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Favre tosses TD pass in New York debut Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:40 CDT
Brett Favre completed 5-of-6 for 48 yards and a touchdown in his New York Jets debut after being traded from Green Bay.

Forecasters: Floridians should prepare for hurricane Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:20 CDT
Residents and tourists in the Florida Keys prepared Saturday for Tropical Storm Fay, which forecasters said could strengthen to a hurricane and begin battering the island chain as soon as Monday.

House signs with Indians Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:00 CDT
Picayune left-hander T.J. House signed with the Cleveland Indians on Friday.

2 dead, 2 missing in Caribbean tropical storm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:05 CDT
Flooding from Tropical Storm Fay killed two people and left two children missing in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, authorities said Saturday as the cyclone spun toward Cuba.

Officer funeral set, benefit fund opened for his family Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:40 CDT
Funeral arrangements have been set for Gulfport Police Lt. Rob Curry, with visitation planned for Sunday evening and services on Monday morning.

State inmate who fled after funeral captured Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:26 CDT
A state inmate who failed to return to the George County Community Work Center after a 24-hour emergency leave to attend a funeral has been captured in Gulfport, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

Gulfport man accused of cashing stolen check Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:21 CDT
A Gulfport man charged with felonious uttering forgery is accused of cashing stolen checks at South Louisiana Bank in Houma, Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said.

Gulfport man arrested for possession of precursors Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:21 CDT
A Gulfport man in jail this morning is charged with felony possession of precursors used to manufacture meth, Harrison County Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said.

Life sentence for widow convicted of murder Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:52 CDT
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Robert Krebs sentenced a Pascagoula woman to life in prison for masterminding a plot to kill her husband.

Train hits, kills pedestrian Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:51 CDT
A pedestrian was struck by a train Thursday night and died of his injuries, Pascagoula Police Lt. Cindy Jenkins said.

UPDATED: Dane, Sperry finish eighth in first Olympic race Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:59 CDT
Gulfport's John Dane III and Austin Sperry didn't seem to mind a middle-of-the pack finish in their opening Star Class race at the Olympics in Qingdao, China.

School kicks off new year Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Moss Point's school district held a county fair of sorts Friday, using it as an opportunity to promote a new slogan and have an old-fashioned get-to-know-you with the community it serves.

Man dies after struck by train Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
A pedestrian was struck by a train Thursday night and died of his injuries, Pascagoula Police Lt. Cindy Jenkins said.

Machado has her dream job Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Jolie Machado always knew she wanted a job where she could help improve a community, and now she's got it.

DAY AT THE BEACH Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Rebecca McVey ducks from swooping gulls as she feeds them potato chips in Biloxi on Friday afternoon. Rebecca spent the day there with her family visiting from Virginia Beach, Va.

Program to aid disabled under way Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Child Find, an ongoing effort to locate, identify and evaluate children 21 years of age and younger who are physically, mentally, communicatively or emotionally disabled, is under way in South Mississippi.

Olympics a metaphor for life in America Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Have you been watching the Olympics? Isn't it thrilling to see Michael Phelps take on the other swimmers, the world records and Mark Spitz's seven gold medals? Don't you love watching Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor scoop the volleyball before it hits the sand, then spike it for another point?

Bush visit to Coast planned Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
President Bush will visit South Mississippi on Wednesday, getting another look at how the region is rebounding from Hurricane Katrina, but the details of the trip were not made available Friday.

Tropical Storm Fay approaches Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Emergency managers and weather officials said South Mississippi residents should monitor Tropical Storm Fay and make sure they're prepared, but not panic.

County will lower property tax rate Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Jackson County supervisors decided this week to lower the tax rate again to help homeowners and businesses, something that has happened several times in the last decade.

Bay St. Louis Bridge competes Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
South Mississippi's Bay St. Louis Bridge has been named a finalist in the America's Transportation Award competition, announced Larry L. "Butch" Brown, Mississippi Department of Transportation executive director. The project was one of 10 selected to compete for national honors from a field of 41 regional winners across the United States.

Crash site a problem area Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Several motorists Friday sat in the exit driveway at the post office on U.S. 49, waiting for a break in traffic to cross three northbound lanes plus a median lane to turn south.

