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A Disconnect Between Violence and TelevisionIf there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.
Hitting the Debt Limit: What Bills Would Be Paid?In the summer of 2011, when a debt crisis like the current one loomed, President Barack Obama warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks unless there was a deal to raise the nation's borrowing limit.
Colin Powell Says GOP Having 'An Identity Problem'Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem."
State Rep. David Gibbs Dies in Hospital at Age 76State Rep. David Gibbs, recalled by colleagues as a common-sense lawmaker who preferred to keep a low profile and make things happen behind the scenes, died Sunday. He was 76.
Miss. Schools Taking Look at Security MeasuresThe McComb school system is looking at switching to uniforms as a way to address security issues.
Miss. Lt. Gov. Proposes Armed Guards in SchoolsMississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is proposing a $7.5 million program to help schools hire trained and armed law enforcement officers to work on campus.
'Argo,' 'Les Miserables' Win Best-Pic Globes"Lincoln" is sitting pretty with the Oscars but was mostly left out in the cold at the Globes.
10 Local Stories of the WeekThere's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
Interview: Is the World Ready for Another George Bush?AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George Prescott Bush is gearing up to run for a little-known but powerful office in a state where his family already is a political dynasty and where his Hispanic roots could help extend a stranglehold on …
Only Miss. Abortion Clinic Can't Comply With LawMississippi's only abortion clinic missed a Friday deadline to comply with a state law requiring each of its physicians to get hospital admitting privileges.
Employees in Rural Ohio K-12 School Will Start Carrying HandgunsTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps even janitors.
Kerry's Words on Assad Certain to Draw ScrutinySen. John Kerry has held up Syria as a country that could bring peace and stability to the Mideast and predicted that the now-disgraced government of President Bashar Assad would pursue a legitimate relationship with the United States.
Pakistani Shiites Protest After Attack Kills 86Shiite Muslims hit by a twin bombing that killed 86 people refused to bury their dead Friday, demanding the Pakistani government do more to protect them from increasing violence against the minority sect.
Al-Qaida Presence in Mali, Yemen and AfghanistanPresident Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war.
French Troops in Mali to Fight ExtremistsFrance's military started an air operation Friday to help Malian soldiers fight radical Islamists, drawing the former colonial power into a military intervention to oust the al-Qaida-linked militants nine months after they seized control of northern Mali.