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Scientists have found seafood helps fight obesity and other health problems. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports Gulf Coast chemists say Mississippi may be the fattest state, but the way to better health is in our own waters.

Mississippians living along the Mississippi river are bracing for what could be the worst flood since 1927. The National Weather Service has raised the projected cresting height of the Mississippi River. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports the some in Vicksburg remain skeptical about the flooding risks.

The Mississippi river is already out of its banks in northern Mississippi, but communities downstream will feel the effects in the coming days. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports on evacuation efforts around Greenville.

Areas all along the Mississippi River are preparing for flooding as the water continues to rise. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports what effect the flooding is already having on residents and businesses.

Now that Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorists attacks has been killed, some Mississippians are asking what happens next in the War on Terrorism. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports.

We’re here to help and we’ll stay until you’ve recovered. That in a nutshell was the main message when members of President Obama’s cabinet came to Smithville to assess the damage wreaked by the deadly tornado on Wednesday. MPB’s Sandra Knispel has more on the cabinet members’ visit to the small town in northeast Mississippi yesterday.

Roughly 500 turned out for the Smithville Baptist Church’s Sunday service, just four days after the small town in northeast Mississippi was largely destroyed by a tornado, which killed 14 residents. MPB’s Sandra Knispel filed this report from Smithville.

The last of the casinos in Tunica are now closed due to rising floodwaters on the Mississippi River. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports on the affects the closures will have on the community and the state.

Casinos in Tunica are shutting their doors due to a swelling Mississippi River. MPB’s Daniel Cherry reports how that closure could affect the rest of the state.

Healthcare experts know people in Mississippi are still eating too much fried food and not exercising enough. MPB's Rhonda Miller reports leaders at the first Mississippi Health Summit admit it's tough finding a solution to match the size of the state's big health problem.

The US Army Corp is in the process of raising the level of a lake off the Mississippi River. Increasing the water level will destroy some homes, docks and other structures around the lake. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that officials say raising the lake will also prevent a much bigger flooding disaster.

The violent tornadoes that ripped through the South left a swath of destruction and death in their wake. MPB’s Sandra Knispel filed this report from the small Mississippi town of Smithville, a community in Monroe County, that was largely reduced to rubble.

Attorney General Jim Hood is working to get medical treatment for people who believe they’re sick from the BP oil spill. MPB’s Rhonda Miller reports a medical unit could arrive on the Gulf Coast in two or three months. 

Families in low lying areas along the Mississippi River are getting ready for what is expected to be the worst flood in nearly 70 years. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that some families preparing to leave have spent generations living by the River in Vicksburg.

Survivors picked through rubble Thursday in Smithville, a northeastern Mississippi town that was mostly flattened by violent storms that roared through the South a day earlier.