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Medical examiner: 24 dead in Oklahoma twister

MOORE, Okla. — Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least ...
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Shoffner let out of jail; filing cites a bribe Saturday

State Treasurer Martha Ann Shoffner made her first appearance in federal court Monday in Little Rock, two days after an FBI inform...

Suit faults district on choice-law exemption

A group of parents and grandparents filed a federal lawsuit against the Blytheville School District on Monday, claiming it illegal...

Saggy-pants ban advances in PB council

PINE BLUFF - A Pine Bluff alderman is sponsoring legislation he hopes will hide underwear - on backsides, not sales racks - from p...
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JOHN BRUMMETT

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EDITORIAL

A maverick sits out

I was moderating a panel of state legislators last Wednesday and I kept trying to prod House Speaker Davy ...

MIKE MASTERSON

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Clamping Jaws on hit season

Most Arkansas wouldn’t know 81-year-old John Williams if they saw him strolling Fayetteville’s Dickson Street. Yet they really do ...

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Bielema entertains at Hall of Fame shindig

It was Bret Bielema’s 37th talk since he became the head football coach at the University of Arkansas.

Beebe sends state's condolences to Oklahoma

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe is sending the state's condolences to neighboring Oklahoma after a tornado devastated the city of Moore.

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Wal-Mart ordered to release records

A chancery judge in Delaware has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over specific records related to what the retailer’s directors knew about claims that Wal-Mart executives bribed Mexican officials to speed development of stores.

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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The criminal complaint against Shoffner

The following is a summary of the criminal complaint fi led Monday against Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner. Shoffner, 68, is accused of accepting cash payments from a bond broker in exchange for transfering a large portion of the State’s investment activity to the broker.

NEWS IN BRIEF

Century Farm effort seeking applicants Applications are still being taken for the Arkansas Century Farm program, which honors families who have owned and farmed the same land for at least 100 years.

Oklahoma stricken

MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school as children and teachers huddled against winds of up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

The growing case for life

THE JURISPRUDENCE of Her Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, may be only mediocre at best, but her candor deserves the highest praise. Every few years she’ll pull back the judicial curtain and tell the rest of us what she thinks is really going on at the court. And shock anybody who can still be shocked at the court’s motivations.

Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.

Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI (AP) — Chanting "IRS has got to go," tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups.

Reports: Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian news websites boosted speculation Tuesday that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot, in a move that would eliminate a threat to the country's hard-liners.

Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.

Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos.

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Clamping Jaws on hit season

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LIKE IT IS: Bielema entertains at Hall of Fame shindig

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WHAT’S IN A DAME: Un-rich fat nerd no niche for Fitch

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