USM official denies benefits from donation

Director donated to Cochran; Senator works in research earmark

WASHINGTON - Robert Lochhead of Hattiesburg gave the maximum $2,300 contribution to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., last election cycle, but the suggestion, made in a published report earlier this week, that he somehow did it to get something in return, really annoys the University of Southern Mississippi official....

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