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Fugitive Mississippi couple, wanted in connection to death of adopted daughter, captured in Oregon

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A fugitive Mississippi couple who was charged in their daughter’s death, then went on the run for five years was arrested in Oregon, federal officials said Wednesday. Janet and Ramon Barreto […]

Former prisoner pardoned by Haley Barbour pleads guilty to manslaughter

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OXFORD, Mississippi (AP) — One of the ex-prisoners who received a pardon from then-Gov. Haley Barbour has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he killed another man in an exchange of gunfire. Calhoun County District Attorney […]