Friday, November 20, 2009 4:11 p.m.

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ADVERSTISMENT

Jumping the gun

By Meredith Oakley
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:54 a.m.

Barack Obama was just a wee lad the last time a president jumped the gun on the judicial process, so it probably never occurred to him to exercise a little verbal restraint.
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More book than face

By Dana D. Kelley
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:52 a.m.

It’s been just over a month since I dove face-first into the social network program Facebook. Knowing the origin of the site as an electronic version of a university class picture directory, I expected it to be a forum dominated by kids and college students.
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THE RECRUITING GUY: Jacksons pray, pick Arkansas

By Richard Davenport
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:30 a.m.

Faith played a big role in Jeremiah Jackson’s decision to commit to Arkansas last summer.
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LIKE IT IS: Don’t underestimate Mullen’s offensive mind

By Wally Hall
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:30 a.m.

Maybe it was the arrival of the Heisman Trophy ballot that brought Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow to mind.
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PAPER TRAILS: Rock stars collide in Little Rock

By Linda Caillouet
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:14 a.m.

SEEING STARS: It was surreal to be ushered into circa 1980s rocker Rick Springfield’s practice Thursday afternoon before the Holiday Celebration on Ice show in Verizon Arena. The evening’s show was to be filmed and aired on NBC.
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SWEET TEA: Sister’s tale of DNA, Jane Doe

By Jay Grelen
Posted: November 19, 2009 5:01 a.m.

A waste of time, this trip into Mena. But if the police in Colorado thought Marlene Ashman’s DNA might lay this to rest, Marlene would oblige.
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THE TV COLUMN: It’s nearing sweeps’ end and axes are swinging

By Michael Storey
Posted: November 19, 2009 4:32 a.m.

Here we are in the last half of November sweeps and that means the layoffs have begun.
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War as industry

By Gene Lyons
Posted: November 19, 2009 4:06 a.m.

Hurry, hurry. There’s no time for thinking; it’s time to act.
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ARKANSAS SPORTSMAN: Deer debated for flood zones

By Bryan Hendricks
Posted: November 19, 2009 3:36 a.m.

On Friday, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will vote on a proposal to immediately open Flood Prone Zone F to deer hunting, despite high water levels.
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PAPER TRAILS: Pressly’s joy, faith recounted

By Linda Caillouet
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:38 a.m.

LIFE’S CELEBRATION: After the conviction of Curtis Lavelle Vance of raping and murdering KATV, Channel 7 morning TV news anchor Anne Pressly, her friends and colleagues have released a book of their memories of her.
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LIKE IT IS: Hogs find state’s next triplets in receivers

By Wally Hall
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:36 a.m.

While it appears Ryan Mallett has taken aim at every University of Arkansas single-season passing record, the records for receiving appear to be safe.
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FORCES OF NURTURE: Polio seen firsthand gives faith in vaccine

By Cathy Frye
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:17 a.m.

My paternal grandfather, Delbert Frye, wasn’t even a year old when he fell victim to one of the country’s most feared epidemics in history: polio.
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Dept. of Correspondence

By Paul Greenberg
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:05 a.m.

Dear Unhappy With Us, It is never wholly a pleasure, or a pleasure at all, to lose a subscriber, especially one like you, who tells me he’s been with us for 35 years through thick and thin and in-between.
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A fight against censorship

By Meredith Oakley
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:01 a.m.

Three cheers for The New York Times, which put the names Wolfgang Werle and Manfred Lauber at the very beginning of a recent news story about censorship.
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SWEET TEA: News man says stories come first

By Jay Grelen
Posted: November 17, 2009 5:04 a.m.

The great thing about Wiley Hilburn is that you can call the Huddle House and the crew will call him to the phone.
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