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Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy

Bomb kills 1 student, wounds 7 in Italy

A bomb exploded on Saturday outside an Italian high school named after the wife of an assassinated anti-Mafia prosecutor, killing one student and wounding at least seven others, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and police were trying to determine w...

Child dies in house fire in western Arkansas

Authorities say a child has been killed in a house fire in Polk County. The sheriff’s office told KTHV authorities received a c...

Arkansas congressional hopefuls make last pitch

Republican Beth Anne Rankin is defending her anti-tax credentials and questioning the out-of-state support of her chief rival for ...

Husband, wife charged in Pope County death

Authorities in Pope County have charged a husband and wife with the slaying of a 65-year-old man near London. Pope County Sheriff...
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Hole story still hazy on Chenal

Dear Drivetime Mahatma: It’s a pleasure to see the new, long strip of asphalt recently placed over the hundreds ...

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Endless rights abuses

My deeper awareness of the ongoing civil-rights abuses inflicted upon many of our most defenseless citizens began back in ...

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In the garden

Q We plant corn in our garden every year, but the worms get it before we do. How can ...

Arkansas congressional hopefuls make last pitch

Republican Beth Anne Rankin is defending her anti-tax credentials and questioning the out-of-state support of her chief rival for the party’s nomination for a south Arkansas congressional seat, as candidates made their final pitches before Tuesday’s primary.

Arkansas gets scare in victory

The absence was brief, but so was the return.

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Google gets China OK for Motorola deal

Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.

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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Legislator’s spouse fired from UAMS

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences terminated the employment of the wife of state Rep. Hank Wilkins from her $60,199-a year job as a mental-health professional at the school because her employment violated state law, a UAMS spokesman said Friday.

State jobless rate falls to 7.2%, lowest since ’09

Arkansas’ unemployment rate continued its decline in April, dropping two-tenths of a percentage point from the previous month to 7.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.

Coptics vs. state

A year after an attack by conservative Muslims raised the specter of a wave of religious strife in Egypt, the Christian churches in Cairo’s Imbaba district have been repaired, with sturdy wooden rafters, fresh paint and portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus ready to be hung anew. But the deep wounds from those attacks and ensuing clashes, which left 12 dead, cannot be painted over.

House passes a defense bill on veto track

Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion defense budget Friday that breaks a deficit cutting deal with President Barack Obama.

Can this view be saved?

Out of the blue, or rather out of the state’s highway department, has come hope for the old Broadway Bridge instead of doom. After all its stonewalling, the department is floating a compromise that would keep the storied old bridge just where it is as a new pedestrian walkway connecting two downtowns. What an elegant compromise between old and new, the esthetic and practical. Why not the best of both?

Arkansas gets scare in victory

The absence was brief, but so was the return.

Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US

NEW YORK (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

Tropical storm watch issued for parts of SC coast

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Forecasters late Saturday issued a tropical storm watch for parts of the South Carolina coast after the first tropical storm of the 2012 hurricane season formed in the Atlantic.

Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US

NEW YORK (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg marries sweetheart

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status to "married" on Saturday.

Political vulnerabilities in Sen. Rubio's past?

MIAMI (AP) — For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a possible Mitt Romney running mate, there are questions about whether potential vulnerabilities in his personal and political background might hold him back.

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