Tupelo

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  Pilot Threatens To Crash Plane In US, What We Know So Far: 5 facts

  A plane has been circling over the US city of Tupelo, Mississippi, and the pilot has threatened to crash the aircraft into a Walmart store. Local media reports say the pilot is an airport employee.

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  Stolen US Plane Lands On Field After Pilot Threatens To Hit Walmart Store

  A pilot, circling a stolen airplane for hours over Tupelo, a city in northeast Mississippi in the United states, threatening to "intentionally crash" it into a Walmart store has been taken into custody after he landed the aircraft safely.

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  Now a Tracker That Rewards You for Staying Fit

  Dubai-based wearable technology company Tupelo has launched the Mymo fitness tracker that offers rewards such as free talk time for activity.

• US tornadoes kill 34, threaten more damage in South

  At least 34 people were killed in tornadoes unleashed by a ferocious storm system that razed neighborhoods in the southern United States over the last three days and threatened more destruction in heavily populated parts of the South on Tuesday.

• US storms kill 21, tornado roars through Mississippi city

  On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday destroying homes and businesses, according to witnesses and emergency officials.

• Mississippi man linked to ricin letters sent to Barack Obama indicted by grand jury

  A Mississippi martial arts instructor was named in a five-count indictment charging him with mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, authorities said on Monday.

• Mississippi man makes court appearance in ricin letters case

  A Mississippi martial arts instructor suspected of mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other US officials appeared in federal court on Monday for a brief hearing.

• Martial arts instructor linked to ricin letters charged with biological weapons use

  A Mississippi martial arts instructor was charged on Saturday with attempting to use a biological weapon after a ricin-laced letter was sent to President Barack Obama earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

• Martial arts instructor arrested in ricin-laced letter case

  Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials.

• Ricin-laced letters leading to a Mississippi mystery

  Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland.

• US drops charges against Mississippi man in ricin letters case

  US prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, a US senator and a state judge, according to court documents.

• Comcast to buy GE's 49 per cent stake in NBC for $16.7 billion

  Comcast Corp clinched full control of NBC Universal for $16.7 billion on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deals that have taken the cable operator from humble roots in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Manhattan's iconic Rockerfeller Center.