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New Cemetery Endangers Egypt's Ancient Necropolis
In this more than 4,500-year-old pharaonic necropolis, Egypt's modern rituals of the dead are starting to encroach on its ancient ones.
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Business
Feds Replace Foreclosure Review With $8.5 Billion Settlement
The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government's largest effort to compensate …
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Person of the Day
April Ulmer
Madison native April Ulmer is launching a new student-aid program this Friday.
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Jackson State University Summer Internship Fair is Jan. 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at the New Engineering Building in room 100 and the atrium.
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A Disconnect Between Violence and Television
If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.
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Hitting the Debt Limit: What Bills Would Be Paid?
In the summer of 2011, when a debt crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks unless …
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Colin Powell Says GOP Having 'An Identity Problem'
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem."
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Miss. Lt. Gov. Proposes Armed Guards in Schools
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is proposing a $7.5 million program to help schools hire trained and armed law enforcement officers to work on campus.
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'Argo,' 'Les Miserables' Win Best-Pic Globes
"Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out in the cold at the Globes.
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Interview: Is the World Ready for Another George Bush?
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and …
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Employees in Rural Ohio K-12 School Will Start Carrying Handguns
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps …
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Kerry's Words on Assad Certain to Draw Scrutiny
Sen. John Kerry has held up Syria as a country that could bring peace and stability to the Mideast and predicted that the now-disgraced government of President Bashar Assad would …
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Pakistani Shiites Protest After Attack Kills 86
Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86 people refused to bury their dead Friday, demanding the Pakistani government do more to protect them from increasing violence against …
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Saudi King Grants Women Seats on Advisory Council
Saudi Arabia's king granted women seats on the country's top advisory council for the first time on Friday, giving them a long-awaited toehold in the ultraconservative kingdom's male-dominated political system.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents "Bravo III: Dvorak's Seventh" at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.
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Subpoenas Seek 2 Key Accounts in MDMR Probe
The state auditor's office has served a subpoena for access to two key Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' financial accounts. That's according to a published report.
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Gasoline Prices Predicted to Fall in 2013
Hamburger, health care and taxes are all set to take a bigger bite out of the family budget this year. But drivers' annual gas bills are expected to drop for …
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Obama, Karzai Meeting to Discuss Ending Afghan War
Charting the course for a war's end, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the U.S. role in …
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California Teen Shooter Was Talked Into Putting Weapon Down By Teacher
A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school on Thursday and shot one student, fired at another and missed, and then was …
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City & County
JPS to Focus on Reading, Early Childhood
Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Cedrick Gray wants the district to focus on two key areas: reading and early childhood education.
