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U.S. guides Yemen offensive

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 Syri...

Teenager drowns in western Arkansas lake

Benton County authorities say searchers have found the body of a Rogers teenager who drowned at Beaver Lake. Sheriff's Capt. Hunt...

LR airport inks deal with digital advertising firm

The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport has reached a deal that will add a variety of new digital advertising to the facilit...
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JOHN BRUMMETT

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OPINION

Let’s get ready to rumble

The rest of you can go all right-wing if you want. And you certainly seem to want. Those of ...

PAUL GREENBERG

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EDITORIAL

The $2-billion lesson

Anybody need still another argument for reviving the old Glass-Steagall Act (1933-99 ), with its salutary separation between commercial ...

WALLY HALL

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SPORTS

Forget World Peace, give Fisher a chance

It would be deeply gratifying, with a nice sense of irony, if Derek Fisher picked up his sixth NBA ...

'Click it or Ticket' mobilization kicks off May 21

Law enforcement officers across the state and country are mobilizing their 2012 "Click It or Ticket" seat beat enforcement campaign May 21 - June 3.

Razorbacks to play in Las Vegas Invitational

Arkansas will play in the Las Vegas Invitational this upcoming season, according to multiple reports.

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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.

East Arkansas offers joyful noise

Music fans who have been praying for a free festival of major proportions will see their prayers answered this weekend in Helena-West Helena, with the return of the annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival, to be held downtown, Jack W. Hill writes in Thursday’s Arkansas Weekend section.

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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.

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, were quite fragile and were quickly bruising under their own weight.

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.

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 tricks were used to evade that political (and moral) imperative. Given the lure of that old devil the Race Issue, not to mention the generally fallen nature of man, there was no shortage of devious ways to get around the law. And conscience.

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.

Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards' defense team has rested their case without the former presidential candidate or his mistress taking the witness stand.

Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards' defense team has rested their case without the former presidential candidate or his mistress taking the witness stand.

Police uproot protest camp in Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point for President Vladimir Putin's foes, briefly detaining about 20 activists in a show of force that comes as part of a broadening crackdown on the opposition.

Facebook investors to cash out more shares

NEW YORK (AP) — Insiders and early Facebook investors will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand.

SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words

WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney "the worst Republican in the country" to run against Obama?

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John Brummett:

COMMENTARY: Let’s get ready to rumble

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The $2-billion lesson

Wally Hall:

LIKE IT IS: Forget World Peace, give Fisher a chance

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FRONT BURNER: Icy margarita pie saves ripe berries

Jennifer Hansen:

HEART & SOUL: A door closes as another opens up

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