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This morning's testimony in the capital murder trial of Curtis Vance centered on evidence measured in microns, as attorneys questioned employees of the Arkansas State Crime Lab about fluids and hairs found during the investigation into the murder of KATV anchorwoman Anne Pressly.' [...]
Vandy Nash, a fourth grade teacher at Indian Hills Elementary in North Little Rock, has just been presented the 2010 Teacher of the Year award of the state Department of Education at the Governor's Mansion gala. Which gives me an opportunity to post this story from the New York Times Magazine about one teacher's' [...]
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This is an open line but I just wanted to tell all you Facebook fans out there that if you haven't checked out the State Parks of Arkansas fan page, you should. Always lots of beautiful pictures and useful info. ' [...]
Local stations are reporting that three buses carrying Grambling State University band members were involvevd in a crash on Highway 167 near Fordyce. Nine to twelve students were injured in the accident. Injuries, according to reports, are minor. The students were on their way to Little Rock to [...]
The Nation's David Corn asks, "Is the tea party gang turning the GOP into a party of hate?"
When John Boehner, the Republican leader of the House, appeared at the Tea Party rally at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon, it was a dramatic signal: The wing-nuts [...]
The number of people who, according to a Gallup poll, believe that Mike Huckabee is qualified to be president? 50. What about Sarah Palin? Only 31 percent believe she is qualified to hold the highest office in the land.
Republicans, at long last, have cobbled together some health legislation to give the appearance that they stand for something besides NO in the debate. It's mostly empty bromides, with little immediate impact on rising health costs and virtually no positive impact on covering those who have no coverage or skimpy [...]
