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Tackling ‘Race’ at New Stage

Is racial prejudice a malignancy that lies in the remote far corners of the basement of all of our brains—even if only the size of a mustard seed—just waiting to …

Business

Union Backers Say Nissan Threatens Plant Closure

Pro-union workers said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. has threatened to close its Canton assembly plant if workers vote for the United Auto Workers to represent them, though the company …

State

Crews Aim to Start Removing Oil from Damaged Barge

The Coast Guard says crews hope to start work Wednesday to remove thousands of gallons of oil from a damaged barge on the Mississippi River, but it's not clear how …

Economy

Slow U.S. Economic Growth in Q4 May Hide Strength

Most economists agree that Wednesday's snapshot of U.S. economic growth is going to look dismal.

National

GOP Lawmakers See Automatic Cuts as Leverage

Driven by frustration over deficits and debt, Republican conservatives are pushing a politically risky move to permit painfully large automatic spending cuts to strike the Pentagon and domestic programs alike …

National

Giffords to Speak at Senate Gun Violence Hearing

Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will appear as an unscheduled witness Wednesday at the year's first congressional hearing on curbing gun violence, adding drama to a session that was already …

Economy

US Economy Shrinks 0.1 Pct., 1st Time in 3½ Years

The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December for the first time since 2009.

Education

Bills Would Combine Miss. School Districts

Bills passed Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee would merge the Clay County and West Point school districts and give agricultural high schools in Coahoma and Hinds counties to the …

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Restaurants, SBA, BBB, New Paper Plant and Zippity Doo Dah

Babalu Tacos and Tapas led a December food drive that collected more than 1,000 cans of food for Stewpot Community Services.

State

Oil Leak: Miss. River at Vicksburg Remains Closed

Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean …

National

Katrina's Scars Harder to See as Super Bowl Looms

New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 …

National

Money Fears vs. Real Benefits in Medicaid Choice

President Barack Obama thinks his health care law makes states an offer they can't refuse.

National

FACT CHECK: The Stretched Case Against Chuck Hagel

Republican-leaning groups opposing President Barack Obama's choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department have let loose a barrage of claims about the former GOP senator.

National

Transportation Secretary to Leave Administration

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, said Tuesday he plans to leave the Obama administration.

Economy

Report: States Force Jobless to Pay Needless Fees

Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary bank fees to collect unemployment benefits.

World

Egypt in Show of Defiance Against Islamist Leader

Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt's three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing …

National

Senate Nears Vote on $50.5B Bill for Sandy Victims

Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate moved Monday toward passing a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid after …

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Community Events and Public Meetings

An American Board Teaching Information Session will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at YMCA Downtown Jackson.

City & County

Jackson Group Taking Aim at Mid-City Area

Working Together Jackson, a network of local community groups, has been quietly developing a new strategy for fighting blight, a problem that has at times seemed too daunting to solve.

Economy

Fragile Economy, Other Global Woes Dominated Davos

More than 2,500 of the best and brightest in business, government, academia and civic life gathered for the five-day World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.