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Congress Set to Renew Anti-Violence Law
Republicans appeared resigned to accept an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act.
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BP Exec Back on the Stand in Oil Spill Trial
Another BP executive was expected on the witness stand Thursday to face more questions from attorneys for the U.S. government, which is trying to prove the oil company is mostly …
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Miss. Regulators to Consider Kemper Rate Increase
Utility regulators will be asked again Tuesday to approve a rate increase to repay money Mississippi Power Co. has borrowed to build a coal-fired power plant in Kemper County.
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PSC Approves Rate Increase for Miss. Power Plant
A state commission voted Tuesday to allow Mississippi Power Co. to start billing customers to pay for the Kemper County power plant it's building, but not as much as the …
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Question o' the Week: What is your favorite locally owned alternative to a big-box chain business?
What is your favorite locally owned alternative to a big-box chain business?
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53-Year-Old Musher Becomes Oldest Iditarod Champ
A 53-year-old former champion has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to become the oldest winner of Alaska's grueling test of endurance.
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U.N. Says U.S. Drones Violate Pakistan's Sovereignty
The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty.
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Congress Works on Budget for 2013 and Future
Congress is finally cleaning up its unfinished budget business for the 2013 budget year.
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Cyprus Seeks to Alleviate Pain from Deposit Raid
Cypriot government officials sought Tuesday to alleviate the pain on small savers from a plan to raid bank deposits that has caused outrage in the country and sent jitters through …
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Culture
Anatomy of a Sweet Potato Queen
When Jill Conner Browne dubbed herself a Sweet Potato Queen in 1982, she launched a brash, quirky, self-deprecating and, above all, sassy brand of feminism that people worldwide are still …
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How To
Taming the Television
Study after study shows that the amount of direct and indirect screen time is increasingly problematic for our children's development.
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‘Something Heavier'
Joy Garretson was doing laundry when she had an epiphany. While walking down her stairs to wash clothes, she said playfully to her husband Gordon that she was going to …
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Noise Pollutes Downtown Residences
Joanie Thompson, a longtime resident of 736 S. President St., can't sleep at night from a throbbing loud bass that rattles her windows. It starts about 10 p.m. most nights …
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Royal Blues
Walking down the 300 block of Farish Street, Alex Thomas stops at a historic marker in front of a single-story boarded-up brick storefront.
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Music
Genuine Performance
The members of Indiana-bred rock-and-roll crew Modoc have certainly been industrious with their time.
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NCAA APR Again Hits Schools with Lesser Resources
Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men's basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic …
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City & County
Fear Stymies HIV/AIDS Prevention
Othor Cain, chairman of the board of directors at Jackson-based HIV/AIDS nonprofit Grace House, pointed to the upward trend in HIV infection rates for men, particularly black men who have …
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Kerry Trip Tackles Syria and the Taliban
Secretary of State John Kerry begins a trip plunging into thorny foreign policy problems.
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Business
Obamacare Stumps Small Biz
Jeff Good has crunched the numbers. The Jackson restaurateur has consulted with attorneys specializing in labor-relations and health-care law and ordered extensive reports from the firm that processes payroll checks …
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Arizona Wildfire Kills 19 Members of Elite Crew
Firefighters tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.
