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Most Arkansas schools opting out of campus gun law
posted: 05/19/2013 1:10 p.m. Comment 1
So far, no Arkansas colleges or universities are permitting faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.
Small Florida city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
posted: 05/19/2013 11:47 a.m. Discuss
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
Suspect shot during Blytheville hostage incident
posted: 05/19/2013 11:19 a.m. Discuss
BLYTHEVILLE — Police in Blytheville say one person was fatally shot after officers responded to a report that a person was being held hostage.
White House: Obama was not involved in IRS
posted: 05/19/2013 10:49 a.m. Comment 1
WASHINGTON — A top White House adviser insisted Sunday that President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had targeted tea party groups only "when it came out in the news" while Republicans continued to press the administration for more answers.
Obama to speak on legality of drone program
posted: 05/19/2013 10:37 a.m. Discuss
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorm practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.
Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
posted: 05/19/2013 10:13 a.m. Discuss
ZAGREB, Croatia — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined.
North Korea fires projectile into eastern waters
posted: 05/19/2013 10 a.m. Discuss
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a projectile into waters off its eastern coast Sunday, a day after launching three short-range missiles in the same area, officials said.
Syrian army pushes assault on rebel-held town
posted: 05/19/2013 9:59 a.m. Discuss
AMMAN, Jordan — Syrian troops backed by tanks and warplanes launched an assault Sunday on a strategic rebel-held town near the Lebanese border, pounding the area with airstrikes and artillery salvos that killed at least 30 people and forced residents to scramble for cover in basements and makeshift bunkers, activists said.
Rail crack looked at in train collision
posted: 05/19/2013 5:08 a.m. Discuss
Officials investigating a train collision in Connecticut have ruled out foul play and are studying a rail fracture where a derailed commuter train was struck by another bound for New York City.
IRS scrutiny a muddle
posted: 05/19/2013 5:08 a.m. Comments 2
During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager.
FBI arrests Shoffner; hearing set
posted: 05/19/2013 4:53 a.m. Comments 4
Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner was being held in the Pulaski County jail late Saturday after being arrested earlier in the day by the FBI.
Oxbow’s victory spoils Orb’s bid
posted: 05/19/2013 4:50 a.m. Discuss
They are a couple of old guys, D. Wayne Lukas and Gary Stevens, and for nearly 30 years they have fallen in love on the racetrack, traded cross words off it and fallen back in love enough times to be made an honorary Kardashian.
LR sewer fees rise 144% in 13 years; water bills nearly double
posted: 05/19/2013 4:49 a.m. Comment 1
The average Little Rock water bill has almost doubled since 2000, and the biggest factor in that rise has been a sewer service charge that more than doubled in the same period.
UA 2nd as Illinois holds on
posted: 05/19/2013 4:47 a.m. Discuss
Arkansas was on the brink of rallying from a big deficit to catch Illinois in the late stages of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional when Illini freshmen Thomas Detry and Charlie Danielson came up huge to hold off the Hogs.
Cattle rustling in state often under the radar
posted: 05/19/2013 4:46 a.m. Discuss
Melbourne cattle farmer Hayden Wyatt has watched his herd more closely since someone stole 140 cows and calves from him and his partner a year and a half ago.
