GOP Lawmaker Wants Creationism, Climate Denial Allowed In Classrooms

"To say that creationism as a theory is any less valuable than any other theory that nobody can scientifically prove I just think is being close-minded."
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Mississippi's Attorney General Wants To Bring Back Execution By Firing Squad

And the electric chair. And hanging. And the gas chamber.
By Reuters

Gun Shop Owner And Son Die In Shootout Over $25 Service Charge

Investigators don't know whether the customers or the owners started the shooting Saturday afternoon at McLemore Gun Shop near Picayune, Miss.
By AP

Councilman Screws Up Important Message By Telling People To Throw Rocks At Cops

Violence against police is unacceptable -- but so are high-speed chases in pursuit of shoplifting suspects.
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Southern States Brace After U.S. Floods Kill At Least 31 People

"All that water's coming south and we have to be ready for it," Louisiana Lieutenant Governor-Elect Billy Nungesser told CNN.
By Reuters

Mississippi River Seeing Near-Record Flood Levels As Death Toll Climbs

Illinois' governor has declared disasters in seven counties as hundreds of homes face a rare winter flood being blamed for at least 20 deaths.
By Jim Salter and Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press