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Corps of Engineers agrees to recertify east levee
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Fulton mayor says floodplain map will not be changing in the downtown area.
Itawamba County Times Poll: School consolidation?
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Would you support consolidation of schools in Itawamba County?

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Health dept. administering 'swine flu' vaccine
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Vaccinations will be free-of-charge to high risk individuals.
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Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders (AP)

ASEAN senior officials link arms the ASEAN way during a break in the Special ASEAN-U.S. Senior Officials Meeting Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at Manila's financial district of Makati city in the Philippines. The senior officials are meeting in Manila to prepare the agenda for the Nov. 15 summit of ASEAN leaders and President Barack Obama in the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Singapore. They are, from left, Assistant Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun of Laos, Secretary General Tan Sri Rastam Mohd Isa of Malaysia, Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Philippines, Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Alan Marciel of the United States, Director General Min Lwin of Myanmar, Deputy Director General Desmond Ng Wee Kwang of Singapore and Director General Vitavas Srivihok of Thailand. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)AP - President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, next month in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.


Sat Nov 07 04:06:37 -0600 2009
Decision day for health care in the House (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 29,2009, file photo Crystal Chiu places a placard on the podium on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to a news conference about health care. House Democratic leaders struggled Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - President Barack Obama is traveling to Capitol Hill on Saturday to try to close the sale on his signature health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote in the House certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.


Sat Nov 07 02:48:37 -0600 2009
Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world (AP)

President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.


Sat Nov 07 02:13:24 -0600 2009