http://www.mail.com/locations/4016-mississippi.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/4016-mississippi.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861874-hunt-murderer-mistakenly-freed-chicago.html CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities searched Friday for a convicted murderer from Indiana who was mistakenly released after a Chicago court appearance, as officials in Illinois admitted they lost paperwork directing them to return him to Indiana. It turned out Steven L. Robbins didn't even need to be brought to Chicago in the first place, and Cook County officials... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861874-hunt-murderer-mistakenly-freed-chicago.html 2013-02-02T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Coast Guard is letting vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect efforts to remove and clean up oil from a leaking barge, a Guard spokesman said Wednesday. Chief Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski told The Associated Press that a 16-mile stretch of the river re... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853688-guard-vessels-pass-leaking-miss-river-barge.html 2013-01-31T02:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849828-oil-leak-miss-river-vicksburg-remains-closed.html VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg, Miss., ev... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1849828-oil-leak-miss-river-vicksburg-remains-closed.html 2013-01-29T09:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847088-miss-abortion-clinic-license-warning.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's only abortion clinic said it received notice Friday that the state Health Department intends to revoke its operating license. However, the clinic, Jackson Women's Health Organization, is not expected to close anytime soon. Under a state administrative procedures law, the clinic can remain open while it awaits a hearing ... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1847088-miss-abortion-clinic-license-warning.html 2013-01-26T02:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844728-bill-filed-miss-seeks-to-nullify-federal-laws.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws. Chism said Thursday that the tea... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1844728-bill-filed-miss-seeks-to-nullify-federal-laws.html 2013-01-25T03:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation's most intractable debates. Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1837750-40-years-roe-v-wade-abortion-foes-march.html 2013-01-22T22:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html NEW YORK (AP) — By today's politically polarized standards, the Supreme Court's momentous Roe v. Wade ruling was a landslide. By a 7-2 vote on Jan. 22, 1973, the justices established a nationwide right to abortion. Forty years and roughly 55 million abortions later, however, the ruling's legacy is the opposite of consensus. Abortion ranks as one of the mo... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1832060-roe-v-wade-40-years-deep-divide-legacy.html 2013-01-19T19:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826860-snow-falls-southeast-1-death-linked-to-storm.html ATLANTA (AP) — A winter storm made its way across the Southeast on Thursday, dumping snow in states recovering from days of rain, playing a role in at least one fatality, and leaving thousands without power. Weather warnings and advisories were in effect for sections of Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Pa... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1826860-snow-falls-southeast-1-death-linked-to-storm.html 2013-01-18T03:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian,... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html 2013-01-17T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html ELEPHANT MOUNTAIN, Maine (AP) — Flying low over snowy terrain on a Cold War training mission, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli's massive B-52 bomber hit turbulence that shook the plane so violently that he couldn't read the gauges. Pulling back on the yoke and pushing forward on the throttle, he tried to fly out of the severe wind. Then there was a loud bang. Moving at... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1817622-fateful-b-52-flight-revealed-deadly-weakness.html 2013-01-13T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1816746-mississippi-rock-blasting-puts-river-ship-shape.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Crews have completed the most critical phase of removing bedrock that threatened barges along a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River, staving off the shipping industry's fears that the treacherous channel could close to traffic, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Saturday. Using excavators and explosives, corps-hire... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1816746-mississippi-rock-blasting-puts-river-ship-shape.html 2013-01-13T00:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1812024-corps-praised-averting-miss-river-shutdown.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Shippers who have idled towboats and lightened barge loads as the Mississippi River shrinks from drought credit the waterway's stewards for so far averting their worst fear: a potentially crippling shutdown of the artery used to move everything from corn and grain to construction materials and petroleum. Barge operators still are being sq... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1812024-corps-praised-averting-miss-river-shutdown.html 2013-01-10T19:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1811338-faulkner-estate-settles-lawsuit-newspaper-ad.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The estate of William Faulkner has settled a copyright lawsuit against Northrop Grumman Corp. and The Washington Post Co. for using a Faulkner quote in a newspaper ad by the defense contractor. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate in Jackson dismissed the lawsuit Dec. 12. Terms of the settlement are sealed. The Faulkner estate sued i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1811338-faulkner-estate-settles-lawsuit-newspaper-ad.html 2013-01-10T14:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1803348-portraits-mark-political-history-change-guard.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Artists often put oil to canvas at this time of year to render the official portrait of a governor or legislative leader who's coming or going from office. Oil paintings of American politicians go back to George Washington. It's a tradition that's been made largely immune to budget pressures thanks to private funding. But the practic... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1803348-portraits-mark-political-history-change-guard.html 2013-01-07T07:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799982-army-corps-tamps-barge-worries-mississippi.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that the industry fears is imminent, Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard officials said Friday. The corps said crews in recent weeks have made "fantastic" progress clearing treacherou... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1799982-army-corps-tamps-barge-worries-mississippi.html 2013-01-04T19:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794698-no-21-northwestern-ends-drought-gator-bowl.html JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Northwestern Wildcats spent so much time celebrating on the field that coach Pat Fitzgerald finally had to order them into the locker room. He had something special waiting for them — a stuffed monkey. It was the same one that went with them to the Meineke Car Care Bowl last season and had become a symbol of the program's dec... