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UCLA Ends Bulldogs' 2013 Championship Drive

"As far as Mississippi State goes, they'll be back," Bulldogs shortstop Adam Frazier said.

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Texas Abortion Bill Blocked by Last-Minute 'People's Filibuster'

Initially, Republicans insisted the vote started before the midnight deadline and passed the bill that Democrats spent the day trying to kill. But after official computer records and printouts of …

Education

Miss. Charter School Advocates Form Association

Groups that pushed the passage of Mississippi's new charter school law are forming an association to promote and nurture the schools.

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Convention Center Hotel Plans Announced

In a joint press conference, Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr., and Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba announced a deal to build a convention center hotel.

World

Putin: 'Nyet' to U.S. Request to Turn Over Snowden

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the first official acknowledgment of the whereabouts of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday and promptly rejected U.S. pleas to turn him over.

Immigration

GOP Divided on Immigration; House Uncertain

Senate Republicans are split over the immigration bill steaming toward approval at week's end, a divide that renders the ultimate fate of White House-backed legislation unpredictable in the House and …

Civil Rights

A Look at 48 Years of the Voting Rights Act

The voting law that became a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power is now outdated, the Supreme Court says.

National

Texas Senator Filibusters Against Abortion Bill

Wearing pink tennis shoes to prepare for nearly 13 consecutive hours of standing, a Democratic Texas state senator on Tuesday began a one-woman filibuster to block a GOP-led effort that …

Economy

Reports Reflect Fed's Message of Stronger Economy

The U.S. housing recovery is strengthening. Factories are fielding more orders. And Americans' confidence in the economy has reached its highest point in 5½ years.

National

Bulldogs Lose 3-1 to UCLA in Opener of CWS Finals

Mississippi State coach John Cohen couldn't help but think about the what-ifs. What if UCLA's Kevin Kramer hadn't swung at a third strike in the dirt and eventually come around …

State

Kellogg Donates $3.8M in Grants to Miss. Groups

Mississippi community organizations that work to advance racial equity and racial healing for young men of color will receive $3.8 million in grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

National

Zimmerman Portrayed as Vigilante in Fla. Shooting

George Zimmerman was fed up with "punks" getting away with crime and shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin "because he wanted to," not because he had to, prosecutors argued Monday.

World

Taliban Attack Presidential Palace in Kabul

Taliban militants with false papers and military-style uniforms bluffed their way through two checkpoints on their way to Afghanistan's presidential palace Tuesday before jumping out of their explosives-packed vehicle and …

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Hosemann: Miss. Voter ID a Go as SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act

It wasn't terribly surprising given the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the nation's high court officially gutted the most important provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in …

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lululemon, Ciao Bella and Mobile Marketing

lululemon athletica, a yoga, running and other athletic apparel manufacturer, is opening a new location in Fondren this August inside the former Fisher Galleries (3100 N. State St.) location.

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Allen Cooper and Eric Hunter

Recently, around 200 cadets from Junior Reserve Officers' Training Course programs across Mississippi participated in a Leader's Training Course at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

National

Texas Senate Set for Filibuster Finale on Abortion

A sweeping bill that would effectively shut down most abortion clinics across the nation's second most-populous state has stalled in the Texas Senate, and a Democratic filibuster that will only …

National

Power Plant Limits at Center of Obama Climate Plan

Taking climate change efforts into his own hands, President Barack Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on …

World

Russia Rejects U.S. Demand for Snowden's Extradition

Russia's foreign minister bluntly rejected U.S. demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, saying Tuesday that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border.

Civil Rights

High Court Voids Key Part of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with an up-to-date formula for deciding which states …