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Board committee to review UA tuition proposal
posted: 05/13/2013 11:14 a.m. Discuss
University of Arkansas System institutions that have proposed tuition and fee increases exceeding 3.5 percent for the 2013-14 school year will appear before the trustees' Fiscal Affairs Committee at the request of board Chairman Jane Rogers on Tuesday.
Hospital data show charges range in state
posted: 05/12/2013 4:37 a.m. Comments 2
What Arkansas hospitals charge, even for the same medical procedure within the same city, can vary by tens of thousands of dollars, according to recently released 2011 federal data.
CRIME MAP: 8 burglaries, double homicide in Little Rock on Monday
posted: 05/07/2013 11:07 a.m. Discuss
The Little Rock Police Department took eight reports of burglaries and five auto thefts around the city Thursday.
Texas man indicted for carving symbol on his son
posted: 02/25/2013 3:11 p.m. Comment 1
FORT WORTH, Texas — A North Texas grand jury has indicted a man who admitted in a 911 call that he carved a pentagram on his 6-year-old son's back.
Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
posted: 02/20/2013 11:03 a.m. Comments 2
Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.
Iraq war vet accused in shooting on suicide watch
posted: 02/04/2013 1:08 p.m. Discuss
A Texas sheriff says the man charged with killing a former Navy SEAL and his friend was shocked with a stun gun and restrained in his jail cell after becoming aggressive.
Four wounded in New Orleans shooting
posted: 01/21/2013 1:56 p.m. Comment 1
Gun violence left four people wounded near a New Orleans intersection where the annual Martin Luther King day parade had passed an hour earlier.
High court won't reconsider school-funding case
updated: 01/17/2013 10:26 a.m. Comment 1
The Arkansas Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider its ruling that lets school districts keep excess property tax revenue if they raise more money than that set under Arkansas’ funding formula.
Louisiana man gets 30 years for 5 killings
posted: 12/19/2012 3:01 p.m. Discuss
A plea deal calls for a New Orleans man to be sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in five killings in 2007, including the shooting of an off-duty police officer.
Rifle found during search of Oklahoma teen’s home
posted: 12/17/2012 3:02 p.m. Comment 1
Bartlesville, Okla., police say a search of the home of a teenager charged with plotting to shoot classmates and detonate bombs at a local high school uncovered a small-caliber rifle and notes about a possible attack, but no bomb making materials.
Soldier killed at Ft Hood after firing at officers
posted: 12/14/2012 7:04 p.m. Comments 2
Fort Hood police have shot and killed a soldier who fired a gun while sitting in his car on the Central Texas Army post.
Police officer killed, another hurt in Memphis shootout
posted: 12/14/2012 7:02 p.m. Discuss
A Memphis police officer was fatally shot and another wounded during a shootout at a home Friday, authorities said.
Death toll rises to 28 in Connecticut school shooting
updated: 12/14/2012 4:55 p.m.
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A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing at least 26 people, including 20 children, by blasting his way through the building as young students cowered helplessly in classrooms while their teachers and classmates were shot.
Diseases in fast-track Social Security program
posted: 12/06/2012 midnight Discuss
The Social Security Administration is expanding its Compassionate Allowances program, which is designed to provide decisions on disability claims within several days — instead of months or years — for people with a select group of diseases or conditions. The agency is adding 35 conditions to the program on Thursday, bringing the total to 200.
Benton police arrest sex offender for failure to comply
updated: 11/26/2012 2:53 p.m. Comment 1
The Benton Police Department arrested William Marsh, a Level 3 sex offender, on Tuesday for failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements.
