So in 2000 he tried to convince the city and county to replace the 23-year-old, moneylosing O-Rena.

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Meredith said the body was found between Sherard and Rena Lara and was sent to Jackson for an autopsy.

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"Please know his death was not in vain, his story reached all corners of the world, " wrote Rena Gerlach from Portland, Oregon.

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Yet Billabong, launched by Merchant as a handmade-boardshorts business in 1973 with his then wife, Rena, is still appealing to big investors.

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On Wednesday, authorities found McMillian's body near a levee between Sherard and Rena Lara, two unincorporated communities about 15 minutes away from Clarksdale in northwestern Mississippi's Delta region.

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"This election is being as closely watched outside the U.S. as it is inside because of the huge foreign policy issues at stake", said Rena Golden, senior vice president of CNN International.

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