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• Zoe Saldana criticized for upcoming role in Nina Simone biopic

  made an indelible mark on both music and the civil rights movement with songs including "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" and " Mississippi Goddam.""The Nina Simone story needed to be told, and I'm really blessed that I did it," said Saldana, a New Yorker of   Read more »

• Family says Paul Kevin Curtis, accused ricin mailer, is mentally ill

  government. Authorities say the efforts culminated in letters sent to President Barack Obama , a U.S. senator and a judge in Mississippi. "Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone must die," the letters read, according to an FBI affidavit."He   Read more »

• Eric Clapton and other guitar gods at Madison Square Garden

  His new "Old Sock" is peppier than the title suggests. B.B. King KNOWN FOR Being the last bluesman standing. Born in the Mississippi Delta, Riley B. King took off for Memphis, then became a radio star and a recording star. With his trusty guitar, Lucille,   Read more »

• 740 miles of US coast critical loggerhead habitat

  -- A federal agency is designating 740 miles of beaches from North Carolina to Mississippi as critical habitat for loggerhead sea turtles, including 175 miles in the Carolinas.While loggerheads have been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 1978,   Read more »

• AIDS baby cured, scientists say

  was at higher-than-normal risk, and deserved our best shot," Dr. Hannah Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist at the University of Mississippi, said in an interview.That fast action apparently knocked out HIV in the baby's blood before it could form hideouts in   Read more »

Around the web

• Biloxi Margaritaville celebrates first anniversary, looking into hotel expansion

  opening of the Margaritaville Casino, crowds have thinned and management has changed. It was the first casino to open in South Mississippi since Hard Rock in 2007 in Biloxi. Now, Margaritaville is moving aggressively with major additions; the first of which 39 m ago from Gulf Live Read more »

• Lots of Same-Sex Couples Raise Kids in States with Marriage Bans

  seems downright befuddling. Of course, California has lots of people, so comparing percentages of anything with a state like Mississippi that contains just under three million people can definitely be misleading. Still, the figures from major metro areas do 8:54 PM from Jezebel Read more »

• Inside the KKK: New documentary shows how the hate group known for white hoods and cross burnings is still alive and well in the deep South

  supremacist group called the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to attend a cross burning ceremony held in the woods of Mississippi. 'Anybody who doesn’t; think the KKK is alive and well today in America , I encourage you to go to the woods of Mississippi 8:07 PM from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council releases draft BP recovery plan

  Ecosystem Restoration Council marked significant progress today with the public release of its draft initial comprehensive plan, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said. The restoration council, established by the RESTORE Act, will oversee 6:11 PM from Gulf Live Read more »

• Pascagoula High NJROTC students test underwater robots (photos)

  Mississippi -- Members of the Pascagoula High School NJROTC this morning headed to the Pascagoula Recreation Department pool to test out underwater robots they've built and hope to take to competition next academic year. The robots were built as a part of 4:40 PM from Gulf Live Read more »