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Palazzo: Oil Rigs are 'Critical Habitat'

Congressmen from Mississippi and Alabama want the Department of Interior to stop demolishing inactive offshore oil rigs until more study details the dangers to Gulf of Mexico fish species.

Business

Dow Closes at Highest Level of Year, Nears Record

The Dow rose to its highest close of the year, putting it within 1 percent of its record. Stocks gained after impressive results from two big consumer brands.

National

Signs of Unity in a Divided Congress

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday night produced fleeting moments of bipartisanship in a divided Congress.

World

Coroner: Soft Drinks May Need Health Warnings

A New Zealand food industry association on Wednesday rejected a coroner's call to add health warnings to soft-drink labels following the 2010 death of a woman who drank about 2 …

Business

Comcast Doubles Down on TV in $16.7B Deal for NBCU

Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as the growth of …

National

Obama Proposals Face Quick Opposition in Congress

President Barack Obama set up high-stakes clashes with Republicans over guns, immigration, taxes and climate change in his State of the Union address.

Education

Senate Approves Bill to Appoint Superintendents

State senators are pushing again to end election of school superintendents in Mississippi.

National

Senate Panel Approves Hagel for Pentagon Chief

A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday voted to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary at a time of turmoil for the …

National

Senate Dems, GOP Clash Over Need for New Gun Curbs

The toll of gun violence and the widespread disgust it has generated makes it time for new federal gun curbs that balance public safety with gun rights, Democrats said Tuesday …

Domestic Violence

Senate Approves Anti-Violence Against Women Act

By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have …

National

Obama: Half of U.S. Combat Troops Home Within 1 year

President Barack Obama's decision to bring home within a year about half of the 66,000 U.S. troops now in Afghanistan will shrink the force to the size he found it …

National

Del. Courthouse Gunman Was Ex-Father-in-Law

A 68-year-old man whose son was engaged in a bitter custody battle was identified Tuesday as the gunman who opened fire in a Delaware courthouse lobby, killing his former daughter-in-law …

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Education Plans Could Prove Costly

Facing a Valentine's Day deadline to pass general legislation, Mississippi House and Senate legislators are zipping through more than 200 bills to clear their respective calendars.

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New Grocery Store, Employment Expo, Home Loans, and Surety Bonds

Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. attended the grand opening of LCD Foods' third Jackson Save-A-Lot Grocery Store Feb. 2.

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Margaret Wrinkle

Southern writers have a legacy quite unlike writers from the rest of the country.

National

Mardi Gras Winds Up on Miss. Coast

Organizers say Fat Tuesday parades on the Mississippi Gulf Coast will roll as scheduled Tuesday despite the chance of rain.

State

Mississippi Twister Carves Long Path of Wreckage

The powerful twister tore a path across at least three counties, injuring more than 80 people—but residents marveled that no one died.

National

Senate Panel to Vote on Defense Nominee Hagel

Chuck Hagel—Republican, twice-wounded Vietnam combat veteran and former Nebraska senator—faces his first major hurdle in his bid to become the nation's defense secretary as a bitterly divided Senate Armed Services …

World

North Korea Conducts Third Controversial Nuke Test

Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast, taking a crucial step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough …

World

Retiring Pope Benedict XVI in Uncharted Territory

For months, construction crews have been renovating a four-story building attached to a monastery on the northern edge of the Vatican gardens where nuns would live for a few years …