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Hagel resignation comes at messy moment for US

By ROBERT BURNS and JULIE PACE WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is resigning at a particularly tough time for U.S. foreign and defense policy, with one war ending, another just beginning and the Pentagon struggling with […]

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Thousands rally across US after Ferguson decision

By SADIE GURMAN The Associated Press Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police […]

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Mississippi’s jobless rate at 7.6 percent in October

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell slightly in October to 7.6 percent, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. The rate was down from 7.7 percent in September and from […]

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Obama defends moves on immigration

HENDERSON, Nevada (AP) — President Barack Obama is shrugging off Republican criticism of his actions to lift the threat of deportation from millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States. In an interview broadcast […]

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House explodes in Attala County, man injured

ETHEL, Mississippi  (AP) — The Attala County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a house explosion that injured one man. Chief Jailer Ray Edwards tells The Associated Press the explosion happened late Sunday night at home about […]

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Obama spurns GOP with expansive immigration orders

By JULIE PACE WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts […]