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    Mashek’s career covering politics spanned four decades

    WASHINGTON — John W. Mashek, 77, a political reporter who covered presidential campaigns and conventions spanning four decades and was a panelist on televised presidential and vice presidential debates, died Tuesday at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Md., after collapsing at his granddaughter’s soccer game. The cause of death was an apparent heart attack.

    • Centers’ names will change

      GULFPORT — The City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to change the name of two community centers currently under construction.

      • Wicker named ranking Republican on committee

        WASHINGTON — Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., was named Friday the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Seapower Subcommittee, giving the Magnolia State three key players in shipbuilding: Wicker, Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, chairman of the House seapower subcommittee and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi governor.

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