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Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday
A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property.
Prisons in Mississippi got coffee makers, pillowcases and dinnerware -- all intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The flooding in the Midwest has stranged more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement and other material while shippers wait for the water to drop on the upper Mississippi
Fertilizer and other agricultural waste pouring into the Gulf of Mexico creates a larger and larger patch of lifeless ocean each year. Finally, the EPA has a plan of attack. Is it enough?
A third-straight special election defeat in as many months left congressional Republicans reeling Wednesday, seriously concerned about what the November elections have in store for their party.
Earl Wesley Berry came within 21 minutes of dying at the hands of the state of Mississippi in October, before the Supreme Court issued a last-minute stay.
An explosion at a Mississippi paper plant killed one worker Saturday and injured 17 others, according to authorities.
Strong winds and possible tornadoes roared across southern Mississippi on Friday, shredding roofs and slamming trees and power poles into homes and businesses.
Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi.
Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday
A Democratic congressman from Mississippi plans to hold a hearing into how millions of dollars worth of supplies meant for Gulf Coast hurricane survivors ended up being given away as surplus property.
Prisons in Mississippi got coffee makers, pillowcases and dinnerware -- all intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The flooding in the Midwest has stranged more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement and other material while shippers wait for the water to drop on the upper Mississippi
Fertilizer and other agricultural waste pouring into the Gulf of Mexico creates a larger and larger patch of lifeless ocean each year. Finally, the EPA has a plan of attack. Is it enough?
A third-straight special election defeat in as many months left congressional Republicans reeling Wednesday, seriously concerned about what the November elections have in store for their party.
Earl Wesley Berry came within 21 minutes of dying at the hands of the state of Mississippi in October, before the Supreme Court issued a last-minute stay.
An explosion at a Mississippi paper plant killed one worker Saturday and injured 17 others, according to authorities.
Strong winds and possible tornadoes roared across southern Mississippi on Friday, shredding roofs and slamming trees and power poles into homes and businesses.
Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for weeks at a time in Mississippi.
Sen. Barack Obama claimed victory by a wide margin over Sen. Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary Tuesday.
The state, with its high proportion of black voters, should be Obama's for the taking, but recent polls show some surprising anomalies
While most voters this year have said the economy or Iraq is their top priority, some Mississippi voters have a different focus -- recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Flip through a rack of postcards in any Biloxi, Mississippi, gift shop, and along with images of magnolia trees and sunsets, you're likely to find a few satellite shots of Hurricane Katrina looming over the Gulf Coast. "Why not?" asks a store clerk downtown. "We lived it."
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announced Monday that he is naming Republican Rep. Roger Wicker as Trent Lott's replacement in the Senate.
At least two mobile homes were destroyed by violent weather in Brookhaven, Mississippi, on Thursday, the Lincoln County sheriff said.
It's one of our most storied annual traditions: since 1998 the 'Bag has had the pleasure of surveying the remaining unbeaten college basketball teams in mid-December and presenting the Golden Soufflé, our award for the undefeated program with the worst creampuff schedule.
It's Election Day 2007, but the earlier-than-ever starts of the presidential and congressional campaigns have overshadowed this year's races. Still, some contests are worth watching.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi, residents say much of America has forgotten their plight.
According to a new study by the Trust for America's Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention, Mississippi is the first state where more than 30 percent of adults are considered obese.
Americans are already among the fattest people in the world, and they just keep packing on the pounds. A new report finds that obesity rates have swelled during the last year in 31 states with not one state reporting that its obesity rate shrank.
Officials closed a major Mississippi River bridge between Tennessee and Arkansas for nine hours Monday after a pier under a small approach span settled several inches overnight.
INDIANAPOLIS -- It is Wednesday evening, and I'm sitting in my room at the Marriott in downtown Indy. Within a mile or so from here, at a secure, undisclosed location, the NCAA men's basketball committee is convening for a long dinner in advance of a long weekend. Usually, the committee arrives on Thursday, but they got here a day earlier this year. Later tonight, they will have their first ballot to select at-large teams. Sleep tight, bubble boys.
