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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 »

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• Mississippi Works to Serve Soldiers Who Have Given So Much

  wonderful citizens for their service, Mississippi has found some small ways to give back and serve them. With the help of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, I proclaimed 2013 as the year to “Hire Mississippi Heroes.” The proclamation was coupled 9:27 PM from Phil Bryant's Blog Read more »

• Southern Miss ends Cougars’ C-USA title hopes

  the second time in two weeks, Southern Mississippi proved to be too much for the Cougars. With a 4-2 loss, UH is eliminated from playing in Sunday’s Conference USA Championship game Timely hits by the Golden Eagles and some baserunning and defensive miscues 8:49 PM from The Daily Cougar Read more »

• Defensive lineman's UF career put on hold

  Reed hasn't completed his AA degree and won't be reporting to UF in late June. The 6-foot-4, 305-pounder has only attended East Mississippi C.C. for one year and was hoping he could finish early enough to transfer this fall. But things didn't work out in Reed's 8:39 PM from Gainesville Sun Read more »

• ‘I’d Buy Them Drinks’ — Haley Barbour Explains Why He’d Rather Support Less-Conservative Republicans Than Lose Elections

  Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, whose been active in conservative politics for going on five decades, called the infighting among Republicans “the enemy of victory.” In an interview with TheBlaze contributor Mallory Factor, Barbour lamented that some conservative 8:04 PM from The Blaze Read more »

• Mississippi Could Start Prosecuting Women for Stillbirths, Miscarriages

  The prosecution claimed that the methamphetamine found in Buckhalter’s system caused the death of her unborn child. The Mississippi Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments on April 2, is expected to rule soon. Should the judges permit the prosecution to 6:55 PM from The Inquisitr Read more »