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[[Robert Ewing, III]],  a nephew of John Ewing, was a nature [[photographer]] and served as a ''News Star'' board member.<ref>http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/OBITUARIES/704010344/1023</ref> Another Ewing relative,  [[Edmund Graves Brown]] was a ''News Star'' executive who served as the assistant general manager until Gannett, an Arlington, [[Virginia]], firm, purchased the combined ''News-Star-World.''<ref>Edmund Graves Brown obituary, ''The News Star,'' May 13, 2008.</ref> In 1980, “World” was dropped from the name, which became ''The News Star,'' without a hyphen.

[[Robert Ewing, III]],  a nephew of John Ewing, was a nature [[photographer]] and served as a ''News Star'' board member.<ref>http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/OBITUARIES/704010344/1023</ref> Another Ewing relative,  [[Edmund Graves Brown]] was a ''News Star'' executive who served as the assistant general manager until Gannett, an Arlington, [[Virginia]], firm, purchased the combined ''News-Star-World.''<ref>Edmund Graves Brown obituary, ''The News Star,'' May 13, 2008.</ref> In 1980, “World” was dropped from the name, which became ''The News Star,'' without a hyphen.

The ''News Star'' often endorses conservative candidates. In 2004, it supported successful [[Republican Party|Republicans]] [[Rodney Alexander]] for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[David Vitter]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=52 David Vitter | U.S. Senate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2007, the paper endorsed [[Royal Alexander]], a former Rodney Alexander staff member (no relation), who unsuccessfully carried the [[Republican Party|GOP]] banner for Louisiana [[attorney general]] in the 2007 elections. Royal Alexander of Shreveport was handily defeated by [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, after [[incumbent]] [[Charles Foti]] of [[New Orleans]] was eliminated in the first round of balloting.<ref>[http://dhimmithis.typepad.com/dhimmi_this/2007/10/monroe-news-sta.html Dhimmi This!: Monroe News Star Endorses Royal Alexander<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The ''News Star'' often endorses conservative candidates. In 2004, it supported successful [[Republican Party|Republicans]] [[Rodney Alexander]] for the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[David Vitter]] for the [[United States Senate]].<ref>[http://www.vitter2004.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=52 David Vitter | U.S. Senate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2007, the paper endorsed [[Royal Alexander]], a former Rodney Alexander staff member (no relation), who unsuccessfully carried the [[Republican Party|GOP]] banner for Louisiana [[attorney general]] in the 2007 elections. Royal Alexander of Shreveport was handily defeated by [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, after [[incumbent]] Charles Carmen Foti, Jr., of [[New Orleans]] was eliminated in the first round of balloting.<ref>[http://dhimmithis.typepad.com/dhimmi_this/2007/10/monroe-news-sta.html Dhimmi This!: Monroe News Star Endorses Royal Alexander<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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