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Hearing to Continue Monday in Ricin Letter Case
The man charged with mailing ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator was expected back in court Monday, and the hearing could reveal what evidence authorities have collected from …
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Welty Memorabilia Donated to University
A Jackson lawyer has donated memorabilia on author Eudora Welty to Mississippi University for Women.
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Miss. River Still Closed After Barges Hit Bridge
The Mississippi River remains closed Monday as authorities worked to determine whether a sunken barge was a navigation hazard.
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Prayer and Waiting in Texas Town Rocked by Blast
The First Baptist Church in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant exploded is still off-limits, so the Rev. John Crowder put folding chairs in a hay pasture and …
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FAA Furloughs Kick in, Some Flight Delays Appear
Commercial airline flights moved smoothly throughout most of the country on Sunday, the first day air traffic controllers were subject to furloughs resulting from government spending cuts.
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China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 188
After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at …
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Recall Bid Against Ariz. Sheriff Faces Tough Odds
Volunteers set up a table outside a music festival one day last month to gather signatures for a drive to oust the notoriously polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix.
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Pakistan Government Says It Won't Charge Musharraf
Pakistan's caretaker government told the Supreme Court on Monday it will not file treason charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf but will leave the decision on that to the …
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Mass. Governor: Video Shows 19-Year-Old Placing Bomb At Boston Marathon
WASHINGTON (AP) — Surveillance video from the Boston Marathon attack shows one suspect dropping his backpack and calmly walking away from it before the bomb inside exploded, Massachusetts Gov. Deval …
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Miss. Becomes 3rd State to Sue BP for Oil Spill
Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Boy Scouts May Allow Gay Youth
Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays — allowing them as youth members but continuing …
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Its Streets Deserted, an Uneasy Boston Perseveres
The killing of one suspected Boston Marathon bomber and the manhunt for another brought life in large swaths of the notoriously gridlocked Beantown to a screeching halt, leaving residents and …
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Manhunt in Boston After Bombing Suspect is Killed
With the city virtually paralyzed, thousands of officers with rifles and armored vehicles swarmed the streets in and around Boston on Friday, hunting for a 19-year-old college student wanted in …
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Mississippi Part of Emotional News Week
Mississippians are watching closely as a roller-coaster week of tragic events continues to unfold this morning.
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Health Care
Double Dose: In Second Case of Flawed Drug Research, FDA Response Was Slow and Secretive
The FDA found that data produced from 2000 through 2004 at two MDS facilities in Quebec, Canada, were questionable.
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Person of the Day
Josh Lindsey
Josh Lindsey didn't know how long he would be a teacher after he moved to Hancock County in 2006.
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3 Years Later: Oil Spill Cleanup, Study Carries On
At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
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Man Charged in Letters Case Described as Troubled
A Mississippi man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quiet neighbor and an entertainer who impersonated Elvis …
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Police Arrest Former Pakistani Ruler Musharraf
Police arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid being detained, …
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Residents Honor Lost, but Texas Blast Toll Unknown
The neighborhood surrounding a Texas fertilizer plant that erupted in a thunderous explosion is gone, and the residents here know they've lost more than the buildings that went up in …
