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• Mississippi added manufacturing jobs

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 1, 2012

  Industrial employment in Mississippi grew by about 0.5 percent over the last 12 months, amounting to 694 additional jobs, according to the 2012 Mississippi Manufacturers Register, an annual industrial directory by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, lll.

• Arkansas jobless aid deadlines nears

  June 8, 2011

  Residents in 10 Arkansas counties who were affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding last month have less than two weeks to apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance.

• Pet Insurance: Growing in Popularity

  By William Atkinson  |  May 1, 2011

  According to Rob Jackson, co-founder and CEO of Healthy Paws Pet Insurance & Foundation, only 1.5 million pets are insured in the United States.