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10 Things to Know for TuesdayYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
AP Source: Southern Miss Hires Monken as CoachSouthern Mississippi has hired Todd Monken as its next football coach, said a person familiar with the decision.
Voter Disdain Spreads as 'Fiscal Cliff' LoomsFear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular outpost 500 miles from where Washington is again locked in tense negotiations over taxes and spending as a critical deadline looms.
Treasury Sells Remaining Shares of AIGThe Treasury Department said Tuesday that it has sold all of its remaining shares of American International Group Inc., moving to wrap up the government's biggest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis.
Hinds Co. Considers Purchasing New Voting MachinesHinds County is poised to purchase an all-new electronic voting system that some supervisors say will be more efficient and less costly to maintain than the decade-old, touch-screen system now in use.
Global Study of Student Scores a Mixed Bag for U.S.Students in the U.S. perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe, an international study found.
Watchdog Agency Claims Research Animals MistreatedAn animal rights watchdog group has filed a complaint against the University of Southern Mississippi for negligent treatment of its research animals.
Harden's Body to Lie in Repose at Miss. CapitolThe body of state Sen. Alice Harden will lie in repose Thursday at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, a day before her funeral.
Scruggs Home on Prison Release, Appeal Pending"Dickie" Scruggs, a noted plaintiff's attorney before being snared in a corruption investigation, has been released from prison pending an appeal.
Nunnelee Says Goal Remains to Cut SpendingCongressman Alan Nunnelee says his priorities in his second term will remain on cutting spending and reducing the size of government.
Obama says he 'Won't Compromise' on TaxesPresident Barack Obama warned Monday that he "won't compromise" on his demands that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes, digging in on the chief sticking point between the White House and Republicans as they seek a way to avert …
Doctor Gets 20 Years in Miss. Cancer Center FraudA federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former Mississippi cancer center she ran. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III said he …
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Stock Market is a Wild Card in Fiscal Cliff TalksCongress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the "fiscal cliff" even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. 31. One thing they cannot control, however, is the financial markets' reaction, which possibly could …
Minn. Gay Couple in '71 Marriage Case Still UnitedWhen Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that was utterly radical for its time: that someday they would legally marry.