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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Arkansas</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mother, 3 young children die in Arkansas house fire; cause of blaze under investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Mother, 3 young children die in Ark. house fire

CONWAY, Ark. — Authorities say a woman and her three young children died in a house fire in central Arkansas.
Conway Fire Chief Bart Castleberry says firefighters were called shortly after 8 p.m. Monday and arrived to find flames coming from the front and both sides of the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mother-3-young-children-die-in-arkansas-house-fire-cause-of-blaze-under-investigation-247163/">Original source &nbsp;: Mother, 3 young children die in Arkansas house fire; cause of blaze under investigation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bartels</dc:creator>
		
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Pulaski teachers protest board vote against union

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union-represented teachers in the Pulaski County School District stayed home Thursday to protest a school board decision to end recognition of their union.
All 39 schools in the 18,000-student district remained open, with substitute teachers and parent volunteers filling in for the absent teachers, Acting Superintendent ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pulaski-county-teachers-have-1-day-walkout-to-protest-school-board-vote-to-decertify-union-242698/">Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Asarco sites to be cleaned up with $1.8B in settlements with federal, state regulators</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Asarco sites to be cleaned under $1.8B settlement

Asarco mines, smelters and other sites to be cleaned up under settlements with federal and state regulators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice:
ALABAMA:
—Ragland
ARKANSAS:
—Van Buren
ARIZONA:
—Flux Mine
—Hayden
—Helvetia
—Sacaton
—Trench Mine/Salero
CALIFORNIA:
—Blue Ledge
—Golinsky
—Selby
COLORADO:
—Bonanza
—California Gulch
—Colorado School Mines
—Globe Offsite
—Globe Owned
—Isle Mine/Terrible Mine
—Murray Smelter
—Silverton
—Summitville
—Vasquez/I-70
IDAHO:
—Bunker Hill/Coeur d&#8217;Alene Box
—Bunker Hill/Coeur d&#8217;Alene Basin
—Jack Waite
—Triumph
—Wallace
ILLINOIS:
—Alton
—Beckemeyer
—Circle Smelting
—Midland
—Taylor Springs
INDIANA:
—Whiting
KANSAS:
—Cherokee County (part of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/asarco-sites-to-be-cleaned-up-with-18b-in-settlements-with-federal-state-regulators-242680/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Asarco sites to be cleaned up with $1.8B in settlements with federal, state regulators</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Run Sarah Run!&#8221;: Grass-roots Palin fans push for 2012 presidential run as a wary GOP looks on</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Juozapavicius</dc:creator>
		
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Sarah Palin&#8217;s fans push for 2012 presidential run
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Thousands of devoted fans are showing up to catch one-time GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her book tour, urging her to seek the White House in 2012.
But many national Republicans are looking on nervously.
Some in the GOP worry that the unparalleled ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/run-sarah-run-grass-roots-palin-fans-push-for-2012-presidential-run-as-a-wary-gop-looks-on-239836/">&#8220;Run Sarah Run!&#8221;: Grass-roots Palin fans push for 2012 presidential run as a wary GOP looks on</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Huckabee calls criticism over Wash. shooting suspect&#8217;s 2000 clemency &#8216;disgusting&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Huckabee: Critics use clemency for political gain

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that some of the criticism he&#8217;s received for commuting the sentence of a man later suspected of gunning down four police officers is &#8220;disgusting.&#8221;
The former presidential candidate said Tuesday that opponents are trying to use his commutation of Maurice ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/huckabee-calls-criticism-over-wash-shooting-suspects-2000-clemency-disgusting-238362/" title="Huckabee calls criticism over Wash. shooting suspect&#8217;s 2000 clemency &#8216;disgusting&#8217;">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Wash. officer shooting suspect alive, getting help from network of family and friends</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-wash-officer-shooting-suspect-alive-getting-help-from-network-of-family-and-friends-237938/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Family helping Washington shooting suspect

SEATTLE — Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night. Officers believe Maurice Clemmons was shot in the abdomen during the attack on the officers at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-wash-officer-shooting-suspect-alive-getting-help-from-network-of-family-and-friends-237938/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Police: Wash. officer shooting suspect alive, getting help from network of family and friends</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators believe family, friends have helped suspect since police officers&#8217; death</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-believe-family-friends-have-helped-suspect-since-police-officers-death-237909/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Spokesman: Suspect in officers&#8217; death still alive

