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Columbus woman charged with insurance fraud

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A Columbus woman has been indicted and arrested for insurance fraud for filing a false report to her insurance company.

Brittney Latham, 22, was recently indicted by the Lowndes County Grand Jury on one count of insurance fraud. […]

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Mariah Carey accepts Icon award from artists group

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Mariah Carey was late to the BMI Urban Music Awards, where she was the guest of honor, but that didn’t stop other artists from literally singing her praises.

Fantasia Barrino and Eric Benet were among those who serenaded the star with her own hits. Benet performed “One Sweet Day” and the former “American Idol” sang “Hero” during the private ceremony at the Saban Theatre, where writers, producers and publishers of the year’s top urban hits were recognized Friday. […]

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Second suspect named in Labor Day murder

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Columbus police have named a second suspect in a Labor Day shooting that killed one man and injured another.

Twenty-year-old Devin Thompson is still being sought on two counts of aggravated assault in connection with a shooting in Columbus on Labor Day. Thompson’s last known address was 1171 Tabernacle Road, police said. […]

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Clinton: Obama showing way to more modern economy

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President Barack Obama inherited a wreck of an economy, “put a floor under the crash” and laid the foundation for millions of good new jobs, former President Bill Clinton declared Wednesday night in a rousing Democratic National Convention appeal aimed at millions of hard-pressed Americans yet to decide how to vote.
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Miss. soldier buried in Biloxi National Cemetery

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Master Sgt. Coater Debose was buried with full military honors Tuesday in Biloxi National Cemetery. He was 55.

The Mississippi Army Reserve soldier died Aug. 19 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered from small arms fire while conducting security force assistance operations. The incident remains under investigation. […]

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Horror possesses box office in quiet end to summer

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A late-summer horror tale took possession of the weekend box office as Hollywood quietly wound down a busy season that turned out to be not so busy.

“The Possession” debuted as the No. 1 movie with $21.3 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend, according to studio estimates. […]

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Supervisors slash sheriff’s budget

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$2.5 million moved to other areas
By Othor Cain
Managing Editor
In what is being described as a major blow to public safety in Hinds County, supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday, Sept. 4, to cut the sheriff’s department budget by $2.5 million for the next fiscal year, that begins Oct. 1. “The decision by the supervisors puts the entire county at risk,” Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis said. “It totally puts employees in jeopardy. […]

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JPD sergeant arrested on bribery charges

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Attorney General Jim Hood confirmed Wednesday that a Jackson Police officer has been arrested and now faces charged of accepting a bribe.

Richard McGahey, 43, of Clinton, has been indicted by a Hinds County Grand Jury for allegedly accepting a bribe in exchange for granting a field release for a suspect. […]