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Mississippi News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | Officer.com

Benefit Held for Injured Mississippi Officer

Police officers from across central Mississippi came together for a benefit concert Wednesday night for a Jackson police officer shot in the line of duty.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

WAPT

Miss. Casino Gaming Revenue Up $2M In June

Mississippi casinos took in $237.8 million in June, about $2 million more than in May.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government

Desoto Times Online

State Democrats seem more orgaized than ever

Legendary cowboy humorist Will Rogers' famous remark that "I'm not a member of an organized political party...I'm a Democrat" has long aptly described Democrats in Mississippi.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Roger Wicker, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mississippi Government, Opinion

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Bishop Wants Appeals Court To Stop Execution

Death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop asked a federal appeals court Thursday to block his upcoming execution and consider the legality of Mississippi's method of lethal injection.

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Related Topix: US News, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, US Supreme Court, Mississippi Government

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Daily India

Gambling commission got Katrina aid

The Mississippi Gaming Commission received relief supplies initially intended for Hurricane Katrina victims, official documents indicate.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, FEMA, US News

WLOX

Private-land gator hunting begins in September

Mississippi wildlife officials will hold a pilot alligator hunt on privately owned land from September 26 to October 4. Program coordinator Ricky Flynt says private tracts in Warren, Issaquena, Yazoo, Hinds, ...

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Related Topix: Mississippi College

Laurel Leader-Call

Miss. inmates' lethal injection lawsuit dismissed

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday filed by four death row inmates who claim Mississippi's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it could cause pain.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, US Supreme Court

Wed Jul 16, 2008

AM1070-WDIA MEMPHIS

Mississippi death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop is scheduled to die July 23.

A group that opposes capital punishment says Gov. Haley Barbour should grant clemency to death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop, who is scheduled to die July 23.

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Related Topix: Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College, Mississippi Government, Capital University

The Clarion-Ledger

Younger, more aggressive leaders taking reins of Democratic, Republican parties in Mississippi

Mississippi's Democratic and Republican parties are being taken over by younger, more aggressive leaders.

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Related Topix: Mooreville, MS, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi College, Mississippi Government

Meridian Star

All I ever really needed to know ... I learned from Mississippians

I'm just returning from summer vacation with my family. Oh, my - did we have fun! Beach and sand, shopping and eating, lots of laughter, hugging and kissing family time, there's nothing better.

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Related Topix: Breakfast, Life, Food, Learned, MS, Opinion

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Picayune Item

Report: Dry weather ongoing concern for La., Miss.

A new report rates soil moisture at short or very short in over half of Louisiana and Mississippi, stoking farmers' concerns about their hay and grain crops.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Nas's latest fans flames of malcontent

The new 'Untitled' CD from Nas fails to live up the hype surrounding the ninth release by a rapper who sounds at his most conflicted and unmotivated.

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Related Topix: Music, Entertainment

The Clarion-Ledger

4 death row inmates want to block executions

The life of Mississippi death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop, scheduled to die next week, is back in the hands of a federal judge.

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Related Topix: US Supreme Court, US News, Mississippi Government

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Hattiesburg American

9th human West Nile case reported in Mississippi

JACKSON - The ninth human case of the West Nile virus in Mississippi has been confirmed in Pearl River County by health officials.

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Related Topix: Jackson, MS, West Nile Virus, Health, Pearl River County, MS, Hinds County, MS

WAPT.com

Hospital Group Threatens Legal Challenge

The Mississippi Hospital Association said that it may ask the courts to block Gov.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government

WLOX-TV Biloxi

South Mississippi Legislators Talk About Possible Solution To Medicaid Crisis

Governor Haley Barbour has already asked the Division of Medicaid to cut more than $375 million to offset the shortfall.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Healthcare Law, Law

Sunherald.com

Around South Mississippi

The Department of Marine Resources is scheduling Boat and Water Safety classes for July, August and September.

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Related Topix: Pascagoula, MS, Bay St. Louis, MS

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

Two sides to FEMA's surplus declaration

Last Sunday, I wrote about a recent visit to the Gulf Coast and the very complex problems that still confront many Mississippians there - problems of affordable housing, insurance woes and the difficulty in ...

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Hurricane, FEMA, US News

The Clarion-Ledger

Medicaid: Politics, not policy, at issue issue

Gov. Haley Barbour has formulated what appears to be a fair, sustainable funding mechanism for Medicaid in the long term that might, just might, keep Medicaid from being a political football every few years.

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Related Topix: Mississippi Government, Healthcare Law, Law

Clinton News

Serving the city of Clinton, Mississippi

STUDENT EARNS GRADUATION HONORS Rachel Ann Cliburn, daughter of former Clintonians Perry and Nancy Cliburn, was a top graduate this spring at Adlai E. Stevenson High in Lincolnshire, Ill.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Raymond, MS, Clinton, MS

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