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Attorney general skips convention 

Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore rarely misses a chance to showcase himself, from appearing in the movie ''The Insider'' to making White House appearances to disparage the tobacco industry.

So why did he decide at the last minute to skip the Democratic National Convention? Moore said he was working on projects back home, though some wondered whether something else was behind his decision. . .

Musgrove downplayed their differences Thursday, saying, ''there's been no friction.''

Moore said that his decision to skip the convention was based on his workload, nothing else. He said he was focusing on his mentoring programs and new clubs for poor children.

''I would have loved to have been there,'' he said. "But by me not going, somebody else got to be a delegate."

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