Sun Herald by Mary Margaret Halford.  To former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (John Fitzhugh-Sun Herald Photo; Lott with Mississippi Energy Institute p​resident Patrick Sullivan), when it comes to discussing everything from jobs to national security in America, energy is a topic worth mentioning.  "The great news story in America today is energy," Lott said Tuesday morning at the 53rd annual meeting of the Southern States Energy Board. "Even while our economy has been struggling along, there have been great things happening with energy."  (Also, scroll down for yesterday's report.  Alaska [...]