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27 min ago | ArkansasBusiness.com

House GOP Leader Bruce Westerman Calls for Martha Shoffner's Removal

The top Republican in the Arkansas House called on the governor Tuesday to begin the process to remove state Treasurer Martha Shoffner over federal charges she accepted cash from an investment broker .

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Related Topix: Mike Beebe, US Governors

4 hrs ago | USA Today

More severe storms forecast in central USA

Dark clouds gather above a destroyed home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. More storms are forecast to hit parts of the central USA later Tuesday and into Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Texas, Arkansas Government, Tornado, Natural Disasters, Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma

8 hrs ago | ArkansasBusiness.com

Arkansas Times: Sources Say Martha Shoffner Source Is Steele Stephens

Last night on THV 11 News, Arkansas Business editor Gwen Moritz told our news partner that "confidential human source 1" in the criminal complaint against Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner could really only be one person, broker Steele Stephens of St.

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12 hrs ago | WMC-TV Memphis

Arkansas teen killed by flying storm debris

Arkansas State Police say 19-year-old Austin Deere of Prairie Grove died at about 7:30 p.m. Monday while driving on U.S. 412 in Springdale.

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14 hrs ago | 4029TV.com

NWS: Flash Flood Watch issued for Monday night

A flash flood watch has been issued for portions of southeast Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas from 7-8 p.m. Monday evening through Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

17 hrs ago | Arkansas Online

Clamping Jaws on hit season

Most Arkansas wouldn't know 81-year-old John Williams if they saw him strolling Fayetteville's Dickson Street.

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18 hrs ago | In-PharmaTechnologist.com

Hikma is Latest Firm to Stop Drugs Being Sold for Lethal Injections

Following the actions taken by Teva and Hospira in blocking the use of the anaesthetic propofol in capital punishment in March, Hikma Pharmaceuticals has issued a statement objecting to the use of its injectable drug phenobarbital being used by the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

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Related Topix: Solfoton, Phenobarbital (generic), Medicine, Arkansas Government

Mon May 20, 2013

Roll Call

Will Republicans Screw Up Again? Some Are Already Overreaching

Some Republicans are so excited at the thought of multiple controversies dogging the White House over the next few months that they are already foaming at the mouth.

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Related Topix: US News, Huckabee, Arkansas Government, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, Mike Huckabee, Glenn Beck, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Tornado watch issued for all of northeast ...

The following northeast Oklahoma counties are included in the watch. They are Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Mayes, McIntosh, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Rogers, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner and Washington.

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ArkansasBusiness.com

Complaint: Martha Shoffner Accepted $6,000 Payment from Witness

A criminal complaint filed in federal court Monday alleges that Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner accepted a $6,000 payment from a bond broker working with the FBI, which recorded the transaction and arrested her at her Newport home on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News

NWAonline

Severe weather forecast for Northwest Arkansas

The National Weather Service in North Little Rock says severe weather is possible in north and western parts of the state.

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Related Topix: Weather, North Little Rock, AR, Little Rock, AR, Des Arc, AR

ArkansasMatters

Arkansas Storm Team Readies to Track Severe Storms

The Arkansas Storm Team is on standby for possible severe weather in parts of Arkansas this afternoon and into Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government, Weather, Little Rock, AR

WMC-TV Memphis

Walmart pushing for more Ark. product makers

Bentonville-based Walmart is making a push to sell more U.S.-made goods and part of that effort includes promoting products made in Arkansas.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government

Sun May 19, 2013

Arkansas Times

Little Rock Film Festival 2013 award winners

I'll have more on my impressions on this year's festival tomorrow. In the meantime, here are this year's prize winners.

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Arkansas Times

Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies

Not much new to report this morning. If all goes well, I'm going to catch at least three movies today at the Little Rock Film Festival .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Tim Griffin, Mark Pryor, US Senate, Democrat, Prison, Mayflower, AR

Arkansas Online

NPCC 1 of 7 schools to assist state, train health care guides

At the last minute, the 2013 session of the Arkansas Legislature created the Health Insurance Marketplace, a private insurance option for expanding government-subsidized health care coverage to more than 250,000 additional Arkansas residents.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government, Health Insurance, Health

The Courier

Sister lakes were milestones

Nimrod Dam was a subject of amazement for Arkansans when it was completed 71 years ago, forming Lake Nimrod in western Perry and eastern Yell counties.

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Related Topix: Perry, AR, Arkansas Government, US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Blue Mountain, AR

ArkansasMatters

With $600M On The Line For Powerball Drawing, Folks Can't Help But Dream

At $600 million, Saturday's drawing was the largest Powerball jackpot ever and the second largest lottery total in US history.

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Related Topix: Lottery

ArkansasMatters

Little Rock Police Looking For Armed Robber

Workers at the Shoe Carnival, at 12801 Chenal Parkway, were getting ready to open this morning when a six foot, medium built man with tattoos walked into the store and robbed it.

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WMC-TV Memphis

Body of young woman found in Lawrence County

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department says the body of a young woman has been found in the Black River but her name is not yet known.

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Related Topix: Suicide

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