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A Lebanese family leaves sectarian fighting Tuesday in the port city of Tripoli.
U.S. guides Yemen offensive
Yemeni warplanes and troops backed by heavy artillery waged a four-front assault Tuesday on the strongholds of al-Qaida militants in the south, with U.S. troops for the first time helping direct the offensive from a nearby desert air base turned command center. Meanwhile in Syria, the U.N.’s observ...
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JPMorgan’s Dimon retains board title
The chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase survived a shareholder push Tuesday to strip him of the title of chairman of the board, five days after he disclosed a $2 billion trading loss by the bank.
Governor appoints veterans director
Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday appointed retired Arkansas Army National Guard Col. Alecia “Cissy” Rucker to head the beleaguered state Department of Veterans Affairs.
Jim Crow in Little Rock
BACK IN the bad old days, the complex rules that governed our strange racial caste system in these latitudes had to be changed regularly to keep one step ahead of simple justice. Once the Constitution and courts, not to mention the result of The War, had recognized black citizens as, well, citizens, all kinds of ...
Booster club foots more of bill for ASU coaches
Arkansas State heralded its hiring of Gus Malzahn in December as a big step in overhauling a modest football program into an elite midmajor one.
WALLY LIKE IT IS
Rachel update
Yes, it has been a while since I updated my wife’s status, but there isn’t much to say right now. There has been no change. The good news is Rachel ...
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BIBLEBELTBLOGGER
Episcopal bishop praises Obama’s gay-marriage stand
Bishop Larry Benfield, head of the Episcopal Church in Arkansas, said he supports President Barack Obama’s decision to back same-sex marriage — and said gay marriage should be legal in ...
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BLOOD, DIRT & ANGELS
With Spotify and its ilk, there’s no “my” in music anymore
By Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — I am sitting on a couch facing two turntables, a DJ mixer, a dual-drive CD player/ recorder, a cassette ...
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JOHN BRUMMETT
Unions? Their money banned, too
Here’s something I should have mentioned but didn’t in Tuesday’s column about the new-generation reform for an initiated act to ban lobbyists’ gifts to legislators and corporate contributions to state ...
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Greek talks collapse, forcing new elections
Greece headed into a month of political uncertainty after power-sharing talks collapsed Tuesday, triggering new elections that could determine whether the country retains its tenuous position in Europe’s currency.
Icy margarita pie saves ripe berries
I wanted to make strawberry ice cream, but as usual, I had forgotten to put the canister of my ice cream maker in the freezer to chill for the requisite 24 hours. And the berries would not keep another day. I had already culled far too many — the super ripe Arkansas berries, though tasty, ...
