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, Sr., the incoming Senate minority whip. The capital and largest city is Jackson.
Source: The Springfield News-Leader
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the states new congressional districts Friday, solidifying a Democratic primary fight between two St. Louis congressmen and providing certainty for candi ...
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Source: The Daily Advertiser
LAFAYETTE Slowly at first, then more steadily, they arrived to help.- 6:57 am LAFAYETTE Five days after a local college student disappeared, residents in the area where...- 11:00 pm We hosted a live chat this afternoon with two of our reporters and o ...
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Source: The Alexandria Town Talk
HOOVER, Ala. -- Top-seeded LSU was knocked out of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament by Mississippi State on Friday, sending the Tigers back to Baton Rouge to await their postseason fate. Matthew Britton singled up the middle ...
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Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
Soon a number of middle and high school students may be asking friends, "What wilt thou do for thy summer vacation?" This is the third year that Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the four year-old professional theater organization based in Germantown, has ...
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Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
Last year, nine people were killed on Mississippi highways during the three-day Memorial Day weekend. This year, authorities don't want a repeat. As a result, they're asking motorists to buckle up and slow down in the ann ...
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Source: The San Jose Mercury News
offense, and Mitch Delfino was 3 for 8. A four-run fifth inning led Loyola Marymount to a 6-3 victory over host Santa Clara in the opening game of the Broncos' final series of the season. Looney and Santa Clara pitchers Brock Simon and Paul Twin ...
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Source: Quad-City Times
John Arthur, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s area director serving eastern Iowa, has received a national 2012 Unsung Hero Award from the … The Memorial Day weekend gets off to a flying start today at Davenport’s ...
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John Arthur, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s area director serving eastern Iowa, has received a national 2012 Unsung Hero Award from the … The Memorial Day weekend gets off to a flying start today at Davenport’s Centennial Park with the first Midwes ...
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Source: Tallahassee.com
WASHINGTON — Almost from the time he took over NASA in 2009, Charles F. Bolden Jr.- 12:02 am Below is a copy of the speech Melanie Brewster delivered to her fellow 2012 Maclay School graduates...- 12:15 am Tallahassee Police responded to a r ...
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