SEATTLE — A sheriff&#8217;s spokesman says authorities in Washington state believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family.
Pierce County sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Ed Troyer said Monday night that police have questioned several people .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-believe-family-friends-have-helped-suspect-since-police-officers-death-237909/">Source article &nbsp;: Investigators believe family, friends have helped suspect since police officers&#8217; death</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ark. officer who used stun gun on unruly 10-year-old fired for violating police dept. policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-officer-who-used-stun-gun-on-unruly-10-year-old-fired-for-violating-police-dept-policy-237824/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Zeman Bleed</dc:creator>
		
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Ark. officer who used stun gun on girl, 10, fired

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The mayor of a small Arkansas town says the police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl has been fired for violating department policy — not for using the Taser but for failing to use the camera attached ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-officer-who-used-stun-gun-on-unruly-10-year-old-fired-for-violating-police-dept-policy-237824/" title="Ark. officer who used stun gun on unruly 10-year-old fired for violating police dept. policy">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police storm Seattle home, but find no sign of man wanted in killings of 4 officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle

SEATTLE — Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night.
Officers surrounded a house in the Seattle suburb of Renton Monday evening, the second time ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-storm-seattle-home-but-find-no-sign-of-man-wanted-in-killings-of-4-officers-237729/" title="Police storm Seattle home, but find no sign of man wanted in killings of 4 officers">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suspect in officer slaying not in Seattle house where he was thought to e holed up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house

SEATTLE — A heavily armed SWAT team swarmed a Seattle home Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers, only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose.
The discovery added new urgency .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-suspect-in-officer-slaying-not-in-seattle-house-where-he-was-thought-to-e-holed-up-237698/">Police say suspect in officer slaying not in Seattle house where he was thought to e holed up</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suspect in police shootings is in Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Suspect in police deaths hurt, maybe dead

SEATTLE — A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was surrounded by police at a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, authorities said.
Negotiators were trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons, 37, using loudspeakers, explosions and .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-suspect-in-police-shootings-is-in-seattle-house-wounded-and-possibly-dead-237567/" title="Police say suspect in police shootings is in Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shots fired near house where Seattle police seek &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in deaths of 4 officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Shots fired in police shooting investigation

SEATTLE — Shots have been fired at a Seattle house where a man sought in the coffee-shop slayings of four police officers may be holed up.
The widely spaced, deliberate gunfire appeared to be directed toward the house by surrounding police. The shots followed negotiators&#8217; use of loudspeakers and explosions to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shots-fired-near-house-where-seattle-police-seek-person-of-interest-in-deaths-of-4-officers-237506/">Read : Shots fired near house where Seattle police seek &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in deaths of 4 officers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police looking for ex-con in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in Washington coffee house</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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Police seek ex-con in Wash. police shootings

SEATTLE — Police say a suspect in the coffee-shop slayings of four officers is holed up at a Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead.
Pierce County Sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Ed Troyer says negotiators are still trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons.
Authorities have been seeking Clemmons in the deaths of four Lakewood ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-looking-for-ex-con-in-shooting-deaths-of-4-police-officers-in-washington-coffee-house-237406/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Police looking for ex-con in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in Washington coffee house</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police have person of interest in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in WA coffee house</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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Police seek person of interest in Wash. shooting

PARKLAND, Wash. — A man with an extensive criminal past — whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago — was being sought Sunday as a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-have-person-of-interest-in-shooting-deaths-of-4-police-officers-in-wa-coffee-house-237392/">Source &nbsp;: Police have person of interest in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in WA coffee house</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Thieves kill 5 in rural Arkansas for expensive wheel rims, flat-screen televisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Gambrell</dc:creator>
		
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Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Police say thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions.
Court documents show Samuel Conway and Jeremy Pickney, both 23, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of capital murder, aggravated .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-thieves-kill-5-in-rural-arkansas-for-expensive-wheel-rims-flat-screen-televisions-233908/">Police: Thieves kill 5 in rural Arkansas for expensive wheel rims, flat-screen televisions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In restructuring, AP changes roles for 6 news editors and assigns 4 regional photo editors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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AP changes roles for 6 news editors, 4 photo eds

NEW YORK — The Associated Press has named six news editors to oversee expanded multistate territories and has assigned four interim regional photo editors as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative&#8217;s state reports.
The six news .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-restructuring-ap-changes-roles-for-6-news-editors-and-assigns-4-regional-photo-editors-233765/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: In restructuring, AP changes roles for 6 news editors and assigns 4 regional photo editors</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas officials: FBI investigating police officer&#8217;s use of stun gun on 10-year-old girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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FBI investigating use of stun gun on 10-year-old

