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City & County
JPS Mulls Lake Hico’s Future, Proposes Advisory Committee
As Entergy's lease of Lake Hico as a cooling pond for its electricity plant located between Northside Drive and Watkins Drive ends Sept. 30, it presents an excellent opportunity for …
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State
Slow-Moving Hurricane Sally Carrying a Deluge to Gulf Coast
Hurricane Sally, one of a record-tying five storms churning simultaneously in the Atlantic, closed in on the Gulf Coast on Monday with rapidly strengthening winds of at least 100 mph …
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State
Mississippi Reckons With Ending Pay Boost for the Unemployed
Katrina Folks says she has tried everything she can think of to find work since losing her job in September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Of Rucks and Scrums
As I traveled to the Jackson Rugby Football Club practice on a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon, I had no clue what to expect, but I attempted to visualize how …
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Politics
Income-Tax Phaseout Up for Debate in Long-Poor Mississippi
Mississippi is accustomed to being first in worsts: It's one of the poorest, unhealthiest states in the nation, with public schools that are chronically underfunded. Some Republican leaders say a …
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For Wash. Government Bean-Counter, a Pot Education
Mike Steenhout knows spreadsheets, statistics and bean-counting. He has worked as a budget assistant to the governor, managed local operations for the U.S. Census Bureau and analyzed juvenile crime databases.
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Saga of Boston Marathon Suspect's Body Drags On
Nineteen days after Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died following a gunbattle with police, cemeteries still refused to take his remains and government officials deflected questions about where he …
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Wash. and Colo. 'Potrepreneurs' See Opportunity
Kim Ridgway and her wife, Kimberly Bliss, can well envision the shop they plan to open—where they'll put the accessories, the baked goods and the shelves stacked with their valuable …
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Business Leaders: Education Top Economic Priority
A report on Mississippi's economy lists education, work-force development, and strengthening and expanding the economy at the top of a list of goals for the state's future.
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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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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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City & County
Sex Trafficking: It’s Not About Sex
Heather Wagner, assistant attorney general in charge of the domestic violence unit in the state attorney general's office, says it's unclear just how big the sex trafficking problem is in …
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Hospitals Seek High-Tech Help for Hand Hygiene
Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean, but with only limited success.
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House GOP Pushing Through $633 Billion Defense Bill... Including Spending the Pentagon Doesn't Want
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House pushed to complete a $633 billion defense bill for next year despite Pentagon complaints that it spares outdated but politically popular weapons at the expense …
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Maya Greet Dawn of a New Era
The hundreds gathered in Chichen Itza said they believed it marked the birth of a new and better age.
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Poll: Obesity's a Crisis but We Want Our Junk Food
We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn't start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don't try taking away our junk …
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Police: Colo. Shooting Suspect Planned Massacre
As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year's Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the …
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AP-GfK Poll: 6 in 10 Favor Stricter Gun Laws
Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons …
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Shutdown Leaves Thousands in DC Area in Limbo
The usually bustling District of Columbia will be uniquely affected Wednesday by the first government shutdown in 17 years, with thousands of federal employees who make up the backbone of …
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Default Looming, Day 14 of Shutdown, No Solution
The United States moved perilously closer to an economy-rattling default and a partial government shutdown entered its 14th day as Senate Democratic and Republican leaders remained at odds over spending …
