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Arkansas stories: 44 news summaries

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 1 Womb, 
 2 Fetuses, 
 2 Weeks Apart: 
 Here's How 

'Superfetation' is really, really rare, docs are clueless, but babies should be fine

Sep 28, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget that 19-pound Indonesian baby. The real miracle pregnancy is Arkansas born and bred: Julia Grovenburg, who this month managed to get pregnant not once, but twice. That’s right: two conceptions, one two weeks after the other, to be enjoyed—cherished, endured, served—concomitantly. There are only 10 recorded... More »

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pregnancy • Arkansas • conception • pregnant women • superfetation • Julia Grovenburg

 Duggars Expecting Kid No. 19 

Dad: 'This never gets old'

Sep 1, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 18-kid Duggar family of Arkansas is about to make way for No. 19, People reports—just five months after their oldest son and his wife have their first kiddo. “This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand... More »

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reality TV • pregnancy • Arkansas • large families • Michelle Duggar • Jim Bob Duggar

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs—the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats who have been fighting to kill health care reform proposals the industry doesn’t like—receive far more money from that industry than their non-coalition-member counterparts, the Washington Post reports. The reform push has been a boon for the lawmakers' ledgers;... More »

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health care • Arkansas • House of Representatives • health care industry • lobbyists • health care reform • Mike Ross • House Democrats • special interests • moderate • insurance industry • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

health care reform

Business-World Divisions May Ease Path to Plan


Jul 23, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign this week opposing health-care reform, but businesses are hardly united against the administration's proposals, the Washington Post reports. Wal-Mart was a high-profile defector, as was temp firm Kelly Services; both back an employer mandate. And many small and medium-sized businesses... More »

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health care • Arkansas • business • Maine • Kelly Services • health care reform • Wal-Mart • L.L. Bean • Maine Chamber of Commerce • Arkansas Chamber of Commerce • US Chamber of Commerce

 DMVs: Please Stop Smiling 


May 26, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four states are demanding that motorists stop saying cheese when they get their driver's license photo, and more may follow suit, reports USA Today. It's not the grinch patrol. Smiles can interfere with technology used to make sure people don't apply for illegal licenses, say officials in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada,... More »

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Arkansas • Indiana • Virginia • photograph • driving • Nevada • driver's license • smiling

(Newser) - A Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer as “that Jew” during a county GOP meeting, reports blogger Jason Tolbert of the Tolbert Report. “I don’t use a teleprompter and occasionally I put my foot in my month,” said state... More »

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Charles Schumer • Jews • Arkansas • gaffe • state senate • Jay-ZTV • Kim Hendren

(AP) - A reported tornado killed two people and injured 30 today in central Tennessee as a line of storms that killed three people a day earlier in western Arkansas crept across the South, emergency officials said. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Donnie Smith confirmed the deaths Friday in Murfreesboro, about 30... More »

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tornado • severe weather • Arkansas • Tennessee

 3 Dead in Ark. Tornado 


Apr 10, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(AP) - A tornado that swept through the mountain community of Mena, Ark., killed three people and injured at least 30 others, authorities said today after a house-to-house search. The twister descended quickly on Mena shortly after 8 last night after a series of siren blasts warned residents of tornadoes in the... More »

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tornado • severe weather • National Guard • Arkansas • death • death toll • natural disaster • emergency responders

(Newser) - A defendant found liable for $12.6 million in an Arkansas civil matter asked for a new trial because one juror Tweeted about the case from the courtroom, the Springdale Morning News reports. “Juror Jonathan’s” Twitter entries included “Oh and nobody buy Stoam,” the foam/steel hybrid... More »

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Arkansas • lawyer • mistrial • juror • Twitter • retrial • civil trial

 Huckabee Rips 
 'Unholy' Plan 

Cites ban on funds for religious schools

Feb 11, 09 3:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The new stimulus package is out to undermine religion. That's what former Arkansas governor  and one-time presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has told supporters in an email, Politico reports. Shortly before the Senate passed the bill yesterday, Huckabee wrote that the $828 billion package is "anti-religious." He cites ... More »

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Senate • Arkansas • ACLU • Mike Huckabee • economic stimulus package • Obama administration

