Topic: Mississippi

Suspect Arrested in Mississippi Shootings Was Not Posing as a Cop

AP

Police arrested a 28-year-old man this morning and charged him with capital murder in the deaths of two motorists who were shot in their cars on Mississippi highways.

By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 14, 2012

The Great Wait for Newt to Quit Has Begun

What hurts Newt Gingrich the most about his second-place finish in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday? That his southern brethren didn't back him? That conservative leaders are now screaming for him to pull out of the Republican presidential race?

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 13, 2012

Santorum Wins Alabama, Mississippi; Romney Crushed

This is it, you guys: the very last chance all primary -- maybe all election -- to try out your jazziest Dixieland cliches.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 13, 2012

Newt Gingrich Is Already Bored with This

Newt Gingrich sure looked bored while he read his own campaign website on the Rick & Bubba radio show in Alabama Tuesday.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 13, 2012

Rick Santorum Isn't Having a Good Day

Rick Santorum isn't having a great day, from an embarrassing typo to a retracted endorsement and admitting he didn't do all that well on Super Tuesday.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 13, 2012

Romney May Just Finish This Thing

There's a chance -- just a chance -- that the Republican primary will finally end tonight if Mississippi and Alabama pick Mitt Romney.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 12, 2012

Poll Watch

Romney Notches Some Wins Over Obama in General Election Polls

President Obama opened a wide lead over Mitt Romney in the last few weeks, but three polls show Romney now beating Obama in the 2012 election. But if you write about that on Facebook, it could cost you friends. Here's our guide to today's polls and why they matter.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 12, 2012

Romney, Santorum, Gingrich Go After Deep South's Very Conservative Voters

The Republican candidates are finishing up their last minute pitches to voters who usually don't get that much attention -- those in Alabama and Mississippi.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Mar 9, 2012

Poll Watch

How Slim Are Gingrich and Santorum's Chances of Catching Romney?

We all know that if Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich want to be the Republican presidential nominee, they have to win more states. But they also have to win by large margins.

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By Eric Randall

Feb 9, 2012

Immigration Debate So Funny We Forgot to Laugh

When a Democratic state legislator introduced a satirical bill proposing that Mississippi rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America," he fooled a whole lot of people into thinking he was serious, providing a funny (but actually sad) commentary on the state of the immigration debate.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Jan 12, 2012

Judge Halts Mississippi's Controversial Pardons

Mississippi's attorney general has convinced a state judge to block 203 pardons handed out by Governor Haley Barbour on his last day in office, even though some of those violent criminals had already been released from jail.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Oct 26, 2011

The Culture War Did Not Go Away While We Were Talking About Spending

Social issues have been mostly ignored nationally this year as Congress and presidential candidates fight over government spending, but on the state level, the fight over sex hasn't gone away.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Sep 2, 2011

Mississippi Declares State of Emergency Days Before Storm Hits

Tropical storm Lee threatens the state with flooding

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