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U.S. guides Yemen offensive

U.S. guides Yemen offensive

Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday on the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a nearby desert air base turned command center. Meanwhile in Syri...

Teenager drowns in western Arkansas lake

Benton County authorities say searchers have found the body of a Rogers teenager who drowned at Beaver Lake. Sheriff's Capt. Hunt...

LR airport inks deal with digital advertising firm

The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport has reached a deal that will add a variety of new digital advertising to the facilit...
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JOHN BRUMMETT

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OPINION

Let’s get ready to rumble

The rest of you can go all right-wing if you want. And you certainly seem to want. Those of ...

PAUL GREENBERG

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EDITORIAL

The $2-billion lesson

Anybody need still another argument for reviving the old Glass-Steagall Act (1933-99 ), with its salutary separation between commercial ...

WALLY HALL

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SPORTS

Forget World Peace, give Fisher a chance

It would be deeply gratifying, with a nice sense of irony, if Derek Fisher picked up his sixth NBA ...

LR airport inks deal with digital advertising firm

The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport has reached a deal that will add a variety of digital advertising to the facility.

Booster club foots more of bill for ASU coaches

Arkansas State heralded its hiring of Gus Malzahn in December as a big step in overhauling a modest football program into an elite midmajor one.

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Greek talks collapse, forcing new elections

Greece headed into a month of political uncertainty after power-sharing talks collapsed Tuesday, triggering new elections that could determine whether the country retains its tenuous position in Europe’s currency.

East Arkansas offers joyful noise

Music fans who have been praying for a free festival of major proportions will see their prayers answered this weekend in Helena-West Helena, with the return of the annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival, to be held downtown, Jack W. Hill writes in Thursday’s Arkansas Weekend section.

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Thoughts on Shops at Target

I’m always a big fan of Target promotions. Whether it’s developing a line with a major designer like Jason ...

Governor appoints veterans director

Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday appointed retired Arkansas Army National Guard Col. Alecia “Cissy” Rucker to head the beleaguered state Department of Veterans Affairs.

Greek talks collapse, forcing new elections

Greece headed into a month of political uncertainty after power-sharing talks collapsed Tuesday, triggering new elections that could determine whether the country retains its tenuous position in Europe’s currency.

Icy margarita pie saves ripe berries

I wanted to make strawberry ice cream, but as usual, I had forgotten to put the canister of my ice cream maker in the freezer to chill for the requisite 24 hours. And the berries would not keep another day. I had already culled far too many — the super ripe Arkansas berries, though tasty, were quite fragile and were quickly bruising under their own weight.

JPMorgan’s Dimon retains board title

The chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.

Jim Crow in Little Rock

BACK IN the bad old days, the complex rules that governed our strange racial caste system in these latitudes had to be changed regularly to keep one step ahead of simple justice. Once the Constitution and courts, not to mention the result of The War, had recognized black citizens as, well, citizens, all kinds of tricks were used to evade that political (and moral) imperative. Given the lure of that old devil the Race Issue, not to mention the generally fallen nature of man, there was no shortage of devious ways to get around the law. And conscience.

Booster club foots more of bill for ASU coaches

Arkansas State heralded its hiring of Gus Malzahn in December as a big step in overhauling a modest football program into an elite midmajor one.

Appreciating Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.

Police to groom of slain bride: Turn yourself in

CHICAGO (AP) — Police are urging a newlywed suburban Chicago man wanted in the stabbing death of his wife to turn himself in as 32 law enforcement agencies and the FBI hunt for him.

Israeli company writes off stake in Egyptian gas

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli company has written off its entire 12.5 percent investment in the company that sold Egyptian natural gas to Israel before Egypt terminated the exports.

US factory output rose in April on stronger autos

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. factory output increased in April, helped by a gain in auto production. Busier factories have driven stronger hiring this year and helped the economy grow.

NJ gov., mayor channel Seinfeld in video parody

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey's largest city are channeling the Seinfeld-Newman rivalry in a video parody that spoofs the mayor's heroics and Christie's vice presidential potential.

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John Brummett:

COMMENTARY: Let’s get ready to rumble

Paul Greenberg:

The $2-billion lesson

Wally Hall:

LIKE IT IS: Forget World Peace, give Fisher a chance

Kelly Brant:

FRONT BURNER: Icy margarita pie saves ripe berries

Jennifer Hansen:

HEART & SOUL: A door closes as another opens up

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