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GOP Sends Mixed Signals on Obama's Outreach Effort
Neither side is backing down from entrenched positions that have prevented deals in the past.
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Lawmakers Want Obama to Follow Up Outreach Effort
At a recent gathering of House committee and subcommittee chairmen, Republican lawmakers were asked if they could name the legislative affairs staffer at the White House responsible for staying in …
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States Wrestle with 'Gambling' Rooms in Fla. Probe
The charity-run businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread as the unregulated stores became a billion-dollar …
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Barbour Pardons Two More Woman Killers
Gov. Haley Barbour's going-away present for Mississippi is to put a trio of convicted murderers back out on our streets, including two more who brutally murdered the women in their …
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[Herman's Picks] Vol. 7, No. 35
With summer upon us, we are faced with the dilemma of whether to hit up a summer blockbuster movie or support the local music community. I advocate the latter.
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Museum Needs Civil Rights Stories
To tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi as a whole, historians will need stories from individual people involved with the movement, museum planners say.
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GOP Governors Endure Early Trials, Gird for 2014
Republican governors took over statehouses across the country after the 2010 elections and immediately acted on promises to usher in a new era of budget cutting and conservative labor policies.
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More than 65 Countries Sign Arms Trade Treaty
More than 65 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong kickoff to the …
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China Frustration with N. Korea Offers Hope for U.S.
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding discussions between Washington and Beijing about what to …
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Immigration Bill Advances in Senate
The Senate voted Tuesday to advance a landmark immigration bill, clearing away the first procedural hurdle in front of legislation opening the door to citizenship for millions.
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Syria: U.S. Chemical Weapons Charges 'Full of Lies'
The Syrian government on Friday dismissed U.S. charges that it used chemical weapons as "full of lies," accusing President Barack Obama of resorting to fabrications to justify his decision to …
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Power Plant Limits at Center of Obama Climate Plan
Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on …
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Texas Senate Set for Filibuster Finale on Abortion
A sweeping bill that would effectively shut down most abortion clinics across the nation's second most-populous state has stalled in the Texas Senate, and a Democratic filibuster that will only …
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Civil Rights
Hosemann: Miss. Voter ID a Go as SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act
It wasn't terribly surprising given the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the nation's high court officially gutted the most important provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in …
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What Is Racism? Why Meanings Matter in Conversations About Race
Generally speaking, semantics of race falls into two categories.
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Facts Matter; So Do Stereotypes
Disparities between whites and people of color in the United States, and Mississippi, are still wide, and they result from years of historic racism and inequality.
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Experts: How To Talk To Your Kids About the Connecticut Shootings
The killings at a Connecticut elementary school left parents struggling to figure out what, if anything, to tell their children.
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Gun-Control Debate Simmering After Massacre
Democrats say meaningful action must include a ban on military-style assault weapons and a look at how the nation deals with mental illness.
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Boehner to Pursue 2nd Legislative Track on Taxes
Just two weeks before the economy-threatening "fiscal cliff" is due to kick in, House Speaker John Boehner opened up a second legislative track to stop tax hikes from kicking in …
