accused of Campaigning Against Islam
8. American Soldiers to Help Afghans Develop Military
9. Guard, Reserves Increase
10. CAP to Patrol Olympic Skies
11. America Salutes You, Sean Willis

STATE/METRO
1. Judge M.W. Hicks to Speak at Annual Forward Lookers Award Luncheon
2. Terrell Named OM for Vicksburg UI
3. Medical Mall to host Black History Month Activities
4. Indianola Couple's Daughter a Part of Freedom Struggle
5. 51st Coming up for Dockins this Year

EDITORIALS
1. Tisdale Topics: We Should all be Sick and Tired!
2. Letter to the Editor by William H. Dilday, Jr.

PERSPECTIVES
1. Teaching the Truth about Reparations Can Answer Lingering Questions
2. The "No Excuses" Era for the Nation's Public School Systems
3. 78 Years Can't Erase Lee Family's Stake

SPORTS
1. Women in Sports Day Feb. 4 at JSU
2. J-State's NYSP Program is Best Funded in Nation
3. SWAC Players of the Week
4. Reservist Slides for Gold in Winter Games
5. JSU's Softball Team Promotes Their Sport
6. What a Difference a Weekend Makes: JSU Loses Both Road Games
7. Lady Tigers Hit 6th Straight Win
8. State's 3 in Top SWAC Ratings
9. SC State Rallies Late to Send Coppin State to 10th Straight Loss
10. NCCU Triumphs Over J.C. Smith, 61-59
11. Howard Names Rayford Petty as Head Football Coach
12. Anthony Jones Named Head Football Coach
13. Patriots Headed to Super Bowl XXXVI
14. Hoyas Finally Get Best of a Ranked Opponent
15. Sixers Beat Lakers as Season Approaches the All-Star Break
16. Rams Edge Eagles, 29-24, to advance to the "Big Dance"

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET
This is a special column that chronicles the history of Jackson, Mississippi.

FOOD PAGE
1. Oh-so Sweet Feast Scores Big for Super Sunday and Mardi Gras: Let the Good Times Roll
2. Dixie Cabbage Salad with Sweet Onion and Peppers
3. Bayou Sweet Potato Salad
4. Beer-Battered Onion Rings with Creole Mustard Dipping Sauce
5. The Big Easy
6. Shrimp with Remoulade Sauce
7. Cybersweets

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
1. Coming in Black History Month
2. A&E and NFL Films Partner for Walter Payton Biography
3. Barbara Harris Receives the 2002 WMPR Print News Award

BOOKSHELF
1. Who was the First President of the U.S?
2. Celebrate Black History with Great Books
3. Paperbacks from Pocketbooks
4. Library Service to African Americans in Kentucky

NATION
1. One Month after Death of Co-founder, Glory Foods Presses On
2. COMPA National Conference Feb. 6
3. NAACP to Honor Aaron McGruder

BETTER LIVING
1. Stop Worrying About Tap Water -- Have it Tested?
2. Majority of Women are Unaware Heart Disease is Gender's No. 1 Killer

SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
1. MAE Names New Executive Director
2. How to Find a Quality Child Care Center
3. UMC "Role Model Institution"
4. Tests, Tests, Tests, and More Tests
5. Children's Writing Contest Deadline Extended
6. UMC Designated as a "Year 2001 Role Model Institution"
7. Powell Middle School Welcomes a New Adopter
8. Daughter of Sharecropper Gives UNCF $79,000
9. Trouble Brewing in Southern University Education System
10. UNCF Raises $86 million for HBCUs
11. First Black Astronaut in Space to Tell Story of Historic Journey
12. March for Bouie's reinstatement
13. Civil Rights Lawyers Want to Intervene in Voluntary School Desegregation Case
14. Prairie View Students Benefit from $60 Million Donation