OZARK, Ark. — The FBI has dispatched investigators to Arkansas to look into a police officer&#8217;s use of a stun gun on a 10-year-old girl who refused to take a shower.
Ozark Mayor Vernon McDaniel and Police Chief Jim Noggle announced the FBI&#8217;s investigation Friday and said they&#8217;re pleased .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-officials-fbi-investigating-police-officers-use-of-stun-gun-on-10-year-old-girl-233644/">Arkansas officials: FBI investigating police officer&#8217;s use of stun gun on 10-year-old girl</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Car-Mart posts higher fiscal 2nd-quarter profit as tighter credit spurs business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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America&#8217;s Car-Mart fiscal 2Q profit rises
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Auto retailer America&#8217;s Car-Mart Inc. reported on Friday a 61 percent higher fiscal second-quarter profit, as consumers turned to the used car market amid tighter credit restrictions.

The Bentonville, Ark., company reported earnings for the three months ended Oct. 31 of $6.3 million, or 53 cents a share, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/americas-car-mart-posts-higher-fiscal-2nd-quarter-profit-as-tighter-credit-spurs-business-233538/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : America&#8217;s Car-Mart posts higher fiscal 2nd-quarter profit as tighter credit spurs business</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-years-after-un-pact-to-protect-children-some-successes-alongside-a-long-list-of-woes-233335/" title="20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man accused of using squeegee to attack man in fight over who was first at Arkansas gas pump</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Man accused of squeegee attack at Ark. gas station

CONWAY, Ark. — A man accused of using a squeegee to hit another man during a fight over who was first in line at a gas pump was due in court on charges. The man, Hector Chavez, 21, was to be arraigned Friday in Faulkner County Circuit ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-accused-of-using-squeegee-to-attack-man-in-fight-over-who-was-first-at-arkansas-gas-pump-232930/">Read more : Man accused of using squeegee to attack man in fight over who was first at Arkansas gas pump</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal regulators OK breakup that could change power costs in Arkansas, Mississippi</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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Feds OK breakup to cut power costs in Ark., Miss.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.&#8217;s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually save money for electric customers in Arkansas.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday accepted requests by Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-regulators-ok-breakup-that-could-change-power-costs-in-arkansas-mississippi-232879/">Federal regulators OK breakup that could change power costs in Arkansas, Mississippi</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Verizon Wireless laying off former Alltel headquarters workers in Arkansas after takeover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bartels</dc:creator>
		
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Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Verizon Wireless laid off more former Alltel Corp. headquarters workers Thursday, saying the jobs were redundant after its acquisition of the Arkansas-based wireless provider.
Verizon Wireless declined to say how many workers were being let go in the latest layoffs, but said they were in areas .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/verizon-wireless-laying-off-former-alltel-headquarters-workers-in-arkansas-after-takeover-232658/">Source article &nbsp;: Verizon Wireless laying off former Alltel headquarters workers in Arkansas after takeover</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith as CEO, replacing interim CEO Leland Tollett; Lochner named COO</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith as CEO
MILWAUKEE — In a move that signals Tyson Foods Inc. believes its chicken business is again profitable, the world&#8217;s largest meat maker has named a new CEO to replace interim head Leland Tollett, who had been tapped in January to help weather an industry downturn.

Donnie Smith, Tyson&#8217;s senior group .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tyson-foods-names-donnie-smith-as-ceo-replacing-interim-ceo-leland-tollett-lochner-named-coo-232520/">Original article &nbsp;: Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith as CEO, replacing interim CEO Leland Tollett; Lochner named COO</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ark. police officer suspended with pay after using stun gun on unruly 10-year-old girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Ark. cop suspended after using Taser on girl, 10

OZARK, Ark. — A police officer who used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission has been suspended — not for using the Taser but for not having a video camera attached when he used it.
Mayor Vernon McDaniel .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-police-officer-suspended-with-pay-after-using-stun-gun-on-unruly-10-year-old-girl-232483/">Source article &nbsp;: Ark. police officer suspended with pay after using stun gun on unruly 10-year-old girl</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart&#8217;s Latin America leader, Vicente Trius, leaves company; had post for 5 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Wal-Mart chief of Latin America leaves company

