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FBI arrests Shoffner; hearing set

FBI arrests Shoffner; hearing set

Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was being held in the Pulaski County jail late Saturday after being arrested earlier in the day by the FBI. Shoffner, 68, has been under scrutiny over the past year about the way her office has handled state investments and whether she received...

Suspect shot during Blytheville hostage incident

BLYTHEVILLE — Police in Blytheville say one person was fatally shot after officers responded to a report that a person was being h...
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WALLY HALL

Wally Hall

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Orb ambushed by old-timers Stevens, Lukas

Orb’s victory in the Kentucky Derby was so impressive that almost immediately the talk began that the 35-year wait ...

BRYAN HENDRICKS

Bryan Hendricks

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Like we need another threat that ticks us off

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, it seems ticks have a new way to bedevil outdoorsmen.

HELAINE WILLIAMS

Helaine Williams

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Aetrex’s foot scanner makes fashion fit well

Aetrex, the Teaneck, N.J.-based maker of comfortable but stylish foot gear and customizable and over-the-counter orthotic shoe insoles, has ...

Oxbow’s victory spoils Orb’s bid

They are a couple of old guys, D. Wayne Lukas and Gary Stevens, and for nearly 30 years they have fallen in love on the racetrack, traded cross words off it and fallen back in love enough times to be made an honorary Kardashian.

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Mowers, manpower and the eternal verities of lawn care

Charles Portis has a handle on reality. In his novels, there’s always some character tinkering with a gasoline engine, it seems. Portis knows how we live.

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FDA meeting resistance on compounding

State and federal authorities agreed that things got out of hand when the New England Compounding Center produced mass quantities of contaminated injectable steroids linked to more than 50 deaths among hundreds of cases of meningitis last fall.

William Allen Schwab

FAYETTEVILLE — Bill Schwab might never write that book about gated communities. He was working on one a few years back, and was closer to its finish than its beginning. Then lives got in the way.

Rail crack looked at in train collision

Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York City.

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Oxbow’s victory spoils Orb’s bid

They are a couple of old guys, D. Wayne Lukas and Gary Stevens, and for nearly 30 years they have fallen in love on the racetrack, traded cross words off it and fallen back in love enough times to be made an honorary Kardashian.

Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.

Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."

AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

WASHINGTON (AP) — The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.

Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.

Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates

ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, told graduates of Morehouse College Sunday to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.

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Wally Hall:

LIKE IT IS: Orb ambushed by old-timers Stevens, Lukas

Bryan Hendricks:

ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Like we need another threat that ticks us off

Helaine Williams:

DRESSING ROOM: Aetrex’s foot scanner makes fashion fit well

Richard Davenport:

THE RECRUITING GUY: Persuasive Pittman has lineman high on the Hogs

Jennifer Christman:

SPIN CYCLE: It’s good she didn’t ask stylist to roll it

Michael Storey:

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