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Added Heat In Mississippi's Long-Simmering Forensics Scandal

2013-06-17T11:54:46Z

In January, I wrote a long feature on the Belzoni, Mississippi murder of Kathy Mabry, and how the 15-year-old crime casts light on the 20-year forensi...

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GOP Gov. Honors Civil Rights Leader

2013-06-12T16:45:42Z

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mississippi's governor says slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers helped create a "vastly different"...

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Former Civil Rights Activist Wins Miss. Mayor Race

2013-06-05T07:34:40Z

JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi attorney and one-time civil rights activist who was involved in a black nationalist group decades ago has been elected...

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Danny Glover: Americans Turn to South Africa for Aid

2013-06-04T14:40:31Z

The workers of South Africa have more freedom than the workers of Mississippi. As long as powerful corporations such as Nissan can use fear and threats to keep workers weak and without a voice, we will not be a land of opportunity for all.

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Dem Gov Offers Potential Breakthrough In Longstanding Dispute

2013-06-01T14:50:44Z

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said Saturday that separating the Great Lakes and Mississippi River systems is the "ultimate so...

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State Could Soon Jail Women For Stillbirths, Miscarriages

2013-05-23T09:46:55Z

On March 14, 2009, 31 weeks into her pregnancy, Nina Buckhalter gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. She named the child Hayley Jade. Two months later...

Wayne Pacelle: Puppy Mill Horror Uncovered in Mississippi

2013-05-22T15:40:28Z

Puppy mills, by definition,
come up short on animal welfare, taking moral and practical shortcuts in order
to churn out dogs for the pet trade - by co...

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Jerry Nelson: Ben Adler, Rockabilly Hall of Fame Member, Lives a Country Song

2013-05-21T09:50:26Z

It's a cliche to say that sometimes life is like a country song, but there still is some truth in it. Following the career 'upswing', Adler's home burned down. Recovering from that setback, he put together a new band called Cross Country -- only to be stopped by a heart attack.

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High Court Declines To Get Involved In Mississippi Battle

2013-05-20T11:49:42Z

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting.

T...

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NAACP Honors Medgar Evers' Memory

2013-05-16T09:15:46Z

JACKSON, Miss. — NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group's former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50...

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Southern State's Lone Abortion Clinic In Danger

2013-05-15T13:22:23Z

JACKSON, Miss. — It can't meet the mandates of a 2012 state law and the governor wants to shut it down, but Mississippi's only abortion clinic i...

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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Writes A Remarkably Poltical 'Dissent' To Willie Manning's Stay Of Execution

2013-05-08T12:25:17Z

I've done a lot of reporting on the criminal justice system in Mississippi. When confronted with overwhelming evidence of innocence, prosecutorial mis...

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Christopher Hayes: Last Minute Justice

2013-05-07T21:15:55Z

About three hours before he was to die by lethal injection, the Mississippi Supreme Court decided, 8 to 1 that, "It is therefore ordered that the motion to stay execution filed by Willie Jerome Manning is hereby granted pending further order of this court."

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Mississippi Prepares New Push On Education

2013-05-06T19:07:05Z

CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board....

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Execution Scheduled For Today Despite Mistakes Analyzing Evidence

2013-05-07T09:33:59Z

By Emily Lane JACKSON, Miss., May 6 (Reuters) - A Mississippi inmate is facing execution on Tuesday despite an admission last week by ...

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Gov't Search Left Former Ricin Suspect's Home Unlivable, Lawyer Claims

2013-04-29T22:14:12Z

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison rici...

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Jeff Danziger: Elvis Impersonator

2013-04-25T08:09:12Z

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National Trust for Historic Preservation: Legends Of The Mississippi Delta

2013-04-18T08:17:49Z

If you can't wait for the fall, take a virtual spin now of the featured tour stops.

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State's Only Abortion Clinic Gets Big Reprieve

2013-04-15T21:59:01Z

JACKSON, Miss. -- A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic.

U.S. Distr...

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Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Gets A Reprieve

2013-04-15T21:57:02Z

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Mississippi from revoking the license of the state's only abortion clinic.

U.S. ...

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Laura Merriman: How Deregulation Has Failed Mississippi

2013-04-15T19:59:38Z

In the gun debate, the "criminals will get guns and gun deaths will occur no matter what" argument is one that I hear often. There is extensive social science data demonstrating that policy interventions -- namely, regulation -- make for a healthier, safer society.

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Debra Devi: Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 3

2013-03-26T16:27:31Z

On my Mississippi Delta book tour for The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu I met people working together to develop a blues tourism industry with the potential to economically rescue the Delta -- the poorest region in our nation.

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The Center for Public Integrity: Discriminatory discipline: Feds and Mississippi school district reach agreement on changes

2013-03-25T16:05:13Z

By Susan FerrissThe Center for Public IntegrityA Mississippi school district under scrutiny for excessive punishment of black students has reached a...

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Mayor Indicted On Bribery Charge

2013-03-21T14:41:21Z

JACKSON, Miss. -- The mayor of Vicksburg, Miss., has been indicted on a federal bribery charge.

Federal court records show that Paul Winfield was ind...

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Most Obese State's GOP Governor Makes Super-Sized Move

2013-03-19T13:38:15Z

JACKSON, Miss. -- A new law in the most obese state in the nation says Mississippi cities and counties can't ban the Big Gulp or put other local regul...

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