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Tighter controls on market urged
Posted: November 19, 2009 5:08 a.m.
Federal regulators should insist on stricter rules for companies trading in the derivatives market, said Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, in testimony Wednesday before the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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Arkansan called back to tackle USDA bias
He faces civil-rights-neglect backlog
Posted: November 15, 2009 4:01 a.m.
Pearlie Reed thought he had left the Whitten Building forever when he retired and returned to Marianna in 2003. The marble-columned structure, which sits on the National Mall in Washington, houses the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Reed’s sole employer for his entire adult life.
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WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Trip for NATO keeps two busy
During recess, Boozman, Ross travel to N. Ireland, France
Posted: November 15, 2009 3:52 a.m.
Reps. John Boozman and Mike Ross of Arkansas spent their recess from work on Capitol Hill in France and Northern Ireland.
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GOP calls health bill ammo in ’10 races
Posted: November 10, 2009 3:25 a.m.
Republicans promised to make Saturday’s House vote on major health overhaul legislation a key issue in next year’s elections for Democrats who voted for it, including Arkansas’ Reps. Marion Berry and Vic Snyder.
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Lawmakers itching to see war strategy
State’s delegation, others hope for clear decisions from Obama
Posted: November 9, 2009 2:27 a.m.
While they expect Congress to weigh in on future Afghanistan strategy, members of Arkansas’ delegation said the final decision on charting a new course for the 8-yearold war remains with President Barack Obama.
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Huckabee touts vote results
He says GOP governorship wins show party on rebound
Posted: November 5, 2009 5:11 a.m.
Victories in several of Tuesday’s off-year elections signaled a resurgent Republican Party, according to Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and unsuccessful contender in the 2008 race for the Republican presidential nomination.
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House panel takes up NFL suspensions
Posted: November 4, 2009 5:23 a.m.
A House subcommittee took up the case of Arkansan Kevin Williams on Tuesday to investigate whether the National Football League fairly suspended the Fordyce native and star defensive lineman for the Minnesota Vikings, after he admitted taking StarCaps, a dietary supplement that contained a banned chemical substance.
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Hearing looks at roadside bombs
Report criticizes organization set up to combat them, save lives
Posted: October 30, 2009 6:35 a.m.
They can be attached to the underbelly of a truck, ignited using a radio-controlled device hundreds of yards away or strapped to the body of a suicide bomber. After eight years of war, homemade bombs are still being used by smaller armies and terrorist agents to inflict havoc, injury and death on the larger, betterequipped U.S. military.
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Boozman jobless-veteran bill advances
Posted: October 29, 2009 4:03 a.m.
Veterans who can’t find jobs would be paid moving and lodging expenses while they get trained in new industries, under a bill the House Committee on Veterans Affairs passed Wednesday.
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$2 million grant to map Arkansas’ broadband gap
Posted: October 28, 2009 3:37 a.m.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is setting aside more than $2 million to map how much of Arkansas has access to broadband — the highspeed connections that bring the Internet to life, allowing people to watch movies and send loads of content over their computers.
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