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Editor's Note
From Emmett to Trayvon
Crazies will always be there, and we will always have to deal with them. But when trigger-happy men shoot kids of color under cover of Stand Your Ground or Castle …
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Bentz Defends Kemper as He Prepares to Leave PSC
Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz hasn't set a date to resign and become executive director of the South Mississippi Planning and Development District. But the Republican probably won't be a …
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Cop Cams Ordered to Help Fix NYC Stop-and-Frisk
In the years of debate over New York City's stop-and-frisk tactic, the idea of putting tiny cameras on police officers to record their interaction with the public was never seriously …
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Entergy to Raise Rates in Miss.
Entergy Corp. customers in Mississippi will pay $22.3 million more over the next nine months, as the company recoups more for expenses.
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Study: Half Who Now Buy Health Plans Will Qualify for Tax Credits
About half the people who now buy their own health insurance would qualify for federal tax credits to offset rates under President Barack Obama's health care law.
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City & County
Health-care Economy Could Be Answer for Jackson
When folks talk about tourism in Mississippi, most of the conversation centers on casinos, golf, the blues, civil-rights freedom trails or family reunions. But the emerging trend of medical tourism …
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Air Pollution Takes Toll on China's Tourism
China, one of the most visited countries in the world, has seen sharply fewer tourists this year—with worsening air pollution partly to blame.
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Tuition Isn't Only Bill College Students See
Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.
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Car Company's Big Plans Haven't Come to Fruition
It seemed like a win for everyone involved when a startup car company, backed by political heavyweights, wooed investors with plans to build a massive auto plant in the Mississippi …
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U.S., Russia Diplomatic and Defense Chiefs to Meet
The crisis in Syria, arms control and missile defense headline what are expected to be chilly talks between top U.S. and Russian foreign and defense chiefs.
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National
Opinion: Yes, We Could Change. So Why Don't We?
That hoary fable has it wrong. Frogs have the sense to hop out of heating pots. We Americans don't. Degree by degree over decades, we've been scalded senseless. It is …
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Divine Responsibility'
Bryant doesn't have a direct link to God, and, while he wastes the state's time and resources fighting a battle that conservatives lost four decades ago, many Mississippians will suffer …
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Closing Fannie, Freddie Could Boost Mortgage Rates
Homebuyers could feel the pinch if Congress follows through on plans to shut down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-controlled mortgage guarantee giants that were rescued by a $187 …
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Biz Roundup
Beemon, Stewpot, Callan and Thompson
Jackson's Stewpot Community Services is once again fully operational after a budget crunch brought on by the theft of up to $120,000 in November.
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Obama Heads to Phoenix to Pitch Mortgage Reform
President Barack Obama is proposing to overhaul the nation's mortgage finance system, including shutting down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—a plan with bipartisan support on Capitol Hill.
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3 Killed in Pa. Shooting Linked to Feud with Town
Police are searching the property of a man who authorities say blasted his way into a municipal meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains and fatally shot three people amid a …
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U.S. Military Evacuates Embassy Personnel from Yemen
The U.S. military evacuated non-essential U.S. government personnel from Yemen on Tuesday due to the high risk of attack by al-Qaida that has triggered temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic …
