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Miss. Government: Little Impact from Fed Shutdown

Agency directors and spokesmen say Mississippi government is feeling little effect from the federal government's partial shutdown that started last week.

Health Care

Poll: Health Exchange Rollout Gets Poor Reviews

The debut of the government's health insurance marketplaces drew a huge audience—and underwhelming reviews.

National

4 Americans Meet Snowden to Give Him an Award

Four former U.S. government officials who met with former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said Thursday that he is adjusting to life in Russia and expresses no regrets …

World

UN to Tackle Collapsing Central African Republic

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution Thursday aimed at helping end near-anarchy in the violence-wracked Central African Republic, which it says is threatening stability in …

City & County

Man Wants Sentence Reduced in Carjacking Case

A man who pleaded guilty to an armed carjacking in central Mississippi has asked a federal judge to throw out part of his 10-year sentence.

National

U.S. Expected to Slash Aid to Egyptian Government

U.S. officials said Wednesday that the Obama administration is poised to slash hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt.

National

3 in U.S. Win Chemistry Nobel for Computer Models

Three U.S.-based scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing powerful computer models that researchers use to understand complex chemical interactions and create new drugs.

Education

College Board Confirms Bynum as MVSU President

The College Board has unanimously named William Bynum the next president of Mississippi Valley State University.

State

Harrison County Inmate Found Hanging in Jail Cell

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has joined in the investigation of the death of a Harrison County inmate who was found hanging in his cell.

World

Libya Prime Minister Says U.S. Raid Won't Hurt Ties

Relations between Tripoli and Washington will not be hurt by the U.S. raid that seized an al-Qaida suspect from the Libyan capital, Libyan leaders said Tuesday, as they requested Washington …

World

2 Win Physics Nobel for Higgs Theory

Nearly 50 years after they came up with the theory, but little more than a year since the world's biggest atom smasher delivered the proof, Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgian …

Education

U.S. Adults Score Below Average on Worldwide Test

It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either.

National

Senate Dems to Try for Debt Ceiling Increase

Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow more money, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown as the time remaining to …

Business

Hood Hits Google on Guarding Intellectual Property

Attorney General Jim Hood says he's trying to organize state attorneys general to push Google to better protect intellectual property.

World

With Obama Out, Others Take APEC Stage, Sort Of

As some of the world's heavy-weight leaders stood in the spotlight Monday at a regional economic summit, they still managed to be upstaged by who was missing.