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• GE to Open Second Aviation Manufacturing Plant in Mississippi
  Jul 29, 2011 9:52 AM

  Excerpt ...of the new GE Aviation facility in Ellisville will be a welcome addition to the aviation and manufacturing industry in Mississippi.” GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components and... Source Info Manufacturing.net Related Topics
  http://www.manufacturing.net//News/Feeds/2011/07/mnet-mnet-market-sectors-automotive/transportation-ge-to-open-second-aviation-manufacturing-plant-in-/

• Why Mississippi State Will Best Arkansas This Season // SEC 2011
  Jul 18, 2011 3:22 PM

  Excerpt ...or LSU, it's probably going to be Mississippi State. The Hogs-Dogs pecking order might not be clear-cut either way, but to me Mississippi State looks like the better team this year. Narrowly so, sure, but a third-place finish is a third-place finish when it... Source Info Team Speed Kills Related Topics
  http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2011/7/18/2280796/mississippi-state-football-preview-2011

• Mississippi ranked No. 2 for retirees
  Jul 15, 2011 9:17 PM

  Excerpt ...States were ranked on overall tax rates by Kiplinger, which publishes business forecasts and personal finance reports. “Mississippi offers a sweet income-tax deal for retirees,” the report said. “It not only exempts Social Security benefits from state income... Source Info Biloxi Sun Herald Related Topics
  http://www.sunherald.com/2011/07/15/3275536/mississippi-ranked-no-2-for-retirees.html

• Record $322 Million Dollar Verdict in Mississippi Asbestos Case
  May 10, 2011 1:06 PM

  Excerpt ...workers about the known dangers of their asbestos drilling products.  "The jury's verdict made it clear that the people of Mississippi think that everyone, including the young men entering the work force that can't read, deserve equal protection under Mississippi... Source Info PR Newswire
  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/record-322-million-dollar-verdict-in-mississippi-asbestos-case-121585813.html

• Memphis on flood alert as Mississippi waters hit record peak
  May 9, 2011 12:12 PM

  Excerpt ...since last November because of a combination of heavy snowfall in midwestern states such as Minnesota, the source of the Mississippi, and severe rain storms further south. "It's too much precipitation in too short of a time and in the wrong places," Vaccaro... Source Info Guardian Unlimited
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/memphis-flood-alert-mississippi-river

• Mississippi River swells to one record, more evacuations
  May 6, 2011 12:53 PM

  Excerpt ...of reservoirs have been added across the basin and floodways have been added for use on rare occasions to relieve pressure. The Mississippi already has lapped over some downtown Memphis streets and threatened some homes on Mud Island, a community of about... Source Info The Herald-Mail Online
  http://www.herald-mail.com/news/sns-rt-usreport-us-floodingtre74462i-20110505,0,3164119.story?track=rss

• Mississippi floods force evacuations near Memphis
  May 5, 2011 1:52 PM

  Excerpt ...has changed since the 1927 flood, including the structure of the levees and the addition of dozens of reservoirs throughout the Mississippi River basin and floodways. The Mississippi has four floodways: Birds Point and three spillways in Louisiana. "There... Source Info WOSU Public Media Columbus NPR
  http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/news.newsmain/article/0/2/1798977/US/Mississippi.floods.force.evacuations.near.Memphis

• Mississippi governor calls flood threat ‘monumental’
  May 4, 2011 2:06 PM

  Excerpt ...Gov. Haley Barbour said the combination of heavy rains from the violent storms that have hit Mississippi and high water levels on the Mississippi River could produce a flood that will be “monumental” in the annals of his state. Speaking... Source Info Delta Farm Press
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DeltaFarmPress/~3/jBnoSk6E-Xw/mississippi-governor-calls-flood-threat-monumental

• Rising Mississippi River a concern in tornado-hit states
  May 3, 2011 7:23 PM

  Excerpt ...lower Mississippi River is expected to crest well above flood stages in the coming weeks and that could mean problems in the South, which is still reeling from last week's bout of deadly tornados. Forecasters say the river could break records in Mississippi... Source Info Hattiesburg American
  http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20110504/NEWS01/105040306/1002/rss

