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May 17, 2013

Brown nominated for US district judgeship in Miss.

Brown nominated for US district judgeship in Miss. President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Jackson attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi. If confirmed, Brown would be the first African-American woman to serve as a federal district judge in the state, said a spokesman for Mississippi’s senior U.S. senator,…
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May 17, 2013

Ricin suspect tried to elude police before arrest

Ricin suspect tried to elude police before arrest According to newly released documents, the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities in the days before his arrest. James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo, Miss., was charged April 27 with making ricin — which was then…