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Future Science: Using 3D Worlds to Visualize Data
Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with …
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Pistorius: Thought Lover an Intruder in Shooting
Oscar Pistorius wept Tuesday as his defense lawyer read the athlete's account of how he shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day, claiming he had mistaken her for an …
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Microsoft's Outlook Takes Aim at Google's Gmail
Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it is about to spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S.
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$50 Million in Diamonds Stolen at Brussels Airport
When the armored car set off for the Brussels airport carrying $50 million worth of precious stones from Antwerp's diamond district, eight gunmen knew all about it.
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Shooting Spree Across Calif. County Leaves 4 Dead
In less than an hour, a 20-year-old student shot and killed a woman in her home and two commuters during carjackings early Tuesday, shot up vehicles on a Southern California …
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City & County
New JSU Stadium Coming
Jackson State University will soon officially unveil plans for a new stadium.
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Fishing's Decline Looms; Will Fish Eaters Notice?
His city's best fishing days are long past it, but lifelong Gloucester resident Ron Gilson still sees what once was when he drives past what remains.
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Climate Contradiction: Less Snow, More Blizzards
With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the Midwest and Northeast the past couple of years, some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit.
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Obama to Press GOP on Averting Sequester
Facing yet another fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama is urging congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take effect in …
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Person of the Day
Kiese Laymon
One night in 1994, Kiese Laymon was playing video games with a friend when they heard the desperate moans of a woman just outside Laymon's Capitol Street apartment.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Cirque de la Symphonie perform at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.
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Gay Marriage Support Has Risks for GOP Lawmakers
According to roll call votes analyzed by The Associated Press, in the eight times nationwide that state legislatures voted for gay marriage, just 47 Republicans bucked the party line out …
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Unyielding GOP Politicians Doing What Voters Ask
In his State of the Union address this week, Obama laid out an ambitious agenda that includes gun control, raising the minimum wage, allowing most of the 11 million illegal …
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Obama Attempting to Change Face of the Judiciary
The federal judiciary has a long tradition of white men passing judgment on parties from all walks of life.
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Senate Sends Kemper Settlement Bills to Governor
The state Senate has approved two House-passed bills that codify a settlement between the Public Service Commission and Mississippi Power Co. over the company's Kemper County power plant.
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Politics
Abortion, Guns Spark Capitol Debate
The Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives put off debating many of the most controversial bills—about guns and abortion—until today's deadline to pass general bills.
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More Dead Baby Dolphins in South Miss. Waters
Officials with the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies say in the past month 13 dead dolphins have been found.
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Boehner Taking a You-First Approach to Proposals
Upcoming across-the-board spending cuts set to slam the economy in two weeks? John Boehner says a solution is up to Obama and Senate Democrats.
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AP Exclusive: Documents Detail Nixon, Clinton Ties
In the final months of his life, Richard Nixon quietly advised President Bill Clinton on navigating the post-Cold War world, even offering to serve as a conduit for messages to …
