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  1. Board could name state education superintendent by fallRead the original story

    Friday May 17 | Mississippi Business Journal

    JACKSON - Mississippi could choose its new state superintendent of education by October.

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  2. What American City Was Just Named the 'Laziest'?Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday May 17 | KLZZ-FM Saint Cloud

    ... people to work out and money spent on video games. If you're too lazy to read on, let's just get it out of the way: Jackson, Mississippi, the state's capital, has the dubious honor of finishing first. If you're wondering why it took the state so ...

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  3. 5 hurt as vehicle crashes into McDonald'sRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | KARE-TV Minneapolis

    BYRAM, Miss. - A sport utility truck has plowed into the children's play area of a McDonald's restaurant outside of Jackson, Miss., injuring five people.

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  4. Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded policeRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | WTVF Nashville

    ... says President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials appears to have ...

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  5. NAACP board honors Evers' memory in Miss. capitalRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | WTVF Nashville

    ... singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game - President Barack Obama's health care law. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group's former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, ...

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  6. Mississippi company pleads guilty to illegally filling wetlandsRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | The Mississippi Press

    ... is expected to be scheduled for trial over the next few months. According to charges filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., when HCL purchased the property it was informed by a wetland expert that as much as 80 percent of its land was ...

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  7. Class of 2013: live with compassionRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | Hudson Valley Press

    ... 16th Street Baptist Church, and civil rights hero Medgar Evers was assassinated in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Now 50 years later, we have witnessed the second inauguration of the nation's first Black president. While many of ...

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  8. 5 hurt as vehicle crashes into Miss. McDonald'sRead the original story

    Friday May 17 | The Las Vegas Sun

    A sport utility truck has plowed into the children's play area of a McDonald's restaurant outside of Jackson, Miss., injuring five people.

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  9. Mayor Greg Davis Testifies, Defends City Spending in Civil TrialRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | MyEyeWitnessNews.com

    Southaven Mayor Greg Davis took the stand Thursday in his civil trial, which reconvened Monday in Jackson, Mississippi.

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  10. Medgar Evers' widow, NAACP Ceo honor solemn anniversaryRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | USA Today

    ... rights leader on Thursday. Nearly 50 years ago, a young up-and-coming civil rights leader, husband and father in Jackson, Miss., was shot and killed outside of his home. Today, Medgar Evers' window, Myrlie Evers-WIlliams, NAACP CEO Benjamin Todd ...

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  11. Only on 5: Southaven Mayor's partner subpoenaed to testifyRead the original story

    Monday May 13 | WMC-TV Memphis

    ... whispers. I've lost friends over it," said Fair. The state subpoenaed Fair to testify in Greg Davis' civil trial in Jackson, MS. Fair has a theory why. "Obviously, I was the only gay guy called, and the only person who went on trips ... Everybody ...

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  12. Andrew Covington made Eco-Systems partnerRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Mississippi Business Journal

    Andrew Covington has been made partner at Eco-Systems, an environmental consulting and engineering firm headquartered in Jackson.

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  13. Judges, lawyers named Mississippi Bar fellowsRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Mississippi Business Journal

    Fellows Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Virginia Carlton, Chancery Judge Carter O. Bise and Circuit Judges Kathy King Jackson and Jannie M. Lewis have been named Fellows of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.

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  14. Beth Israel vandalism investigated as hate crimeRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | WAPT-TV Jackson

    ... en replaced and the scratches painted over, she said. "The Jewish community is a long-standing, integral part of the Jackson area, no question, and very well integrated and accepted in the community," Cohen said.

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  15. Real estate company paying $1M for compromising wetlandsRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | Mississippi Business Journal

    ... and is expected to be scheduled for trial over the next few months. According to charges filed in federal court in Jackson, when HCL purchased the property it was informed by a wetland expert that as much as 80 percent of its land was federally ...

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  16. Missing Alzheimer's patient found, Silver Alert canceledRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday May 16 | WAPT-TV Jackson

    ... of a missing Alzheimer's patient when they got the call that he had been found. Paul White, 78, walked away from his Jackson home around midnight, according to his nephew, Mike Crook. He was found about 10:30 a.m. at the Reserve of Jackson, which is ...

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  17. Post office employee charged with mail theftRead the original story

    Thursday May 16 | WAPT-TV Jackson

    ... items entrusted to him for delivery in September in Leake County. He was indicted Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Jackson. Court records did not list an attorney for Gilbert.

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  18. Sinkhole frustrates motorists on Jackson roadwayRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | WAPT-TV Jackson

    "The city isn't doing anything to this. We haven't seen a truck out here working on this in I can't tell you how long, and this has been going on for months," resident Anthony Puckett said.

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  19. Magazine ranks Jackson as country's laziest cityRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | WAPT-TV Jackson

    ... listed 100 cities and ranked them based on the activity level of residents. "It's a good bet that most residents of Jackson, Mississippi, don't know the phrase 'lazy days of summer.' To them, every day is a good day to avoid expending energy," read ...

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  20. Only abortion clinic in Mississippi fights to stay openRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | Newms360.com

    In this April 15, 2013 photograph, abortion opponent Corrie Zastrow, left, calls out to patients while clinic escorts secure signs on the front gates to prevent abortion opponents from visually confronting patients as they enter the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss.

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