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GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Officials with the Greenville Police Department have arrested Andrew McClinton today in connection with the November fire at Hopewell MB Church in Greenville. McClinton, of Leland, is being held in the Washington County Detention Center awaiting his initial appearance in Greenville Municipal Court.

Here is how Hillary voters left Independence Hall last night

Given his legacy as the key songwriter and conceptualist for Pink Floyd, one of the most theatrical bands in rock history, fans could expect that Roger Waters' show at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre on Friday would be a visual tour de force. Considering his infamous perfectionism, it was a given, too, that the sound and musicianship would be top-notch, especially since half of the set would be devoted to the 1973 audiophile masterpiece, "The Dark Side of the Moon." What came as a surprise was that Waters' three-hour performance in Tinley Park packed such an emotional wallop in the...

Tens of thousands marched on Washington last Saturday to protest George Bush's war in Iraq. The crowd included college-age activists, veterans of Vietnam War protests, entire families united against the war, and parents whose children have been killed in Iraq. It was the largest protest yet against this war. Larger ones will almost surely follow. If there had been a soundtrack to Saturday's march past the White House, you couldn't pick a much more appropriate song to kick it off than Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers." Released in 1969 by one of the most politically acute bands of the era, "Volunteers" was...

Fearing that he has appeared to be out of touch with the people suffering from the disaster along the Gulf Coast, President Bush has promised to investigate why his government did such a poor job of responding to the devastation. I can hardly wait to hear what Bush's investigators find out about Bush's government. And, because I know it can be tough to get to the root of such complex problems, I'd like to help by offering a short list of questions that might serve as a starting point. Why didn't we embed those darned reporters? This may be the...

An upstate Army Reserve recruit has upset his military superiors and the local Islamic community with a Web contest called "Create a Pig With the Koran." The contest involves using pages from the Muslim holy book to create papier-maché pigs. Jon Alvarez's site also gives links showing how to get a free copy of the Koran and how to make papier-maché.