• The Deep South braces for rising Mississippi River
  Apr 28, 2011 3:50 PM

  Excerpt ...through the Deep South, adding another element of danger to a region already raked by deadly tornadoes and thunderstorms. Mississippi's and Louisiana's governors issued flood warnings Thursday and declared states of emergency. Authorities along the swollen... Source Info Boston Globe
  http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=6e1206684183f613302e306bc3efdbe9

• The Deep South braces for rising Mississippi River
  Apr 28, 2011 3:40 PM

  Excerpt ...said Reynold Minsky, the president of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, which oversees about 260 miles of levees along the Mississippi. Still, there are concerns. About 241 miles of levees in the Mississippi River system between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and... Source Info Corvallis Gazette-Times
  http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/national/article_aa02f20c-1800-5cb5-9fc3-1a7119c921a5.html

• Mississippi Personhood Campaign Files Response to Lawsuit Against Amendment
  Jul 19, 2010 9:02 AM

  Excerpt Jackson, MS (LifeNews.com) -- The Mississippi personhood campaign has filed a response to a lawsuit filed by abortion advocates who say the amendment, which attempts to define unborn children as persons and thereby prohibit abortions, is Source Info Lifenews.com
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LifeNewsHeadlines/~3/n_W3bWj-Pg4/state5257.html

• No soy rust in Mississippi
  Jul 13, 2010 2:02 PM

  Excerpt To date, no soybean rust has been detected in Mississippi, writes Tom Allen in the latest Mississippi State University Extension Service Crop Situation newsletter. However, continues Allen, Mississippi Extension plant pathologist, over the past three Source Info Delta Farm Press
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DeltaFarmPress/~3/UTwsdiFu3SM/no-soy-rust-mississippi-0713

• Miss Mississippi 'blessed, honored'
  Jul 10, 2010 11:31 PM

  Excerpt VICKSBURG — Sarah Beth James, of Madison, is the new Miss Mississippi. Miss Metro Jackson, James was chosen Saturday night before a crowd of 2,200 in a near-packed Vicksburg Convention Center after a week of competition. She will receive a $10,000 Source Info The Clarion-Ledger
  http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100711/NEWS/7110360/1001/RSS01

• Mississippi Takes Exception To Entenza Ad Diss
  Jun 4, 2010 4:59 PM

  Excerpt ...chamber has to be nice and to befit a state of our stature. It's not like we're Mississippi. We're a rich state." Franks told Mississippi lawmakers in March that it was "stupid comment." They applauded. Joseph Parker, a retired political scientist from the... Source Info WCCO
  http://wcco.com/politics/mississippi.dissed.advertisement.2.1733464.html

• RiverKings Weekly
  Dec 28, 2009 12:38 PM

  Excerpt Following a scoreless period, the RiverKings scored twice in the second period on goals from Andrew Lackner and Derek Landmesser for a 2-1 second intermission lead. Nathan Schwartzbauer scored an empty net goal in the final seconds for the final result. Source Info Our Sports Central
  http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3944983

• Nine people, including six children, die in Mississippi blaze
  Dec 28, 2009 8:01 AM

  Excerpt Officials say nine people, including at least six children, are dead in an apartment fire in Mississippi. State fire marshal Mike Chaney says the pre-dawn fire happened at an apartment complex on Mississippi Highway 25-South in Starkville. Oktibbeha Source Info N.J. Courier-Post Online
  http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20091228/NEWS01/91228021/1006/rss01

• Republicans in the Mississippi House push back on Speaker McCoy’s freeze out
  Dec 18, 2009 9:20 AM

  Excerpt Yesterday, Mississippi House Republicans sent an open letter to House Speaker Billy McCoy reiterating their wishes for budget recommendations in the House. As most remember, McCoy narrowly avoided defeat as Speaker in 2008 after tying two ballots at 61- Source Info Yall Politics
  http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/republicans_in_the_mississippi_house_push_back_on_speaker_mccoys_freeze_out/

• Black Colleges Slam Miss. Governor's Plan To Merge HBCUs
  Dec 16, 2009 2:18 PM

  Excerpt Copyright © 2009 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. And now, a controversial plan to merge three historically black institutions of higher learning in Mississippi. Source Info NPR
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121506563&ft=1&f=1015

• Black Colleges Slam Miss. Governor's Plan To Merge HBCUs
  Dec 16, 2009 9:00 AM

