TUPELO, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say one person was killed after being struck by a train in downtown Tupelo.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green identified the victim as 16-year-old Ron Woods, a student at Tupelo High School.
Tupelo police tell WTVA TV (http://bit.ly/SoaWHa) the accident that killed Woods happened on the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe
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Is Justin Timberlake bringing his music career back?
The 31-year-old superstar has concentrated almost exclusively on his acting career over the last few years. But on Thursday, he posted a video on his website that showed him walking into a studio, putting on headphones and saying: "I'm ready."
Timberlake hasn't made an album
...President Barack Obama is joking that Jack Lew's nomination as treasury secretary nearly fell through because of Lew's loopy signature.
Lew's nomination means a new signature will be added to the dollar bill. Lew's starts off with a soft "J'' but is followed by seven loopy scribbles, making it difficult to read.
Obama said at
...A student was shot and wounded at a rural San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday and another student was taken into custody, officials said.
The shooting occurred about 9 a.m. at Taft Union High School, a community of fewer than 10,000 people amidst oil and natural gas production fields about 120 miles northwest of Los
...CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - An elementary school student has been expelled for bringing a gun to school.
The Daily Corinthian reports (http://bit.ly/13kN2xw ) that the incident occurred Dec. 18 but information was just released Wednesday by Alcorn schools superintendent Gina Rogers Smith.
Smith says a student at Kossuth Elementary reported to the teacher
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