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Michael Ramirez for Mar 29, 2021

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Mon,03/29/21-9:00PM, 1,006 Reads

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Mississippi man arrested in parish for drugs

Thu,12/30/21-5:48PM, 1,006 Reads
On December 28, Washington Parish Sheriff's Office deputies encountered Austin Troy Freeman, 23, a resident of Sandy Hook, Mississippi, who was traveling on Highway 21 near Rayburn Correctional Center. Freeman had both methamphetamine and marijuana in his possession.
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New Orleans Saints place kicker Wil Lutz (3) prepares to take a field goal near the end of an NFL match between Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

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Lutz, Saints fall just short with 61-yard miss vs. Vikings

By KEN MAGUIRE KEN MAGUIRE - AP Sports Writer
Sun,10/02/22-3:51PM, 1,006 Reads
LONDON (AP) — The kick looked good. However Wil Lutz didn't get the bounces.
Even the Minnesota Vikings were preparing for overtime when the Saints kicker struck his 61-yard field-goal attempt.
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Final pardons set terrible precedent

Mon,01/20/25-7:26PM, 1,006 Reads 22,524 Statewide
If Joe Biden truly believes that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy, the now former president has only empowered Trump’s autocratic tendencies by acting like an autocrat himself in issuing scores of pardons to those who have not been charged with, much less convicted of, a crime.
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