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Sweet Carols
It’s easy to host your own caroling party, and a great way to get to know your neighbors better during the holidays.
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Grief Mixes with Impatience in Shattered Newtown
Mourners overlapped at back-to-back services as funerals began in earnest in a Connecticut town that lost 20 of its children and seven adults to a gunman, with emotions and tempers …
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Person of the Day
Daniel Inouye
On Dec. 7, 1941, high school senior Daniel Inouye knew he and other Japanese-Americans would face trouble when he saw Japanese dive bombers, torpedo planes and fighters on their way …
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Classes Resuming in Newtown, Minus Sandy Hook
With security stepped up and families still on edge in Newtown, students began returning to school Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, bringing a return of familiar …
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Too Big to Jail? Execs Avoid Laundering Charges
When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfunctional institution accused of laundering money …
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Obit: Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Dead at Age 88
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra …
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Obama Signals Action Following School Shooting
President Barack Obama is vowing to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children, raising the prospect that he will pursue policy changes to stem gun violence …
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Saturday Update: Newtown Mourns Deaths, Celebrates Heroism as Police Look for Answers
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, while townspeople …
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UPDATED: How It Happened... Adam Lanza Killed His Mother, Took Her Guns and Killed 26 People at The School
Although too many people died in Friday's tragic shootings, some unsung heroes have emerged, as well.
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UPDATED: International Leaders Express Sympathy in Connecticut Shooting, Question Gun Access in U.S.
LONDON (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for …
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Connecticut Shooting Revives Debate Over Gun Control in America
In Colorado, a state that was rocked by the 1999 Columbine school massacre and the Aurora movie theater shooting less than six months ago, Friday's shootings renewed debate over why …
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Bucolic 300-Year-Old 'Newtown' Rocked By Tragic Shooting
Along streets where every window twinkles with holiday candles, police sirens wailed Friday. Over horse pastures in what was until fairly recently a rural town, helicopters' rotors thudded. In shops, …
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UPDATED: Police Say They Have 'Good Evidence' That Might Explain Suspected Shooter Adam Lanza's Motives
WASHINGTON (AP) — He was an honors student who lived in a prosperous neighborhood with his mother, a grade-school teacher who liked to host dice games and decorate the house …
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Events
It's the Weekend!
Tonight, Ballet Magnificat! presents "Snow Queen" at 7 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.
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10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
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Consider a Trip
One way to get away from the holiday hustle and bustle is to literally get away.
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Sports
How Fared the Big Four?
College football is just about over for Mississippi teams. Mississippi State and Ole Miss still have bowl games to go, but everyone else is done.
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Civil Rights
Rebel Land: A Racial History of Oxford and Ole Miss
“I saw years of work of digging out of this hole covered back up. I felt quite disgusted, and there are still some feelings there of discontent even today.”
