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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Interest in Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour seems to be growing now that he is a potential Republican presidential candidate.

But a non-profit news organization, Mother Jones, was quite surprised at the hefty sum it was asked to pay to obtain Barbour's official work emails and other records.

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/haley-barbour-emails-mississippi

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