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The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the...
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the...
Toyota is close to recalling as many as 300,000 of its popular Prius hybrids over brake problems, according to Japanese media - a decision that would further embarrass a trusted brand suddenly beset by safety problems.
Anna and Lonnie Carson are glad to be alive after they were beat and robbed in their home Sunday afternoon. They say two men were hiding in their home and attacked them.
Purchases of U.S. magazines at newsstands and other retail outlets fell 9 percent in the second half of 2009, a slight improvement from the 12 percent year-over-year decline in the first half of the year.
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 2:54 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - No ticker tape, no convertibles, but the parade the city is throwing to honor the Saints for their Super Bowl victory will fit...
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 2:44 PM ET JACKSON, Ark. (AP) - The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning until 4 p.m. Monday for areas of northwest Mississippi with...
Marshall Faulk ran as far as he could from the dead-end Desire Projects. He bolted the New Orleans streets to play college ball in San Diego, then blossomed into an NFL star with the Indianapolis Colts.
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 2:04 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Conservative author and TV commentator Angela McGlowan says she's running for Congress in northern Mississippi.
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer Weakness in Western energy-producing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December...
Want to see those nutty commercials one more time?
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 9:24 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hoarse, hungover and happy, New Orleans woke up Monday wondering if that Super Bowl thing really happened.
They're celebrating Mardi Gras early in New Orleans. The underdog New Orleans Saints rallied with 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to shock the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win Super Bowl 44.
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 6:14 AM ET BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - A 21st Century Community Learning Center grant will help pay the tutoring costs for more than 400 students in the Biloxi and...
Associated Press - February 8, 2010 6:04 AM ET BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - The power is out at Biloxi's Palace Casino Resort. An electrical short Sunday forced an evacuation of the entire...
Super Bowl ads took on a light-hearted tone this year, shedding last year's somber feeling in the midst of the economic meltdown. Anheuser-Busch and Coca-Cola who shelled out millions per 30 seconds for air time on CBS.
They are literally dancing in the streets of New Orleans, which has been transformed into one big Bourbon Street. Their beloved Saints have gone from NFL laughingstock to Super Bowl champions.
Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees says the opportunity to lead the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl title was a "calling," and symbolic of the entire city's willingness to come back from adversity.
A Baton Rouge couple got married on Sunday just in time to start cheering on the Saints to their Super Bowl win. They came up with the idea to scrap their end of the month wedding in favor of something different.
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 11:34 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis Colts fans are disappointed after their team's 31-17 loss to New Orleans, but many retain a soft spot for the...
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 11:14 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Saints fan Peggy Byrd says New Orleans winning the Super Bowl helps wash away some tough times.
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 10:14 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - They're not supposed to give the Super Bowl MVP award to a coach. Maybe they can make an exception this one time for Sean...
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 10:04 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Louisiana native Tracy Porter played a crucial role in the New Orleans Saints magical run to a Super Bowl title and their triumph...
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 10:04 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Jeremy Shockey wasn't in a suite for this Super Bowl. Instead, he was part of the New Orleans Saints' sweetest victory.
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 9:54 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Peyton Manning threw away the Indianapolis Colts' best chance to win the Super Bowl.
Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned Wednesday - then quickly took it back - as skepticism of company fixes grew and the...
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 7:44 PM ET MIAMI (AP) - Indianapolis' Dwight Freeney is having an impact in the Super Bowl, sacking Drew Brees early in the second quarter.
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 5:34 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Perhaps in a plea for divine intervention, worshippers at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans were greeted Sunday by a flag...
The game may be in Miami but the party is in New Orleans. Downtown hotels reported high occupancy this weekend.
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 1:54 PM ET OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi animal welfare workers are flying 34 dogs rescued from an alleged puppy mill to New York City for...
Associated Press - February 7, 2010 12:14 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Those traditional yellow school buses might soon be decorated with advertising, if some Mississippi lawmakers get their...
The good times rolled through Gulfport Saturday afternoon during the Orange Grove Carnival Parade. As Krystal Allan reports, this year, it was floats and football that revved up the crowd for the Mardi Gras parade.
Some Jones County firefighters are helping to save lives while honoring one of their own who died during firefighter training.
A group of Hattiesburg residents is gathering sleeping bags, tarps and other items for earthquake victims in Haiti.
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 1:44 PM ET MOSELLE, Miss. (AP) - A Jones County spokesman says a Moselle man was in critical condition and had no house after apparently using diesel fuel to...
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 3:04 PM ET JACKSON, Ms. (AP) - An attorney for the family identifies a transplant patient who died from from a rare parasite as 31-year-old Ellecia Small of...
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 2:44 PM ET GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks says a 43-year-old man arrested on charges of public drunkenness and profanity died in...
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 1:54 PM ET PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) - Picayune City Manager Harvey Miller says he will resign from the city school board.
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 1:14 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Ten Mississippi legislators failed to file campaign finance reports on time. One says his reason was heart bypass...
Associated Press - February 6, 2010 1:04 PM ET LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say a disabled former nurse in Holmes County called a Utah animal shelter for help with 58 dogs in her...
When the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts take the field for Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, emotions will be running high, so high that some fans can run the risk of a heart attack and even death.
More than 3,000 soldiers of the Tennessee National Guard will soon be headed from Camp Shelby to Iraq.
