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Health Care

Blue Cross and HMA Settle Hospital Payment Dispute

Mississippi's largest health insurer and its second-largest hospital operator have settled their dispute.

National

Obama Orders Military to Review Sexual Assault

President Barack Obama on Friday gave the military one year to make progress on an epidemic of sexual assault or face potential tougher reforms, hours after Congress sent a sweeping …

World

Russian Oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky a Free Man

After spending 10 years in Russian jails for what many in the West believe were trumped-up offenses, Mikhail Khodorkovsky left prison a free man Friday and immediately flew to Germany.

National

Spy Sanel Wants Duplicate Oversight Board Replaced

For months, two review panels given nearly identical assignments by President Barack Obama have been studying how the White House should change or limit the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.

LGBT

Gay Marriage Supporters See Hope in Deep-Red Ind.

In one of the most conservative states in the nation, supporters of gay marriage are pondering the unthinkable: a victory, or at least not a loss.

Education

Miss. Board of Education Approves Preschool Grants

Mississippi education officials have awarded $2 million to 11 groups to provide preschool for four-year-olds.

Education

Alcorn President Brown Resigns

Alcorn State University President M. Christopher Brown II has resigned amid an investigation into university purchasing practices.

World

Putin to Pardon Jailed Tycoon Khodorkovsky

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a surprise decision that will let his top foe and Russia's formerly richest man out of prison …

World

Ukrainian Leader Slams West, Tilts Toward Russia

Ukraine's embattled president slammed the West on Thursday for supporting the massive street protests calling for his ouster and announced plans to partially join a Moscow-led economic union—a move that …

National

Target: 40M Card Accounts May be Breached

Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high …

National

Amid Spasm of Violence, U.S. Diplomat in C. Africa

The American ambassador to the United Nations arrived Thursday in Central African Republic in the highest profile American effort to date to spotlight the violence in this impoverished nation, which …

City & County

Ex-JPD Officer Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case

A former Jackson police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to bribe another officer with $10,000 to drop drug charges against one of his friends.

City & County

Jackson State Fires Rick Comegy After 8 Seasons

Jackson State fired football coach Rick Comegy on Wednesday after eight seasons.

National

'Mary Poppins' Among 25 U.S. Films to be Preserved

Just in time for a new movie about the making of "Mary Poppins," the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at …

National

Bipartisan Budget Agreement Nears Final Passage

A modest, bipartisan budget pact designed to keep Washington from lurching from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis and to ease the harshest effects of automatic budget cuts is on the …