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Stun gun death case ruling upheld by appeals court

September 27, 2013 admin 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has denied a Mississippi family’s request to reinstate their multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Cleveland, Miss., and two police officers.

The lawsuit was filed by the family of Jermaine Williams, who died in 2010 after being jolted twice by police stun guns. The family sought $25 million in damages.

Williams, 30, died July 23, 2010, in a confrontation with two officers responding to a call about loiterers… […]

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Study: BP spill did wide damage to sea-floor life

September 25, 2013 admin 0

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas A&M researcher says the BP oil spill did at least moderate damage to the tiny animals that live on the sea floor for about 57 square miles around the Macondo well, with severe damage covering about nine square miles.

Paul Montagna (mon-TAN-yuh) says it could be a generation or more before the creatures recover… […]

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Jim Hood joins in call for tough rules on e-cigarettes

September 25, 2013 admin 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has joined 39 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products.

Hood says in a news release Wednesday that the FDA should place restrictions on the advertising and ingredients of the popular, highly-addictive product, and prohibit its sale to minors… […]

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Rains bring at least 4 tornadoes to Mississippi, break dry spell

September 23, 2013 admin 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — At least four tornadoes were part of a rainy system that moved across Mississippi Friday night and Saturday morning.

Officials reported tornadoes in Adams, Rankin, Simpson and Smith counties. Weather Service officials said they know of no injuries from any of the storms.

In Adams County, a tornado estimated to have top winds of 115 mph cut a path a mile long and 200 yards wide in the Kingston community, southeast of Natchez. Two houses had their roofs substantially damaged… […]

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Feds want Gulfport bar forfeited after owner tried to trade for cocaine

September 19, 2013 admin 0

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Feds want Gulfport bar forfeited after owner tried to trade for cocaine

GULFPORT, Mississippi — Federal authorities in south Mississippi have filed court documents seeking the forfeiture of a Gulfport bar that investigators say a man tried to trade for a large quantity of cocaine.

The documents filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport seek the forfeiture of the Eclipse Sports Bar, cars, cash and guns. […]

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Mississippi authorities recover abducted 6-year-old, boy unharmed

September 18, 2013 admin 0

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Mississippi authorities recover abducted 6-year-old, boy unharmed

LEXINGTON, Mississippi — A man who abducted his 6-year-old son from a Holmes County home has surrendered to authorities.

Highway Patrol spokesman Warren Strain says 43-year-old Terrell Milton Adams called the sheriff’s office Tuesday told deputies where he was and was arrested. The boy, 6-year-old Sirvontez Adams, was not harmed… […]

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AP analysis: Former Gov. Haley Barbour still effective at shaping Mississippi policies

September 17, 2013 admin 0

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Once a governor, always a governor in Mississippi. The title never fades, even when the time in office expires.

However, with his recent re-entry into public policy discussions about energy, Haley Barbour appears to be wearing “Gov.” as more than an honorary title.

Call him Shadow Gov. Barbour — a person who still pushes ideas that, for better or worse, might shape Mississippi’s economic future.

When Actual Gov. Phil Bryant was in Brazil on an economic development trip this past week, fellow Republican Barbour earned headlines with a speech… […]

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New Orleans-bound Amtrak train collides with 18-wheeler in Holmes County

September 11, 2013 admin 0

TCHULA, Mississippi -(AP) — Officials are investigating an accident Tuesday involving Amtrak’s City of New Orleans train and an 18-wheeler in Mississippi.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said the train was headed to New Orleans with 152 passengers and 11 crew members when the accident occurred in Holmes County about 9:30 a.m.

Magliari said there were no reports of serious injuries, but a passenger and crew member were taken to local hospitals… […]