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Details from the contract extension that Northrop Grumman and unions at the Ingalls shipyard negotiated Monday at the Pascagoula shipyard. The current contract stays in force from two more years, until March 2012 with the following additions:
MOSS POINT — Two people died and four others were injured late Friday after an apparent flash fire in a tank on a 120-foot tugboat at V.T. Halter Marine on Roberts Road, authorities said.
PASCAGOULA — Northrop Grumman wants to extend its current labor contract with shipbuilders by two years, and in doing so, has offered a December bonus, two raises and no increase in health care coverage for workers during the two years.
BILOXI — Tommy Munro learned his business philosophy from his dad: Hire good people, delegate authority and give them your full trust that they will do the job right.
PASCAGOULA — A Moss Point man was charged with misdemeanor public drunk shortly after he showed up to register for a court-ordered meeting with Mother’s Against Drunk Driving on Thursday night, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
Vince Carter scored 26 points, Rashard Lewis had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 83-78 on Friday night.
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BILOXI — There isn’t any news on Margaritaville Casino, R. Scott Barber said at Friday’s meeting of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, but he remains “extremely optimistic” for future development.
Any one of Gov. Haley Barbour’s three proposals to restructure every level of schooling in Mississippi would be considered the centerpiece of any gubernatorial administration’s public education policy.
Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
Chris Warren scored 27 points and Terrico White had 25 to help Mississippi beat Kansas State 86-74 Friday night in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off semifinals.
Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.
An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.