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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi corrections officials said a new inmate phone block system has worked so well at the Parchman penitentiary that it will be expanded it to other state prisons.

WASHINGTON D.C. Rapper and entertainment mogul, Master P., real name Percy Miller has teamed up with First Lady Michelle Obama to fight childhood obesity. Miller will be hosting an event during Grammy week to get support from fellow celebrities for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about […]

BALTIMORE — City police said Monday they fear foul play in the disappearance of a North Carolina teen who went missing while spending Christmas break with relatives in Baltimore. Phylicia Barnes, 16, was reported missing on Dec. 28. Investigators said she disappeared from the Reisterstown Square Apartments in the 6500 block of Eberle Drive, an […]

New York– Tucker Carlson returned to “Hannity” on Monday and walked back his statement that footballer Michael Vick “should’ve been executed” for his abuse of dogs.

LONG ISLAND — Health officials are claiming that a person involved at the communion process has Hepatitis A at Our Lady of Lourdes in Long Island. MSNBC reports: Hundreds of people may have been exposed to hepatitis A while receiving communion on Christmas Day at a church, health officials said. The Nassau County Health Department […]

LAS VEGAS — A one-time O.J. Simpson golfing buddy whose conviction in their 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping case was overturned in October took a plea deal Tuesday to be freed from prison and avoid a retrial.

Washington — If Republican Rep.-elect Allen West wants to join the Congressional Black Caucus, he’s welcome to do so. That’s the response out of the Democrat-dominated group after West reiterated Sunday that he wants to be the first Republican to enter its ranks since 1997. A spokeswoman for CBC Chairwoman Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said Monday […]

NEW YORK– New York City recorded a double-digit increase in murders during 2010, with more than half the victims shot to death by someone they knew, likely related to drugs, according to preliminary figures from the police department Monday.

Las Vegas — After UFC’s Jacob Volkmann beat Antonio McKee in a fight this weekend, Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani asked him who he would like to fight next. At first, the 30-year-old said MMA fighter Clay Guida, but then he called out President Barack Obama. “Actually, Obama. He’s not too bright,” Volkmann said. “Someone’s gotta knock […]

PHILADELPHIA– Quasir Alexander, a 2-month-old boy has died of starvation and dehydration at a West Philadelphia homeless shelter stocked with food.

New York — Glenn Beck may be one of the hottest talk show hosts in the country, but he apparently left New York’s WOR cold. WOR (710 AM), one of the city’s two biggest talk radio stations, said this morning it is dropping Beck’s syndicated show as of Jan. 17 and replacing him with a […]

Washington — The Republican congressman who is taking over responsibility for congressional oversight called President Obama’s administration “one of the most corrupt administrations” on Sunday and predicted that the investigations he is planning over the next two years could result in about $200 billion in savings for U.S. taxpayers. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the incoming […]