Mississippi's attorney general said Friday he would propose legislation to force State Farm, the largest home insurer in the United States, to continue writing new policies in his state.
A federal judge in Mississippi Friday rejected a $50M settlement between State Farm Mutual Fire and Casualty Company and policyholders whose claims the insurer had denied after Hurricane Katrina, CNN has learned.
I am a journalist. Tough, unemotional, detached. Until Katrina. It was my worst childhood nightmare come true.
One year after Katrina, some areas are striding down the road to recovery, while others have not even started. CNN.com readers sent in their stories of progress, loss and hope.
The housing markets in New Orleans and other Hurricane Katrina wracked areas are returning to normal, but very slowly.
A Mississippi couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina is getting less than $1,230 after battling Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company to pay for damage done to their home.
We've reached the balmy days of August, but for a growing number of workers chained to their jobs, it might as well be January.
Leif Garrett was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years' probation after opting out of a drug treatment program.
The Senate approved nearly $109 billion in additional war and hurricane relief money Thursday despite a White House threat to veto the bill over what it called "unnecessary spending."
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Live oak trees, many more than 100 years old, are connecting residents of storm-ravaged Mississippi and experts at Mystic Seaport, a Connecticut maritime museum.
When Hurricane Camille struck the Gulf Coast in 1969, Kay Kell had to swim to higher ground in Waveland, Mississippi, with her two children -- a 3-month-old and an 18-month-old -- in tow.
One of my first assignments for CNN was to profile a young mother who was part of a government program encouraging women to breast-feed their babies.
Trent Lott within the next week plans to decide between seeking a fourth term in the U.S. Senate from Mississippi or retiring from public life. That could determine whether Republicans keep control of the Senate in next year's elections. For the longer range, Lott's retirement and replacement could signal that Southern political realignment has peaked and now is receding.
Trent Lott within the next week plans to decide between seeking a fourth term in the U.S. Senate from Mississippi or retiring from public life. That could determine whether Republicans keep control of the Senate in next year's elections. For the longer range, Lott's retirement and replacement could signal that Southern political realignment has peaked and now is receding.
CNN.com, in conjunction with "American Morning," asked survivors of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma to share their stories of thanks for the kind things people have done for them. Here are a few of their many responses, some of which have been edited:
Police, firefighters, and Coast Guard crews may be the first to come to mind when naming the lifesavers during disasters such as Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed devastated many homes, buildings and, in some cases, entire neighborhoods, leaving residents and government officials to decide whether -- and how -- to rebuild.
Richard Scruggs, the Mississippi attorney who helped win a $250 billion settlement from the tobacco industry a few years ago, is now taking on insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina flood coverage.
To hear Mississippians tell it, Hurricane Katrina is creating a new North-South divide. The dustup pits Gulf Coast homeowners, trial lawyers, and elected officials against insurance companies. At i...
THE FOOD CHAIN Fisheries were hardest hit--shrimp and oyster stocks will need at least a year to recover. Katrina also tore through fields and disrupted transportation, but not enough to affect the prospect of big harvests across the Midwest. COULDN'T ENTER THE PORT Bananas Dole and Chiquita had to reroute thousands of inbound tons to ports in Texas and South Carolina. Coffee New Orleans is the top U.S. import and roasting center. Fortunately the storehouses survived intact. COULDN'T LEAVE THE PORT Corn and soybeans The Port of South Louisiana handles two-thirds of U.S. grain exports. Fertilizer and timber U.S. customers will end up paying more for Alabama and Mississippi goods. CROPS/FISHING DESTROYED Meat In Mississippi, 2,300 chicken houses were damaged or destroyed. Louisiana is missing 10,000 cattle. Cotton 250,000 bales were soaked, but bumper crops nationally might ease the pain. Sugar Two refineries got knocked out, but the USDA upped quotas so farmers will produce more. Shrimp and Oysters The hur
After all 13 of Mississippi's floating casinos were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi lawmakers are considering a plan to rebuild closer to land.
Life in Turkey Creek has little to spare in the best of times and the days following Hurricane Katrina have not been the best of times for this historic enclave in Gulfport, Mississippi.
