 | George, Lamar counties get FEMA money for shelters
George and Lamar counties in south Mississippi are receiving millions of federal dollars to build community safe rooms where people can seek temporary shelter from disasters.
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 | States with jobless rates of 8.5 percent and above
Legislation President Barack Obama is set to sign Friday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for jobless people in all states who have exhausted their benefits. The jobless living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher would receive an additional six weeks. States receiving the additional benefits:
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 | Barbour: Miss. gov needs more power to cut budget
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he wants more power to cut state spending when times are tough.
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 | 7 Simpson County officials switch from Dem to GOP
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the decision by seven Simpson County elected officials to switch from Democrat to Republican comes at the right time.
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 | Signal signs $50M deal
Signal International will construct components to be used in a drillship reliability upgrade program for Noble Corp., an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry.
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 | Flood causes $20K damage at city hall
Oxford officials are cleaning up city hall after vandals plugged up a sink and left water running that flooded the building.
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 | Feminine products stolen in Conway are found
Police in Conway say two containers of feminine hygiene products stolen from a distribution center in Conway have been found in Florida and Mississippi.
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 | High Court Won't Review Civil Rights-Era Case
The Supreme Court has left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years after two black men were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi.
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 | Jones says Ole Miss fight song may be dropped
University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones says one of his school's fight songs, "From Dixie With Love," will be eliminated if fans continue to chant "the South will rise again" after football games.
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 | Huntsville Has Nation's Highest Airfares
New federal statistics show Huntsville has the nation's most expensive airplane tickets.
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