Mississippi

Jimmy Buffett Talks About His Return To The Gulf Coast

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrew Burmon | Posted 05.22.2012

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America's poet laureate of shiftlessness sounds downright determined when he talks about bringing his come-as-you-are kingdom to the benighted shores ...

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The Importance of Choice

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 05.21.2012

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After being raped by two men when I was just fifteen years old, I understand the value of choice. Maybe that's because I never had one. The trauma I e...

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Deadly Prison Riot Was Started By Gang, Sheriff Says

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.22.2012

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By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. -- As many as 300 inmates, some of them armed with makeshift weapons such as broomsticks, rioted ...

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GOP Lawmaker Slams Gays With Bible Passage Calling For Their Death

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.18.2012

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Mississippi state Rep. Andy Gipson (R) weighed in on President Barack Obama's gay marriage decision last week, invoking a bible passage that calls for...

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Fake Cop Arrested; Authorities Checking For LInk To Murders By Phony Officer

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.17.2012

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A man was taken into custody today for allegedly pulling over two drivers and posing as a cop -- but police haven't yet drawn a connection between him...

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Mississippi Highway Killer May Be Dressed As Cop, Ready To Strike Again

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.17.2012

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The person who shot two people to death along Mississippi highways possibly while dressed as a police officer is likely a meticulous and organized kil...

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Video Shows Doctor's Murder-For-Hire Plot Targeting Ex's Divorce Lawyer, Cops Say

AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.16.2012

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GREENWOOD, Miss. — A well-known Mississippi oncologist accused of orchestrating a plot to kill his ex-wife's divorce lawyer said he wanted a pic...

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GOP Lawmaker Lauds Potential Return Of 'Coat Hanger' Abortions

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.15.2012

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Republican Mississippi state Rep. Bubba Carpenter recently gave a callous assessment of a state anti-abortion law that critics have cautioned could cl...

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Highway Shooter May Be Posing As Cop, Pulling Victims Over

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ and HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 05.14.2012

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HERNANDO, Miss. — Two shooting victims along Mississippi highways may have been killed by someone who posed as law enforcement and pulled them o...

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North Carolina Gov Apologizes For Bashing Mississippi

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.14.2012

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CORRECTION: This story embarrassingly took Bev Perdue's spoof Twitter account at face value -- here is her real one -- to produce the following: No...

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Mississippi Gov Responds To North Carolina Gov's Jab

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 05.11.2012

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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday it was "petty" for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue to insult Mississippi while bemo...

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N.C. Gov Uses Fellow Southern State To Slam Amendment 1

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.11.2012

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North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue (D) said Friday that she was embarrassed by voters' passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state's constituti...

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Amy LaVere Among the Wander(ing) Women Here to Stay

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.02.2012

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Even though she's lived and worked in Memphis since 1999, singer-songwriter-actress Amy LaVere isn't tied down to one place or, for that matter, one career.

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War on Women in Mississippi, Dolores Huerta Gets Honored

El Chanclaso | Posted 04.28.2012

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Un gran aplauso to President Obama for announcing that Dolores Huerta, the legendary civil rights and labor leader, will be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom along with 12 other outstanding individuals.

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Education Reform in Mississippi: Hopes and Possibilities

Matthew Lynch, Ed.D. | Posted 04.24.2012

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Substantial educational change will never occur in Mississippi until its citizens decide that enough is enough and make a commitment to change, no matter what it takes.

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Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law Arriving At Supreme Court This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the federal government's challenge to the Grand Canyon state's contro...

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Republican Propositions on Women's Reproductive Rights: A Move Toward Sharia Law?

Anisa Noormohamed | Posted 04.11.2012

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The issues surrounding the debate on abortion and reproductive rights seem to be the same across the globe, whether in Muslim countries or in America.

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Mississippi Has Highest Rate Of Teen Pregnancies In The U.S.

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

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ATLANTA, April 10 (Reuters) - Mississippi has the highest teen birthrate in the nation while New Hampshire has the lowest, the Centers for Disease C...

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Mississippi Bill May Force State's Only Abortion Clinic To Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 04.05.2012

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By Robbie Ward STARKVILLE, Miss., April 4 (Reuters) - The Mississippi state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to impose new regulation...

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Mississippi Residents Find Death Along Oily Gulf Shores

Rocky Kistner | Posted 05.29.2012

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As the second anniversary of the worst offshore oil spill in history approaches, the signs are not good that things will return to normal anytime soon.

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Snapshots Of A Disappearing Delta

Posted 03.28.2012

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Few places other can claim as much in the way of the musical style as the Mississippi Delta; however, as much as the Delta is known as "the birthplace...

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JSU Football Players May Have Beaten Student Before Shooting Him, Mother Claims

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.28.2012

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Nolan Ryan Henderson's mother says her son was beaten by more than a dozen Jackson State University football players before he was shot in the face ov...

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Officials: Student Shot To Death At Mississippi State University

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

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STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Sunday expressed his sorrow at the shooting deaths of two college students in the state over...

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WATCH: Haley Barbour Slams Obama Administration Over Religious Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Goldberg | Posted 04.12.2012

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The Huffington Post caught up on Thursday with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour outside of New York's famed Loews Regency Hotel. In addition to d...

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WATCH: Haley Barbour Weighs In On GOP Presidential Contest

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Goldberg | Posted 04.12.2012

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NEW YORK -- GOP power broker Haley Barbour told The Huffington Post on Thursday that the party has yet to coalesce around Mitt Romney, and that Saturd...

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