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The new European Union president, Herman Van Rompuy, (left), stands Thursday with the EU’s new foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Brussels.

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Karzai vows war on crooks

2 from U.S. die in suicide attack


Posted: November 20, 2009 6:15 a.m.

President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years.
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Bill seen as deficit easer

Senate health-care measure’s backers hail report


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:54 a.m.

Congressional budget crunchers said Thursday that the Democrats’ latest health-care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved toward a historic debate.
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Hotel gunfight kills suspect in 5 deaths

Deputy wounded as team tries to make arrest in Hot Springs


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:20 a.m.

A suspect in the five homicides last week in Pearcy was shot and killed Thursday night when authorities attempted to arrest him at a Hot Springs hotel.
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Fight health bill, ex-Clinton adviser urges


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:19 a.m.

The health-care overhaul bill being considered in the U.S. Senate is “the most serious threat to our lives and our liberties we Americans have faced since World War II,” former Clinton adviser Dick Morris told about 250 Arkansans who rallied against the legislation.
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Posted: November 20, 2009 4:12 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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Posted: November 19, 2009 5 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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S EDITORIALS Annals of Obamalaw

Verdict first, trial afterward


Posted: November 20, 2009 4:56 a.m.

WORRIED about trying the ringleader of the 9/11 terrorists and four of his close associates in a civilian courtroom?
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S Afghans need support


Posted: November 20, 2009 4:56 a.m.

The residents of the Afghan capital, both native and foreign, are waiting for President Obama to make up his mind. The president’s lengthy review of Afghan policy—the results of which he’s finally expected to announce around Thanksgiving—has created a dangerous sense of drift here.
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Star-crossed Terry Bowden revivified at North Alabama


Posted: November 20, 2009 4:47 a.m.

People forget that Terry Bowden isn’t new to this. Sure, Bowden coached Auburn to an undefeated season in 1993, and on the surface that makes his return to football with Division II North Alabama mystifying.
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Bulldogs utilize Dixon to fullest


Posted: November 20, 2009 4:45 a.m.

Dan Mullen certainly brought the Urban Meyer Spread principles on offense from Florida to his first head coaching job at Mississippi State.
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Foreclosures on prime loans surge

Job losses seen overtaking risky lending as top cause of defaults


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:52 a.m.

Rising unemployment led to a spike in foreclosures on prime fixed-rate mortgage loans in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday.
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Ruling allows utility to exit Entergy pact

Savings forecast for state; Louisiana appeal expected


Posted: November 20, 2009 5:50 a.m.

Entergy Arkansas Inc. can withdraw from the costly “system agreement” it shares with five other Entergy Corp. subsidiaries, federal regulators ruled Thursday.
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Elton John-Billy Joel concert canceled


Posted: November 20, 2009 11:44 a.m.

The Elton John & Billy Joel Face 2 Face concert scheduled for Nov. 28 at Verizon Arena won't take place as planned.
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Going green the right way for Christmas decor


Posted: November 20, 2009 11:16 a.m.

The use of greenery in Christmas decorations is traditional, as Helaine R. Williams writes in Saturday’s HomeStyle section
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