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Tighter controls on market urged

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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