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Drought Conditions Spread In Miss., La. 2hr
An area of moderate drought has spread further west across south Louisiana, and abnormally dry conditions have extended further north in neighboring Mississippi.");
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4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss.
Civil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland discusses May 12, 2009 in Jackson, Miss., the events that surrounded her being photographed as she and other Tougaloo College students were being abused by white youth as they tried in 1963 tointegrate a Woolworth Department Store lunch counter in Jackson, Miss.");
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Public Service employees out of work until budget comes through
The Mississippi Public Service Commission is sending most of its 73 employees home without pay until the agency has a budget, commissioners said Thursday.");
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Two Miss. men charged in police assault
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol troopers arrested two men Tuesday after two troopers were nearly hit when a car sped through a driver's license checkpoint in Covington County.");
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Miss. PSC Furloughing Staff
The Mississippi Public Service Commission is scaling back operations and telling most of its 73 employees to stay home until the agency has a budget, commissioners said Thursday.");
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Miss. agencies involved in red snapper research
Marine biologists are studying how artificial reefs may help restore red snapper numbers.");
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Mississippi Delta roads benefiting from stimulus
The federal stimulus package has helped keep some contractors in business, and will give towns in the Mississippi Delta a public service they've gone without for decades: paved streets.");
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Governor declares fiscal emergency
In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction.");
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Details wanted on Miss. troopers' claims
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve Simpson says he hasn't rejected federal officials' offer to begin talks to reach an agreement over racial discrimination complaints made by his agency's black troopers.");
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Status of state budgets
Gov. Jan Brewer kept state government running but rejected funding levels for K-12 schools and said she was calling a special session next week to increase school funding.");