NEWS IN BRIEF

Entergy’s quarterly profit up 5 percent Entergy Arkansas Inc. had net income of $52.9 million in the third quarter, Entergy Corp. of New Orleans said in its quarterly filing released Friday.
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Hay yield cut in half by rainfall

Record rainfall from one-after-another storms in September and October has halved the hay crop of some Arkansas farmers, according to state forage experts.
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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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State’s farm losses forecast to worsen

Just too much rain, researchers say

Arkansas farm losses due largely to an abnormally wet year are projected to be well over $225 million, a team of agricultural researchers 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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Report: Turk plant is 15% in

SWEPCO work is told to PSC

Construction of Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s $2.1 billion coal plant in Hempstead County is about 15 percent complete — essentially on schedule — the independent consultant monitoring the project said Thursday in a regulatory filing.
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