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Teenager, ex-beau shot near arena

A Parkview High School senior was shot outside Verizon Arena after she finished practice for Tuesday night’s graduation ceremony. Jasmine Fisher, 18, was “shot at least once” while on her way to her car, according to North Little Rock Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian Dedri...

Shoffner resigns under fire

Awaiting a federal grand jury indictment and facing calls for her resignation or ouster, state Treasurer Martha Shoffner stepped d...

UA panel backs denial of schools’ tuition rises

A University of Arkansas board of trustees committee recommended on Tuesday denying the tuition and fee proposals of four of the s...
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PAUL GREENBERG

Paul Greenberg

EDITORIAL

Suicide of a newspaper

When a city, or a state, loses its daily newspaper, something of its soul is lost with it. It’s ...

WALLY HALL

Wally Hall

SPORTS

A picture-perfect way to keep a guy humble

As would be expected, some of my closest friends got in some really good jabs about the picture that ...

JOHN BRUMMETT

John Brummett

OPINION

Easy as pie — elect some Rs

After Martha Shoffner as state treasurer, Republicans would be a big improvement.

More small quakes rattle Clinton area

Five more small earthquakes were reported near Clinton on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the latest shaking in a cluster of seismic activity in the Van Buren city this month.

Missouri to stock striped bass at Bull Shoals

THEODOSIA, Mo. — A popular sport fish will be introduced into southwest Missouri's Bull Shoals Reservoir.

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Lovely Mae Carinhosa transcends language

Cesaria Evora Mae Carinhosa Lusafrica A It’s all about the voice. This Cape Verde diva, who died in December, 2011, was one of the world’s great singers. Cesaria Evora’s husky contralto, rich and imbued with deep emotion, seemed to embrace and embody all the pain in one’s life and set it free. In the songs, ...

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Electric companies daily face hacking attempts, experts say

WASHINGTON —The nation’s electric utility companies are under constant attack from cybercriminals and vulnerable to terrorist groups that might try to disrupt the transmission of electricity on the country’s energy grid, national security experts, utility company representatives and computer technology experts told a House panel Tuesday.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Arvest’s $45 million profit best in state Arvest Bank of Fayetteville, the largest bank in Arkansas, was the state’s most profitable financial institution in the first three months of the year, according to statistics from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Six-pack, olive oil infuse local flavor

Giddy from a shopping trip that resulted in a six pack of a limited-edition, locally produced beer and the discovery of a (semi) locally produced olive oil, I headed to the kitchen with my bounty in tow.

Tornado’s force tops atomic bomb’s

WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined to create the killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the amount of energy released over the city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.

To Martha Shoffner:

Today’s editorial is an updated version of one we ran December 18, 2012, demanding the resignation of our state treasurer.

Indy 500 rookies on opposite ends

97th Indianapolis 500 WHEN Sunday. Green flag at 11:12 a.m. WHERE Indianapolis Motor Speedway TV ABC, pre-race coverage begins at 10 a.m. DEFENDING CHAMPION Dario Franchitti ON THE POLE Ed Carpenter INDIANAPOLIS — Carlos Munoz’s initiation to Indianapolis went relatively smoothly.

Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012

CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.

NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.

EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied away from despite pressure from the United States, officials said Wednesday.

Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

IRS official Lerner: I did nothing wrong

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups has told Congress she did nothing wrong and has invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions.

COLUMNISTS

Paul Greenberg:

Suicide of a newspaper

Wally Hall:

LIKE IT IS: A picture-perfect way to keep a guy humble

John Brummett:

COMMENTARY: Easy as pie — elect some Rs

Kelly Brant:

FRONT BURNER: Six-pack, olive oil infuse local flavor

Jennifer Christman:

Slim pickings

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

IDEA ALLEY: Spanish rice plea draws two recipes

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