JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - James Figgs, a longtime community organizer in the Mississippi Delta who was known for playing crucial supporting roles in the 1960s civil rights movement and beyond, has died. He was 72.
Figgs died Monday at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, according to Lafayette County Coroner Rocky ...
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Republican leadership hasn't budged, however.
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"This is the magic of Jerusalem. Everything is layers upon layers in one place."
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Voice mail is so last century. The idea of phoning someone then leaving a rambling message when they don't pick up seems decidedly antiquated in the age of instant connectivity, where friends, family, colleagues and others can be easily reached with a text. Voicemail is so over, in fact, that large corporations like JP Morgan and Coca-Cola have ditched the service entirely. If only… Read More
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The Defense Department announced on Tuesday the start of its "Hack the Pentagon" initiative, in which hackers will be given the chance to penetrate the compound's cyber defenses, according to an announcement.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has vetoed Republican legislation aimed at giving lawmakers a greater say in how the state carries out new federal pollution rules.
The governor announced Wednesday he'd vetoed legislation that would have required the GOP-controlled General Assembly to sign off on how ...
"Loudmouth romped on Super Tuesday."
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"I felt helpless."
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A possible tidbit of early sales data for one of 2016's flagship virtual reality systems: the HTC-Valve Vive has apparently racked up more than 15,000 pre-orders in less than 10 minutes, according to a tweet by HTC VR dev Shen Ye. Read More 
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"There will never come a time in this race where our supporters are asking us to get out and rally around Donald Trump."
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"…learn how to best adapt to the new marketplace."
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It's no secret that "data scientist" is one of the hottest job titles going. DJ Patil famously proclaimed data scientist "The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century" before moving on to join the White House as the first chief data scientist of the U.S. Once a rarified in-house role at a few leading Internet companies, data science has since grown into a global… Read More 
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is "way ahead" in the race for the party's nomination, but Mr. Trump's rivals still have the right to keep going at this point.
"It's fair to have a very tough, very hard fight over the next ...
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"…save humanity from the harmful gases that threaten its destiny."
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"They were punching him and caused bruising to his face."
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On the heels of the success of its Discover Weekly feature, Spotify is adding another curated service so that users can find new music. Called Fresh Finds, the new weekly Wednesday feature, available through to all Spotify users in its "Browse" tool, will uncover new artists for listeners. These new "discoveries" from Spotify are culled from scouring blogs and… Read More 
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"He wasn't full of the normal bombast."
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Augment, a Paris-based Augmented Reality (AR) startup announced this morning that they raised more than $3 million from Salesforce Ventures to further expand company operations and also specific integrations with Salesforce software. This brings the total investment amount raised since launch to $4.7 million. Read More 
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MedyMatch Technology bills itself as an artificial intelligence healthcare startup. It's applying AI in the form of "deep vision and advanced cognitive analytics" to the analysis of medical imaging scans to help radiologists or emergency department physicians recognise hard to spot abnormalities and in turn make better decisions. Read More 
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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A high-profile endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin couldn't deliver this state for Donald Trump as Ted Cruz won the Alaska Republican presidential preference poll.
Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, edged the national GOP front-runner in Alaska for his third win of Super Tuesday. ...
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The National Institutes of Health is spending over $1.6 million on an exercise program for immigrants and refugees, which is sending "community partners" into mosques to talk about physical activity.
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Carsome, a Malaysia-based platform that connects car dealers with buyers and sellers, is gearing up to enter new markets in Southeast Asia after raising a $2 million Series A. The round was led by IdeaRiverRun, a Malaysian private equity firm, with participation from IMG Investment Partners and 500 Startups. Read More 
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