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The James Meredith statue is seen on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford on Monday. A $25,000 reward is available for information leading to the arrest of two men involved in sullying the statue early Sunday.

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UM statue defaced
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,02/18/14-1:00PM , 98 Reads
OXFORD — A $25,000 reward is available for information leading to the arrest of two men involved in sullying the James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi.
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Hospice owner pleads guilty in fraud case
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Fri,02/14/14-1:00PM , 311 Reads
OXFORD — The owner of a Mississippi hospice has pleaded guilty in a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud investigation.

Regina Swims-King was charged in June in a 37-count criminal indictment related to the actions of Angelic Hospice in Greenwood.

She pleaded guilty Thursday to one count in U.S. District Court in Oxford.
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District for failing schools rejected
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Thu,02/13/14-1:00PM , 108 Reads
JACKSON — Fears about loss of local control and more charter schools led Mississippi House members Wednesday to reject a plan for a separate statewide school district to take over individual failing schools.
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Storm heads northeast
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Thu,02/13/14-1:00PM , 95 Reads
After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region as it marched northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for millions of residents.
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