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1 hr ago | The Baxter Bulletin

Ark. governor to hold off on executions

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday he doesn't have any immediate plans to schedule executions for seven death row inmates, even though the attorney general has asked him to do so.

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Related Topix: Prison, Mike Beebe, US Governors, Solfoton, Phenobarbital (generic), Medicine, Death Penalty

5 hrs ago | Arkansas Times

Gas line break interrupts classes at University of Arkansas

A construction crew ruptured a 1.5 inch gas line under Dickson Street, near the Hillside Auditorium, at about 10:50 a.m. An area south of Dickson Street, west of Harmon Avenue, north of Fairview St. and east of Garland Avenue was evacuated as a precaution.

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Related Topix: University of Arkansas, Conway, AR, Mike Beebe, US Governors

10 hrs ago | First Arkansas News

Happy 177th birthday, Arkansas

It's hard to believe we let this one slip past our watchful eyes - Arkansas turned 177-years-old on June 15. It's hard to believe - the old gal doesn't look a day over 150.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government, Jefferson County, AR

14 hrs ago | Arkansas Online

Arkansas trucking exec knocks rules

Steve Williams, the chief executive officer of Little Rock's Maverick USA trucking company, told a House panel Tuesday that new rules for how long truck drivers can stay behind the wheel before taking a break for sleep are unlikely to increase highway safety.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Cybergrass

Leftover Salmon Announces Fall 2013 Tour Dates

Leftover Salmon is pleased to announce their 2013 Fall Tour! The band will be traveling throughout the northeast starting this September with stops in Morgantown, Philadelphia, Providence, Boston, Portland, Burlington, Brooklyn and a special show presented by Relix at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester NY before heading over to The Fresh Grass ... (more)

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Related Topix: Arts, Theater

Las Cruces Sun-News

Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J

Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal.

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Related Topix: Food, J and J Snack Foods, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Startups

Arkansas Expats

Arkansas Football Countdown 74 Days: Brey Cook

Tipping the scales at 317 lb and standing at a towering 6-7 is junior guard Brey Cook.

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Related Topix: Sports, NCAA Sports, University of Arkansas NCAA

5NEWSonline.com

Scott County Chicken Infected With Bird Flu; Poultry Quarantined

A Scott County chicken has tested positive for Avian Influenza, commonly known as bird flu, according to the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission.

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Related Topix: Bird Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Mike Beebe, US Governors

WMC-TV Memphis

Trial delayed for man charged in 3 deaths in Ark.

A trial is being rescheduled for a man charged in the slayings of 2 young Arkansas girls and their stepfather.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government

Log Cabin Democrat

Ark. Gov. Beebe seeks federal disaster declaration

Gov. Mike Beebe has sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a major disaster declaration for 12 Arkansas counties that were affected by severe storms, tornadoes and floods beginning in late May. Beebe's office said Tuesday that those 12 counties are Cleburne, Cross, Garland, Independence, Montgomery, Poinsett, Polk, Scott, Searcy, Stone, ... (more)

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Related Topix: Mike Beebe, US Governors, Weather, Arkansas Government

ArkansasMatters

Pothole Repair on Highway 67 to Cause Lane Closures in Jacksonville

Improvements to U.S. Highway 67 will require lane closures this week in Jacksonville, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department officials.

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Related Topix: Arkansas Government

MediLexicon

Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, October 15-17, 2013, Las Vegas, USA

OMICS Group is delighted to invite you to attend the 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, which is to be held on October 15-17, 2013 at Las Vegas, USA.

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Related Topix: University of Arizona, Emory University, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Australia, World News, Medicine, Pharmacology

NWAonline

Hardy Takes Tournament Reins

Harry Hardy, tournament director for the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, stands on the 18th green Wednesday at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers.

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Politico

The Clinton paradox

Listen to Bill Clinton's speeches this spring and you would have heard him talk at a father-of-the-year event about the satisfactions of parenting - "the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, History in the News, Family, Parenting, Howard University, Georgetown University, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News

Arkansas Times

DCC director called in to Beebe office

Gov. Mike Beebe summoned Department of Community Corrections Director David Eberhard to his office this morning after an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette story outlined the outrageous failure, with tragic results, to jail felon and parole absconder Darrell Dennis , who is being held in the May 10 kidnapping and murder of an 18-year-old Fayetteville man.

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Related Topix: Mike Beebe, US Governors

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The City Wire

Justice Hannah notes threat to judicial system

Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah sees a threatened future for the state's independent judicial system without a better informed legislature and public as to the role of the courts.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

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Lea said Monday that she's decided to run and will formally announce her candidacy on July 2 with events in Russellville, northwest Arkansas and Little Rock.

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NWAonline

Arkansas to consider other execution drugs, official says

An official with the state Department of Correction said Monday that Arkansas plans to consider using different drugs in lethal injections after the state lost its account with a pharmaceutical company that supplied it with drugs earlier this year.

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NWAonline

Arkansas Department of Education gets new chief of staff

Coffman moves up from her current post of director of professional development. She has also served as literacy program manager for the agency and as instructional facilitator for at Pocahontas.

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ArkansasMatters

Tech Experts Give Tips on Avoiding Mobile Malware

Hackers are increasingly targeting mobile devices, and communications companies say any smartphone or tablet can be compromised.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security

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