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		<title>Court: Fees paid to private lawyers to represent state are public funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled yesterday in two cases that legal fees paid to private lawyers to represent the state are public funds. Justices said because the money belongs to the public, it should&#8217;ve been paid out to the lawyers from the attorney general&#8217;s contingent fund or from other money appropriated to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate approves 60-day extension of federal flood insurance program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) issued the following statement following Senate approval of a 60-day extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in conjunction with an agreement to begin debate on a long-term reauthorization measure in June: “I am pleased an agreement has been reached that will allow a short extension of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast casinos up, riverboats down in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Revenue for Mississippi Coast casinos was up in April, but the take at river casinos dropped, depressing the overall revenue at the state&#8217;s gambling halls. The state&#8217;s casinos won 1.2 percent less money, with revenues falling to $187 million last month from $189.3 million in April 2011. Casinos in the Gulf Coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Topazi retiring as COO of Southern Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MBJ Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Southern Company chairman, president and CEO Thomas A. Fanning has made public a number of changes within the company&#8217;s management team, effective July 1, including the replacement for Anthony Topazi. According to Fanning, Mark A. Crosswhite will become executive vice president and COO for Southern Company. Crosswhite will assume the role vacated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic train getting renovations, but city needs $250K to complete project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS — Four decades have passed since the 19th-century train came to rest at Propst Park, and since that time, it has stood silent sentry over Main Street. Juveniles threw rocks and broke a few windows, and a person was once found living inside one of the cars, but for the most part, the train [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBJ EDITORIAL: Questions we should ask the new chief of the MDA&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time the State of Mississippi went to Gainesville, Fla., to fill a job, it scored a winner in Dan Mullen, whom Mississippi State University lured away from the University of Florida football coaching staff to be head Bulldog in Starkville. Consecutive wins over Ole Miss and a pair of bowl victories have the folks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasters: Atlantic could see 15 storms this hurricane season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GULF OF MEXICO — Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year&#8217;s Atlantic hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook Thursday for the six-month storm season that officially begins June 1. The season got an early start when Tropical Storm Alberto formed last Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana PSC approves Entergy&#8217;s bid to join MISO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Public Service Commission has approved Entergy Louisiana, LLC&#8217;s and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC&#8217;s proposal to join a large regional transmission organization. The LPSC unanimously approved the joint application of the two companies to join the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc. or MISO. Louisiana is the first state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Flowers to resign from Legislature to spend time with family</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOUTHAVEN — Republican Merle Flowers of Southaven says he is resigning from the Mississippi Senate to spend more time with his wife and their four children. The 43-year-old Flowers said today that he would step down as of July 11. His District 19 is entirely inside DeSoto County. Flowers has been in the Senate since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coast city decides not to appeal decision on proposed annexation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PASS CHRISTIAN — The city of Pass Christian has now decided it won&#8217;t appeal a judge&#8217;s decision denying the city&#8217;s request to annex 5.4 square miles in Harrison County. The Sea Coast Echo reports the board of aldermen reached that decision this week after Mayor Chipper McDermott said an appeal would cost $60,000. Aldermen then [...]]]></description>
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