Night outside spotlights homeless vets' plight

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - More than a dozen students and faculty members from a Catholic high school in Bay St. Louis took steps over the weekend to call attention to the plight of homeless veterans.

Students from Our Lady Academy spent a chilly night outside in sleeping bags Saturday. And they collected pledges from family members and friends to

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Sales tax collections rise in Hammond

HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Sales tax receipts in October rose 6.39% from the same month a year ago, Mayor Mayson Foster says.

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/SOYSvS ) sales tax collections for the current fiscal year are running ahead of budget expectations.

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Multiple shootings keep MPD busy Sunday

Multiple shootings keep MPD busy Sunday
Multiple shootings keep MPD busy Sunday
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Memphis police are investigating a rash of shootings from Sunday.

A 25- to 30-year-old victim was found with an apparent gunshot wound and pronounced dead at 6090 Selkirk at 4:48 p.m. No arrests have been made, but Memphis police say the suspect was possibly driving a gray or brown GMC Chevy.

Seven minutes later

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Ole Miss: FBI looking into racial attacks

Ole Miss: FBI looking into racial attacks
Ole Miss: FBI looking into racial attacks
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) -

Police at the University of Mississippi say they have turned over to the FBI information regarding vandalism apparently aimed at an African-American freshman.

MORE: Racist attacks against Ole Miss student

University Police Chief Calvin Sellers told The Oxford Eagle that the federal investigators will see whether any hate

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Bus riders protest new Southland stop

Bus riders protest new Southland stop
Bus riders protest new Southland stop
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (FOX13) -

The Memphis Bus Riders Union met on Sunday to discuss the video one of their members shot of
ArtCreative Design and Custom coding;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">MATA riders getting dropped off on the side of an Interstate 40 exit. It's MATA's new drop off for the Greenline route on the way to Southland Park Gaming and Racing.

"There was a guy in a wheelchair, he couldn't even

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