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Six when the plane ran out of fuel and went down near the border of Itawamba and Monroe counties. He was the only person aboard. “We got him out. He was living. He was shook up and cut up real bad, but he was coherent. What he’s been through, it was a...
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Clark, 52, of Richmond Heights, has been leading large and small groups on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers since 2001. The magazine said a panel of jurors chose honorees "whose stories inspire us and reflect the rich diversity of the Southern spirit.
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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, February 13, 2012 at 12:45 PM EST shows clouds in the Mississippi Valley associated with a storm that is producing a mixture of rain and snow from the Gulf Coast through southern Michigan and Minnesota. This... View Photo »
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did you know, that Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks fought for us so we can swim in a swimming pool and not in the Mississippi?
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Police at 6:30 p.m. said the southbound portion has dropped down but is not locked and is only open to emergency vehicles. The northbound portion remains in the up position. Police have placed electronic signs near the area and are warning motorists to...
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CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews in Muscatine tells us Xi just wants to catch up with some old friends. It was 27 years ago when Xi Jinping -- the man who might lead China -- led a six-man agriculture delegation to Muscatine, Iowa. Sitting on a...
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CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews in Muscatine tells us Xi just wants to catch up with some old friends. It was 27 years ago when Xi Jinping -- the man who might lead China -- led a six-man agriculture delegation to Muscatine, Iowa. Sitting on a...
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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 at 12:45 A.M. EST shows cloud cover over the Central U.S. as a trough of low pressure pushes eastward. The system supports snow showers in Colorado and New Mexico and mixed precipitation in the... View Photo »
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Well, what we don't need is to have a federal government saying we're going to solve all the problems of poverty across the entire country, because what it means to be poor in Massachusetts is different than Montana and Mississippi and other places in the country
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Earlier the state gave the company $1 million. "We like them. They're a good company," she said. "We just don't want to give them $1 million for no jobs." She said two other companies are considering building peanut processing plants in Mississippi and...
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The Mississippi House has passed a bill aimed at stopping sexual abuse of minors, including cases...- 7:20 pm A convicted murderer who left Mississippi after being pardoned by former Gov.- 3:42 pm The Defense Department says a Marine from Greenville, has...
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Mississippi is a southern state of the United States. It is considered part of the Deep South. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary. Famous Mississippians include Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, author William Faulkner and former Senate Majority Leader Chester Trent Lott,... Full Article
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Mississippi's Murphy Holloway (31) reacts as Auburn's Frankie Sullivan (23) comes up with the ball in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss. Mississippi won 61-54. MAGS OUT.
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Auburn head coach Tony Barbee yells instructions against Mississippi in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss.
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Mississippi's Murphy Holloway (31) shoots over Auburn's Adrian Forbes (45) in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss.
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Mississippi's Jarvis Summers (32) drives against Auburn's Josh Wallace (11) in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss.
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Mississippi's Reginald Buckner (23) scores against Auburn in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss.
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Mississippi's Jarvis Summers (32) shoots around Auburn's Kenny Gabriel (22) in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss. Mississippi won 61-54. MAGS OUT.
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NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: Sophia, white Pomeranian from Mississippi, sits on Jena Oddo's lap at the pre-Westminster Fashion Show at Hotel Pennsylvania ahead of next week's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 10, 2012 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show first...
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justices Michael K. Randolph, left, George C. Carlson, Jr. , and Chief Justice William Waller Jr. , consider responses from inmate attorneys on whether the pardons granted them by former Gov. Haley Barbour are valid during arguments in Jackson, Miss. ,...
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, at podium, argues whether a number of last-minute pardons by then Gov. Haley Barbour were valid before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at a hearing in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson questions an attorney for a group of former inmates arguing that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess H. Dickinson, left, listens as Justice Ann H. Lamar asks questions of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood as to why he believes a number of last minute pardons by former Gov. Haley Barbour are not valid Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 in chambers in...
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood argues before the Mississippi Supreme Court that several last minute pardons by former Gov. Haley Barbour, including those of five former Governor's Mansion trusties, did not meet the requirements as established in the state constitution, Thursday,...
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Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, right, listens as attorney Thomas Fortner, left,who represents a group of former inmates, tells the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, at a hearing in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller, Jr. , questions an attorney for a group of former inmates arguing that former Gov. Haley Barbour's pardons of them are valid, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, in Jackson, Miss.
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Mississippi's Terrance Henry (1) drives against Mississippi State's Rodney Hood (4) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy gestures to his team during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game with Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mississippi State's Arnett Moultrie (23) shoots over Mississippi's Murphy Holloway (31) during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Miss. State won 70-60.
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Mississippi's LaDarius White (10) shoots over Mississippi State's Brian Bryant (22) during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mississippi State's Renardo Sidney (1) dunks during the first half of the their NCAA college basketball game with Mississippi in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mississippi State's Dee Bost (3) dunks during the second half their NCAA college basketball game with Mississippi in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Miss. State won 70-60.
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Mississippi State's Dee Bost (3) drives around Mississippi's Reginald Buckner (23) during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Mississippi's Reginald Buckner (23) shoots between Mississippi State defenders Rodney Hood (4) and Wendell Lewis (30) during the second half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. Mississippi State won 70-60.
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Mississippi's Jarvis Summers (32) shoots over Mississippi State defenders during the first half of their NCAA college basketball game in Starkville, Miss. , Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
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Southern Mississippi's Jonathan Mills, top, shoots over UAB's Ovie Soko in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Birmingham, Ala. , Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.
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Mississippi's Murphy Holloway (31) reacts as Auburn's Frankie Sullivan (23) comes up with the ball in an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, in Oxford, Miss. Mississippi won 61-54. MAGS OUT.
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