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		<title>Davis attends first board meeting since investigation began</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTHAVEN — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis has attended his first board of aldermen meeting since he became a target of an investigation into his alleged misuse of city money.
A number of people who spoke urged the embattled mayor to step down, but that&#8217;s something the city&#8217;s board of aldermen already failed to get him to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEMA develops plan to waive repayment of improper disaster assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed a plan to waive recoupment of improper disaster assistance payments that were disbursed due to government error, according to U.S. Senators Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and Thad Cochran, R-Miss.
Next week, FEMA will send letters to 90,000 affected individuals and households informing them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to hear arguments over Barbour&#8217;s pardons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON — The freedom of 10 people is at stake and dozens of others could lose their hopes for a cleansed record in the legal battle over former Gov. Haley Barbour&#8217;s pardons.
The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case tomorrow.
Five inmates remain jailed because Attorney General Jim Hood persuaded a judge to hold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USM scientists determine Katrina had minimal impact on Pearl River</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MBJ Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HATTIESBURG — An article in a recent issue of the “Journal of Hydrology” details how a team of scientists headed by researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi found that Hurricane Katrina had minimal long-term impact on the water quality of the East Pearl River in southwest Mississippi.
Led by Alan Shiller, professor of marine science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDA to lead business development mission to Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will lead a delegation of state business leaders on a business development mission to Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem, Israel from March 17-22. The trip is designed to connect Mississippi businesses looking to expand trade and create business relationships with opportunities in Israeli markets.
During the business development mission, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Submarine commissioning relocated due to insufficient channel depth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PASCAGOULA — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the commissioning for the submarine USS Mississippi will be in Pascagoula rather than Gulfport.
&#8220;Due to concerns about insufficient channel depths in Gulfport &#8230; the new commissioning site for USS Mississippi is Pascagoula with a scheduled date of June 2,&#8221; Mabus, a former Mississippi governor, said in a statement.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Optimism about the economy up 10 percent in fourth quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STARKVILLE — Mississippians&#8217; optimism about the economy jumped 10 percent from the third to fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest Mississippi Index of Consumer Sentiment featured in the current edition of &#8220;Economy Watch.&#8221;
Based at Mississippi State University&#8217;s College of Business, &#8220;Economy Watch&#8221; is published in cooperation with BankPlus and Entergy. More than 500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Councilmen OK deal to move city workers into Metrocenter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has approved a deal that will allow 300 employees to relocate to the Metrocenter mall within 45 days.
The Clarion-Ledger reports the new terms proposed by Councilman Quentin Whitwell passed 3-2 yesterday, ending a stalemate over a wiring issue.
The city now will pay $50,000 up front for wiring needs that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County to partner with city, university on tennis facility project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OXFORD — Lafayette County will partner with the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi in an expansion of the John Leslie Tennis Facility.
The city and Ole Miss each committed $550,000 to a scaled-down project, which eliminates a viewing deck and clubhouse. The plan now calls for 12 new courts and a building to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supervisors side with commission; deny dirt pit appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISON COUNTY — Harrison County supervisors have denied an appeal by a business to open a dirt pit on Mississippi 53.
Chris Fore of Gulf Coast Land Holding, LLC, wanted a conditional-use permit for a 70-acre dirt pit on the state road but was turned down by the county&#8217;s Planning Commission.
The Sun Herald reports supervisors voted [...]]]></description>
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