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Gov't Spent $18 Billion on Immigration Enforcement
The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government's enforcement …
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White House, GOP Draw Red Lines in Debt Debate
Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never cross when it comes …
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Record Players, Albums Hot Items
Cassettes are dead. CDs are dying. Eight-tracks were barely ever alive. But through one music revolution after another, vinyl records have continued spinning, and the medium is finding a resurgence …
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Obama Taps Hagel for Pentagon, Brennan for CIA
Today President Barack Obama will nominate Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary and counterterrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Michael J. Fox to Play Newscaster with Parkinson's in NBC Sit-Com
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — On his upcoming NBC comedy, Michael J. Fox will play a newscaster who had quit his job due to Parkinson's Disease but returns to work in …
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Will the BCS Championship Game Live Up to the Hype?
MIAMI (AP) — Sometimes, the buildup to a game can overwhelm what actually happens on the field.
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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MSU Promotes Collins to Defensive Coordinator
Mississippi State has promoted Geoff Collins to defensive coordinator the school announced on Friday.
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City & County
Running the Blues
This weekend, thousands of marathoners will descend on Jackson with blues in their head, heart and step for the Mississippi Blues Marathon.
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Business
Watchdogs to IRS: Reject Rove Group's Tax Application
Two watchdog groups are calling on the IRS to reject Crossroads GPS' request to be recognized as a social welfare nonprofit.
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Person of the Day
Aaron Roux, Paul Erway and Grant Berthiaume
This Saturday, runners from all over the country and all over the world will arrive in Jackson to participate in the Mississippi Blues Marathon.
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the BankPlus Racing Vehicle Extravaganza is from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart.
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Incarcerated Veterans Train Dogs for Other Vets
Hazard Wilson's new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can't be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever.
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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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Feds, Transocean Reach $1.4B Deal Over Gulf Spill
The Justice Department reached a $1.4 billion settlement Thursday with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive …
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Miss. Health Insurance Exchange Proposal in Limbo
Mississippi's proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner.
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City & County
City Signs $90 Million Contract, Sets Meetings
Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. signed a $90 million contract with Siemens Corp. over the holidays for a water and sewer improvement project.
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Indian Police Charge 5 in New Delhi Gang Rape
Authorities filed rape and murder charges Thursday against five men accused of the gang rape of a 23-year-old university student on a New Delhi bus, a crime that horrified Indians …
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Congress Ushering in New Members, with Old Divide
Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government.
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Fiscal-Cliff Deal No Recipe for a Robust Economy
Housing is rebounding. Families are shrinking debts. Europe has avoided a financial crackup. And the fiscal cliff deal has removed the most urgent threat to the U.S. economy.
