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One taken to hospital after reported shootout

One taken to hospital after reported shootout

One person was loaded into an ambulance with unspecified injuries after authorities responded to a report of a shootout between two men on a Little Rock street Thursday afternoon. Officers were called about 1:20 pm to the area of Wright Avenue and Battery Street to investigate m...

Bail set at $1 million for man charged in teen's death

A judge set a $1 million bail Thursday for a man jailed on kidnapping and murder charges in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old F...

Home invasion suspect dies day after being shot by resident

Police in Russellville say an apparent home invasion Wednesday ended with the resident shooting the assailant, causing injuries th...

Arkansas' teen birth rate U.S.' highest, report finds

The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountai...
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JOHN BRUMMETT

John Brummett

EDITORIAL

Together in hypocrisy

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

BRYAN HENDRICKS

Bryan Hendricks

SPORTS

Missouri on hook for stripers

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

CLAY HENRY

Clay Henry

OPINION

COMMENTARY: Fayetteville Must Adjust Without Allens

Life is different around Fayetteville High School. There are no more Allen boys to play quarterback. Offensive coordinator Zak ...

Arkansas to submit 'private option' waiver in August

Arkansas Medicaid officials say the state will submit its request to use federal money to purchase private insurance for thousands of low-income residents by August.

James gets last laugh; Miami trips up Indiana

LeBron James caught the in bounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

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MovieStyle: Loud, fast and out of control

This week we’ve got your franchises in MovieStyle — the vroom, vroom, vroom of the Fast and the Furious franchise continues with this sixth entry, returning director Justin Lin and all the usual suspects (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez), with at least some of the action set in London.

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Humane Society, Boy Scouts, others pitching in to send aid to Moore

Years ago, Kay Simpson found herself in the heart of search-and-rescue efforts for animals in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After Monday’s deadly tornado in Moore, Okla., Simpson is helping out again, this time from home.

LR airport fears D.C. flight at risk

Ron Mathieu, executive director of the state’s largest airport, is urging U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to let US Airways keep all its slots at Reagan National Airport as a way to ensure the daily direct flight between Little Rock and Washington, D.C., continues as scheduled.

THE WEEKEND TEN

It’s Memorial Day weekend. Which means it has to be Riverfest weekend, Friday-Sunday along both sides of the Arkansas River in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.

IRS official swears she never misled Congress

The Internal Revenue Service official who first disclosed that the agency had targeted conservative groups denied Wednesday that she had ever provided false information to Congress. She then invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to testify.

Wait, this could be good

GOODNESS, what now? The latest excuse in the IRS mess is that a lone bureau in Cincinnati is to blame. Along with lax supervision. And that’s how the federal government came to target conservative groups with names like Tea Party and Patriot in their names? Really?

James gets last laugh; Miami trips up Indiana

LeBron James caught the in bounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

PHOENIX (AP) — The jury in Jodi Arias' murder trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend in a case that captured headlines worldwide with its sex, lies, violence.

Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Data released Thursday by the defense from slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's cellphone includes texts with a friend about fighting, smoking pot and being forced to move out of his mother's house because of trouble at school, as well as photos of a gun and what looks to be a potted marijuana plant.

Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him.

Procter & Gamble brings back A.G. Lafley as CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — Procter & Gamble is bringing back former CEO A.G. Lafley, a 33-year industry veteran, to its top post in a surprise move as the world's largest consumer goods maker tries to improve its results globally.

Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.

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Together in hypocrisy

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Paul Greenberg:

Suicide of a newspaper

Wally Hall:

LIKE IT IS: A picture-perfect way to keep a guy humble

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