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A bill that will strengthen the state's stalking law passed both chambers of the state Legislature and will now be considered by Gov. Haley Barbour.  Full story »

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. edged closer to a decision to challenge Boeing Co. for the U.S. Air Force tanker contract, saying in a statement this morning that it was "assessing this new situation" to determine if a bid makes sense. Full story »

GAUTIER, Miss. -- A 387-foot section of Gautier's main sewer artery received what amounts to a plastic stent Thursday. Full story »

Circuit Judge Robert Krebs on Thursday set a trial date for two of three suspects charged with capital murder in the October shooting death of Jermaine Jebon "J.J." Kelly. Myron "Dog Pound" Johnson and Spencer "Black" Lawrence are in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center and will remain there until the May 20 jury trial.  Full story »

TUPELO, Miss. -- Luther L. Millsaps, a longtime advocate and former regional director for Habitat for Humanity, has died. He was 83. Full story »

Roland Kell, the general manager at Chevron Corp.'s Pascagoula refinery, is retiring April 30, the company said Wednesday. He will be replaced by Tom Kovar, currently the manager of Chevron's refinery in Pembroke, Wales. Full story »

The number of Mississippians covered by employer-sponsored health insurance tumbled by more than 200,000 in recent years, a drop that, in percentage terms, was the steepest in the country during that time, according to newly released estimates by the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  Full story »

Margaret Migues, a former Hancock Bank branch manager, has reached an agreement to plead quilty to embezzling nearly $3 million from customers over a 30-year period, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.  Full story »

"(The students) want to broaden their knowledge and experience," said Kirsten Werner, an English and biology teacher at Berufskolleg on her first visit to the United States. "They get to know the American way of life in general, and they just want to get experience in their field of work."  Full story »

JACKSON, Miss. -- Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says the Mississippi prison system will end the practice of keeping male HIV-positive inmates in segregated units. Full story »

MOSS POINT, Miss. -- Preventing erosion on shoreline property is best done naturally rather than with bulkheads and seawalls, according to Amy Gohres of the Weeks Bayou Foundation in Fairhope, Ala.  Full story »

Nationally, one-third of the faculty at colleges and universities saw salary reductions in 2009-10, according to a recent survey by the College and University Professional Association of Human Resources. The survey also indicated no movement in the median, or middle point, of average salaries during the last year.  Full story »

MERIDIAN, Miss. -- Meridian Naval Air Station will be taking part in an anti-terrorism, force protection exercise beginning Monday. Full story »

A University of Texas student this week will be trying to get some revenge against the University of Alabama when he duels, mano a mano, against a UA student in, of all things, a Mexican throwdown match of rock paper scissors. Full story »