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Officials: Senate Considered Phone Company Option

The Senate Intelligence Committee three years ago secretly considered — but ultimately rejected — alternate ways for the National Security Agency to collect and store massive amounts of Americans' phone …

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Diaz: Michelle Byrom Did Not Get a Fair Trial

Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Oliver E. Diaz jr. explains why Michelle Byrom did not get a fair trial and does not deserve to be executed. And he wants to …

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Same-Sex Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses in Hinds County

Same-Sex Couples applied for marriage licenses this morning at the Hinds County courthouse in Jackson.

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Giacomo Puccini

The Mississippi Opera Guild will perform Giacomo Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi" along with "Pagliacci," written by Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo, March 29 at First Baptist Church of Ridgeland.

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Malaysia Says Search to Shift to Smaller Area

China demanded Tuesday that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that a Malaysia Airlines jetliner had crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, killing all 239 on board. …

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Obama Meets Putin Ally with Ukraine Still in Mind

The thrust of his diplomatic efforts still focused on Ukraine, President Barack Obama met Tuesday with a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he continued his efforts to …

Education

Miss. College Savings Plan to Reopen Enrollment

A state board voted unanimously Monday to reopen enrollment this fall in the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition program.

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Secretary of State Kicks Watkins; Watkins Alleges Republican Politics

The secretary of state says David Watkins misused bond money; Watkins says it's all about politics.

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West Seeks to Isolate Russia Over Ukraine Dispute

Seeking to isolate Russia, the U.S. and Western allies declared Monday they are indefinitely cutting Moscow out of a major international coalition and warned they stand ready to order tougher …

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Ukraine to Face Its 'Graft Culture' Under Aid Plan

Reducing graft and red tape are set to be part of the conditions Ukraine will face in exchange for an international financial rescue package.

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U.S. Sends More Troops, Aircraft to Search for Kony

The U.S. is sending military aircraft and more forces to assist in the hunt for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony, more than doubling the number of American troops and airmen …

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'Significant' Oil Spill Closes U.S. Ship Channel

No timetable has been set to reopen a major U.S. shipping channel after nearly 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the Texas waterway, but more help was being called …

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Egypt Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters to Death

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in connection to an attack on a police station that killed a policeman, convicting …

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Ukraine Orders Troop Pullout from Crimea

Ukraine's fledgling government ordered troops to retreat from Crimea on Monday, ending days of wavering as Western leaders tried to present a unified response to Russia's increasingly firm control of …

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Obama to Try to Rally World to Isolate Russia

President Barack Obama delved into a day of delicate diplomacy Monday as he sought to rally the international community around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into Ukraine.

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Jackson Mayor Hopefuls Draw Battle Lines

In the first forum for the Jackson mayor's race, which the West Central Jackson Improvement Association hosted Thursday evening, several battlefronts emerged.

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Black Preschoolers More Likely to Face Suspension

Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools—even as tiny preschoolers.

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Nothing Spotted in Search for Jet, Australia Says

Search planes scoured a remote patch of the Indian Ocean but came back empty-handed Friday after a 10-hour mission looking for any sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, another …

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Putin Formally Gets Crimea; Ukraine, EU Sign Deal

President Vladimir Putin completed his annexation of Crimea on Friday, signing the Black Sea peninsula into Russia just as Ukraine itself sealed a deal pulling the country closer into Europe's …

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Devin Booker and Victoria Vivians

This Friday, the top senior boys and girls of Mississippi will face off against the top senior boys and girls from Alabama in the 24th annual Mississippi-Alabama All-Star Basketball games.