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Treasurer Shoffner arrested on extortion charge
updated: 05/18/2013 7:33 p.m. Comments 7
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was booked into the Pulaski County jail Saturday afternoon on federal charges, records show.
Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness
posted: 05/18/2013 5:30 p.m. Discuss
Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.
Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade
updated: 05/18/2013 5:08 p.m. Discuss
DAMASCUS, Va. — About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
Official: 'Amazing' no one died in train crash
updated: 05/18/2013 4:09 p.m. Discuss
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
Charges pending for suspect in girl's stabbing
posted: 05/18/2013 2:17 p.m. Discuss
CLARKSVILLE — Prosecutors in Johnson County are still developing charges for a man arrested in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old girl.
Garland Co. man acquitted on capital murder charge
posted: 05/18/2013 2:15 p.m. Discuss
HOT SPRINGS — A jury in Garland County has found a man not guilty of capital murder for the shooting of a Malvern man.
Man charged in White County over fetus death
posted: 05/18/2013 12:42 p.m. Discuss
SEARCY — Authorities in White County have charged a man in the death of a fetus after he allegedly ran over his girlfriend and she lost the baby she was carrying.
Despite controversies, Obama agenda marches on
posted: 05/18/2013 12:04 p.m. Discuss
WASHINGTON — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.
What to watch for at the Preakness
posted: 05/18/2013 11:27 a.m. Discuss
BALTIMORE — All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.
Severe weather possible through Wednesday
posted: 05/18/2013 11:04 a.m. Discuss
The National Weather Service says Arkansas has repeated chances at seeing severe weather through Wednesday.
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
posted: 05/18/2013 10:29 a.m. Discuss
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.
SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles
posted: 05/18/2013 10:27 a.m. Discuss
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.
Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot
posted: 05/18/2013 10:23 a.m. Discuss
DES MOINES, Iowa — Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.
Inspector: Treasury told of IRS probe in June ’12
posted: 05/18/2013 5:59 a.m. Comments 2
The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 that he was investigating allegations that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, disclosing for the first time on Friday that Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year.
76 dead in Iraq bomb attacks
posted: 05/18/2013 5:56 a.m. Discuss
Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be on the path to a new round of sectarian bloodshed.
