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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is ready to trumpet Hillary Rodham Clinton’s installation as secretary of state while turning to veteran politician and dealmaker George Mitchell to guide the new administration through the Mideast thicket. […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban […]

CHICAGO (AP) – Every year, the dedicated teacher would put together a bulletin board for Black History Month, honoring famous achievers. There was Martin Luther King Jr., of course. Thurgood Marshall, the first black U.S. […]

WASHINGTON – In a first-day flurry of activity, President Barack Obama set up shop in the Oval Office, summoned advisers to begin dealing with war and recession and ordered new ethics rules for “a clean […]

Over a hundred people gathered outside the home of Medgar Evers in Jackson, Mississippi on Jan. 20, to watch live President Barack Obama take the oath of office in Washington,  D.C.  Not letting the 40 […]

Special to The Mississippi Link When the metro area turned out for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade this morning, Saturday, Jan. 17, they saw a very familiar face leading the way: WLBT-TV3 Anchor […]

JACKSON, Miss. – Enduring cold temperatures Monday morning, members of the 100 Concerned Clergy of Jackson and other area clergy held a prayer vigil on the steps of City Hall for Mayor Frank Melton’s health. […]

Special to the Mississippi Link TV ONE DEVOTES 24 HOURS TO INAUGURATION PROGRAMMING JANUARY 20 January 6, 2009, Silver Spring, MD — TV One will offer 24 hours of programming devoted to the Inauguration of […]

ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Officials say Mayor Frank Melton has been released from a hospital after being treated for an undisclosed ailment. The 59-year-old mayor was checked into St. Dominic hospital in Jackson […]

JACKSON, MS (AP) – Mississippi lawmakers will be busy the next several days with the governor’s State of the State address, a briefing about the state economy and, barring a last-minute change of plans, a […]