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"Operation Pretense" was king of stings
By BILL MINOR
Wed,08/14/02-11:00PM , 503 Reads
JACKSON - A rural, Bible-belt state such as Mississippi may seem an unlikely venue for the biggest sting operation ever waged by the FBI against local government corruption.

But in the mid-1980s, that is exactly what happened, right here in good ole Mississippi. It was called "Operation Pretense."
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Remembering legenday FBI man
By BILL MINOR
Sat,08/10/02-11:00PM , 165 Reads
JACKSON - He vowed he would take it to the grave with him. And he did.

The identity of "Mister X," the guy who told where the bodies of the three civil rights workers were buried in an earthen farm pond dam outside Philadelphia.
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Tobacco tax hike is way to go
By BILL MINOR
Wed,08/07/02-11:00PM , 96 Reads
JACKSON - In New York City, a pack of Lucky Strikes will cost you seven bucks, fifty, in case you're going to be in the Big Apple and feel you've just got to get some smokes.
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State not alone in revenue crisis
By BILL MINOR
Wed,07/31/02-11:00PM , 107 Reads
JACKSON - Judging from reports out of the recent National Governors' Conference in Boise, Idaho, Mississippi is far from being the only state that has serious revenue problems. In fact, many of them seem worse than ours.
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