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Housekeeper Twyla Davis cleans up broken glass Friday from Room 139 in the National Park Inn in Hot Springs, where a man was killed Thursday in a police shootout.

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Strange laws on the books in El Dorado

By By Joan Hershberger, El Dorado News-Times
Posted: November 21, 2009 12:48 p.m.

City Clerk Anthony McKinnon, in addition to his duties preparing minutes of City Council meetings, keeps track of all the ordinances the city has passed. “Some are weird,” McKinnon said.
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2 arrested in grisly murders of family

By Ginny LaRoe
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:18 a.m.

Two men were arrested Friday morning in the murders of five people on a remote property in Garland County last week.
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NLR alderman cites legal affairs, resigns

Exit follows Cabot man’s indictment that alleges a scheme to defraud city

By Jake Sandlin
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:17 a.m.

Cary Gaines, a North Little Rock Ward 3 aldermen, resigned Friday from the City Council, after a federal indictment this week named a Cabot man and mentioned an unidentified alderman in a scheme to defraud the city.
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New general in charge of airlift, refueler units

Command includes Jacksonville base

By Amy Schlesing
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:16 a.m.

Gen. Raymond Johns Jr. took the helm of the Air Force’s largest major command Friday, the day after its busiest day in history when cargo planes and air refueling tankers flew more than 1,030 sorties around the world.
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Man who killed intruder given 2 years for guns

Felon shot at teen in his yard

By Linda Satter
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:05 a.m.

A Sherwood man who shot and killed an intruder in his yard two years ago, saying he only meant to scare away potential thieves, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a related charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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Lawyer seeks deal to return fugitive

By C.S. Murphy, Amy Upshaw
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:05 a.m.

An attorney for Wayne Watkins is negotiating with law enforcement officials for the fugitive developer to return to Sharp County to face a felony theft charge and possible jail time. Watkins has been living in Mexico.
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Septic-tank owners cut off in Jonesboro

Utility says waste a threat to permit

By Kenneth Heard
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:04 a.m.

Stricter environmental regulations have led Jonesboro City Water and Light to discontinue treating thousands of residents’ septic-tank waste, leaving homeowners with nowhere to dispose of sewage.
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Senator: Cuts leave schools holding tab for heart devices

By Michael Wickline
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:03 a.m.

The legislator who sponsored a law calling for schools to have defibrillators said Friday that he worries that state budget cuts last month may force school districts to buy them instead.
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City looks into claim of second Taser use

By Dave Hughes
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:02 a.m.

The Ozark Police Department is investigating an allegation that the officer who used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl last week also used the weapon on a woman Sunday at the county jail.
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4 post-office branches in state still on closure list

By Noel E. Oman
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:01 a.m.

Four Arkansas post-office branches or stations remain targeted for closure by the U.S. Postal Service, which has said it may lose $7.8 billion this year.
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Girlfriend beat me, says sheriff; woman charged

She suspected affair, report says

By Mike Linn
Posted: November 21, 2009 6 a.m.

Jefferson County Sheriff Gerald Robinson said his girlfriend beat him Thursday after she accused him of having an affair with a female co-worker, according to a police report.
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Obituaries

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: November 21, 2009 5:58 a.m.

Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertising Department by funeral homes.
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Ward man arrested on drug charges

By ArkansasOnline
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:59 p.m.

Authorities arrested a Ward man Friday after a search of his property revealed drugs, guns and paraphernalia, according to a report.
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Agencies to receive $18 million for homes

By The Associated Press
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:50 p.m.

Housing agencies and developers in five Arkansas cities will get nearly $18 million in loans from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to build more than 200 homes for low-income households.
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Gaines resigns as NLR alderman

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:31 p.m.

Cary Gaines resigned from the North Little Rock City Council on Friday, four days after being tied to a scheme to defraud the city that was revealed in a federal indictment of a Cabot man.
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