FEMA Emergency Kits May Contain Tainted Peanut Butter

People warned to throw out packets in salmonella scare

Feb 5, 09 1:55 AM CST
(Newser) - FEMA food kits given to storm victims in Arkansas and Kentucky may have contained peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, CNN reports. The kits came from a company hit by a nationwide recall following a salmonella outbreak. FEMA warns that anyone who received a meal kit should immediately throw away any... More »

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Arkansas • Kentucky • FEMA • salmonella • outbreak • peanut • disaster relief • peanut butter

Storm Kills 19, Cuts Power
to 600K in South, Midwest

Winter bears down (again) on Northeast, trigger travel troubles, and worse

Jan 28, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A storm sweeping from the middle of the country into the Northeast today has left at least 19 dead and cut power to 600,000 people, the AP reports. In hard-hit states like Arkansas, where power companies warned service might not return for days, 3 inches of ice weighed down... More »

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Northeast • Arkansas • United States • Oklahoma • power outage • winter storm • ice storm • winter weather • East Coast • traffic fatalities

DNA Led Cops to Pressly Murder Suspect

Officials say forensics tie man to anchor's murder, teacher's rape

Nov 29, 08 5:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Little Rock say forensic evidence led them to a suspect in the murder of news anchor Anne Pressly, reports KATV. A DNA sample from Pressly's home matched DNA found at the scene of an unsolved rape in Marianna, 90 miles away. Marianna police pointed investigators to rape suspect... More »

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Arkansas • murder • rape • forensics • Little Rock, Arkansas • DNA evidence • news anchor • Anne Pressly

Suspect Arrested in Murder of Ark. News Anchor

No clear motive in brutal home invasion

Nov 27, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Police in Little Rock have arrested a suspect in the murder of Anne Pressly, reports KATV, where the popular anchorwoman worked. Curtis Lavell Vance, 28, was apprehended late last night, shortly after police named him as the suspect in the October slaying, and charged with capital murder. The police chief... More »

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crime • police • Arkansas • murder • Little Rock, Arkansas • news anchor • criminal charges • Anne Pressly

2 Killed in Arkansas
Campus Shooting

One wounded outside dorm

Oct 27, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two students were killed and one wounded in gunfire outside a dorm at the University of Central Arkansas last night, CNN reports. One person has been detained in the shooting, but no arrests have been made. “At this time we do have some pretty good leads,” police said.... More »

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Arkansas • university • campus shooting

(Newser) - An Arkansas newscaster who was brutally beaten in her home earlier this week died today from her injuries, reports her home station of KATV. Anne Pressly, 26, had been sedated in intensive care since the assault and unable to communicate with police or her family. Doctors said only yesterday they... More »

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crime • Arkansas

 Jumping Fish Breaks 
 Teen's Jaw 

Arkansas boy knocked unconscious by Silver Asian carp

Sep 8, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(AP) - An Arkansas teenager's jaw was broken when a fish flew from the lake where he was riding in an inner tube and smacked him in the face last week. Seth Russell, 15, was cruising Lake Chicot on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp... More »

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weird • Arkansas • fish • Silver Asian carp • Lake Chicot

Obama Camp Steers Clear
of Arkansas

Campaign avoids state's Hillary-loving, white Democrats

Aug 15, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has a novel strategy in Arkansas, a Southern state that likes Democrats: He's not there. The presumptive nominee has no Arkansas office and hasn't even visited in 2 years. Yet analysts aren't surprised, noting that conservative Democrats heavily favor Hillary Clinton and backed President Bush the past two... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Arkansas • Bill Clinton • Democratic Party • George W. Bush • white voters

(Newser) - A gunman entered Democratic party headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., this afternoon and fatally shot state party chairman Bill Gwatney. No motive is known, but early reports suggest the shooting was not related to politics, the Arkansas Times reports. The 50-year-old suspect is dead after being shot during a 30-mile... More »

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Arkansas • shooting • Democratic Party Chairman • Bill Gwatney

'One in a Million' Conjoined Birds Found in Arkansas

Pair dies after landowner rescues them fallen from tree

Jul 18, 08 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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conjoined twins • Arkansas • birds • scientific discoveries • animal • discovery • Smithsonian Insitution

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