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Arlington denies burial of guardsman killed in chopper crash

(AP) Arlington National Cemetery says a Louisiana National Guardsman who was killed in a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico can’t be buried at the hallowed grounds because he was killed during a training […]

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EPA-SMOG ENFORCEMENT Appeals court sides with EPA on air pollution limits WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court says the Environmental Protection Agency complied with the law in deciding which areas of the country failed […]

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SCHOOL FUNDING AMENDMENT Judge’s rewrite of ballot title is final, attorneys argue JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi attorney general’s office and attorneys for an Oxford parent say there’s no legal right for anyone to […]

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RAIN-MISSISSIPPI FARMERS Floods delay some planting, forces other farmers to replant TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Recent flooding has caused some Northeast Mississippi farmers to delay planting while forcing others to replant when the rain clears. […]

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Feds: No evidence that Otis Byrd’s hanging was homicide

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Investigators have found no evidence that the hanging death of a black man in Mississippi was a homicide, and the civil rights probe into the death has been closed, the Justice […]

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SHRIMP SEASON-MISSISSIPPI 2015 shrimp season opens Wednesday BILOXI, Miss. (AP) – Fresh Mississippi shrimp can be caught beginning Wednesday. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says in a news release that fishermen can trawl state […]

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Sentencing set for woman convicted in Alabama child deaths

MOBILE, Alabama (AP) — Sentencing is expected to begin for a woman convicted in the deaths of her common-law husband’s children. Heather Keaton was found guilty of capital murder Wednesday in the death of 3-year-old […]