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U.S. Officials: No Delays in Rescue Effort in Libya

CIA security officers went to the aid of State Department staff less than 25 minutes after they got the first call for help during the attack on the U.S. Consulate …

U.S. Economy Adds 171K Jobs

Solid job growth shows that the economy is strengthening slowly but consistently.

Lawsuit: Jackson Special Education Plan Not Enough

Lawyers for three disabled students say the state's plan to take over special education in Jackson city schools is not good enough.

How Big Business Wants to Shrink the Electorate

Astonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter-identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures in …

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Obama Making Up for Lost Time After Storm Hiatus

President Barack Obama dives back into campaigning after three days immersed in managing the federal response to the storm that battered the East Coast. The contours of the presidential race …

Politicos Mix With Business People at MEC Event

Mississippi Republican Roger Wicker says he wants another term in the U.S. Senate to continue fighting bureaucracy and seeking ways to cut budgets and promote American energy.

Few Wins; Some Bad Losses

It was a tough football weekend for most Mississippi colleges. The only two four-year schools to win on the last Saturday of October were Ole Miss and Belhaven.

[The Slate] The Best In Sports In 7 Days

Baseball is over, but the NBA returns this week. Everyone will be looking to catch the Miami Heat in the spring.

Protecting the Kids

On Oct. 24, after an eight-month investigation and two months of unsuccessfully trying to negotiate with the defendants, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the county, the …

Artists by Artists

‘You know, this means something to me.’ I know these people, and I respect their work, and I bet other artists around the state have similar things in their collections …

Not Done Yet

After more than 35 years and a dozen albums, Alejandro Escovedo is a musician’s musician and a critics’ darling.

Nobody as Good: 7evenThirty

“Y’all know me as Marques. We hang out; we’re friends. Y’all know me on a personal level. Now, it is happening more that people only know me as 7evenThirty. That …

You & JFP

Name: Bryan Doyle Location: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. Age: 28 Occupation: Journalist, POLITICO

Now It’s Serious

Things just got serious. We have less than a week until the election, and I hope everyone understands how close this race is.

On Values and Votes

Though we shared our precious faith, we did not altogether share the same politics.

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The Candidates’ Plans: How Will They Affect Mississippi?

With less than a week before the presidential election, polls show the two frontrunners neck-and-neck in a campaign focused largely on health care and economic issues.

Factcheck: Morris, Nunnelee Debate in Oxford

On Oct. 25, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (1st District) met Democratic challenger Brad Morris, an Oxford attorney, at the University of Mississippi for a half-hour face-off.

Health-Care Industry Needs Healthy Workers

It's no secret that when it comes to the health of Mississippians, we rank at or near the bottom of nearly every well-being marker, from obesity to infant mortality.

Airports and Stock Exchange Reopen; NJ Devastated

Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue …

Stocks Open Higher After Historic 2-Day Close

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has rung Wall Street back to business.