Stories for November 7, 2009

Few answers in base bloodshed

Neighbors, friends say suspect said goodbye days before attack

An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment and left a phone message saying goodbye to a friend in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, neighbors said Friday.
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Conway layoffs cut deep

Bus plant part of city since ’33

For weeks, rumors flew down the assembly line at one of the city’s oldest employers — a bus plant that’s been tightly woven into the fabric of Conway since 1933.
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Felsenthal watching water rise

Town already half underwater; Ouachita River to crest next week

Mike Nash has spent the past week watching the water rise.
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Hair on Pressly’s bed Vance’s, expert says

Other DNA called not as conclusive

A single tiny hair discovered on Little Rock TV news anchor Anne Pressly’s bed belongs to the man accused of killing her “within all scientific certainty,” a state DNA examiner testified Friday during the third day of testimony in Curtis Lavelle Vance’s capital-murder trial in Pulaski County Circuit Court.
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Bentonville hands Har-Ber 1st defeat, earns No. 1 seed

Bentonville’s defense recorded its fifth shutout of the season, and the Tigers earned the 7AWest’s No. 1 playoff seed with a 17-0 victory over previously undefeated Springdale Har-Ber.
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Jobless rate rises to 10.2%

Level highest since 1983; climb not expected to stop

The unemployment rate in the U.S. rose to 10.2 percent in October, the Labor Department said Friday.
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Droid sent out to battle iPhone

Verizon’s smart phone employs Google’s Android operating system

In one corner is Apple’s iPhone. Launched in 2007, it revolutionized the smartphone market with its sleek exterior and a collection of applications that seems to grow more extensive by the day.
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Burying treasure

Planting bulbs now will yield spring’s first breaths of color

Nothing is prettier than a field of daffodils blowing in the breeze, or a bed of bright red tulips, or the sweet smell of purple or pink hyacinths. Spring-blooming bulbs are one of the easiest ways to add color to the landscape with very little effort.
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Retirement system gains $856 million

The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System’s investments jumped $856 million in value to $9.66 billion last quarter as the system reaped the benefits of a rebound in the stock markets, the system’s investment consultant said.
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Plane crash kills 1 in Fulton County

Authorities said Friday that one person died in the crash of a single-engine airplane in Fulton County. Arkansas State Police said the aircraft had only one person aboard.
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Other days

100 YEARS AGO Nov. 7, 1909
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EDITORIALS Two ton of fan mail

That’s what we get, we get two ton of . . .

IS IT just us or have the letter writers been taking their vitamins lately? And not the chewable Flintstone kind, either. But the big-boy, adult vitamins that taste nasty and come with calcium, fish oil and high-octane caffeine.
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Calendar

MUSIC, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT Aglow International of Little Rock will present the music ministry of Mary Etta Mohan at Our Lady of Good Counsel School, 1204 S. Jackson St., at 10 a.m. today. (501) 425-3969.
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Defections, lawsuit rock Scientology

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.
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COLUMNISTS The myth of ’08 demolished

Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010.
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NEWS BRIEFS

Christmas parade canceled in Ohio. An Ohio village’s Christmas parade has been canceled amid concerns over possible lawsuits, expected protests and logistical problems.
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Get smart

Baby Einstein videos were marketed with a promise many parents found irresistible : Park your kid in front of the television, and let us make him or her, if not a genius, then at least above average.
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LETTERS

Significant reform lacking At the height of the Halloween season, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Kimberley Strassel, had a scary thought: Maybe all this talk about the public option is designed to set up a bogeyman so all the conversation will be about it and not all the other terrible details of this monstrous bit of legislation.
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Unfulfilled quest

Adventurer makes it to Mount Ararat, but doesn’t find ark

Standing atop Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey this summer, Maumelle’s Holt Condren was certain the legendary Noah’s ark lay beneath the frozen summit.
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Daily record

Marriage Licenses and Divorces
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