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FBI: Ohio Man Planned to Bomb US Capitol, Kill Officials
A 20-year-old Ohio man's Twitter posts sympathizing with Islamic terrorists led to an undercover FBI operation and the man's arrest on charges that he plotted to blow up the U.S. …
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France Sees 19,000 Cyberattacks Since Terror Rampage
Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to …
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Oklahoma to Resume Executions After 9-Month Delay
After a nearly nine-month delay prompted by a botched lethal injection last spring, Oklahoma plans to execute a death row inmate Thursday with the same three-drug method Florida intends to …
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US Loosens Embargo on Cuba, Making Trade and Travel Easier
The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as of Friday, significantly loosening restrictions on American trade and investment.
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Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There Are Limits to Free Expression
Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of speech, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.
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2 Friends Climb into History by Their Bloodied Fingertips
Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, become the first to free-climb the 3,000-foot rock formation known as El Capitan, a feat many had considered impossible.
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France Cracks Down on Hate Speech, Sends Carrier to Mideast
France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and those glorifying terrorism and announced Wednesday it was sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East …
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Police Killings Prompt Array of Bills in State Legislatures
With legislatures convening across the country, lawmakers are moving quickly to respond to one of the biggest stories of the past year, the police killings of unarmed residents in Missouri, …
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We Burn 2.7 Million Gallons a Minute, So Why's Oil So Cheap?
The price of a barrel of oil has fallen by more than half over the past six months because the globe, experts say, is awash in oil. So, where did …
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Sports
Vic Schaefer’s Fourteen
"We haven't done anything, yet." Those five words are probably not how most people would describe the Mississippi State University women's basketball team, a group of women who are off …
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Bryan's Rant
Peyton Manning’s Decision
Memorable athletes have fought back age and pain like they're pushing the sun back into the sky for one last game or several legendary performances.
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The Slate
As linked as they are, it seems insane that Tom Brady is playing in the AFC Championship Game this week, and Peyton Manning might be done. Or at least he …
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Music
2014: Music in Review
2014 was a great year for music lovers, with plenty of great new albums and reissues to breathe new life into old favorites. Here are some of my favorite musical …
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Food
A ‘Taste’ of Our Own
Tom Ramsey, the owner of Jackson's La Finestra restaurant, recently appeared on ABC's "The Taste," which is in its third season.
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Winterizing Your Skin
We all strive to protect our skin from sun damage in the summer, but colder weather brings about different problems for the skin. The biggest one is dryness.
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To Your (Musical) Health
So it's about time for those New Year's resolutions to kick in, and I'm sure many of you are going to the gym more often now. Here's a playlist to …
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Cosmetics: Does Beauty Benefit?
With the world becoming increasingly knowledgeable about harmful chemicals in beauty products, the demand for holistic practices is rising.
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Beating Weight Loss With the Blues
Everyone wants to lose weight, but few are willing to put in the work like Kiwana Thomas Gayden, who lost and kept off 40 pounds since 2013.
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Civil Rights
We Must Finish King’s Work
Unfortunately, many have reduced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a mere dreamer and tried to remove the work he was doing at the end of his life from all …
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City Needs A Stronger Customer-Relations Framework
After eight months in office, Mayor Tony Yarber points to his office's listening tours, which travel around the city and give citizens an opportunity to air their grievances, as one …
