When Mark Twain was seventeen he returned to the west and became a pilot on the Mississippi.    From LearnThat.org. 

Mississippi: Benefits 162,000 workers in Mississippi, representing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minimum Wage Raise Benefits On State By State Basis] Reference

HALEY BARBOUR (R), Mississippi: There are some we won't take in Mississippi.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2009] Reference

HALEY BARBOUR (R), Mississippi: There's some we will not take in Mississippi.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2009] Reference

HALEY BARBOUR (R), Mississippi: There are some we will not take in Mississippi.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2009] Reference

Mississippi 74, ALABAMA 67 Chris Warren scored 21 points to help No. 25 Mississippi rally from a 23-point deficit at home.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

HALEY BARBOUR (R), Mississippi: They have been a good partner, but we in Mississippi, we know better how to take care of our ourselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2005] Reference

– Note to Heather Hays: the city in Mississippi is “Beh luk see,” not “Beh lock see.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » OBSERVATIONS ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S LOCAL KATRINA KOVERAGE] Reference

Not all of the Mississippi is affected by the rules changes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mississippi River Declared Flies Only, Catch-and-Release] Reference

This is what they call Mississippi swamps, a rather fine swamp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diary, March 19-August 25, 1864.] Reference

Mississippi is the most religious state in the union.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend.] Reference

Sightings (noted here and here) in Mississippi continue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference

The Mississippi is far from the only show in town, however.    From Wordnik.com.  [UPPER MISSISSIPPI: Cats and Eyes] Reference

Racism is dead in Mississippi huh Bill …. been there lately?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Bennett: Racial Epithet Yelled At Rep. John Lewis Is Proof That ‘Racism In America Is Dead’] Reference

So everyone calling Mississippi is at risk of being prosecuted?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

Southern Mississippi is 2-0 for the third time in four seasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I College Football - Illinois vs. Southern Mississippi] Reference

The son of a mason, Rice grew up in Mississippi handling bricks.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Talent: Smith small on stature, big on explosiveness] Reference

Rico Bennett were four of the top players in Mississippi this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Ranking the SEC West] Reference

Rated the 18th best player in Mississippi according to Super Prep.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

I told him that people in Mississippi had water all over their houses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

Mississippi is one of the most religious/conservative states in the US.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Arizona Doctor Plans To Close His Office Because Of ‘Stress’ Caused By ‘Obamacare’] Reference

Haley Barbour of Mississippi is considering a run for president in 2012.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Limbaugh: Volcanic eruption in Iceland is God’s reaction to health care’s passage.] Reference

Spencer was the most heavily recruited athlete in Mississippi this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Breaking down the offensive line] Reference

In closing, let us consider to what the name Mississippi should be given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference

The word Mississippi means father of waters, and Biloxi means first people.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to New York state tourism rebound expected after dismal '09] Reference

Word from Mississippi is 6-foot-8 Rashanti Harris is playing great basketball.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Breakdown: 2008 power forwards] Reference

By the way before I get nabbed for miss-spelling the word Mississippi, my apologies.    From Wordnik.com.  [People.com Latest News] Reference

I always told my kid that we used to shoot groundhogs in Mississippi with .357 revolvers.    From Wordnik.com.  [How I Spent My Summer Vacation] Reference

U.S. Census data shows that African Americans in Mississippi take the right to vote seriously.    From Wordnik.com.  [History on GOP side in Miss. presidential vote] Reference

In addition, Southern Mississippi is at No. 10 Auburn and Marshall travels to No. 11 Wisconsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [East Carolina, Pinkney prepare for No. 8 West Virginia] Reference

"Don't let anybody tell you this is another sad story about race in Mississippi," Schloegel says.    From Wordnik.com.  [For them, Earth Day was late in coming] Reference

I recently visited a friend in Mississippi who had an impressive wide bull elk mount on his wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [First bull elk] Reference

And I every time they come out with ‘the fattest state in the nation’ report, Mississippi is always on top of the list.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend.] Reference

The rest of the post, on heterosexual privilege in Mississippi, is good too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up Too Early Central Timezone Blues « Gerry Canavan] Reference

Do you people not understand there are more LGBT youth in Mississippi?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Lesbian Constance McMillen excluded from alternative prom organized by students’ parents.] Reference