JACKSON, Miss. Weeks after publicly criticizing each other, Mississippi Medicaid director Bob Robinson and state Attorney General Jim Hood are again exchanging sharp words.

PASCAGOULA — The jury in the murder trial of Frank D. Patton went to deliberate around 1:30 p.m. today.

LONG BEACH — Long Beach firefighter Tim Harrison has been taken to a hospital for a minor injury sustained while battling a house fire that gutted the residence and killed the homeowners’ three dogs.

HARRISON COUNTY — Two of South Mississippi’s most wanted criminal suspects are in custody following their capture in Galveston.

GULFPORT — The Hurricane Katrina insurance trial Bossier vs. State Farm did not begin as scheduled this morning due to unforeseen circumstances unrelated to the case.

WASHINGTON Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, weighing fresh concessions to abortion opponents and working to ease concerns among Hispanic holdouts.

The defense has rested its case in the trial of Frank D. Patton.

BILOXI — A Giant Voice being installed and tested at Keesler Air Force Base will alert personnel during an emergency.

OXFORD, Miss. The University of Mississippi will enforce a rule bars tailgaters from putting up tents before 6 p.m. on Fridays.

NEW YORK Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. Stevens, of Jonesborough, said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver's side window of his Isuzu truck. A Johnson City Press photo of the truck showed a facial image.

LIBERTY, Ind. An eastern Indiana woman says her family's dog deserves a special treat after his barking saved her family from an early morning house fire. Laura Sizemore said Dash, a 2-year-old border collie-Australian shepherd mix, began growling and barking about 3 a.m. Wednesday, awakening her and her husband, Stacy.

JACKSON, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.

JACKSON, Miss. Another Mississippi resident has died from swine flu. The state Department of Health reports 10 deaths related to H1N1 so far this year.

PASCAGOULA — A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of Jennifer Benton, 43, accused in the May 12, 2005 shooting death of her husband, James Benton.

Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The rise in joblessness, while not welcome news for the economy, reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold interest rates low for some time.

JACKSON, Miss. Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.

FORT HOOD, Texas An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday.

FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army has closed its massive Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, amid reports that several people have been shot and killed at the post.

CONCORD, N.H. The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, according to a new analysis by a Dartmouth College professor.