News Headlines for Arcola, Mississippi

Mississippi Attorney General Files Suit Against Entergy (FOX 13 Memphis)
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a fraud and antitrust lawsuit against Entergy Corp. and its subsidiaries Tuesday, claiming the companies manipulated the purchase and sale of electricity to maximize profits.

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Mississippi AG Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Entergy (Eyewitness News Memphis)
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a fraud and antitrust lawsuit against Entergy Corp. and its subsidiaries Tuesday, claiming the companies manipulated the purchase and sale of electricity to maximize...

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Mississippi proposes $30 million in incentives to keep Cooper Tire (KTBS Shreveport)
Mississippi officials are proposing to give Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. $30 million in financial incentives to keep the company's Tupelo plant open. Cooper Tire is considering closing of one of its U. S. plants. Its other sites are in Texarkana; Findlay, Ohio; and Albany, Ga. The company asked the four cities to submit incentive proposals to them by Monday. From The Associated Press.

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Mississippi Proposes $30 Million in incentives for Cooper Tire (Arkansas Business)
Mississippi officials are proposing to give Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. $30 million in financial incentives to keep the company's Tupelo plant open.

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Mississippi State moving forward after Croom's resignation (Mobile Press-Register)
The Mississippi State Bulldogs publicly faced the future Tuesday.

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South Alabama (4-3) at Southern Mississippi (4-1) (The Kansas City Star)
South Alabama (4-3) at Southern Mississippi (4-1)

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Mississippi State - Team Notes (USA Today)
Mississippi State ended its fifth season under Sylvester Croom with an embarrassing 45-0 beat-down at Ole Miss, its arch-rival. The defeat ended the Bulldogs' disappointing season at 4-8 -- and it ended Croom's career at the school.

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Mississippi State football program moving forward without Croom (The Mississippi Press)
The Mississippi State Bulldogs publicly faced the future Tuesday. Former coach Sylvester Croom, who resigned Saturday, addressed his players in a team meeting Mon day on campus in Starkville.

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Taxing cigarettes a hot topic again in Mississippi (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Here's a prediction: The 2009 Mississippi Legislature is going to fight over a cigarette tax increase. Sound familiar? It should since the tug-of-war over raising Mississippi's 18-cents-a-pack tax has been ongoing for years.

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Mississippi not a 2-party state, professor says (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Democrats need to sharpen their organization in Mississippi to appeal to a broader swath of voters in statewide races, political scientists say.

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