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Wounded vet stands tall for factory
By SID SALTER
Tue,06/05/07-11:00PM , 119 Reads
JACKSON - West Point Mayor Scott Ross had a lot to be proud of Monday as Navistar International Corporation announced that its military subsidiary, International Military and Government, LLC, had been awarded a $623 million U.S. Marine Corps contract to build 1,200 mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles in his town.
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Incarceration is not cheap
By SID SALTER
Tue,05/29/07-11:00PM , 222 Reads
JACKSON - Mississippi had the third-highest incarceration rate in the U.S. in 2005 with 660 prisoners per 100,000 residents, trailing only Louisiana at 797 and Texas at 691.
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Tuition hikes are "taxation"
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Tue,05/22/07-11:00PM , 182 Reads
JACKSON - Mississippi's Commissioner of Higher Education Tom Meredith is a serial college tuition-raiser. It's his higher education funding mechanism of choice.
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Steel mill good for Mississippi, too
By SID SALTER
Tue,05/15/07-11:00PM , 153 Reads
JACKSON - Mississippi lawmakers know the drill - and they've heard it from the voters.
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Greenwood, 38930, MS

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40°F

Mostly Cloudy

Chance of Rain: 39%
Max Temp: 46°F
Min Temp: 35°F
Feels Like: 28°F
Dew Point: 43°F
Humidity: 83%
Sunrise: 7:09 AM
Sunset: 7:09 PM

Wind Speed: 15 to 20 mph
Wind Direction: NW
Wind Gust: 30 mph
Sky Cover: 92%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 43°F
Moon Rise: 5:50 AM
Moon Set: 4:54 PM

A slight chance of rain showers before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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