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US Condemns Comments from Egypt's Morsi

The Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews and called for him to repudiate what …

Wal-Mart to Hire Vets, Buy American

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and the biggest private employer in the U.S. with 1.4 million workers here, said Tuesday that it is rolling out a three-part plan …

From Misery to Tragedy in Egyptian Train Crash

At a station just outside of Cairo before dawn Tuesday, the train's last car jumped the track, slammed into a parked train, and then was dragged for several kilometers.

France Girds for New Threats Amid Mali Operation

France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that the French could be targeted within …

Nissan, Cafe, Caterpillar, Mississippi Works

To celebrate its 10 successful years in Mississippi, Nissan Motor Company announced that it is moving production of its Murano crossover vehicles from Kyushu, Japan, to the facility in Canton …

Susie Harvill

Susie Harvill wondered why the prostitutes disappeared from Biloxi's entertainment districts. She found them in our backyards.

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Danny Glover Backs Union Protest Against Nissan

Actor Danny Glover has joined supporters of unionization for workers at a Nissan Motor Co. assembly plant in Mississippi demonstrating outside the North American International Auto Show.

Smallest State is Big Battleground on Gay Marriage

Supporters of same-sex marriage rights plan to assemble at the Rhode Island Statehouse to urge lawmakers to make the smallest state the 10th to allow gay and lesbian couples to …

Gingrich: GOP Unwise to Pick Fight on Debt Limit

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says House Republicans are making a mistake by using the issue of increasing the borrowing limit to challenge President Barack Obama on spending issues.

NY Seals 1st State Gun Laws Since Newtown Massacre

New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, calling for a stricter assault weapons ban …

Oprah: Lance Armstrong Admitted Doping

Lance Armstrong has finally come clean.

2012 Military Suicides Hit a Record High of 349

Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow …

New Cemetery Endangers Egypt's Ancient Necropolis

In this more than 4,500-year-old pharaonic necropolis, Egypt's modern rituals of the dead are starting to encroach on its ancient ones.

Feds Replace Foreclosure Review With $8.5 Billion Settlement

The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government's largest effort to compensate …

April Ulmer

Madison native April Ulmer is launching a new student-aid program this Friday.

Community Events and Public Meetings

The Jackson State University Summer Internship Fair is Jan. 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at the New Engineering Building in room 100 and the atrium.

A Disconnect Between Violence and Television

If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.

Hitting the Debt Limit: What Bills Would Be Paid?

In the summer of 2011, when a debt crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks unless …

Colin Powell Says GOP Having 'An Identity Problem'

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem."

Miss. Lt. Gov. Proposes Armed Guards in Schools

Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is proposing a $7.5 million program to help schools hire trained and armed law enforcement officers to work on campus.