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France Girds for New Threats Amid Mali Operation
France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that the French could be targeted within …
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Biz Roundup
Nissan, Cafe, Caterpillar, Mississippi Works
To celebrate its 10 successful years in Mississippi, Nissan Motor Company announced that it is moving production of its Murano crossover vehicles from Kyushu, Japan, to the facility in Canton …
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State of Emergency Declared Over Miss. Ice Storm
An ice storm warning was out for much of the Mississippi Delta until 6 p.m. Tuesday as motorists were being warned of continuing icy conditions on roads and bridges—a warning …
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Cost-Cut Talk is Long on Emotion, Short on Details
In the heated talk about deep spending cuts that will dominate Congress in the coming weeks, one thing is likely to be in short supply: details.
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Smallest State is Big Battleground on Gay Marriage
Supporters of same-sex marriage rights plan to assemble at the Rhode Island Statehouse to urge lawmakers to make the smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to …
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Gingrich: GOP Unwise to Pick Fight on Debt Limit
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says House Republicans are making a mistake by using the issue of increasing the borrowing limit to challenge President Barack Obama on spending issues.
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NY Seals 1st State Gun Laws Since Newtown Massacre
New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban …
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Miss. Lawmakers Eye Mandatory Kindergarten
At least three senators have introduced bills that would require 5-year-olds to attend school, and at least one House member also plans such a bill.
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2012 Military Suicides Hit a Record High of 349
Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow …
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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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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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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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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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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 …
