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Cyprus Seeks to Alleviate Pain from Deposit Raid
Cypriot government officials sought Tuesday to alleviate the pain on small savers from a plan to raid bank deposits that has caused outrage in the country and sent jitters through …
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Congress Works on Budget for 2013 and Future
Congress is finally cleaning up its unfinished budget business for the 2013 budget year.
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Police Say Fla. College Student Plotted Attack
A college student with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday in what may have been an attempt …
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Health Care
Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To Rural Health Care Needs?
With a tradition more than 100 years old, osteopathic physicians are hardly the new doctors in town.
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Sweet Potato Queens headline the series of Zippity Doo Dah events March 21-23 that include a parade March 23 at 7 p.m.
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Analysis: Not Every Bill is a Headline Grabber
The first two bills that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed during the 2013 legislative session dealt with money.
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Palestinians Unenthusiastic About Obama Visit
President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the region.
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Saddam's Specter Lives On in Iraqi Landmarks
The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son was said to torture underperforming …
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AP Exclusive: Karzai Opponents Talk to Taliban
Afghan opposition parties, frustrated with the government's lack of progress in making peace with the Taliban, have opened their own channel for negotiations with militant groups in hopes of putting …
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Gay Marriage: Senator's Shift, GOP Soul-Searching
A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics—and views on emotional issues—are changing fast.
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Candidate
Johnson Leads Jackson Money Race
Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. has a lead on his on challengers in campaign funds and newcomer Jonathan Lee has spent the most money, but nothing is known about the other …
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Health Care
Jacksonian Receives New Liver at UMMC
Karen Battle barely had the energy to lift her feet high enough to clear an ordinary street curb just a few weeks ago. Liver disease had ravaged her health and …
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Applications for U.S. Jobless Aid Reach 5-Year Low
Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, reducing the average number of weekly applications last month to a five-year low.
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Md. Poised to Be 18th State to Ban Death Penalty
It's been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly, as expected, gives final passage this week to a …
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Census: Record 1 in 3 U.S. Counties Are Now Dying
A record number of U.S. counties—more than 1 in 3—are now dying off, hit by an aging population and weakened local economies that are spurring young adults to seek jobs …
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Poll Finds Attitude Shift Among Working Moms
Working mothers increasingly want full-time jobs, and tough economic times might be a big reason, according to a national survey.
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Physicists Say They Have Found a Higgs Boson
Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted nearly a half-century ago, which will go a long way toward explaining what gives electrons and all matter …
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Papal Election Stirs Argentina's 'Dirty War' Past
Pope Francis hardly ever denied one of the harshest allegations against him: That he was among church leaders who supported Argentina's murderous dictatorship.