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794698-no-21-northwestern-ends-drought-gator-bowl.html 2013-01-02T08:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794872-bowl-capsules.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, and the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and passed for 427 yards — also a Bulldogs... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1794872-bowl-capsules.html 2013-01-01T22:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791828-choctaw-family-devastated-miss-suv-wreck.html PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — Funerals will be held this week for five young siblings and an adult who died when a sport utility vehicle driven by the children's father careened off an eastern Mississippi road and into a creek. All of the victims of Saturday's crash near Philadelphia were members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and lived in the Pe... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791828-choctaw-family-devastated-miss-suv-wreck.html 2012-12-30T23:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791478-5-children-1-adult-die-mississippi-wreck.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Five young siblings and one adult died early Saturday when a sport utility vehicle went off an eastern Mississippi road and plunged into a rain-swollen creek, authorities said. Neshoba County Sheriff Tommy Waddell said the victims appear to have drowned after their Dodge Durango left a county road 20 miles southeast of Philadelphia j... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791478-5-children-1-adult-die-mississippi-wreck.html 2012-12-30T01:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786682-christmas-day-storms-blamed-3-deaths.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions from the same fast-movin... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786682-christmas-day-storms-blamed-3-deaths.html 2012-12-26T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785942-christmas-storms-us-blamed-2-deaths.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Christmas Day twister outbreak left damage across the Deep South while holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions. Conditions were volatile throughout the afternoon and into the night with tornado warnings in Alabama and the Flor... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785942-christmas-storms-us-blamed-2-deaths.html 2012-12-26T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1779246-storms-improve-outlook-mississippi-river.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A release of water from the Missouri River and recent snow and rain are offering some relief for the Mississippi River. Though still dangerously low, the Mississippi River channel at St. Louis was roughly 12 feet deep on Thursday — up about a foot-and-a-half since Monday. River interests are paying close attention because if the channel g... Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1779246-storms-improve-outlook-mississippi-river.html 2012-12-20T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772016-electoral-college-vote-affirms-obama-re-election.html ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term. The rite playing in state capitols involved party luminaries and tireless activists carrying out the will of each state... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1772016-electoral-college-vote-affirms-obama-re-election.html 2012-12-17T21:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771870-miss-high-court-building-evacuated.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have been briefly evacuated after a bomb threat but no explosives were found. Courts spokeswoman Beverly Pettigrew Kraft says the clerk's office received a threatening call about 9:12 a.m. Monday, and the Gartin Justice Building was evacuated. People were allowed back in about 10:50 ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771870-miss-high-court-building-evacuated.html 2012-12-17T16:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1752074-doctor-20-years-miss-cancer-center-fraud.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi cancer center she ran. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III said he was "appalled" at how Dr. Meera Sachdeva treated patients at a vulnerable time of their lives. Syringes were re-used ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1752074-doctor-20-years-miss-cancer-center-fraud.html 2012-12-08T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751024-apnewsbreak-corps-budging-miss-river-flap.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has turned back requests by federal lawmakers and the barge operators to release more water from the Missouri River, believing the drought-starved Mississippi River it feeds still will remain open to shipping. The industry, however, warns that the situation is growing increasingly dire. Army Assistant Secretary... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751024-apnewsbreak-corps-budging-miss-river-flap.html 2012-12-07T21:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1749290-drought-revives-water-war-river.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The water wars are raging again in America's heartland, where drought-stricken states are pleading for the increasingly scarce water of the Missouri River — to drink from their faucets, irrigate their crops and float the barges that carry billions of dollars of agricultural products to market. From Montana to West Virginia, offi... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1749290-drought-revives-water-war-river.html 2012-12-06T20:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743524-1-guilty-hate-crime-miss-rundown-case.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A fourth man pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday in the death of a black man who was run over by a pickup truck in Mississippi, and another man admitted he was part of a group of young whites involved in racially motivated attacks against African-Americans. The death of James Craig Anderson, who was beaten and run ov... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1743524-1-guilty-hate-crime-miss-rundown-case.html 2012-12-05T01:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732030-drought-threatens-to-close-mississippi-to-barges.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water levels fall too low, the nation's main inland waterway could become impassable to barges just as the harvest heads to market. Any closure of the river would upend the transport system that has ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732030-drought-threatens-to-close-mississippi-to-barges.html 2012-11-29T22:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722236-civil-rights-leader-lawrence-guyot-dies-73.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations to get involved, has died. He was 73. Guyot had a history of heart problems and suffered from diabetes, and died at home in Mount Rainier, Md., his daughter Julie Guyot-Diangone said late Saturday. She... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1722236-civil-rights-leader-lawrence-guyot-dies-73.html 2012-11-25T11:19:00Z