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Police in LR honor fallen officers

Police in LR honor fallen officers

The Little Rock Police Department on Friday held its annual ceremony honoring officers who were killed in the line of duty. The agency read the names of the 23 fallen Little Rock officers before a crowd that included family members, city officials and fellow officers. Watch v...
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Soldiers come home to LRAFB after months overseas

Over 120 soldiers touched down in a Boeing 767 airplane late Friday morning at Little Rock Air Force Base after spending the last ...

2 plead not guilty in SAU horse thefts

A teenager and an adult have pleaded not guilty in the theft of five rodeo horses and a trailer from Southern Arkansas University....

Arkansas unemployment drops to 7.2 percent

The unemployment rate in Arkansas fell to 7.2 percent in April, the Department of Workforce Services said Friday. That was a slig...
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Razorbacks coach taking to social media

It didn’t take long for John L. Smith to prove age is just a number.

Man pleads guilty in fatal eastern Arkansas shooting

A man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting in July.

Long: Commitment is to Razorbacks

Jeff Long, vice chancellor and director for athletics at the University of Arkansas, issued a statement today in response to speculation that he was being considered for a job at Stanford.

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Unemployment rates fall in two-thirds of US states

Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country.

NOTEWORTHY DEATHS

1970s disco queen, Grammy winner Donna Summer, one of the most influential singers of the disco era, died Thursday. She was 63.

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Beebe pledges to reimburse veterans fees

Gov. Mike Beebe pledged this week to pull money from one of his discretionary funds, if needed, to pay back veterans and their families the more than $560,000 they were charged in illegal fees over the past three years by the state-run Little Rock Veterans Home.

2 allege retailer stalling in probe

Two Democratic House leaders said Thursday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is not cooperating with their investigation into allegations that the company used bribes to gain market share in Mexico.

The Grating Dictator

The wonderful thing that has arisen from the Arab Spring is that people in the region can now ridicule tyrants like Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak instead of quaking at the mention of their names.

U.S. sets new rules to stem prison rape

The Justice Department on Thursday issued the first comprehensive federal rules aimed at “zero tolerance” for sexual assaults against inmates in prisons, jails and other houses of detention.

Let’s save it

“If those fisheries shut down, trout fishing in Arkansas would end. All trout in Arkansas originate in these two hatcheries.” —Mike Armstrong, deputy director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Quebec passes law in effort to end daily protests

MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday that sets restrictions on demonstrations and shuts some universities as the government seeks to end three months of demonstrations against tuition hikes.

APNewsBreak: Video depicts alleged abuse at school

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The mother of a 14-year-old boy says a cellphone video depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a Kansas military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse.

Largest protests yet in Syria's biggest city

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the country's biggest city, which has largely remained supportive of President Bashar Assad throughout the 15-month uprising.

A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut?

EDITOR'S NOTE — Facebook began selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. The stock closed 23 cents above its initial offering price, at $38.23. Two Associated Press business writers debate whether the stock is a smart buy.

Gay marriage spawns big spike in online videos

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's May 9 announcement that he favors same sex marriage led to a huge spike on YouTube, according to data assembled by the popular video sharing site.

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