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Analysis: Miss. Campaign Spending Hard to Track
If you want to know who's spending money to influence voters in Mississippi, you may have a hard time getting a complete picture.
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Levees, Removable Walls Proposed to Protect NYC
Giant removable floodwalls would be erected around lower Manhattan, and levees, gates and other defenses would be built elsewhere around the city under a nearly $20 billion plan proposed Tuesday …
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Film
Techland Teamwork
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn reprise their “Wedding Crashers” banter for “The Internship,” this time as two out-of-work friends who become Google interns.
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'Dead Zones' Predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual …
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Let's Talk About Race
First and foremost, there can't be any discussion about race and racism unless you're willing to entertain the notion that it still exists—that we're not living in a "post-racial" society—and …
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A Glance at Some New Laws in Mississippi
Here's a glance at some new Mississippi laws that take effect Monday.
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'Heat of Passion' Gets Wife Killer New Trial
Quincy Clayton says shooting his wife with a shotgun was an accident.
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Survey of U.S. Business Economists: 2.1 Percent Growth in 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Business economists believe the country will see modest growth in 2013 with strength coming from a further rebound in housing which will help offset weakness in business …
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Analysis: Miss. Judges See Raises with New Year
The new year marks the beginning of four years' of incremental salary increases for Mississippi judges—thanks to Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. for a novel funding method …
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U.S. Jobless Aid Applications Fall to 5-Year Low
The average number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.
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Drink
Home Brews
Mississippi home brewers may not have the law fully on their side, but they now have a place to buy all the hops, barley, yeast and equipment they need to …
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Unusual Respite from Surging Health Care Costs
Americans kept health care spending in check for three years in a row, the government reported Monday, an unusual respite that could linger if the economy stays soft or fade …
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Biden to Meet with NRA to Discuss Gun Safety
Inviting in the opposition, Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with the National Rifle Association.
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Employees in Rural Ohio K-12 School Will Start Carrying Handguns
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps …
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Miss. Lt. Gov. Proposes Armed Guards in Schools
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is proposing a $7.5 million program to help schools hire trained and armed law enforcement officers to work on campus.
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Art
Vermeer: Love and Leisure
Filmmaker Phil Grabsky’s newest exhibition film “Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure” allows viewers to see Vermeer—artist of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” above—in a new way.
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Jackson Officials Back Robinson, Link McQuirter to GOP
Local officials expressed their full-throated supported for Hinds County District 2 contender Willie Robinson of Bolton.
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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 …
