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Biz Roundup
1 Million Cups, Kemper Costs and Minority Business Recognition
Jackson will soon be the newest home of 1 Million Cups, a national program to engage, educate and connect local businesses.
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Person of the Day
Dr. Haskell S. Bingham
Dr. Haskell S. Bingham, Ph.D, former dean of admissions and records at Jackson State University, died Thursday, Oct. 23, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., where he had …
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Appeals Court Takes on NSA Surveillance Case
A conservative gadfly lawyer who has made a career of skewering Democratic administrations is taking his battle against the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance program to a federal appeals court.
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Mexico Mayor, Wife Detained in Case of 43 Missing
Federal police early Tuesday detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala and his wife, who are accused of ordering the Sept. 26 attacks on teachers' college …
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APNewsBreak: Russia Plans Nuclear Summit Boycott
Russia has informed the United States that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, diplomats told The Associated Press on Tuesday, potentially stripping the meeting of one of its …
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Panel Criticizes ShamsidDeen, Democrats
A committee that oversees state judicial elections is criticizing a candidate for circuit judge in Hinds County, saying he's improperly being linked to the Democratic Party and Democratic U.S. Senate …
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Cochran, Childers Make Final Pitch to Miss. Voters
Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and his Democratic challenger Travis Childers are traveling the state, making their last-minute appeals to voters.
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Brittany Maynard Galvanizes Right-to-Die Movement
With no states voting on right-to-die laws Tuesday, the weekend death of Brittany Maynard won't have an immediate political impact.
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Development
Stokes, Graham Blast New Jail Planning Committee
In response to the seemingly never-ending bad news out of the Raymond Detention Center, county officials this morning took an incremental first step toward finding a solution.
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Economy
Analysis: Miss. Tax Cuts Could be Debated in 2015
Mississippi has state elections in 2015, and it's a safe bet that lawmakers will try to endear themselves to voters by debating a tax cut.
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Person of the Day
Magic Johnson
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.'s million-dollar smile made him a star on and off the basketball court. He was the face of the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s and …
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Russia Backs Ukrainians Separatists' Election
Russia gave its backing Monday to a contentious election held by separatists in eastern Ukraine, setting the stage for renewed diplomatic tensions with the West.
