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Community Events and Public Meetings
Dr. Younus Mirza talks about Al Qaeda and its role in current global issues tonight at 7 p.m. at Millsaps College.
Doctors: Flu Shot Still the Best Medicine
Mississippi doctors still say a flu shot is best medicine to avoid the bug.
Miss. to Vote on U.S. Offices, State Judicial Seats
Mississippi voters are preparing to choose one U.S. senator, four U.S. House members, four state Supreme Court justices and one judge for the state Court of Appeals.
Obama, Romney Pursue Last Votes in Deadlocked Race
With one day left, the president and his challenger storm through a final push.
National
Barbour: Hurricane Sandy Broke Romney's Momentum
"The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum. I don't think there's any question about it," former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Post-storm Construction Hiring May Aid U.S. Economy
Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. Those jobs, in turn, could raise economic growth, analysts say.
Prison Factories Caught in Private Biz Debate
Factories that employ convicted felons are at the heart of a simmering debate about whether prisons should be siphoning away jobs—and at much lower wages.
U.S. Officials: No Delays in Rescue Effort in Libya
CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate …
U.S. Economy Adds 171K Jobs
Solid job growth shows that the economy is strengthening slowly but consistently.
Stock Market Up After Good Jobs News
A pair of encouraging reports on employment sees stocks opening higher.
Politics
Gov. Phil Bryant Says Voters Should Voluntarily Show ID
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday that he thinks it would be a good idea for people in the state to voluntarily show identification when they vote, even though it's …
Talk
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Retard"
Like her male counterpart, Rush Limbaugh, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter is no stranger to slinging childish slurs when she can't come up with anything actually useful or intelligent to say.
Now It’s Serious
Things just got serious. We have less than a week until the election, and I hope everyone understands how close this race is.
Cover
The Candidates’ Plans: How Will They Affect Mississippi?
With less than a week before the presidential election, polls show the two frontrunners neck-and-neck in a campaign focused largely on health care and economic issues.
Food
What's in Your Food?
A black swan event is generally defined as an unforeseen catastrophe that only in hindsight seems obvious or inevitable.
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about on Wednesday.
Airports and Stock Exchange Reopen; NJ Devastated
Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue …
Obama to Visit Storm Victims as Campaign Rolls On
President Barack Obama put campaign battleground travel on hold to tour the ravaged New Jersey coast Wednesday, while down-to-the-wire campaigning resumed in swing state Florida that is critical to Republican …
Civil Rights
Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law
A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation's housing, President Nixon's housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign.