They look like big, high-tech toys. But robotic airplanes and helicopters with cameras, microphones and sensors can provide crucial information for emergency responders in the aftermath of disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood sued insurers in his state Thursday for taking advantage of Hurricane Katrina victims and not covering damage to homes caused by flooding in the aftermath of the storm.
CNN's Gary Baumgarten in New Orleans, Louisiana Posted: 6:00 p.m. ET
The people of this small Alabama town have opened their homes and hearts to survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
In another sign of the gaming industry's anxiety about its future in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, CEOs of the top casino companies are expected to discuss the matter next week during the industry's annual G2E trade show in Las Vegas.
Sen. Trent Lott berated both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and his own state's emergency management, MEMA, for being mired in red tape at a time of urgent need given the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina.
Paul McCartney sometimes gets a little help from a friend.
Residents of hard-hit Harrison County, Mississippi, are complaining that bodies left after hurricane Katrina struck on Monday remain unrecovered by officials.
Posted: 6:15 p.m. ET CNN's Gary Tuchman in Biloxi, Mississippi
Amid unfathomable loss and deplorable conditions, there was at least one bright moment in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The following are some helpful Web sites and phone numbers for the Mississippi area:
Hundreds of thousands of people in Gulf Coast states are without homes or power in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and aid agencies are warning the situation might not improve for weeks, maybe months.
There's a reason it's called the promised land.
Hurricane Katrina has inflicted more damage to Mississippi's beach towns than Hurricane Camille did, and its death toll is likely to be higher, the state's governor said Tuesday.
Victims of Hurricane Katrina -- some of whom escaped with only their lives -- soon will get help from a massive federal relief effort led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pentagon.
Hurricane Katrina's strike on Mississippi killed at least 54 people Monday, 50 of them in one county, state officials said, and caused what Gov. Haley Barbour called "catastrophic damage" along the coast.
Hurricane Katrina left at least 56 people dead Monday, about 50 of them in one Mississippi county, CNN confirmed, and the toll was expected to climb following one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the northern Gulf Coast in a half century.
Forty-one years after three civil rights workers were killed in rural Mississippi, jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of a Baptist preacher accused of instigating the crime.
In the dream, they're cheering for him. Hundreds of workers on the factory floor, surrounded by new cars and trucks, all with their fuel doors open. A man glides from one vehicle to the next, openi...
The FBI plans to exhume for autopsy the body of Emmett Till -- the 14-year-old black teen who was kidnapped and mutilated about 50 years ago in an infamous case that was one of the sparks of the civil rights movement.
Severe storms that included tornadoes overturned mobile homes, downed trees and toppled power lines Wednesday across Mississippi.
I don't want to alarm anyone, but gigantic animals are invading the nation. Hundreds of enormous beasts-turned-advertisements are stalking the nation's highways and byways, and they're beaconing travelers to enter gift shops, restaurants and other destinations.
Ben Chaney was 10 when his older brother, James, disappeared in Mississippi along with two other civil rights activists, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman. More than 40 years have passed, but Ben still remembers the agonizing wait that summer.
Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old Mississippi man, was arrested Thursday in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers whose bodies were buried in an earthen dam outside the town of Philadelphia.
A reputed member of the Ku Klux Klan declared his innocence Friday in the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers whose bodies were buried in an earthen dam outside the Mississippi town of Philadelphia.
These days I'm kicking a lot of tires and looking under hoods. Of companies, that is. Thanks to a solid economy and surging sales, I am—like many other small-business owners—checking out companies ...
About four decades ago authorities in Mississippi ended their investigation into the brutal murders of three civil rights workers who had helped register black voters as a part of the 1964 "Freedom Summer." No one was ever charged with their murders.
An Amtrak passenger train derailed Tuesday night in a Mississippi swamp, leaving one person dead and 35 hurt -- at least three critically, authorities said.
A young man seeking to make a place for himself in the world gets caught up in events he can't control or even fully understand. It is a familiar premise, especially to fans of John Grisham.
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"You indicated that you walked three or four miles a day?" a defense lawyer asked plaintiff James Curry this past October in a rural courthouse in Lexington, Miss.
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