JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Jury selection will continue Tuesday in the case of a U.S. mayor accused of civil rights violations and weapons charges in his quest to rid his city of crime.

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The civil rights trial of Jackson, Miss., Mayor Frank Melton has been delayed after doctors testified he is gravely ill, observers said.

NEW YORK, April 19 (UPI) -- Joseph Jones has been given the job of rebuilding the men's basketball program at Columbia.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Bob Shoop has been named the head football coach at Columbia.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Two high school dropouts from Oswego County, N.Y., won't be able to spend Christmas with their families this year -- and perhaps for a long time to come.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- "I'm just glad we do not have an organized hate group here," said Sheriff Reuel A. Todd of Oswego County, N.Y., Tuesday, after discovering that a fire that dest