  Excerpt News > U.S. E-mail Share Comments Print Facebook Stumble Upon Reddit Twitter Digg What is this? Share Black Colleges Slam Miss. Governor's Plan To Merge HBCUs December 16, 2009 Listen to the Story Tell Me More [11 min 23 sec] Add to Playlist Download Source Info NPR
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121506563&ft=1&f=1013

• Mississippi’s Government Consolidation
  Dec 5, 2009 10:29 AM

  Excerpt Early this year I wrote an article for the local alternative newspaper, The Jackson Free Press, calling for a consolidation of Mississippi’s very top-heavy government.  Due to antiquated systems of drawing district and county lines, Mississippi is Source Info Grizzly Groundswell
  http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/05/mississippis-government-consolidation/

• Is change to stronger beer on tap in Mississippi?
  Nov 29, 2009 8:39 AM

  Excerpt While nothing appears imminent, these beer aficionados are waiting for Mississippi to join a growing number of states that have allowed higher alcohol content in beer. "Raising the permissible alcohol content would move Mississippi more in line with th Source Info Biloxi Sun Herald
  http://www.sunherald.com/218/story/1774761.html

• Mississippi's Future Job Growth: Where will the workers come from?
  Nov 15, 2009 4:40 AM

  Excerpt As we begin the long and slow process of economic recovery in Mississippi, the prospect of a labor shortage seems rather remote at best. After all, there were almost 118,000 people unemployed in Mississippi in September 2009. In addition, there are 24,0 Source Info Hattiesburg American
  http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091115/BUSINESS/911150312/-1/rss01

• Where is Area Code 228?
  Nov 15, 2009 4:22 AM

  Excerpt If you are asking yourself, "Where is area code 228?" then you have come to the right place. There are nearly four hundred area codes in the United States, each one covering a different geographic area. Here's what I know about area code 228: Area code Source Info Associated Content
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2393720/where_is_area_code_228.html

• Oilers topple Mississippi
  Nov 15, 2009 12:20 AM

  Excerpt Caig, Hisey and Riddle provide punch against RiverKings. Published: 11/15/2009  2:20 AM Last Modified: 11/15/2009  2:20 AM The trio of T.J. Caig, Rob Hisey and Troy Riddle was too much for the Mississippi RiverKings to handle Saturday night at the BOK Source Info Tulsa World
  http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091115_29_B2_Thetri614860&rss_lnk=2

• Rider uses hot three-point shooting to stun No. 19 Mississippi State
  Nov 13, 2009 8:48 PM

  Excerpt Rider's Ryan Thompson goes for the block of Mississippi State guard Barry Stewart's shot as the Broncs upset the defending SEC tournament champion Bulldogs. STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mike Ringgold and Novar Gadson scored 21 points each, and Rider pulled Source Info USA Today
  http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomCollegeMensBasketball-TopStories/~3/6DckKU-1fos/2009-11-13-rider-mississippi-state_N.htm

• The Maroon Nation Sports Blog :: Dawgs On Ice
  Nov 13, 2009 9:49 AM

  Excerpt Special thanks to Patrick Swartz  for his outstanding help on this article. No, this isn’t the latest figure skating show. It is nothing like Sesame Street On Ice. I’m referring to the Mississippi State University hockey team. Wait, MSU has a hockey Source Info Sports Blogs
  http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2181649&src=rss

• Hurricane Ida Takes Aim at Gulf Coast
  Nov 8, 2009 2:09 PM

  Excerpt NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges. A hurricane watch extended over more than Source Info The New York Times
  http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e3bd76c6e84445d8c9acceca4af31489

• Danger lurking for Florida Gators in Mississippi
  Oct 22, 2009 9:16 PM

  Excerpt ...a thin defensive line. Beyond the matchups, something else should have the Gators on edge this weekend. Florida hasn't won at Mississippi State since 1985. UF has lost four in a row at Davis Wade Stadium, where fans smuggle in cowbells and use the noisemakers,... Source Info Miami Herald
  http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/1296113.html

• Mississippi State’s Mullen Learns How Other Half Wins in SEC
  Oct 22, 2009 9:07 PM

