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  • July 2008

    • 'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 18, 08 8:39 PM CDT

      'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

      A pair of barn swallows born joined at the hip are being sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study, the AP reports. An Arkansas landowner found them fallen out of a tree this week and kept them for a day, but they refused to eat and died. Conjoined birds are extremely rare: “I can't even say it's one in a million,” one expert said. “It's probably more than that.” More »

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      Arkansas  • discovery  • birds  • scientific discoveries  • conjoined twins  • animals

    • 'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Jul 9, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      'Wrestlers' Strip and Smooch in Borat's Latest Film Prank

      The poster promised “hot chicks, cold beer, and hardcore fights"—but 1,600 Arkansas good 'ol boy wrestling fans instead fell victim to a sexy prank by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. Playing “Straight Dave,” Cohen pulled an in-the-know audience member into the fighting ring and the two men stripped to their tighty whiteys. The crowd "went nuts" when they then "started making out,” said a witness. More »

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      film  • Arkansas  • prank  • homophobia  • wrestling  • professional wrestling  • Sacha Baron Cohen

  • May 2008

    • Heartland Tornadoes Kill 7 in Arkansas

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 2, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      Heartland Tornadoes Kill 7 in Arkansas

      Severe storms spawned twisters in America's heartland today, knocking out power, toppling tractor-trailers, and killing seven people in Arkansas, the AP reports. Up to 25 tornadoes also hit Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, a state where hail smashed windshields and storms derailed railway cars. “It just seems like we’re getting pounded,” one official said. More »

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      Texas  • death  • natural disaster  • Missouri  • Kentucky  • tornado  • Kentucky Derby  • Arkansas  • Oklahoma

  • April 2008

    • Savage Storms Lash the South

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 5, 08 8:58 AM CDT

      Savage Storms Lash the South

      Severe storms tore through Southern states yesterday, the AP reports. Homes were damaged and tens of thousands of people had their power knocked out. A 2-year-old Kentucky girl died in surging floodwater and 22 injuries were reported in Mississippi as storms packing possible tornadoes toppled trees, ripped roofs off homes and businesses, and sent debris flying. More »

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      weather  • flood  • storm  • Mississippi  • Kentucky  • tornado  • Alabama  • Arkansas  • storm system

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Huck's Wife Defends Jaunt to Vegas for Fight, Hooters

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 21, 08 1:21 PM CST

      Huck's Wife Defends Jaunt to Vegas for Fight, Hooters

      Janet Huckabee put on her least social conservative-friendly face last weekend, going to Las Vegas for a middleweight prizefight—and staying at the Hooters Casino Hotel. The spouse of GOP candidate Mike has fine excuses—boxer Jermain Taylor is an Arkansas favorite; the risqué lodging was an eleventh-hour booking—but the San Francisco Chronicle wonders if the wild weekend might shock her husband’s evangelical base. More »

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      Mike Huckabee  • Las Vegas  • casino  • Arkansas  • boxing  • Hooters

    • Tornado Survivors Recall Horror

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 6, 08 8:00 PM CST

      Tornado Survivors Recall Horror

      As FEMA teams mobilized rescue efforts in the Southern states ravaged by yesterday's tornadoes, survivors combed through the wreckage today, sharing survival stories and clutching their faith. “It looks like the Lord took a Brillo pad and scrubbed the ground,” said Tennessee’s governor. The twisters, possibly spawned by a cooling of the tropical Pacific Ocean, claimed 54 lives—the deadliest storm system in 23 years, AP reports. More »

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      Mississippi  • tornado  • Kentucky  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • Arkansas  • FEMA  • twister

    • Tornadoes Kill 54 in South

      newser  |  CNN  |  Feb 6, 08 7:24 AM CST

      Tornadoes Kill 54 in South

      At least 54 people are dead and 100 injured in a series of tornadoes that tore across the South last night and early this morning, and rescue teams fear that the full extent of the storms' destruction remains to be seen. The twisters, which closed polls early in some states, trapped people in damaged buildings, ignited fires, and sliced through a university, a mall, a retirement home, and a hospital, CNN reports. More »

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      storm  • tornado  • Kentucky  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • Arkansas  • severe weather

    • Huckabee Storms Back In

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 6, 08 2:28 AM CST

      Huckabee Storms Back In

      Mike Huckabee was expected to win his home state of Arkansas on Super Tuesday, but his wins in West Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia on top of that have put the supposed "third wheel" back in the race for the GOP nomination, the Washington Post reports. "Sometimes one small, smooth stone is more effective than a suit of armor," Huckabee told cheering supporters in Arkansas. More »

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      John McCain  • Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • Georgia  • Super Tuesday  • conservative  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • Arkansas  • West Virginia

  • January 2008

    • Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 26, 08 3:18 PM CST

      Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?

