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Senior Starr Garrett and Markai’la Johnson haven’t gone a week without talking since their friendship sparked through Big Brothers Big Sisters last May. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

A Starr role model

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a mentoring program that matches children in the community with role models that help guide the children through their development. 



Mississippi twister carves long path of wreckage

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Jeff Revette ran from his car and lay face-down in the grass next to the red-brick wall of a church as a tornado roared toward him, with debris scattering and electrical transformers exploding. Twenty seconds later, bricks were strewn across a flattened pickup truck a mere 10 feet away amid toppled trees and power lines.



Pope Benedict XVI attends a ceremony to mark the 900th birthday of the Knights of Malta, one of the most peculiar organizations in the world at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on February 9, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI announced during a mass Monday, February 11, 2013, that he plans to step down on February 28. (Eric Vandeville/Abaca Press/MCT)

Pope to resign Feb. 28

Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign.