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GULFPORT (AP) -- The Gulfport Business Club has adopted a resolution asking Harrison County supervisors to remove the Rebel flag from a public beach display.Only a few of the about 100 members present Tuesday voted against the resolution.The club's vote came one day after the Rev. Nelson B. Rivers III, the chief operating officer of the NAACP, vowed that the national civil rights organization will not back down until the Rebel flag comes down from the Eight Flags Display.Harrison County supervisors have said they have no intentions of changing their decision to fly the flag.The Gulfport Business Club's resolution asks...