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MAP OF THE DAY: The South Is Not A Peaceful Place

The South may rise again... someday, but that day is not now. (My Southern relatives aren't going to be happy to hear that, but let's move on).Earlier today we learned that Maine is the "most peaceful"...

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Female Entrepreneurs Are Taking Over The Small Business Scene In The South

It's a good time to be a female entrepreneur.Over the past 15 years, the number of female-owned businesses has increased more than 54% nationally, according to a study by American Express OPEN.Between...

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10 Reasons Why You Should Take A Vacation To The Old South

One day, while standing on a street corner in Vienna in the late summer, designer Natalie Chanin realized suddenly that August should really mean sunshine and fresh tomatoes.The Alabama native was a...

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12 Southern Chefs You Should Pay Attention To Instead Of Paula Deen

The Paula Deen racism scandal seems to have no expiration date.Ever since the release of a deposition in which the former Food Network star acknowledged using racist epithets, controversy has swelled....

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What Summer Is Like In The American South

Nashville-based photographer Tammy Mercure has been photographing life in the southeastern U.S. since 2008.Her pictures, which show everything from beauty pageants to NASCAR races with 160,000...

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Why The South Is More Violent Than The Rest Of America

The FBI's final 2012 crime statistics confirm a long-term and somewhat puzzling fact — the South has more violent crime than the rest of America.The South accounted for 40.9% of all reported violent...

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This Bizarre Experiment Shows Why You Shouldn't Insult Southern Men

While researching a story on why the South is more violent than the rest of America, we came across this strange study on the Southern "culture of honor."The study — "Insult, Aggression, and the...

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13 Southern Sayings That The Rest Of America Won't Understand

Language discrepancies naturally arise in different geographic regions, like the raging “pop” vs. “soda” debate.But the South undoubtedly takes the cake.Conversations south of the Mason-Dixon line will...

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Southerners Are More Likely To Apologize Before Their Executions — Here's Why

We know Americans speak differently from one another, and it turns out that premise holds true for people's last words before they're executed.There are regional differences in U.S. murderers' last...

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Louisiana May Make The Bible Its Official State Book

Louisiana legislators are taking the term “Bible Belt” to a whole new level. The state’s House of Representatives will vote on a bill later this week to make the Holy Bible the state’s official book....

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How To Talk Like You're From The South

There's a certain charm in speaking with a Southern drawl. So we turned to voice and dialect coach Patricia Fletcher to teach us how to do a Southern accent.Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis and Will...

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A Southerner Learns How To Lose His Accent

Our very own Graham Flanagan is a proud Alabaman, which means he has a very prominent Southern drawl. We sat him down with professional voice and dialect coach Patricia Fletcher to get him to speak...

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It's So Cold That Fountains In The South Are Freezing

Winter Storm Gorgon is hitting the US hard, bringing snow and bitter temperatures with it. While the worst weather is affecting the Midwest and Northeast, the South is experiencing some unusually cold...

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Sallie Krawcheck reveals an incredibly useful Southern phrase

Sallie Krawcheck, Chair of Ellevate Network, shares her favorite regional saying. Produced by Alana Kakoyiannis and Joe Avella Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »

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10 things that surprised me when I moved to New York from the South

Moving to the Big Apple can be daunting, especially for someone from the South, a place with a totally different culture.I moved to New York City from Newport News, a small city in Virginia, about two...

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Families across the South are trying to recover from a destructive outbreak...

Instead of doing some last-minute shopping or wrapping gifts, families across the South spent Christmas Eve taking stock of their losses after an unusual outbreak of December tornadoes and other...

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There's an economic explanation for why so many more Southerners die of heart...

Southerners struggle with heart disease at a much higher rate than the rest of the US, and according to new research it may have a lot to do with their wealth.Since the 1950s, the American South has...

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A firm that was hired to remove Confederate statues is backing down after...

The contracting firm that was hired to take down some Confederate monuments in New Orleans has backed out after facing death threats, as was revealed in the proceedings for a case seeking to halt the...

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Donald Trump's brand of outrage is going to find a ready audience in the South

LUCEDALE, Miss (Reuters) - Mississippi’s vast flatlands, laced with the remains of a fading industrial base, are fertile ground for the incendiary populism of Donald Trump.For the insurgent...

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The 15 best cities in the US, according to travelers

Travel enthusiasts everywhere are basking in the results of Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for 2016. From hotels to islands to world cities, the annual survey takes thousands of travelers'...

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