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First things first. The Associated Press reports that a federal magistrate extended an injunction yesterday that has barred Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood from continuing his criminal investigation of the insurer. Here's the story by Holbrook Mohr. Wednesday's expected hearing on the injunction, at which Hood was supposed to testify, did not happen, however. Instead the lawyers for the parties met behind closed doors, and Hood emerged with this cryptic comment, the story says:State Farm is "trying to find out about the grand jury proceedings and we just reached the status quo," Hood said after the hearing. He would not explain the comment. (I think Hood was referring to the fact the judge continued the injunction, or kept the situation as it was, but that's jus