'We came together and did the unexpected' (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)

The deal that averted a showdown over President Bush's judicial nominees was crafted by a determined group of mavericks who put loyalty to the Senate over party allegiance.
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U.S. Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal By Oyster Farmers (News Channel 6 New Orleans)

NEW ORLEANS -- After more than a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has apparently put an end to the fight over whether the state must pay oyster farmers for turning back a salty tide and ruining their oyster beds by diverting fresh Mississippi River water into Breton Sound.
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Let's get a grip on congressional travel (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)

The issue: When members of Congress travel, sometimes to pricey vacations spots, groups seeking favors from them can foot the bill. But the public has no easy way to know what's happening.
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Kappa Deltas aid child-abuse prevention at Sally Kate (Daily Times Leader)

Kappa Delta Sorority at Mississippi State University recently presented a check for nearly $11,500 to Sally Kate Winters Memorial Children's Home.
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Monday's Sports Transactions (AP via Yahoo! News)

LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Placed RHP Francisco Rodriguez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 15. Purchased the contract of RHP Joel Peralta from Salt Lake of the PCL. Designated OF Chris Prieto for assignment.
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Thames unveils goals for next two years at USM (Daily Times Leader)

Controversial University of Southern Mississippi (USM) President Shelby Thames says his goal is to see the university push ahead during the final two years of his presidency.
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Military fund wins final approval in Miss. Senate (The Biloxi Sun Herald)

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi lawmakers resumed their special session on Monday, and the Senate gave unanimous, final approval to a bill creating a fund for military families.
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Interest Growing for Biodiesel (WTOK-TV Meridian)

Meridian, Miss. With oil prices skyrocketing there has been a great deal of discussion about 'bio fuels." Just off Old Eighth Street Road in Meridian you'll find a small company named Bio Fuels of Mississippi. Their past was hard work and a struggle. Their future appears to be unlimited.
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05/23/05 Prospective Juror Tossed From Pool, Fined For Talking About Case (WLOX-TV Biloxi)

A former legal secretary was fined $5,000 and tossed as a prospective juror in the bribery and fraud case of a Mississippi Supreme Court justice after talking about the case with her former employer.
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XFONE USA, Inc., an XFONE Subsidiary, Now Offering XDSL Solutions to Customers in Jackson, Mississippi (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

XFONE USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of XFONE, Inc. , today announced the introduction of XDSL Solutions, a high-speed Internet service product, developed to complement the Company's existing business and residential suite of communications solutions.
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05/23/05 Judge Rules Trial In 1964 Civil Rights Killings Will Proceed (WLOX-TV Biloxi)

Edgar Ray Killen, the reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of killing three civil rights workers in Mississippi four decades ago, will stand trial as planned on June 13, Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon ruled Monday.
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No Challenge in Mayor's Race (WTOK-TV Meridian)

Macon, Miss. The mayor of Macon, Mississippi says she will not challenge election results from the recent primary election. Earlier this month Dorothy Baker-Hines lost to her opponent, Bobby Boykin, by 196 votes.
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Body Found May Be Missing Dancer By First Coast News Staff (First Coast News)

PANOLA COUNTY, MS -- Tips from the woman accused of opening fire on I-95 in Jacksonville have led police to a body in Mississippi. Search teams uncovered a set of bones Monday. Investigators believe may be the remains of Corie Duckett, a missing dancer from Memphis.
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Odd laws ban owning skunks and swearing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

In Virginia, under the terms of a 1950 law, no animal may be hunted on Sundays except raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 a.m.
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a borrowed plot Three Mississippi boys' project comes full circle at Film Row (Columbia Chronicle)

Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala, or the Raiders kids, as they have come to be known, aren t children anymore. Their specific claim to fame something that any aspiring filmmaker would drag themselves over broken glass for started out a fluke; a mad idea born in the back of a school bus.
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Rain forecast for much of U.S. (CNN.com)

Rain forecast for much of U.S. (AP) -- Wet weather and cool temperatures were possible across much of the nation Tuesday, while fair conditions were predicted in the West.
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Florida Guard readies for Afghan mission at Mississippi camp (Gainesville Sun)

pc. Justin Gay just had peeled off 40 pounds of Kevlar and ceramic body armor for a moment's rest when a riot erupted outside the mock forward operating base where his company was training.
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Florida Guard readies for Afghan mission at Mississippi camp (Sun-Sentinel)

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. -- Spc. Justin Gay just had peeled off 40 pounds of Kevlar and ceramic body armor for a moment's rest when a riot erupted outside the mock forward operating base where his company was training.
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Red Hills, Juneteenth festivals upcoming (Winston County Journal)

The summer festival season is upon Mississippi, and in Winston County it will kick off May 28 as the Red Hills Festival hits the streets for the 25th time.
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Miller to discuss importance of preservation (Winston County Journal)

As the author of "Lost Mansions of Mississippi" and "Lost Landmarks of Mississippi," Mary Carol Miller has seen first and the havoc neglect can wreak upon historic structures.
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Military fund wins final approval in Senate (The Clarion-Ledger)

Mississippi lawmakers resumed their special session on today, and the Senate gave unanimous, final approval to a bill creating a fund for military families.
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