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Ricky Nobile — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:00:38 +0000

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AP: Ricin mail suspect described body-parts conspiracy

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:36:15 +0000

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and sometimes performed as an Elvis Presley impersonator. Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, was arrested Wednesday at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee [...]

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FBI: Ricin letter suspect ID’d as Paul Kevin Curtis of Corinth

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:27:31 +0000

OXFORD, Miss. — The FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said Curtis was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his apartment in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line about 100 miles east of Memphis. Authorities still waited for [...]

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Mississippian arrested, accused of sending ricin-laced letters

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:18:32 +0000

TUPELO — A man in Mississippi has been arrested and accused of sending letters with suspected ricin poison to President Barack Obama and other leaders. FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen said the man was arrested today. His name wasn’t immediately released publicly. However, at least two sources, “NBC News” and the Clarion-Ledger, [...]

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(VIDEO) Senator: Police have suspect in Wicker ricin mailing

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:32:03 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police have a suspect in mind as they investigate a letter mailed to Sen. Roger Wicker that tested positive for poisonous ricin, a Senate colleague said. “The person that is a suspect writes a lot of letters to members,” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday as she emerged from a classified briefing. [...]

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(UPDATE) Wicker: Ricin letter being investigated by Capitol Police, FBI

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:44:08 +0000

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) has issued the following statement regarding a letter sent to his Washington, D.C., office: “This matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the United States Capitol Police and FBI,” Wicker says. “I want to thank our law enforcement officials for their hard work and diligence in keeping those of [...]

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Congressional incumbents and Romney win in Miss.

Ross Reily — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:22:32 +0000

JACKSON — Two years after booting two incumbents from the U.S. House, Mississippi voters chose stability in 2012 by re-electing all four current congressmen and returning Republican Roger Wicker to the U.S. Senate. The state on Tuesday also delivered all six of its presidential electoral votes to Republican Mitt Romney, as expected. Mississippi has voted [...]

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Analysis: 2012 not stressful for incumbents

Emily W. Pettus — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:06 +0000

This is a comfortable election year to be a sitting U.S. representative, U.S. senator or appellate judge in Mississippi. Incumbents have raised far more campaign cash than challengers, adding to their built-in advantage of name recognition. Judicial candidates are extremely limited in what they’re allowed to say, so it’s tough for a challenger to pick [...]

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GOP picks Payne

MBJ Staff — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:01:25 +0000

The Mississippi Republican Party has hired a new executive director, Brandon Payne. A Coast native, Payne most recently worked as the Southern District field representative for U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, responsible for the 18 southernmost counties in Mississippi. Payne is also the president of the Harrison County Republican Club and a member of the Harrison [...]

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Community Bancshares executives talk with lawmakers

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:33 +0000

Freddie J. Bagley, president and CEO of Community Bancshares Inc., and Chuck Nicholson, COO of Community Bancshares, visited the nation’s capital recently to voice their concerns about how current banking proposals could impact the local economy. The visit was part of the American Bankers Association’s annual Government Relations Summit. Bagley and Nicholson met with Senators [...]

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