Topic: Mississippi Delta
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2013 Oscar-inspired dishes
The Academy Awards are right around the corner! What better way to cheer on the Best Picture nominees than by cooking a dish inspired by your favorite film?
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Top 10 senators seeking earmarks
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/10
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In Pictures: Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/27
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BP oil spill could make Gulf hurricane season 'devastating'
Forecasters expect an active hurricane season, raising concern that a storm could push more of the BP oil spill ashore. The Gulf's biggest hurricanes are generally later in the season, however.
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In Pictures: Sticky mess: The Gulf oil spill's impact on nature
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Gulf oil spill at 30 days: frustration mounts along with amount of oil now coming ashore
It's now been 30 days since the Gulf oil spill began after the Deepwater Horizon sank. As oil starts to come ashore on the Louisiana coast, frustration among the local population is mounting.
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Gulf oil spill's environmental impact: How long to recover?
What scientists know about how oil spills affect the environment is drawn from a range of past events, no two of which have been alike. Because the blowout occurred 5,000 feet below below the water surface, the Gulf oil spill is unchartered territory.
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Experts: Most of Gulf of Mexico oil spill won't be cleaned up
Despite BP's efforts, only a small percentage of the oil from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill will be cleaned up, say experts.
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As Gulf of Mexico oil spill hits land, residents decry response
Five years after hurricane Katrina, Gulf Coast residents see in the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill another example of the government failing to protect the land and the people.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/27
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Oil spill: Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon slick can be seen from space
Oil spill: Gulf of Mexico spill has been seen by a NASA satellite as the slick expands from the site of last week's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.
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Timbuktu, the birthplace of blues
Don't argue with an African about the birthplace of blues. It's Timbuktu. Hear why.
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Mississippi Delta earthquake: America's Haiti waiting to happen?
Scientists predict a Haiti-magnitude earthquake along the New Madrid fault during the next 50 years. The fault runs under the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest parts of the US.
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Katrina trial: New Orleans' truth commission
Six hurricane survivors sue the US Army Corps of Engineers, as many city residents still try to understand the forces behind the storm's aftermath.
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Honeyboy's not-so-blue gig: Inauguration party
From sharecropping childhood to the election of a black president, Mississippi bluesman Honeyboy Edwards has a long story.
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CD review: Cadillac Records (Music from the motion picture)
This raw and rootsy soundtrack is period-perfect.
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Review: 'Ballast'
Drama set in a Mississippi Delta township follows the life of a single mother and her son who struggle to subsist.
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EPA vetoes huge Mississippi Delta flood control project
Using a rare veto, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected a federal plan Tuesday for the Army Corps of Engineers to build the world’s largest water pump in the Mississippi Delta.
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Local foods that taste of home
Chef Martha Hall Foose believes community ties sweeten a meal.
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