Mississippi
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Fair officials announced a record attendance of 733,151 visitors for the recently completed 2016 Mississippi State Fair.
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Congratulations to Dak Prescott - who made the cover of Sports Illustrated again. This time as a pro football player!
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October 16 was World Food Day - and during the celebration Wallet Hub named Jackson, MS, as one of the WORST foodie cities. (With that news, you might think it’s better just to make dinner at home. It’ll taste better. And you’d be right.)
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On the positive side, Ocean Springs was named one of the 9 Best Small Towns for Food in the U.S. by Tasting Table.
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The Alluvian Hotel was recently named the Best Hotel in Mississippi according to Business Insider.
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Gulfport was named the best city to live in Mississippi according to Money magazine.
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New data from Kiplinger ranks Mississippi as the fourth most tax-friendly state for retirees in the United States.
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The University of Mississippi and Oxford often rank at the top of annual lists of beautiful campuses and best college towns, and this fall has brought a new set of national accolades upon the area.
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Chef Derek Emerson of Walker's Drive-In and Meredith Pittman of CAET Wine Bar will both participate in the Emeril Lagasse Foundation's sixth annual Boudin, Bourbon & Beer event at Champions Square in New Orleans on Friday, Nov. 4.
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The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, in conjunction with major beverage companies, announced in Clarksdale recently they will make a four-county area of Northwest Mississippi the newest target of the Balance Calories Community Initiative to reduce the amount of calories and sugar people get from beverages.
The South
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Charlie Daniels will celebrate his 80th birthday on Oct. 28th.
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"The Price is Right Live" added a second show to its March 14 tour stop in New Orleans, according to a press release.
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Tim McGraw is coming home to New Orleans in 2017, joining his wife, Faith Hill, to launch their co-headlining tour at the Smoothie King Center on April 7.
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The Foo Foo Art Festival runs from November 3 to November 14 in Pensacola.
Etc. Etc.
- Guess who won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
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Speaking of musical poets, Miami officially claimed October 13 Sean Diddy Combs Day during the kick off of the third annual Revolt Music Conference.
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Your favorite vase lies broken on the floor, and your nephew blames your cat. Is he telling the truth? Do you think you could tell?
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Another thing kids lie about? “I ate my vegetables” when half the time the dog ate them. But now they’ve decided it’s OK to pay your kids to eat fruits and vegetables.
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Our favorite luxuries (and Greg Norman's jet).
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Reporters balked recently when Netflix announced its goal was to create enough original content to fill half of its library, but, if reports from the Exstreamist blog are true, that might not be quite as monumental a feat as we thought.
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