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Egyptians living in Mississippi watch anxiously while protests continue in their home country. MPB's Jeffrey Hess spoke with two Egyptians about their reaction to the street protests.

From Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to State Street in Jackson, Americans are talking about President Obama's State of the Union Address. MPB's Lawayne Childrey has reaction from Mississippi's capitol city.

President Obama reached out to Republicans in his second State of the Union address. That approach seemed to work for some Mississippi lawmakers. Manuel Quinones (kin-YON-es) reports.

President Obama’s panel that investigated the BP oil spill is taking its final report to the Gulf Coast in a series of community meetings. Eileen Fleming reports that people attending the first session in New Orleans are pleading for attention to health problems related to the spill.

DeSoto County in north Mississippi is closely watching the fallout from the back-and-forth over whether to consolidate the Memphis City and Shelby County school districts in Tennessee. As MPB’s Sandra Knispel reports, for DeSoto being the nearest school district across the state line means a direct knock-on effect from the ongoing quarrel.

Members of the 185th Aviation unit are mobilizing for a one year tour to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. MPB's Lawayne Childrey reports on an emotional goodbye for family.

President Obama has been in office for nearly two years. MPB’s Phoebe Judge has this report on how historians think he is doing.

During the Cold War, American spies in the heart of Europe were collecting valuable information about the Soviet Union. MPB’s Sandra Knispel tells the remarkable story of a former CIA spy, who as a young woman was posted to Vienna, and now lives around the corner from her in Oxford.

Republicans made big gains in the Congressional delegation on Tuesday, MPB’s Phoebe Judge looks at what that might mean for Mississippi politics in upcoming elections.

A historic milestone took place just off highway 80 between Newton and Hickory yesterday.