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Mississippi's Jet On eBay: Thanks, But No Thanks
Desperate times call for desperate measures: Under pressure to balance the budget, the Mississippi state legislature is contemplating selling its private jet, Sarah Palin-style.
House Appropriations Chair Johnny Stringer cited Palin as an inspiration when he proposed putting the $3.7-million Cessna Citation 8-seater, which costs $1,600 an hour to operate, up for sale. That would leave just three state-funded planes for lawmakers to share, including the jet's most frequent passenger, Republican Governor Haley Barbour.
Critics of the plan call it a partisan stunt and mention that the state still owes $500,000 on the jet. eBay might not even be the way to go after all: When a buyer for Alaska's $2.7 million jet fell through online, the state took a $600,000 hit and got rid of it privately.
Related Stories:
· Miss. may sell state jet on eBay [Clarionledger.com]
· Opinion: Think It Over Before Selling Governor's Jet [Hattiesburg American]
[Photo of Gov. Barbour, who may be forced to drive everywhere: DayLife.com]
Tags: Celeb Travel / Jamie Lynn Spears / Shopping / → All Tags
Where America's Second Most Famous Teen Mom Shops
Now that she's been overshadowed by a certain vice presidential candidate's daughter, Jamie Lynn Spears has been given a longer leash to operate, both by the media who dogged her (yeah, we know!) and the critics who saw her as a symbol of everything that was wrong with America. No wonder the girl has been frequenting a local Wal-Mart for a little retail therapy.
Aside from a recent trip to California with daughter Maddie Briann to meet her cousins Sean Preston and Jayden James, Jamie Lynn has been hanging out at the big box, sometimes with boyfriend and possible fiance Casey Aldridge (the Levi Johnston of Mississippi).
A savvy star would try and get an endorsement out of it, at least in the next 20 days before we forget again that teenage girls can get pregnant.
Related Stories:
· Family Travel: Britney and Jamie Lynn Plan Playdate [Jaunted]
· Celebrity Magazine Editor Shacks Up at the Mondrian [HC]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Celebrity Gossip]
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Missed Connections in Memphis: ISO Weak-Chinned White Guy
For a while there, it looked like John McCain was going to break his date with Barack Obama at Ole Miss tonight. But you can't break a date that you don't have!
Since there's nothing doing in the Northern Mississippi missed connections (go look, we'll wait!), suspend your break from dating and find a worthy opponent at one of these hot spots in the nearest big city, Memphis, Tennessee:
Tags: Possible-Presidents-Map / John McCain / Barack Obama / Sarah Palin / → All Tags
Possible Presidents Travel: McCain to Mississippi, Despite Bailout Stalemate
His poor travel agent! After declaring he would stay in Washington, DC until the bailout package had been pushed through Congress, John McCain will participate in tonight's debate against Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. A campaign statement said the Republican candidate was "optimistic" that a solution had advanced far enough that he felt that he could resume normal campaign activities.
If we could suggest a venue change, we would love to see the candidates opine while scrambling through this corn maze of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. A Whitehouse, Ohio farmer carved the election-themed maze this year in hopes that Palin would pay him a visit, but also in the wish that people would take this election seriously. How corny!
Related Stories:
· McCain to Show up for Debate After All [CNN]
· Palin A-Maze-Ing in Whitehouse Cornfield [Toledo Free Press]
· Possible Presidents Travel: Get Me to Ole Miss on Time [Jaunted]
[Photo: Toledo Free Press]
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Morgan Freeman Hurt: Please No "Miss Daisy" Jokes
Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a one-car accident in Northern Mississippi late Sunday night. The 71-year-old "Dark Knight" actor was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis after being pulled from a 1997 Nissan Maxima that flipped over multiple times. His passenger, Demaris Meyer, was also injured, though authorities can't say for certain how seriously she was hurt.
Filmmaker Paul Saltzman, who visited the Oscar-winner in the hospital, said Freeman suffered a broken shoulder and broken arm. He recently wrapped work on a documentary project with Freeman about a newly integrated prom held in Charleston, Mississippi--an event the actor sponsored.
Related Stories:
· Morgan Freeman Injured in Car Accident [The Clarion-Ledger]
· Morgan Freeman Injured in Car Accident [Reuters]
· Google Maps coverage [Jaunted]
Tags: Beaches / Casinos / Travel Media / Budget Travel Magazine / → All Tags
The Rebirth of Biloxi
We're not afraid to admit that Biloxi, Mississippi has never been high on our "To Visit" list. True, it does host killer Kid Rock concerts, but that alone won't get us on a Skybus flight to the Gulf Coast.
Budget Travel magazine, though, thinks we should reconsider. Biloxi's done a lot of rebuilding since Katrina smashed the city in 2005, and big casinos are a major draw. So too is bingeing on seafood: The city was once the world capital of oysters and shrimp.
We're not too taken by the couple of museums BT suggests, but that's no big deal when there are 26 miles of beach around to enjoy. Cruising on a replica of a turn-of-the-century schooner sounds pretty cool, too.
Related Stories:
· Biloxi, Alive and Thriving [Budget Travel]
· Beaches coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: mrbill]
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R2D2 Mailbox Map: Looking For Mississippi Queen Amidala
Contribute your R2D2 mailbox locations by uploading your photo, with mailbox address to the Jaunted Flickr Photo Pool, or sending us the photo and street address via email.
Jaunted tipster James found the R2D2 mailbox in Jackson Mississipi. Who knew R2 was into taking in some gospel music down by the Pearl River, or maybe the droid hit a blues bar. There are plenty of Mississippi blues events for R2 to check out this month.
He does look quite lonely sitting on the side of the road in Jackson, but at least he has his little blue postal friends to keep him company.
R2 is showing up everywhere this summer.
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Britney Spears Jets To Nyla's Burger Basket
While Kevin Federline celebrated his divorce by pseudo-promoting his new album in DC last weekend, Brit went her own way and jumped on a plane yesterday to spend time with the kids in her homeland: Kentwood, LA.
While in town, Brit popped over to Mississippi and stopped at her favorite gourmet eatery, Nyla's Burger Basket. Nyla, a 55-year-old family friend of Brit's, serves up fast food, lots of greasy burgers and fries, and milkshakes. In other words, wonderful food for growing toddlers. Nyla claimed that Brit looks "beautiful" with her "cute little short hair cut."
The fam left town yesterday evening, perhaps to head to Miami where Britney was originally scheduled to be headed towards earlier this week.
[Photo: cottergarage]
Related Stories:
· Britney Spears Visits Her Louisiana Hometown [People.com]
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Faulkner's House Open to Public
Just in time for Oprah's Summer of Faulkner, the house that the novelist lived in for decades, Rowan Oak, has been so carefully restored that you can almost smell the bourbon in the air.
Related Stories:
· Reviving His Works, on Paper and Plaster [New York Times]
· Rowan Oak [Official Web site]
