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September 29, 2009

Washington Post slams Cochran for earmarks … $132 million went to donors

Washington Post slams Cochran for earmarks Sen. Thad Cochran’s most recent reelection campaign collected more than $10,000 from University of Southern Mississippi professors and staff members, including three who work at the school’s center for research on polymers. To a defense spending bill slated to be on the Senate floor Tuesday, the Mississippi Republican has…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 29, 2009

U.S. attorney targeted N. Miss. store owners; Many of Middle Eastern descent eyed following 9-11

U.S. attorney targeted N. Miss. store owners; Many of Middle Eastern descent eyed following 9-11 The U.S. attorney’s office in Oxford targeted convenience store operators in north Mississippi, many of Middle Eastern descent, despite a lack of any connection to terrorism, according to documents obtained by The Clarion-Ledger. The Convenience Store Initiative arose from meetings…