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The leader of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.&#8217;s Latin American division, Vicente Trius, is leaving the company after having served less than five months in the position.
The world&#8217;s largest retailer said Wednesday that Trius was departing but did not give a reason. Company spokesman Kevin Gardner said ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wal-marts-latin-america-leader-vicente-trius-leaves-company-had-post-for-5-months-232049/">Wal-Mart&#8217;s Latin America leader, Vicente Trius, leaves company; had post for 5 months</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ark. police officer uses stun gun on unruly 10-year-old girl; town mayor wants investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Ark. police officer uses Taser on 10-year-old girl

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town&#8217;s mayor is calling for an investigation into whether the Taser use was appropriate.
According .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-police-officer-uses-stun-gun-on-unruly-10-year-old-girl-town-mayor-wants-investigation-231937/">Ark. police officer uses stun gun on unruly 10-year-old girl; town mayor wants investigation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>10-year-old girl taken to Ark. youth shelter after police officer uses Taser on her</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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10-year-old is tasered by police in Arkansas

OZARK, Ark. — Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter.
Noggle said Tuesday that officer Dustin Bradshaw went .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-year-old-girl-taken-to-ark-youth-shelter-after-police-officer-uses-taser-on-her-231726/">Original article &nbsp;: 10-year-old girl taken to Ark. youth shelter after police officer uses Taser on her</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas lottery commissioners vote to sell Mega Millions tickets along with Powerball</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Arkansas lottery to sell Mega Millions tickets

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Lottery Commission agreed Tuesday to sell Mega Millions tickets next year, making multistate jackpots available to lottery participants four nights a week instead of two.
The panel unanimously voted to begin selling tickets for Mega Millions by Jan. 31. The state already sells tickets .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-lottery-commissioners-vote-to-sell-mega-millions-tickets-along-with-powerball-231716/">Arkansas lottery commissioners vote to sell Mega Millions tickets along with Powerball</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Little Rock thriving 5 years after opening of Clinton Presidential Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Bill Clinton marks his presidential library&#8217;s fifth anniversary this week in a downtown Little Rock neighborhood that has blossomed since the facility opened.
About 1,000 guests are expected at ceremonies to mark the anniversary Wednesday. They will see a neighborhood that has changed ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/downtown-little-rock-thriving-5-years-after-opening-of-clinton-presidential-library-231380/">Downtown Little Rock thriving 5 years after opening of Clinton Presidential Library</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ark. man arrested in Thailand faces charges over alleged bid rigging in North Little Rock</title>
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Ark. man allegedly defrauded NLR bidding process

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man running an illegal gambling operation conspired with a North Little Rock alderman and a contractor to rig city bids to collect on debts, a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Monday alleges.
George Wylie Thompson, 64, of Cabot was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand and ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-man-arrested-in-thailand-faces-charges-over-alleged-bid-rigging-in-north-little-rock-231165/" title="Ark. man arrested in Thailand faces charges over alleged bid rigging in North Little Rock">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Evangelist Tony Alamo sentenced to 175 years in federal prison for child sex convictions</title>
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Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes

TEXARKANA, Ark. — Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, effectively punishing him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as &#8220;brides&#8221; in his ministry.
During Friday&#8217;s hearing, some of Alamo&#8217;s victims .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/evangelist-tony-alamo-sentenced-to-175-years-in-federal-prison-for-child-sex-convictions-228606/">Evangelist Tony Alamo sentenced to 175 years in federal prison for child sex convictions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln: Senate agriculture committee to hold field hearing in Little Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Senate ag committee to hold hearing in Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sen. Blanche Lincoln says the Senate&#8217;s agriculture committee will meet in Arkansas later this month for a field hearing on how to strengthen and grow Arkansas&#8217; rural economy.
Lincoln, a Democrat, is the chairwoman of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The committee&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lincoln-senate-agriculture-committee-to-hold-field-hearing-in-little-rock-228559/">Original article &nbsp;: Lincoln: Senate agriculture committee to hold field hearing in Little Rock</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With emergency declared for floods, Va. gov is in Ark. for private Dem fundraiser</title>
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Va. gov out of town for DNC as his state floods

RICHMOND, Va. — With his state under an emergency declaration because of heavy rain and floods Thursday, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine was in Arkansas for a Democratic fundraiser.
Kaine is chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He appeared Thursday with Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe at a .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-emergency-declared-for-floods-va-gov-is-in-ark-for-private-dem-fundraiser-227526/">With emergency declared for floods, Va. gov is in Ark. for private Dem fundraiser</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas Farm Bureau survey: Price of Thanksgiving dinner drops slightly this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Survey finds Thanksgiving dinner cheaper this year

