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(The Associated Press) Family and friends search through the debris for any intact items that belonged inside a Yazoo City, Miss., bar called "Wendys on the Hill," Saturday.

Survivors assess damage from storms that killed 12

Emily Wagster Pettus, Shelia Byrd The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 26, 2010 - 8:28pm

YAZOO CITY, Miss. -- Some Mississippi residents cracked jokes Monday to keep from crying while they looked for salvageable items among the rubble left by severe storms that killed 12 people over the weekend.

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Lesbian teen sues over prom flap; back at school

Shelia Byrd The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 22, 2010 - 8:00pm

JACKSON, Miss. -- Constance McMillen didn't believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

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(The Associated Press) This 2009 photo released by Constance McMillen's family via The ACLU of Mississippi, taken in Fulton, Miss., shows Constance McMillen, 18, a student at the Itawamba County Agricultural High School.

Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap

Shelia Byrd The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 2:27pm

JACKSON, Miss. -- An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

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Miss. to mull making cold meds prescription-only

Shelia Byrd The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 6:36pm

JACKSON, Miss. -- Law enforcement officials and other groups in Mississippi are lobbying lawmakers to require a prescription to buy cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine -- a key ingredient in methamphetamine -- as the state's drug problem reaches unprecedented levels.

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