Jackson (Mississippi)

University merger plan draws fire

Declining revenue will result in changes to Mississippi higher education, according to the governor and state education officials. But supporters of the state's three public, historically black universities say an unfair share...

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Boy Pulled From Inside Chimney, What Was he Doing There?

JACKSON, Miss. -- Move over balloon boy: a teen in Jackson has provided new drama. But this was no hoax. "I've been living here, ma'am, since 1968, and I never seen anything like this," neighbor Ida Allen told WLBT News. Around...

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Miss. woman gets almost 7 years for identity theft

By HOLBROOK MOHR - Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. -- Bria Danielle Morris was sentenced to nearly seven years Friday for stealing the identity of someone she met at a women's shelter and using it to rip off a charity,...

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2 women face sentencing in identity theft case

JACKSON, Miss. -- Two women faced federal sentencing Friday in scheme in which one of them stole the identity of someone she met at a women's shelter and used it to rip off people, businesses and charities. Prosecutors said the...

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Miss. Proposal To Merge Black Schools Draws Fire

Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic...

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GOP governors push for 2010 party rebirth

This Dec. 3, 2008 file photo shows Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour talking to reporters in Jackson, Miss. "Next year's going to be a good year for Republican governors," predicted Haley Barbour, Mississippi's governor...

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Northrop Grumman Employees Donate Over $2.4 Million to the United Way

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., AVONDALE, La. and PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Shipbuilding sector has raised over $2.4 million for the 2009 United Way campaign.

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Boy Rescued After Getting Stuck In Chimney

Authorities Say Boy Was Stuck For More Than 2 Hours JACKSON, Miss. -- Emergency crews in Jackson, Miss., freed a boy stuck in a chimney Thursday morning, Jackson television station WAPT reported A neighbor said she heard...

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JA of Mississippi dissolved over financial woes

JACKSON, Miss. -- Junior Achievement of Mississippi has been dissolved because of financial problems. JA of Mississippi is a nonprofit affiliated with JA Worldwide, which draws volunteers from the business community to teach...

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FBI continues to probe civil rights era racial murders

They were racially motivated civil rights era murders. All are cold cases. The FBI says it is determined to bring justice for these racist deaths, some involving white police officers. The FBI is looking for help in tracking...

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