Family left with only memories – Natchez Democrat

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Courtney Kemp holds a picture taken of her and husband Wyatt on their wedding day Oct. 30, 2004. Wyatt Kemp is one of the 11 men who was lost and presumed dead after the Transocean oil rig exploded on April 20.

By Cassandra Mickens (Contact) | The Natchez Democrat

Published Sunday, May 2, 2010

Whenever Kaylee Kemp learned her Daddy was returning home from his job on an offshore oil rig, the countdown would commence.

The 3-year-old and her mother, ..read more

Not everyone wants their hand held when PC gaming

One of the bigger stories this past week was OnLive heading to the UK. The service promises to make PC gaming more accessible by hosting all of the hardware—you simply supply a broadband connection and a Web browser, and you’ll be playing the likes of Mass Effect 2 in no time. If it works as described, great. There’s nothing wrong with exposing PC gaming to more people.

What concerns me, and maybe “concerns” isn’t even the right word, is that ..read more

‘No way’: Smith in awe of friend Braden – MLB.com

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Moms: God’s partners

In her 1974 Mother’s Day column, humorist Erma Bombeck provided her take on the Lord’s endeavor to create mothers. The Lord explains to an angel the challenging design specs for this model, which include six sets of hands and three sets of eyes. When the angel urges the beleaguered Creator to finish the work the following day, the Lord responds, “I can’t. I’m so close to creating something so close to myself.”

America’s Most Beloved Mom was on the mark. In a culture that seeks to diminish the ..read more

You Can Barely Contain The Deadspin Mailbag – Deadspin (blog)

Time for your Deadspin Open Mailbag Tuesday. Email us here or submit your questions via Twitter. This week, we’re covering pants, nail clippings, drinking alone, and bank robbing.

That picture above comes an anonymous reader, who writes in:

Enclosed is a pic of my girlfriend’s awesome boobage. Those are D’s.

/looks closer

Yes, they certainly are. I suddenly have the urge to go bowling. Here comes the rest of the mail.

Faburn:

My wife says that I am lazy because I do not remove my belt ..read more

A celebrity sweats: it’s Richard Simmons! (San Jose Mercury News)

BEVERLY HILLS — You hear Richard Simmons before you see him. On a recent Saturday morning, his tittering acolytes waited in the small green and pink pastel-colored lobby of Slimmons, his fitness studio here. His familiar Southern-tinged voice floated through the doors of the studio where he was holding Project Me, a talk therapy class about exercise.

Suddenly, the doors flung open. “Hello, everybody!” Simmons called out, as a high-energy remix of “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga throbbed through the ..read more

Legendary Graffiti Artist Phade Creates Mural For Hip-Hop Museum – MTV.com

By Rahman Dukes

If you ask iconic New York City graffiti artist Phade (better known as Shirt King Phade from the legendary Shirt Kingz) about the current state of hip-hop, he’d more than likely tell you it’s alive and breathing and resides in the Bronx, New York.

Whether you agree or disagree, Phade has been around the culture for decades and just like any other passionate hip hop fan is entitled to his opinion. But the difference between Phade and your average ..read more

Hartsville Happenings – South Carolina Now

TODAY – JAN. 7 S.C. Watermedia Society 32nd Annual Exhibit of Watercolors: Through Thursday at the Hartsville Museum Showcase Gallery. This juried exhibit was developed by the S.C. Watermedia Society in 1977 and includes works by some of South Carolina’s most talented artists. The traveling exhibit is new each year, contains 30 award-winning framed paintings and comes from the State Museum in Columbia. Admission is free. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from ..read more

Letters to Santa (The Daily Leader)

Dear Santa,I hope you are doing good. How is Rudolph? Are all of the elreindeer doing good? I want a Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS gammes, GloDoodles, Zhu Zhu pet, Hannah Montana Barbie set, Polly Pockets and Wizard of Waverly Place Barbie set.Love,Kayci Beth WallaceBogue Chitto

Dear Santa,H I Santa. My name is Temarcus. I would like a car and a transformer and a spiderman. I would like toys for my bab y brother.I would also like a guitar.Love,Temarcus

Dear Santa,I ..read more

Matthew McConaughey & Camila Alves Welcome Baby ‘Vida’

Camila Alves & Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey, 40, and Camila Alves, 26, welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world on Sunday.

I say ‘beautiful’ because there is no way this child can be anything but with these two as her parents.

Vida Alves McConaughey was born, Jan. 3 at 12:13 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz. The couple also have another child, big brother Levi, who is almost a year-and-a-half old.

Matthew announced his daughter’s birth on his blog: “Vida’ is Portuguese ..read more