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Farm Bureau says the price of a Thanksgiving dinner dipped slightly this year, thanks to a drop in dairy prices.
The bureau&#8217;s annual survey finds that a family of 10, on average, will pay $40.75 for a Thanksgiving meal. That&#8217;s down from $40.97 from .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-farm-bureau-survey-price-of-thanksgiving-dinner-drops-slightly-this-year-227440/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Arkansas Farm Bureau survey: Price of Thanksgiving dinner drops slightly this year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Will followers of evangelist Tony Alamo still obey his commands from federal prison?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Will followers still obey evangelist from prison?

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Evangelist Tony Alamo is likely heading to prison for the rest of his life, but the apocalyptic preacher may be able to retain control of his ministry from behind bars.
Alamo, 75, will be sentenced in Arkansas on Friday to up to 175 years after being .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/will-followers-of-evangelist-tony-alamo-still-obey-his-commands-from-federal-prison-227338/" title="Will followers of evangelist Tony Alamo still obey his commands from federal prison?">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>4 people found dead inside charred trailer in Arkansas, another body found in nearby home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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5 bodies found inside homes in Arkansas
PEARCY, Ark. — Authorities say they found four bodies in a burning mobile home in southwest Arkansas and another person was found dead inside a nearby house.

Officials say around 2:30 Thursday morning authorities in Pearcy received a report of a house fire and nearly 15 miles away, the fire ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-people-found-dead-inside-charred-trailer-in-arkansas-another-body-found-in-nearby-home-227322/">4 people found dead inside charred trailer in Arkansas, another body found in nearby home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart to add crowd-control measures for Black Friday rush; to keep stores open all night</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Wal-Mart to keep stores open to ease Black Friday

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.
The world&#8217;s largest retailer says day-after-Thanksgiving sales will begin at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wal-mart-to-add-crowd-control-measures-for-black-friday-rush-to-keep-stores-open-all-night-226140/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Wal-Mart to add crowd-control measures for Black Friday rush; to keep stores open all night</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Public to see restored Ark. home where black students gathered daily while integrating school</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Public gets peek into &#8216;Little Rock Nine&#8217; safe home

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The nine black students who confronted angry white mobs as they integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 took solace each day at the home of Daisy and L.C. Bates.
Carlotta Walls LaNier was among the so-called Little Rock Nine and says the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/public-to-see-restored-ark-home-where-black-students-gathered-daily-while-integrating-school-225811/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Public to see restored Ark. home where black students gathered daily while integrating school</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Baldor Electric&#8217;s board names Jeffery Hubert vice president of generators</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Baldor Electric&#8217;s board names VP of generators

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Electrical equipment maker Baldor Electric Co. said Tuesday its board of directors promoted Jeffery Hubert to vice president of generators, effective Jan. 1.
Hubert will oversee all of Baldor&#8217;s generator business, including sales, engineering and manufacturing. He was most recently general manager of generators.
Shares of Baldor ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/baldor-electrics-board-names-jeffery-hubert-vice-president-of-generators-224696/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Baldor Electric&#8217;s board names Jeffery Hubert vice president of generators</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Baldor Electric declares quarterly dividend of 17 cents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Baldor Electric declares quarterly dividend

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Electrical equipment maker Baldor Electric Co. on Tuesday declared a quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents.
The dividend is payable on Jan. 5 to shareholders on record as of Dec. 15.
Shares of Baldor Electric fell 41 cents to $27.01 in afternoon trading.
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		<title>Arkansas governor announces career coaches, Web site for $10M work force education program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Forty-three &#8220;career coaches&#8221; will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.
The coaches will be placed in schools starting in January as part of a $10 million expansion of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-governor-announces-career-coaches-web-site-for-10m-work-force-education-program-223664/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Arkansas governor announces career coaches, Web site for $10M work force education program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Windstream shares slip as 3rd-quarter results miss analyst estimates; landline losses slow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Windstream shares slip as 3Q results miss Street

