Mississippi

Mississippi

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  Residents evacuate ahead of Isaac, others stay

  Some Gulf Coast residents were getting out of town as Isaac approached, while others decided to hunker down and ride out the storm. A Mississippi ... 

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  Isaac aims at Gulf Coast amid political backdrop

  Finally a hurricane, the unwieldy and wobbly Isaac bore down on New Orleans Tuesday, almost seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina transformed ... 

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  Isaac becomes Cat 1 hurricane near Gulf Coast

  Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where ... 

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  Isaac nearly a hurricane, packs coast flood threat

  Isaac was on the verge Tuesday of ballooning into a hurricane that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way ... 

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  Isaac threat to Gulf Coast well beyond New Orleans

  With its massive size and ponderous movement, Tropical Storm Isaac was gaining strength Monday as it headed toward the Gulf Coast. The next 24 hours ... 

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  Hurricanes hold election-year peril for candidates

  Politicians know every hurricane means avoiding disaster — including their own. Intent on showing the empathy and crisis leadership voters want, ... 

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  Republicans in beachfront hotels brace for Isaac

  The beachfront hotels that a few lucky delegations scored for the Republican National Convention are all of a sudden a point of concern as Tropical ... 

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  B.B. King does intimate show in Miss. 'homecoming'

  A crescent moon hung over the Mississippi Delta as a legendary bluesman crept onto the stage. He sat in a folding chair, grabbed a guitar, and ... 

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  Coast Guard partially reopens Mississippi River

  Authorities reopened the Mississippi River to some boat traffic Wednesday, hours after freeing a barge that ran aground in dangerously low waters ... 

• Miss. River to reopen after barge freed from mud

  The Mississippi River is expected to reopen soon to vessel traffic after crews freed a barge that went aground in low waters caused by an extensive ... 

• Corps: Low Mississippi causes harbor closures

  Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say low water levels that are restricting shipping traffic, forcing harbor closures and causing ... 

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  11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

  Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water ... 

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  AP photographer recounts burning car rescue

  When a sport utility vehicle ran off a rural stretch of interstate and slammed into pine trees in Mississippi, nearly two dozen people rushed to help ... 

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  For Miss., an angst-filled Civil War anniversary

  Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state ... 

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  Motorists rescue woman, sister from burning car

  Passing motorists who saw smoke billowing Thursday from a stand of pine trees along southern Mississippi's Interstate 10 rescued a woman and her ...