Still blessed amid disasters Iolans rebound from multiple disasters (Iola Register)

It’s been more than 16 months since Val and Carolyn McLean experienced firsthand — not once or twice, but three times — the worst Mother Nature could muster.

Business Portfolio (The Clarion-Ledger)

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann will participate in a online forum at 2 p.m. today.

Midstate relatives of Obama’s attorney general pick buzzing about Holder’s nomination (Macon Telegraph)

Elvin Malone Sr. received a phone call from the District of Columbia on Tuesday night.

'Tough economy' claims 28 more at Ameristar (The Vicksburg Post)

A second ripple of layoffs at Ameristar Casino and Hotel has not been echoed at four other Vicksburg gaming resorts and the decline in local tax revenue from gambling continues to be slight.

Finding Nemo Soon Impossible (OneWorld)

OneWorld.net's take: Today 75 percent of the world's oceanic fisheries are being fished at or beyond their sustainable capacity, causing the collapse of some fisheries and threatening many others, writes environmental expert Lester Brown. But there is a clear solution.