Marion County authorities are continuing what they call the largest drug roundup that county has seen in many years.
Associated Press - February 5, 2010 3:44 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has cut another $21 million from what started as a nearly $6 billion budget.
Associated Press - February 5, 2010 2:24 PM ET FULTON, Miss. (AP) - Max Home LLC, a manufacturer of upholstered sofas, loveseats, and chairs is expanding its operations in Fulton.
Associated Press - February 5, 2010 12:54 PM ET ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) - A former Tennessee lawyer will plead guilty Feb. 11 to charges related to his role in defrauding the U.S.
Associated Press - February 5, 2010 12:54 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has rescheduled his announcement on a fourth round of state budget cuts.
Associated Press - February 5, 2010 12:24 PM ET FULTON, Miss. (AP) - A male high school student in Mississippi says he was sent home for dressing like a girl and now some female students are...
A Jones County man remains hospitalized in Georgia after being seriously burned in a house fire Thursday morning. It happened around 7:00 on Tower Road in Moselle.
As jobless Americans lost private health insurance coverage and joined the Medicaid rolls during the recession, U.S. health spending jumped 5.7 percent to $2.5 trillion in 2009, government projections show.
A Covington County man is dead after a one-car accident.
Several Columbia-area residents are in jail tonight, in connection with the largest drug round-up in Marion County in many years.
Toyota's dealers, who have started to repair defective gas pedals in millions of U.S. vehicles, are extending hours, making house calls and offering other services as they try to repair the damage to Toyota's reputation.
Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned Wednesday - then quickly took it back - as skepticism of company fixes grew and the...
A Jones County mother and her 2- year- old child are homeless tonight after fire damaged a home they moved into only two days ago.
Pearl River Community College head football coach Tim Hatten signed 27 high school standouts to national letters of intent Wednesday on National Signing Day. Hatten said 12 other prospects are expected
1. Michael Ross, DL – Taylorsville 2. McKay Tingle, OL – Greene County 3. Mitchell Brown, QB – Greene County 4. Marion Chapman, LB – Wayne County 5. Andre Rankin, FB/TE – Wayne County 6. Jerrell Gandy,
Some Southern Pine Electric Power customers in the pinebelt are outraged over what they call "high electric bills."
Soon buying some common and popular medicines will first require an o-k from your doctor and a written prescription to prove it.
2010 OLE MISS FOOTBALL SIGNEES Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown (School) Bryon Bennett DL 6-2 250 Madison, Miss. (Madison Central) Cliff
A trial date has been set for a former cheerleading coach and one-time Hattiesburg police officer accused of sexual battery.
Mardi Gras falls on a Sunday this year.
MISSISSIPPI STATE INKS 26 TO FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPS STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen made a priority of recruiting the best players in the state of Mississippi, and
Pine Belt area football signees Bassfield High School - Josh Griffith – DB – Pearl River Community College - Marcus Hosey – DL – Pearl River Community College - Jeremy
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 3:04 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Supervisors are asking legislators to rethink a 2005 law that gives a break to federally-subsidized housing developments...
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 1:44 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi landed its top target and 1 of the nation's best recruiting classes on national signing day.
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 1:14 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A group of House and Senate members will try to negotiate a compromise on a bill that aims to restore some of the money Gov.
A wild ride through the streets of Laurel Tuesday afternoon resulted in several accidents and sent a Jones County woman to the hospital.
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One lucky Hattiesburg couple will soon be making their way down to Miami with two secured seats at the super bowl and rooting on their saints to a hopeful victory.
For five years, Ellisville dance instructor Lora Davis, has been working with the New Orleans Saints cheerleaders, "The Saintsations."
A bill to make the sale of pseudoephedrine products illegal without a prescription passed the Senate overwhelmingly Tuesday. Lawmakers say something needs to be done about the methamphetamine problem in Mississippi.
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 8:04 AM ET BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - The Stennis Space Center in Hancock County will turn to commercial rocket engine testing opportunities after the...
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 6:24 AM ET LONG BEACH, Miss. (AP) - A technician employed with Triton Industries, manufacturer of ATM machines, is accused of using his knowledge to steal...
Associated Press - February 3, 2010 5:34 AM ET VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) - A Vicksburg Warren School District school bus driver has been fired for failing to report a 13-year-old girl with a pistol...
Four people were injured when a small stage collapsed outside Sun Life Stadium, where the Super Bowl is being played this weekend.
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Take a look at these pictures from our Raycom Media crew covering all the events leading up to Super Bowl XLIV. Check back each day for new pictures!
The world's largest car maker has made one of the largest recalls. About eight million Toyota vehicles worldwide have been recalled because of a default in the gas pedal. Now the company says there is a fix.
Associated Press - February 2, 2010 3:24 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Phillip Martin, the former longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has been hospitalized in...
The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would require a prescription for any medication containing pseudoephedrine, which is commonly found in cold medications. It's also the key ingredient for making crystal meth. The bill now goes to the governor who has already pledged to sign it. The new law would go into effect July 1.
Associated Press - February 2, 2010 1:04 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Abortion opponents who want life defined in Mississippi as beginning at fertilization have filed a lawsuit as part of their...
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Associated Press - February 2, 2010 12:54 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi NAACP leaders say they oppose Republican Gov. Haley Barbour's budget cuts and his proposals to consolidate...