  Excerpt STARKVILLE, Miss. The road to the Bowl Championship Series title game will wind through the most remote college town in the Southeastern Conference during the next month. By hosting No. 2 Florida this weekend and No. 1 Alabama on Nov. 14, Mississippi Source Info The New York Times
  http://feeds1.nytimes.com/~r/nyt/rss/Sports/~3/hK6kLaMzyfI/23bulldogs.html

• Stellaaahhh!!! Festival honors Tennessee Williams
  Oct 15, 2009 9:02 AM

  Excerpt In an Oct. 11, 2009 photo, a blow-up poster of the U.S. postage stamp honoring Mississippi author Tennessee Williams hangs on the wall of the sitting room in the Clarksdale, Miss., home of Panny Mayfield. The house used to belong the family of Source Info PhillyBurbs.com
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FeatureStories/~3/73XrMkOcF_8/stellaaahhh-festival-honors-tennessee-williams.html

• Some in Mississippi upset Obama is only visiting Louisiana
  Oct 14, 2009 12:01 PM

  Excerpt JACKSON Mississippi took a direct hit from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 though the state is often overshadowed by the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans, the city President Barack Obama visits Thursday to assess recovery on the Gulf Coast. Some Source Info Hattiesburg American
  http://hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20091014/NEWS01/91014004/-1/rss

• Commentary: Is the Mississippi Coast invisible?
  Oct 14, 2009 7:42 AM

  Excerpt When the White House recently announced the president would be visiting New Orleans and the "hurricane damaged" areas of the Gulf Coast in mid-October, in accordance with a campaign pledge, our immediate thought was we better get ready. But since Source Info McClatchy
  http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/77142.html

• Mississippi takes “Dixie Mafia” inmate
  Oct 12, 2009 1:12 PM

  Excerpt BATON ROUGE, La. — The ailing “Dixie Mafia” inmate who linked prison telephone scams in Louisiana to the murders of a Mississippi judge and his wife has been moved to a Mississippi prison. Bobby Joe Fabian, 64, is now at the Central Mississippi Source Info The Picayune Item
  http://www.picayuneitem.com/statenews/local_story_285201319.html

• Navy honors civil rights martyr Medgar Evers
  Oct 9, 2009 2:33 PM

  Excerpt Associated Press Writer Copyright 2009, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss. — The Source Info Dayton Daily News
  http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/US_Medgar_Evers_Navy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0

• Mississippi mandates civil rights classes in schools
  Oct 7, 2009 3:07 PM

  Excerpt Civil rights stories such as that of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old lynched in 1955 at Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market in Money, Miss., will be required public school subjects in Mississippi. McComb, Miss. - The boxwoods are perfectly trimmed to spell Source Info Christian Science Monitor
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1008/p25s02-usgn.html

• Delayed Justice A Salve For Mississippi's Wounds?
  Oct 3, 2009 12:07 PM

  Excerpt The frail old man enters the courtroom not in an orange jumpsuit and shackles, as in days past, but in pressed slacks and a gray button-down dress shirt. He steadies himself on the lectern before sitting down at the defense table, where he receives a Source Info NPR
  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113432666&ft=1&f=1015

• Mississippi River Basin — improving its health
  Sep 24, 2009 12:35 PM

  Excerpt ...practices, said Dave White, chief of NRCS. We all live downstream of other water users and this initiative will help make the Mississippi River Basin and the Mississippi River and its tributaries healthier for everyone. In addition to other federal, state,... Source Info Delta Farm Press
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DeltaFarmPress/~3/ev6Av6WNxVQ/river-basin-0925

• Mississippi arts hour
  Sep 10, 2009 9:58 PM

  Excerpt Dear readers: Today was a red-letter day for this writer. Get comfortable now, and let me tell you all about it. I set my alarm last night for 6:00 am sharp, then, I bounded out of bed this morning, and headed for Jackson. I had an appointment at Source Info The Meridian Star
  http://www.meridianstar.com/opinion/local_story_254004917.html

• Auburn Vs. Mississippi State Preview
  Sep 6, 2009 2:28 PM

  Excerpt SERIES AU leads, 57-23-2 at Auburn AU leads, 25-6 at Starkville AU leads, 11-4-1 at Neutral sites AU leads, 21-13-1 at Birmingham, AL AU leads, 14-11-1 at Columbus, MS AU leads, 1-0 at Jackson, MS AU leads, 5-2 at Montgomery, AL AU leads, 1-0 Last Source Info The Auburn University Official Athletic Site
  http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/aub/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090609aaa.html

