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Money Fears vs. Real Benefits in Medicaid Choice

President Barack Obama thinks his health care law makes states an offer they can't refuse.

FACT CHECK: The Stretched Case Against Chuck Hagel

Republican-leaning groups opposing President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department have let loose a barrage of claims about the former GOP senator.

Obama Launches Push for Immigration Overhaul

Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as …

Senate Panel to Vote on Kerry Nomination Tuesday

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama's nomination of Sen. John Kerry to be the next secretary of state.

Transportation Secretary to Leave Administration

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, said Tuesday he plans to leave the Obama administration.

Report: States Force Jobless to Pay Needless Fees

Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary bank fees to collect unemployment benefits.

Obama Asks Police to Help Pass Gun Legislation

President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of …

Masked 'Black Bloc' a Mystery in Egypt Unrest

An unpredictable new element has entered Egypt's wave of political unrest: a mysterious group of masked young men called the Black Bloc who present themselves as the defenders of protesters …

Egypt in Show of Defiance Against Islamist Leader

Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt's three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing …

Scouts Considering Retreat from No-Gays Policy

The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders—a potentially dramatic retreat from an exclusionary nationwide …

Senate Nears Vote on $50.5B Bill for Sandy Victims

Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate moved Monday toward passing a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid after …

Johnson Asks for Four More Years

A chant of "Four more years, four more years," sprang from the crowd of a few dozen supporters as Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. took the stage at Fondren Plaza Saturday …

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Connie Brown

Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Connie Brown knew she was destined to one day be a business owner as well.

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Community Events and Public Meetings

An American Board Teaching Information Session will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at YMCA Downtown Jackson.

Jackson Group Taking Aim at Mid-City Area

Working Together Jackson, a network of local community groups, has been quietly developing a new strategy for fighting blight, a problem that has at times seemed too daunting to solve.

Business is Mushrooming at Potts Camp Farm

Looking more like a doctor in a medical science lab than a farmer, Ben Dickey, of Dickey Mushroom Farms, explains that growing mushrooms is more science than gardening.

Fragile Economy, Other Global Woes Dominated Davos

More than 2,500 of the best and brightest in business, government, academia and civic life gathered for the five-day World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.

Aging America: Elder Abuse Can Take Many Forms

As many as 2 million older Americans are abused in various ways each year, experts estimate.

Deadly Smoke, Lone Blocked Exit: 230 Die in Brazil

A fast-moving fire roared through a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, filling the air in seconds with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than …

Washington Casts Wary Eye at Muslim Brotherhood

President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between …