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Obama aims to limit scope of terror fight

Obama aims to limit scope of terror fight

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday announced new restraints on targeted killings and narrowed the scope of the long struggle with terrorists as part of a transition to a day he envisions when the nation will no longer be on the war footing it has been on since the at...

UA, ASU, Tech increase tuitions

Boards of trustees for the University of Arkansas System, the Arkansas State University System and Arkansas Tech University approv...

7-year-old girl on bike killed after being hit by pickup

A 7-year-old girl who was riding her bike in Helena-West Helena died Wednesday after being hit by a pickup, authorities said. It ...
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RICHARD DAVENPORT

Richard Davenport

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Arkansas makes cut with defensive tackle Frazier

Springdale Har-Ber defensive tackle Josh Frazier narrowed his list of prospective schools to five Thursday, and Arkansas made the ...

JOHN BRUMMETT

John Brummett

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Together in hypocrisy

As you behold the human loss and heartbreak in Oklahoma, you might ask yourself a question.

BRYAN HENDRICKS

Bryan Hendricks

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Missouri on hook for stripers

Against the wishes of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and anglers in north Arkansas, the Missouri Department of ...

LSU’s hitters left guessing again

Arkansas junior right-hander Ryne Stanek has pitched 21 2/3 innings in three games against LSU and allowed one earned run.

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Dillard's sets cash dividend

Dillard's Inc. said Friday that the company's board of directors has declared a 5 cent cash dividend on its Class A and B common stock.

Streets shutting down for Riverfest

In preparation for Riverfest, several streets in Little Rock’s River Market will close today.

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UA System president’s pay rises to $427,500 come July

The University of Arkansas board of trustees unanimously voted Thursday to increase system President Donald Bobbitt’s salary from $355,000 to $427,500 in the fiscal year that starts July 1.

New-home sales reach 3-month high

Builders sold more U.S. new homes than projected in April as cheaper borrowing costs and job gains drew more buyers into the market.

Steel-crunching fun

Like a shaky sitcom still trying to find its footing, the first few Fast flicks, starting in 2001, hadn’t yet settled on a winning formula.

IRS official who took 5th replaced

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was replaced Thursday as director of the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted Tea Party groups.

A sagging story

YOU KNOW what many people think when they see somebody walking around—or at least shuffling around—with his pants pert’ near falling off his backside?

LSU’s hitters left guessing again

Arkansas junior right-hander Ryne Stanek has pitched 21 2/3 innings in three games against LSU and allowed one earned run.

Truck in Wash. span collapse hauled drilling equip

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment struck an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below. All three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

ATLANTA (AP) — Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, one in critical condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss.

Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country.

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Choosing future Navy and Marine leaders as his audience, President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing to graduating midshipmen to display honor and moral courage to contain what has become a growing epidemic.

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