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Shares of Windstream Corp. slid Monday after the telephone and broadband services provider reported third-quarter results below analyst expectations.
The company earned $80 million, or 18 cents per share, down 24 percent from $106 million, or 24 cents per share, recorded in the same quarter ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/windstream-shares-slip-as-3rd-quarter-results-miss-analyst-estimates-landline-losses-slow-223536/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Windstream shares slip as 3rd-quarter results miss analyst estimates; landline losses slow</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>12 students, bus driver injured in Grambling State band buses crash in southern Arkansas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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13 injured in Grambling St. bus crash in Arkansas

FORDYCE, Ark. — A dozen students and a bus driver are being treated for injuries after three buses carrying members of the renowned Grambling State University marching band were involved in a traffic crash in southern Arkansas.
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler says none of the injuries ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/12-students-bus-driver-injured-in-grambling-state-band-buses-crash-in-southern-arkansas-221209/" title="12 students, bus driver injured in Grambling State band buses crash in southern Arkansas">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas agriculture experts put state&#8217;s weather losses nearly at $225 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Ark. ag experts put weather losses at $225 million

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — State agriculture experts say soggy weather that drenched Arkansas during much of the harvest season will cut farm receipts statewide by nearly $225 million.
The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service on Friday released figures from the Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas. Researchers say  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-agriculture-experts-put-states-weather-losses-nearly-at-225-million-220678/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas school bus plant to stop making vehicles; up to 477 jobs affected</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Ark. plant to end bus making; 477 jobs affected

CONWAY Ark. — The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades said that it would end bus-production operations there soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility.
IC Corp.&#8217;s parent company, Warrenville, Ill.-based Navistar, told employees of the plan Thursday.
&#8220;We have ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-school-bus-plant-to-stop-making-vehicles-up-to-477-jobs-affected-220668/">Read more : Arkansas school bus plant to stop making vehicles; up to 477 jobs affected</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ark. revenues fall below forecast by $17.8M as agencies detail budget cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Ark. revenues again fall below predictions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas finance officials said Tuesday that the state collected $17.8 million less than expected last month, as state agencies prepared to detail their plans for cutting budgets.
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Director Richard Weiss said it was too soon to tell whether the state would .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ark-revenues-fall-below-forecast-by-178m-as-agencies-detail-budget-cuts-216434/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Ark. revenues fall below forecast by $17.8M as agencies detail budget cuts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court orders new punitive damages trial for Wyeth in Arkansas hormone-therapy case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Parsons</dc:creator>
		
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New damages trial for Wyeth in Ark. hormones case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Wyeth Pharmaceuticals will get a new trial to determine if the drugmaker should pay punitive damages to a woman who got breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-orders-new-punitive-damages-trial-for-wyeth-in-arkansas-hormone-therapy-case-215641/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Appeals court orders new punitive damages trial for Wyeth in Arkansas hormone-therapy case</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Flood waters subsiding, some Ark. growers may try to harvest; good weather predicted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Sun gives Arkansas farmers a chance to harvest

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A few days of sunshine are just what farmers in Arkansas need.
Agriculture officials said Monday that some soybean fields are under water and that plenty of fields need to firm up enough for harvesting equipment to move through. Rice and cotton should dry out ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/flood-waters-subsiding-some-ark-growers-may-try-to-harvest-good-weather-predicted-215519/" title="Flood waters subsiding, some Ark. growers may try to harvest; good weather predicted">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Areas hit hardest by housing bust are recovering more slowly than others, AP stress map shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schneider</dc:creator>
		
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AP analysis: Hardest-hit areas recovering slowly

The economic recovery is proceeding unevenly in its early stages, with areas hurt most by the housing slump still lagging behind other regions, according to The Associated Press&#8217; monthly analysis of economic stress in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.
Counties in the Southeast, the industrial Midwest and the Southwest are still .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/areas-hit-hardest-by-housing-bust-are-recovering-more-slowly-than-others-ap-stress-map-shows-214801/">Areas hit hardest by housing bust are recovering more slowly than others, AP stress map shows</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas to launch Powerball lottery with New Year&#8217;s Eve-like party on Halloween</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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Arkansas prepares for Powerball launch with party

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Powerball&#8217;s launch in Arkansas may feel more like New Year&#8217;s Eve than Halloween with a party in Little Rock marking the start of ticket sales Saturday night.
The party in the city&#8217;s River Market district will feature a countdown and a giant ball dropping at 10:15 .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-to-launch-powerball-lottery-with-new-years-eve-like-party-on-halloween-213060/">Arkansas to launch Powerball lottery with New Year&#8217;s Eve-like party on Halloween</a>.]]></description>
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