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Miss. inmate challenges death sentence

Mississippi death row inmate Ricky Chase continues to argue he is mentally incapacitated and shouldn’t be put to death for a 1990 killing.

A Copiah County judge ruled against him in 2010, but the case is headed back to the state Supreme Court.

Chase’s appeal is one of two death penalty cases scheduled for oral arguments during the court’s November-December term.
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Smoking ban for city owned vehicles

Municipal workers in Houston, Miss., can smoke, just not in city-owned vehicles.

The new city policy – which applies to cigarettes, cigars and pipes as well as chewing tobacco – was adopted by the board of aldermen in August. […]