• Mississippi State Drops Jackson St. 45-7
  Sep 5, 2009 5:35 PM

  Excerpt Mississippi State quarterback Chris Relf (14) rushes five yards for a touchdown against Jackson State's Donovan Robinson, right during an NCAA college football game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009. (AP Photo Jim Lytle) (Jim Lytle - Source Info The Washington Post
  http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9c671822c2d19068ae02efa75a5922d1

• Wicker: Mississippi harvest season reminds us of agriculture importance
  Sep 4, 2009 9:19 AM

  Excerpt The signs of harvest were evident as I drove through the Mississippi Delta late last month, as farmers were hard at work gathering their soybeans, corn, and rice. To get behind slow moving traffic in that part of our state during late August and Source Info Yall Politics
  http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/wicker_mississippi_harvest_season_reminds_us_of_agriculture_importance/

• Hurricane Camille's fury remembered 40 years later
  Aug 17, 2009 11:44 AM

  Excerpt A file photograph of an 85-foot boat, which was deposited in the yard of Stafford Cooper in Biloxi, Miss., as part of the wreckage of Hurricane Camille. The boat's anchorage is more than 100 yards from the home and floated in on flood tides. GULFPORT, Source Info USA Today
  http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomNation-TopStories/~3/Tw3vNHqOb_g/2009-08-17-hurricane-camille_N.htm

• Higher ed gifts offset economy
  Aug 12, 2009 11:47 PM

  Excerpt Mississippi's public universities say they have managed to hold their own in private donations, as others across the country experience deep dips because of the sluggish economy. Mississippi State University had its third-highest giving year ever Source Info The Clarion-Ledger
  http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090813/NEWS/908130348/1001/RSS01

• Meetings and field days
  Aug 10, 2009 8:41 AM

  Excerpt Check out this feature for events that will help you farm smarter and more profitably and stay in touch with those involved in Mid-South agriculture. Aug. 18: Soybean grading clinic for elevator inspectors followed by educational seminar on grading Source Info Delta Farm Press
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DeltaFarmPress/~3/fl_i142vz2k/dfp-calendar-0810

• Mississippi State Football 2009 Schedule
  Aug 7, 2009 7:54 AM

  Excerpt Mississippi State University is located in Starkville, Mississippi, which is 125 miles Northeast of Jackson. The campus is made up of about 4,200 acres. The Mississippi State Bulldogs will begin their 2009 football season on September 5th and will be Source Info Associated Content
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2029554/mississippi_state_football_2009_schedule.html

• RiverKings Release Regular Season Schedule
  Aug 6, 2009 4:47 PM

  Excerpt August 6, 2009 - Central Hockey League (CHL) Mississippi RiverKings (Southaven, MS) --- The Central Hockey League (CHL) Mississippi RiverKings have announced the team's 2009-2010 regular season schedule. The 64-game run toward the league's Ray Miron Source Info Our Sports Central
  http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3880529

• Thousands sweat, and love it, at Mississippi fair
  Jul 31, 2009 1:17 PM

  Excerpt PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) -- Out on the cabin porches where fairgoers have gathered for decades, it's old home week. There's gossip, how's-your-mama banter, ice-cold sweet tea and, if you know where to look in this mostly dry county, a little hooch. As Source Info ReadingEagle.com
  http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_NESHOBA_COUNTY_FAIR?SITE=PAREA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

• 1 dead, several hurt in NE Miss. explosion
  Jul 29, 2009 4:47 PM

  Excerpt One person was killed and several others injured in an explosion Wednesday at a copper plant in northeast Mississippi, emergency officials said. The Itawamba County Emergency Management Agency confirmed to The Associated Press that there was a blast Source Info Miami Herald
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1163207.html

• Mississippi State's Dixon arrested
  Jul 20, 2009 4:17 AM

  Excerpt It's not the kind of start to the week Dan Mullen or anybody at Mississippi State would have wanted, especially with SEC Media Days approaching. But star running back Anthony Dixon was arrested over the weekend. Mississippi State officials confirmed Source Info ESPN
  http://myespn.go.com/blogs/secconf/0-7-149/Mississippi-State-s-Dixon-arrested.html