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Jury finds Oktibbeha County man guilty of shooting ex-girlfriend

STARKVILLE, Mississippi (AP) — An Oktibbeha County man has been convicted of capital murder in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend in 2008. Circuit Judge Lee Howard sentenced 53-year-old Archie Quinn to life in […]

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U.S. appeals panel rules Mississippi abortion law unconstitutional

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s effort to close its last abortion clinic was overturned in federal appellate court on Tuesday. Advocates for the law said women with unwanted pregnancies could always travel to other states, […]

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McDaniel campaign manager threatened with loss of state Senate salary

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A state senator has been notified that her Senate salary will be withheld until she files a required financial disclosure statement. The Clarion-Ledger reports Sen. Melanie Sojourner, a Republican from Natchez who […]

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Man charged with kidnapping of teen girl missing for nine months

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — A 34-year-old man was arrested and charged Monday with kidnapping a New Hampshire teenage girl who returned home last week after vanishing nine months ago. Nathaniel Kibby was arrested without […]

Entertainment

‘Sharknado’ sequel has bite and lots of laughs

NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t worry about me. The Sharknado Evacuation map supplied by Syfy network places me, as a resident of Lower Manhattan, smack in the zone most in peril this sharknado season. But […]