Entertainment

‘Peabody and Sherman’ climbs to top of box office

LOS ANGELES  (AP) — Chasing down the top spot at the box office after debuting at No. 2 last week, “Mr. Peabody & Sherman” took the lead in its second weekend. The DreamWorks animated film […]

Business

Mississippi unemployment rate at 7.5 percent, lowest since November 2008

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — New figures on Mississippi’s labor force show Clay County with the highest unemployment rate of 17.4 percent in January. Mississippi Department of Employment Security records released Wednesday show Tunica County with […]

News

Searchers scour rubble after gas explosion kills 7

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JAKE PEARSON   NEW YORK (AP) — Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled four additional bodies overnight from the rubble of two Manhattan apartment buildings, as the death toll […]