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A family on Wilmuth Street in Iuka reinflated a favorite outside display just in time for Monday s heavy snowfall. (Lena Mitchell) WINTER WEATHER PHOTOS
Storm brings snow to northern part of Northeast Mississippi.
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Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda, speaks to reporters after meeting with Japan s Transport Minister Seiji Maehara at he ministry in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Earlier in the day Toyota filed a recall to the ministry and Toyoda made an announcement that his company is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems _ the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world s largest automaker. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems.
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House wants Mississippi's schools to start later
A bill passed would prevent k-12 classes from beginning before Sept. 1.
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OSHA: No word from Mueller about appeal
The company was fined $683,000 for safety violations at its Fulton facilities.
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Historic house in Tupelo to be demolished
The house where Elvis stayed had been falling apart for years.
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American Legion commander visits Post 49
He urged members to embrace social networking sites on the Internet to reach out to a new generation of veterans.
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Mesaba flights to continue through March
Tupelo faces a delay in getting an answer on its service and schedule.
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Humanity can always begin again, Wiesel says
The Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor addressed the University of Mississippi Honors College on Monday.
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HomeStretch kicks off production
The new company has 36 employees in Nettleton.
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Jackson Zoo gets new tiger exhibit
The Jackson Zoo’s new Sumatran Tiger exhibit a new outdoor space with trees, a waterfalls and a pool is scheduled to open March 13 for the attraction’s trio of the big cats.
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McGlowan kicks off 1st District campaign
Political analyst and best-selling author Angela McGlowan on Monday announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for Mississippi’s 1st District Congressional seat.
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Court halts order for pay to Stanford lawyers
Defendants want to use a company-paid policy for legal payments.
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Monroe County Drug Arrests
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   On February 3, 2010, Monroe County Deputies arrested Leslie D. Bryant and charged him with Sale of a Controlled Substance.  Bryant was indicted in 2009 by a Monroe County Grand J...
Monore meth arrest
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On February 3, 2010, Mississippi Department of Corrections officers performed a home visit on Terry Causey at 30050 Causey Road in Nettleton.   Once inside the residence, MDOC officers d...

Bryan amendment nearly unites Senate
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JACKSON -- Sen. Hob Bryan's amendment on Friday  to take $12 million in proposed budget cut restoration funds from the Department of Corrections and give it to Kindergarten through 12th gr...
Legislators putting meth bill on fast track
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  JACKSON -- Mississippi legislators are putting on the fast track a proposal to require a doctor's prescription to obtain the cold medicine that contains pseudoephedrine. The dru...

Too easy - Balducci 'in transit'
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One last post before I head home for the day - it's time to check on the whereabouts of former New Albany attorney Timothy Balducci. Today: He's listed as "in transit," according to the U.S. Bu...
Balducci's in Oklahoma!!
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Dang, it doesn't pay to spend any time in the hospital - while I was lollygagging there, and before was chasing strife in the Oxford-based U.S. attorney's office, the feds came and whisked Timothy...
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Kevin McMahon of Washington, uses an oven pan as he slides on the slope of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Snow blew across the Midwest on Tuesday on track for the hard-hit Mid-Atlantic region, where federal government offices were closed for a second day and utility workers struggled to restore power knocked out by a weekend blizzard.


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Catherine Markgraf shovels mud from the entrance of her property after a mudslide in La Canada Flintridge, Calif. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Another storm is expected to hit the Los Angeles area Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)AP - Authorities have called on residents of more than 500 homes in the wildfire-scarred Southern California foothills to evacuate by Tuesday morning, fearing that heavy rains from a new round of storms could cause more mudslides.


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Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, looks on during his arraignment at the Airport Courthouse on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Boster, Pool)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.


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FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo,  Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.


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