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1 Pleading Guilty in Mississippi Prison Bribery Case
One man pleaded guilty Friday and another was indicted on federal charges that they paid bribes and kickbacks to a former Mississippi corrections commissioner in exchange for contracts.
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Oxford Takes Right Stand on Flag, Deserves Support
Making a change by adopting a new state flag would make it much harder for outsiders to look at Mississippi and see us as the backward haters they mistakenly think …
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Politics
Great Leadership Isn’t Enough
It's not just that power corrupts. It's that, in a very real way, power dilutes.
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Education
Critics Blast ‘Third-Grade Gate’ Tests
Two years ago, at the urging of Gov. Phil Bryant, the Legislature passed the Literacy Based Promotion Act, but to the consternation of Democrats and other education advocates, minimal funding …
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Crime
Synthetic Pot Leads to Nationwide Spike in Hospitalizations
A huge nationwide spike in hospitalizations last month caused by a class of drugs often called "synthetic marijuana" illustrates the potency and dangers of the chemicals used to make them …
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Thousands of Gallons of Oil Sopped Up from California Coast
More than 6,000 gallons of oil has been raked, skimmed and vacuumed from a spill that stretched across 9 miles of California coast, just a fraction of the sticky, stinking …
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Person of the Day
Mike Slive
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive unexpectedly stepped down Friday, just minutes after announcing record revenue and a groundbreaking rule.
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Person of the Day
Sepp Blatter
It took two countries, but finally, Joseph S. "Sepp" Blatter, the president of FIFA for the last 17 years, a man who was more Teflon than John Gotti, finally went …
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German FM in Ukraine to Help Broker Dialogue
Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday tried to broker a quick launch of talks between Ukraine's central government in Kiev and the pro-Russia separatists who declared independence a day ago in …
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GM Recall Reveals Gaps in Air Bag Knowledge
General Motors is recalling 2.6 million small cars to fix the ignition switches in air bags.
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Obama: U.S. Will Send Fresh Help to Beleaguered Iraq
Less than three years after pulling American forces out of Iraq, President Barack Obama is weighing a range of short-term military options, including airstrikes, to quell an al-Qaida inspired insurgency …
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Business
Defense Department Proposes Broad Ban on High-Cost Loans to Service Members
The Department of Defense released proposed rules today targeting the practices of a broad range of high-cost lenders and prohibiting them from charging service members interest rates over 36 percent.
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LED There Be Light: 3 Share Nobel for Blue Diode
Two Japanese scientists and a Japanese-born American won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for inventing blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that has spurred the development of LED technology …
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College
Ole Miss Faces Aggies They've Never Beaten, Crowd Expected to Top 100,000
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — No. 3 Mississippi didn't spend long celebrating its big win over Alabama. Not with No. 14 Texas A&M up next, a team the Rebels have …
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Same-Sex Weddings Can Begin Immediately in North Carolina After Ban Overturned
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge in North Carolina struck down the state's gay marriage ban Friday, opening the way for the first same-sex weddings in the state to …
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Gay Marriage Developments: Idaho Couples Marry
It's been more than a week since a flurry of gay marriage developments began with the Supreme Court's denial of appeals from five states, allowing for expansion of marriage rights.
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City & County
Group Plans Black Business Expo in Jackson and Gulfport in 2022
The Mississippi Black Business Pages will host two events in Jackson and Gulfport next year, bringing together Black-owned businesses at those locations.
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Person of the Day
Sam Burns
Sam Burns was in the mix down the stretch at the Sanderson Farms Championship along with a half-dozen players who were searching for their first PGA Tour title.
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Politics
Mississippi Auditor Demands Payments in Human Services Fraud
The Mississippi auditor said Tuesday that he is demanding repayment of $77 million in misspent welfare money in one of the poorest states in the nation. This includes $828,000 the …
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Civil Rights
'A Way We Resist': Quilts Honor Victims of Racial Violence
A quilting project dedicated to memorializing lives lost to racial violence in the U.S. is open for public viewing on weekdays through Dec. 17 at Jackson State University’s Margaret Walker …
