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States Wrestle with 'Gambling' Rooms in Fla. Probe
The charity-run businesses under investigation in a Florida gambling probe started popping up in strip malls about six years ago and rapidly spread as the unregulated stores became a billion-dollar …
Gay Marriage: Senator's Shift, GOP Soul-Searching
A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics—and views on emotional issues—are changing fast.
U.S. to Beef Up Missile Defense Against N. Korea
The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on …
City Fires 'Celebrate Jackson' PR Firm
Jackson has fired Fahrenheit Creative as the leader of the Celebrate Jackson marketing campaign.
Cyprus Bailout Deposit Tax Rattles Markets
The tax on depositors was a significant policy shift that has stoked fears of bank runs in other troubled European economies.
AP Exclusive: Karzai Opponents Talk to Taliban
Afghan opposition parties, frustrated with the government's lack of progress in making peace with the Taliban, have opened their own channel for negotiations with militant groups in hopes of putting …
Saddam's Specter Lives On in Iraqi Landmarks
The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son was said to torture underperforming …
China Becomes World's Fifth Largest Arms Exporter
China has bypassed Britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, a Swedish think tank said Monday.
Palestinians Unenthusiastic About Obama Visit
President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the region.
Mississippi Museum of Art Hosts French Exhibit
In a Family Corner of the upcoming major French painting exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art, artist Ginger Williams-Cook has re-created a Renoir painting of Monet's gardens to give …
Olen Burrage, Suspect in 1964 Klan Slayings, Dies
Olen Burrage, who was acquitted in the case of three civil rights workers killed by Ku Klux Klansmen in Mississippi in the 1960s, has died. He was 82.
Analysis: Not Every Bill is a Headline Grabber
The first two bills that Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed during the 2013 legislative session dealt with money.
Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Sweet Potato Queens headline the series of Zippity Doo Dah events March 21-23 that include a parade March 23 at 7 p.m.
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Kathleen See
Saturday, March 23, the Mississippi Children's Museum is hosting "Question It? Discover It!" a monthly program sponsored by Children's Healthcare of Mississippi, which is part of the University of Mississippi …
Health Care
Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To Rural Health Care Needs?
With a tradition more than 100 years old, osteopathic physicians are hardly the new doctors in town.
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Hinds Faces Jail Repairs Catch-22
Hinds County still doesn't have the money it needs to fix a housing unit at the Raymond Detention Center damaged during an inmate uprising last summer.
Medicaid Status Could Affect State Finances
Mississippi House Democratic leader Bobby Moak says the state could hurt its own financial standing if it rejects Medicaid expansion.
Police Say Fla. College Student Plotted Attack
A college student with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday in what may have been an attempt …
Congress Works on Budget for 2013 and Future
Congress is finally cleaning up its unfinished budget business for the 2013 budget year.
Cyprus Seeks to Alleviate Pain from Deposit Raid
Cypriot government officials sought Tuesday to alleviate the pain on small savers from a plan to raid bank deposits that has caused outrage in the country and sent jitters through …