      The crime shook Arkansas: Two boys, 11 and 13, killed four classmates and a teacher in 1998 in what became known as the Jonesboro shootings. Within days, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee had a $25,000 book deal about youth violence. A decade later, the deal still rankles some who say the governor cashed in on tragedy, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Mike Huckabee  • Republicans  • school shooting  • Arkansas

    • Freak Twisters Ravage Midwest

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jan 8, 08 11:29 AM CST

      Freak Twisters Ravage Midwest

      A series of freak tornadoes touched down last night across the Midwest, killing two Missouri women and leaving a swath of destruction in their wake, CNN reports. Another person was killed when another twister hit Arkansas this morning. “I’ve never seen damage like this in the summertime,” said one Wisconsin sheriff. “To see something like this in January is mind-boggling.” More »

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      Illinois  • storm  • Wisconsin  • Missouri  • tornado  • Arkansas  • Oklahoma

  • December 2007

    • Huckabee Rocked Little Rock

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 22, 07 11:55 AM CST

      Huckabee Rocked Little Rock

      Mike Huckabee surged to the top of the polls in the Republican presidential contest partly because of his squeaky clean image, but the persona emerging from years as governor of Arkansas is quite different, the New York Times reports. Supporters and critics alike remember him as a hard-charging iconoclast with little tolerance for opposition and an appetite for unpopular positions. More »

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      election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • Bill Clinton  • Arkansas  • governor  • pardon  • clemency

    • Vick in Jail, Now Coach Will Bail

      newser  |  Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Dec 11, 07 7:00 PM CST

      Vick in Jail, Now Coach Will Bail

      After 13 games as Atlanta Falcons' head coach, Bobby Petrino is done, sources tell ESPN. The former University of Louisville coach told his bosses today that he will return to college ball to be head coach at the University of Arkansas. Petrino signed a 5-year, $24 million contract prior to the 2007 season, when Michael Vick was still slated to be quarterback. More »

    • Rape Case, AIDS Comment Dog Huckabee's Rise

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 9, 07 9:23 AM CST

      Rape Case, AIDS Comment Dog Huckabee's Rise

      As candidate Mike Huckabee pushes to the front of the GOP contender crowd, he is coming under fire for his record as Arkansas governor. Critics point to both Huckabee's push for the parole of a convicted rapist who murdered after being released and his call for people with AIDS to be quarantined, the New York Times reports. More »

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      election 2008  • Mike Huckabee  • rape  • homosexuality  • AIDS  • Arkansas  • Wayne Dumond

  • November 2007

    • Huckabee Foes Put Spotlight on Ethics

      newser  |  Politico  |  Nov 23, 07 4:14 AM CST

      Huckabee Foes Put Spotlight on Ethics

      As former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee moves to the front of the Republican field, rivals have been digging up ethics complaints from his time in office, reports Politico . Critics of Huckabee, who now trails only Mitt Romney in Iowa, have uncovered a host of  complaints against him involving his management of campaign cash and destruction of computer files before leaving office, among other issues . More »

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      Mitt Romney  • Mike Huckabee  • ethics  • Republican candidates  • Republican nomination  • Arkansas

    • He Could Still Be a Contender in Iowa

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 9, 07 6:48 PM CST

      He Could Still Be a Contender in Iowa

      Team Huckabee’s been bringing in extra chairs to campaign events in Iowa. The Arkansas governor is busting out of the second tier there, with growing fundraising numbers and conservative popularity that could earn him a primary upset, the New York Times reports. The friendliest candidate in the GOP race has also started drawing fire from his rivals, and that's fine with him. “You only aim for something that’s alive,” the sometime hunter noted to reporters this week. More »

  • October 2007

    • Why Doesn’t the Right Embrace Huckabee?

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 25, 07 9:07 PM CDT

      Why Doesn&rsquo;t the Right Embrace Huckabee?

      Why is it that leaders of the religious right aren’t rallying behind authentically conservative Mike Huckabee, wonders  New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Huckabee—who Collins notes is “on his first wife and first position on abortion”—is the obvious conservative choice, she proposes, but Values Voter sages are holding out for a top-tierer to move in their direction—“a strategy any woman who’s had an unsatisfactory boyfriend could warn them” against, Collins jokes. More »

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      Mike Huckabee  • charity  • religious right  • Arkansas  • Chuck Norris  • estate tax

  • September 2007

    • 6 Ark. Nuns Excommunicated

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Sep 27, 07 11:32 AM CDT

      6 Ark. Nuns Excommunicated

      Six Arkansas nuns have been booted from the Catholic Church for refusing to renounce the Army of Mary, a sect the Vatican deems heretical for its founder’s claim to be the reincarnation of the virgin. “We know we are doing the right thing,” said an 82-year-old nun. “We pray that the church will open their eyes before it is too late.” More »

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      Catholic Church  • Vatican  • Catholicism  • Arkansas  • excommunication

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