Uh-Oh, Don't Rite That

By PAUL GRAY/

Mississippi's department of economic and community development launched a last-minute recall of national advertisements. However, it came too late for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, which ran the copy. Pointing with pride to progress in the Magnolia State, the ads extoll Governor Ray Mabus' sweeping new educational-reform package. Unfortunately, during a special session this summer, the state legislature refused to fund the program.

With reporting by DAVID ELLIS