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Mother: Daughter in Capitol Chase Was Depressed

The mother of a Connecticut woman who was shot to death by police after trying to breach a barrier at the White House said her daughter was suffering from post-partum …

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Karen Threatens U.S. During Quiet Hurricane Season

Tropical Storm Karen was poised to become the first named storm to hit the U.S. during what had been a relatively quiet hurricane season.

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D.C. Capitol Locked Down; Shots Heard Outside

A police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the U.S. Capitol, police said Thursday while putting the entire complex on lockdown.

City & County

Jackson Officials Back Robinson, Link McQuirter to GOP

Local officials expressed their full-throated supported for Hinds County District 2 contender Willie Robinson of Bolton.

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L.C. Greenwood

L.C. Greenwood, football legend and Canton native, passed away due to natural causes in a Pittsburgh hospital Sunday, Sept 29. He was 67.

National

Tropical Storm Karen Forms in the Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Karen has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, and a hurricane watch is in effect along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida.

Health Care

Online Delays Signal Strong Demand for Health Care

Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul.

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Remember the 1992 NLCS

One of the longest playoff droughts in North American sports ended last week. The Pittsburgh Pirates earned one of the two wild card berths in MLB's National League, ending the …

Sports

The Slate

Folks should feel some hope around Hattiesburg this week—not just about finally getting a winner in the mayoral election—but on the football field.

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A Maverick of Harmonica

Scott Albert Johnson’s personal history in music led him to playing the harmonica.

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Street Corner Symphony's Modern A Capella

A cappella group Street Corner Symphony performs Oct. 11 at Duling Hall.

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‘Rush’: Fast, Furious Boys

Chris Hemsworth plays a Formula 1 racecar driver in Ron Howard’s “Rush.”

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Vermeer: Love and Leisure

Filmmaker Phil Grabsky’s newest exhibition film “Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure” allows viewers to see Vermeer—artist of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” above—in a new way.

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Yoga for Sleep

This is part two in an instructional yoga series, each part focused on yoga positions for different purposes.

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Scandinavian Sightseeing

When I first considered going to Norway, it was really hard to think of anything that I knew about the country, other than it has some weird-looking extra letters in …

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Fighting the Power in Kemper County

Barbara Correro's house sits just off an unpaved road of sandy, bright-red clay and under a canopy of shortleaf and southern yellow pine, sweetgum, oak, flowering dogwood, elm and hickory …

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Last of the Letter Writers

Sandy Margolis, the last of the letter writers, died at age 74 two years ago this September.

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Help When It’s Needed

Recently, fast-food workers across the country went on strike. They asked for something fairly simple: a living wage. Make no mistake: The multinational companies that employ these workers can afford …

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Hinds County Supervisor's Battle: Round 2

The fields have narrowed—somewhat—and only a few contenders remain for two seats on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.

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Anthony Jones

During a historic home renovation in Raymond, the owner brought Anthony Jones, the director of the project, reclaimed items including wood flooring and archways. Jones loved the opportunity to work …