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August 6, 2008

State to hire autopsy expert

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/6/8 A day after barring county coroners from using Dr. Steven Hayne to perform autopsies, Mississippi’s public safety commissioner said he hopes to hire a state medical examiner in six months and the embattled pathologist could apply. “He’s performed a valuable service,” Commissioner Steve Simpson said of Hayne during a Tuesday news conference.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 6, 2008

‘No state is more united’

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/6/8 Mississippi’s enthusiasm could give it an edge in securing a $450 million Homeland Security laboratory, officials say. Hundreds of people attended a public hearing Tuesday in Flora on the proposed National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. The general sentiment from the crowd was positive. “Most of these people are here because they support…