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Economy
Gas Prices Stay Low in Mississippi
The price of oil is up, year-to-date, around the country, but somehow Mississippi keeps beating the heat of rising gas prices.
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Police ID Gunman in Deadly Santa Monica Rampage
Investigators trying to determine why John Zawahri planned his shooting spree focused on a deadly act of domestic violence that touched off the mayhem.
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NSA Contractor Risks Steep Jail Time for Data Leak
The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity.
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Jury Selection Begins in Zimmerman's Trial
In the first order of business in the trial of a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen, a judge Monday denied a defense …
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Six Months After Shooting, Victims' Families Head to D.C.
Families of Sandy Hook School shooting victims remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action.
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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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U.S. Regains Wealth from Recession, But Not Equally
America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.
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Is Big Data Turning Government into 'Big Brother?'
With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting …
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Health Care
Dems Offer Medicaid Deal; Bryant Rejects
Mississippi Democrats continue to extend olive branches to legislative Republicans to find ways to accept federal Medicaid money.
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Court: Girls Can Buy Morning-After Pill for Now
Girls of any age can buy generic versions of emergency contraception without prescriptions while the federal government appeals a judge's ruling allowing the sales, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
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AP Survey: Economists See No Stock Market Bubble
A nervous debate is raging among investors and analysts: Has the Federal Reserve inflated a stock market bubble by driving interest rates to record lows?
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Soldier Pleads Guilty in Massacre of 16 Afghans
Seated at a table with his hands folded in front of him, twiddling his thumbs, an American soldier dryly spoke about how he slipped away from his base in Afghanistan …
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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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Six Dead in Pa. Thrift Store Collapse
A building under demolition collapsed onto a neighboring thrift store Wednesday morning, injuring at least 14 and killing six people.
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Music
Nat Long’s Summer Music Guide
Summer 2013 is finally here! The weather has been kind to us so far, and you can tell that everyone is glad the season is here by their sun-touched rosy …
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Art
Smut & Paste
When Nell Knox took her wares to her first artist festival, Fondren Unwrapped in 2011, she wasn't confident.
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R.I.P., Medgar
Imagine not being allowed to vote for the candidate of your choice, even though you were allowed to register to do so, or not being able to go to the …
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Justice
Lawsuit Puts Prison Mental Health in Focus
Victor Voe warned them: "Don't let them kill me. I be hearing them say they going to kill me. I am hearing voices that others don't hear."
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City & County
Jackson Upgrades Bus Stops, Hires Election Consultant
The Jackson City Council had a busy night May 28. In the absence of Ward 1 Councilman Quentin Whitwell, the council voted unanimously to hire an election consultant, to provide …
