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Wednesday, May 07 2008 |
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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted three people for allegedly trying to obtain Hurricane Katrina disaster relief through fraud. |
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By The Associated Press
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Tuesday, May 06 2008 |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's decision to divert $600 million from a hurricane housing program to a port improvement project will be one of the key topics of a congressional hearing on the use of federal block grant funds. |
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By The Associated Press
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Monday, May 05 2008 |
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TUNICA, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Haley Barbour on Thursday will unveil a marker designating U.S. Highway 61 as part of the Mississippi Blues Trail, which will pass through Baton Rouge, La. |
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By The Associated Press
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Monday, May 05 2008 |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear May 22 from attorneys for Krystal Marie Teston, a former Louisiana woman convicted in 2007 of causing an accident that left three Mississippi College students dead. |
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By The Associated Press
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Sunday, May 04 2008 |
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Trevon Skinner takes a break from pounding nails into a new Gulf Coast home and waves the hammer over his head during a big stretch, unaware that his work is about to get a powerful helping hand from a former president. |
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By The Associated Press
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Friday, May 02 2008 |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Ford Seale, the reputed Klansman serving three life sentences for kidnapping and conspiracy in the 1964 abductions and killings of the two black teenagers, gets another day in court. |
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By The Associated Press
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Thursday, May 01 2008 |
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TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The "D.C. Madam" hanged herself Thursday, just weeks after she was convicted of running a call-girl ring that catered to Washington's power elite in a case that had some scared she would name names. |
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By The Associated Press
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Thursday, May 01 2008 |
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ATLANTA (AP) — It's been 4 1/2 years since former Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli's bold prediction that the home improvement retailer could sustain "unlimited growth" without significantly affecting sales at established stores. |
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By The Associated Press
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Wednesday, April 30 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal probation officials are disputing former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's claims that he was placed under new travel restrictions this week after speaking out about his corruption prosecution. |
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By The Associated Press
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Tuesday, April 29 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal agency that handles offshore leases has approved the development of a floating storage facility in the Gulf of Mexico that will allow crude oil to be transported to shore in tankers. |
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By The Associated Press
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Tuesday, April 29 2008 |
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NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — Inspection teams were checking a Mississippi River bridge and a casino barge Tuesday after some two dozen barges broke loose here while being pushed upriver, officials said. |
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Monday, April 28 2008 |
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GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — With her Gulfport home taking in eight feet of water, Dorothy Ladner was one of the thousands across the coast who needed to remodel after Hurricane Katrina. The choices were dizzying, she said, so she took it slow, one project at a time. |
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By The Associated Press
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Saturday, April 26 2008 |
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawyer says State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has settled a civil lawsuit with a couple whose Biloxi home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. |
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Friday, April 25 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying President Bush's threatened veto, the House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill making the Coast Guard enforce security zones around eight liquefied natural gas terminals and any arriving tankers _all potential terrorism targets. |
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Thursday, April 24 2008 |
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(AP) — A former Roman Catholic priest who pleaded guilty in 1985 to sexually abusing 11 boys in Louisiana, in a precursor to the abuse scandal that rocked the church in 2002, was in a Texas jail Thursday, accused of violating that state's sex offender registration law. |
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By The Associated Press
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Thursday, April 24 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Coast Guard would have to enforce security zones around eight liquefied natural gas terminals and any arriving tankers _all potential terrorism targets — under a bill headed for House passage. |
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By The Associated Press
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Wednesday, April 23 2008 |
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HEMPHILL, Texas (AP) — The search continued Wednesday for the bodies of three people who died when their single-engine plane crashed into Toledo Bend Reservoir in Sabine County. |
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Tuesday, April 22 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush's new hurricane recovery chief said Tuesday that he believes post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans is a case of "rebuild it and they will come," a proposition he says is more complex than many outside observers might believe. |
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By The Associated Press
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Tuesday, April 22 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush, replying to criticism from Democratic presidential candidates, said Tuesday that "now is not the time to renegotiate ... or walk away from" the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also denied the U.S. was in a recession, calling it a slowdown instead. |
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By The Associated Press
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Monday, April 21 2008 |
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VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Gov. Haley Barbour and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials prepared Monday to tour flooded areas along the Mississippi River to assess the damage. |
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By The Associated Press
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Monday, April 21 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, joining the conservative leaders of Canada and Mexico for one final time, is eager to expand a trading relationship that has been lucrative for the United States and both of its neighbors. But he is up against rising anti-trade sentiment. |
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By The Associated Press
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Friday, April 18 2008 |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush has selected a retired Marine Corps general to serve as the new coordinator for the Gulf Coast's recovery from the 2005 hurricanes. |
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By The Associated Press
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Thursday, April 17 2008 |
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Texas Governor Rick Perry and six other Republican governors are meeting to discuss energy policy, the economy and the presidential race. |
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By The Associated Press
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Wednesday, April 16 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Wednesday over whether the rape of children should be punishable by execution, a case that tests the limits of expanding the death penalty for crimes other than murder. |
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