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Wednesday, April 24, 2013  2nd Mississippi man investigated in ricin-laced letters; charges dropped against Elvis impersonator

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Attorney: Scant evidence linking Mississippi man to ricin-laced letters sent to president, senator

Monday, January 28, 2013  Crude oil leaked into the Mississippi River and the waterway was closed.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Updated with video: Small plane slams into home, killing 3 pilots en route to FAA safety conference in Mississippi

Friday, May 18, 2012  Authorities have arrested a suspect in deadly highway shootings in Mississippi

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Should the Gulf of Mexico be renamed to the "Gulf of America"?

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  Life-at-fertilization ballot props still sought in 6 states after 1 defeated in Mississippi

Tuesday, November 08, 2011  Mississippi voting on measure that could fuel national abortion debate; also picking new governor

Saturday, September 10, 2011  In this world we're getting used to all kinds of extreme events… Extreme Skating, Extreme Biking, and now Extreme Shoplifting?!

Monday, July 25, 2011  No… it’s not the weather we’ve seen around here lately, although the name might lend itself to this unbearably hot and dry spell we’re currently enduring.  A heat burst a phenomenon that happens on a much smaller scale.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011  National Weather Service: Mississippi River crests in Memphis, reaching just shy of 48 feet

Friday, May 06, 2011  Mississippi River continues to rise, residents flee as flooding begins in parts of the Delta

Thursday, May 05, 2011  Slow-moving disaster spreads along the mighty Mississippi River; thousands flee from Illinois to Louisiana

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Corps breaks levee to help Illinois town as water rises in places unlikely to be helped by breech

Thursday, April 28, 2011  Massive tornadoes tore a town-flattening streak across the South, killing at least 266 people in six states.