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Natchez promises to be a fresh take on southern-inspired cooking
From Natchez's Facebook page With the help of authors and food enthusiasts such as John T. Edge, southern-inspired cuisine has become one of the hottest culinary trends in the country within recent...
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Little Rock police arrest robbery suspect on ATM watch
Pulaski sheriffROBBERY SUSPECT: Deshaun Rushing.Police investigating multiple robberies of people using an ATM machine on Rodney Parham staked out the bank and made an arrest Friday night of a...
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Online property tax glitch
David Goins/Fox 16STILL WORKING: The old-fashioned way of paying taxes — in person.Counties are reporting glitches in the on-line statewide system for paying property taxes by credit card, according...
View ArticleIf Romney is elected, kiss Medicare goodbye
Can we get real for a minute and talk about facts rather than style points? From Talking Points Memo, quoting Jonathan Chait: Let’s first imagine that, on January 20, Romney takes the oath of office....
View ArticleThe lessons of Dante Alighieri for those who would manipulate the gullibility...
In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, which is part of his epic poem Divine Comedy, Falsifiers can be found in the Ninth Circle of Hell. Like most of the other circles of Dante’s Magic Kingdom, it is a pretty...
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Even ALEC gives Arkansas a good economic rating
This is nice. The Koch Brothers' Americans for Prosperity has been peppering every social media outlet in addition to the mail and conventional media with the message that Arkansas really sucks and...
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Vigil, memorial for Guardado at UALR
Guardado Students at UALR have set up a temporary memorial and will hold a candlelight vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of UALR student Patricia Garcia Guardado, who disappeared on...
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McDaniel rolling in gubernatorial dough
MILLION-DOLLAR MAN: Dustin McDaniel.Attorney General Dustin McDaniel is touting the money he's raised for a 2014 race for governor — more than $1 million in his first three months. He's spending...
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Monday night line — UPDATE: Hillary shoulders Libya
A desultory start to the week for me. Finishing up: * WALTON URGED TO REPUDIATE NEO-CONFEDERATE LEGISLATOR: The Walmart 1 Percent, an education project of the UFCW union, has picked up our reporting...
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Republican endorses Democrat in state Senate race
GETS REPUBLICAN BACKING: Rep. Tracy PennartzI'd written earlier that former Rep. Rick Green of Van Buren, beaten by Sen. Bruce "Fireball" Holland of Greenwood in a close and bitter Republican Senate...
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Arkansas Lottery sales continue to decline
NEEDED: MORE BUYERS: Sales fell for third month at Arkansas Lottery.The monthly meeting of the Arkansas Lottery Commission gobbled up a lot of newsprint this morning but the essence was simple:...
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Obama's turn to Bill Clinton
A major piece by John Heilemann in New York magazine examines the evolving relationship between President Obama and former President Bill Clinton and Obama's use of his considerable political skills....
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Start fresh with shrimp
Have a shrimp feast made to order! Have some friends over for a good ole shrimp boil or serve cocktail style. Grill kabob style, make a dip or mix with creamy pasta. The possibilities are endless when...
View ArticleLinda Tyler goes head-on against opponent
Rep. Linda Tyler of Conway, in one of the year's hottest state Senate races, is going head-to-head against opponent Jason Rapert, the extremist Republican who moved his address to Conway from Bigelow...
View ArticleExploding Republican myths on taxes, more
If facts mattered, Ernie Dumas' column this week would put the Republican myth machine to flight. Arkansas Blog and Arkansas Times readers, at least, will be fully informed. Taxes are going up? No....
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'Godless conference coming to Little Rock'
REMEMBER THE BUS ADS CONTROVERSY?: Sponsor of bus ads is among organizers of coming gathering of atheists, agnostics, humanists. My headline is that written for a news release for an event Oct. 27 in...
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Police seek EZ Mart robbery suspect
The Little Rock police have circulated this photograph to help them find a man suspected of shooting a clerk in the EZ Mart at Rainwood and Green Mountain in western Little Rock about 1 a.m. this...
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Early warning: KUAR beg-a-thon alert
KUAR, the public radio station in Little Rock (which also operates the classical music outlet KLRE from UALR) is in its semi-annual fund-raising drive. I'll be raising money as usual this week BUT...
View Article8th Circuit Court upholds funeral protest law
The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld today a Missouri city ordinance aimed at picketing and other forms of protests at funerals. Such protests may be limited, the court said, as to time, place...
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Back Yard Burgers closes some Arkansas restaurants
Sad news from Channel 4. The station reports that corporate-owned Back Yard Burgers stores in Arkansas have been closed, including outlets on Broadway and across from UAMS on Markham. Four franchised...
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