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Julian Francoeur (left) and Alex Perry, both 11, roll a large snowball down Center St. across W. 15 St. in LIttle Rock Tuesday.

Photo by Rick McFarland

Julian Francoeur (left) and Alex Perry, both 11, roll a large snowball down Center St. across W. 15 St. in LIttle Rock Tuesday.

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Condemned killer asks parole board for mercy

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 4:32 p.m.

An inmate who faces execution next month told members of the state parole board that he has to live with the guilt every day for killing a Bald Knob woman and attacking her young daughter.
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Arkansas officials warn of ice forming overnight

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 3:34 p.m.

The most dangerous moments in Arkansas’ wintry weather may come Wednesday morning, when motorists try to drive on roads with fresh ice from Tuesday’s snow melt.
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Marathon organizers anticipate sellout


Posted: February 9, 2010 3:15 p.m.

A total of 200 registrations ar left forthe full Little Rock Marathon, while 400 are left in the half-marathon, race officials announced Tuesday.
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City attorney begins 90-day suspension

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 2:34 p.m.

Van Buren’s elected city attorney has started serving a 90-day law license suspension.
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Entergy Arkansas down to 1,400 power failures

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:20 p.m.

Entergy Arkansas says about 1,400 customers, mainly in the Little Rock and Hot Springs, areas remain without electricity.
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Beebe moves away from reserve fund plan

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:19 p.m.

A spokesman says Gov. Mike Beebe is moving away from his plan to create a $34.5 million balanced budget reserve fund Beebe would control in favor of a proposal giving lawmakers more direction over the money.
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Panel OKs looking into lottery scholarships

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 1:08 p.m.

A legislative panel supports having lawmakers consider the amounts of lottery-funded college scholarships during Arkansas’ first-ever fiscal session.
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Court sets hearing on SWEPCO plant

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 12:05 p.m.

The Arkansas Supreme Court is to hear oral arguments on April 15 in a utility’s appeal of a ruling that voided its permit to operate a $1.6 billion coal-fired electric generation plant in southwest Arkansas.
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Arkansas, Mid-Atlantic feeling effects of winter storms

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 11:26 a.m.

Arkansans felt the effects today of Monday’s winter storm that took the state by surprise.
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LR, NLR announce garbage pickup plans

By Gavin Lesnick
Posted: February 9, 2010 10:09 a.m.

Garbage pickup in Little Rock will resume Wednesday with crews focusing first on areas scheduled for pickup that day and then on areas missed because of winter weather Monday and today.
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Part of Jones clemency hearing delayed

By The Associated Press
Posted: February 9, 2010 8:24 a.m.

The Arkansas Parole Board has postponed part of a clemency hearing for a condemned inmate whose execution is approaching.
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Homicide victim identified as NLR man

By Gavin Lesnick
Posted: February 9, 2010 6:52 a.m.

Police in Little Rock are investigating the discovery of a man’s body near Interstate 30 as a homicide.A body found Monday near Interstate 30 has been identified as that of a 29-year-old North Little Rock man.
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Roadways remain slick, many schools stay closed

By Gavin Lesnick
Posted: February 9, 2010 5:58 a.m.

No additional wintry precipitation is forecast this morning, but officials are stressing that travel may be hazardous on roadways still covered in snow, slush and ice.
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Storm snows up Arkansas

Parts could see 8 to 12 inches; freeze expected

By Kenneth Heard
Posted: February 9, 2010 5:33 a.m.

Snow blanketed much of the state Monday, covering areas that had just thawed out from a January snowstorm.
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S State rejects schools’ merger plan

Board leery of 200 miles between districts, can’t see benefits

By Ginny LaRoe
Posted: February 9, 2010 5:15 a.m.

The Arkansas Board of Education on Friday rejected a plan for two small school districts some 200 miles apart to merge.
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