The FEMA shuffle Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
By Sept. 1, FEMA estimates only 450 occupied travel-trailers or mobile homes will remain in government and commercial parks, but that doesn't mean residents have found permanent housing.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
EVENTS

AROUND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:05 CDT
Calling all neatenizers! Coastal Cleanup coming

Governor likes idea of housing czar Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:06 CDT
Gov. Haley Barbour responded enthusiastically Thursday to ideas from a Coast coalition on housing and said he may move quickly on one of its suggestions.

'TREMENDOUS LOSS': Gulfport police officer killed in crash Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:02 CDT
Shock and grief lined the faces of area police and city officials Thursday after a police motorcycle officer died following a crash on U.S. 49.

Fire at California air base burns 40 vacant homes Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:55 CDT
An out-of-control fire at a California air base has destroyed at least 40 vacant homes slated for demolition.

Hawaiian palace occupied anew; about 20 arrested Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:15 CDT
A group of Native Hawaiians claiming to be the state's legitimate rulers occupied the grounds of a historic palace for two hours before being arrested by state officers in the second recent takeover of its kind.

Pa. governor calls for new law after 80 dogs shot Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:45 CDT
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is urging a change in state law after two kennels shot and killed 80 dogs.

Windmills split town and families Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:20 CDT
"Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home.

Bear attacks inside Anchorage have people on edge Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:55 CDT
Even in a city whose logo is "Big Wild Life," the summer of 2008 is testing residents' tolerance for large carnivores.

5 children among 7 killed in Memphis house fire Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:45 CDT
An early Saturday morning fire killed five children and two adults, but three youths were able to escape and were being treated for burns.

Road proposal riles activists in Roosevelt country Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:35 CDT
Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement.

Where bombs were once born, birds now flock Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:20 CDT
A site once home to a Cold War-era uranium processing plant and the focus of a contentious struggle to clean up toxic waste has re-emerged as a haven for wildlife and a memorial to those who worked to make the area safe.

Schwarzenegger injures knee, skips Tahoe summit Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:20 CDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled out of an environmental conference Saturday to have his knee examined after injuring himself while exercising.

Court overturns conviction of NYC's 'S&M Svengali' Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:55 CDT
A federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of a man dubbed the "S&M Svengali" and ordered a retrial in a sensational case that involved mutilation and humiliation.

Texas cops question suspect in clerk's abduction Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:20 CDT
Authorities held out hope Saturday that they could find a clerk who was abducted at gunpoint in a crime captured by the security cameras in a rural grocery store, a sheriff said. Officials were questioning a suspect.

Bill would protect huge area of California as federal wilderness Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:20 CDT
If California's Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer gets her way, Congress will vote next month to designate nearly 800,000 acres of California land - an area larger than Rhode Island - as federally protected wilderness.

Missouri animal park closing after tiger attack Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:25 CDT
Owners of an eastern Missouri park are moving their animals to a facility in Oklahoma as part of a plan to shut the place down two weeks after a tiger attacked a volunteer.

Zoo tiger attack victim jailed in probation case Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:17 CDT
One of two brothers who survived a tiger attack that killed their 17-year-old friend last year at San Francisco Zoo has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for violating probation in a felony reckless driving case.

9/11 aid groups close or adapt as money wanes Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:45 CDT
Terry Grace Sears knows she has still has work to do helping the families of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof last week on the faces of kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in the terror attack.

Family: Cult 'brainwashed' mom charged with murder Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:25 CDT
After denying Javon Thompson food and water for two days because he wouldn't say "Amen" after meals, the 1-year-old's caretakers waited for a divine sign that their message had been heard: a resurrection.

Former DirecTV head named LA Times publisher Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:20 CDT
Eddy Hartenstein, a former head of DirecTV, will become publisher of the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reported Saturday.

Ex-Ohio congressman released from halfway house Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:42 CDT
Former congressman Bob Ney of Ohio has been released from a halfway house in Cincinnati after serving a sentence in connection with a public corruption scandal.

$10M lotto winner gets prison in fatal SoCal crash Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:30 CDT
A man who won $10 million in a California lottery game has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed three people.

University opening new integrative medicine center Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:27 CDT
Many academic health centers offer programs that include traditional Chinese treatments or Ayurvedic medicine from India. The University of New Mexico goes beyond that, says management of its new Center for Life.

Gay marriage opponents seek to reverse new law Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:20 CDT
The gay marriage fight in Massachusetts might not be over after all.

Sex offender laws in Nevada face court challenge Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:22 CDT
Eager to protect children from sexual predators, Nevada and other states across the nation are adopting laws that publicize the names of offenders on the Internet.

Obituaries in the news Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:57 CDT
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