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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Arkansas

Arkansas stories: 45 news summaries

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6 Ark. Nuns Excommunicated

Members of 'Army of Mary' cast out

Sep 27, 07 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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Catholic Church • Arkansas • Vatican • excommunication • Catholicism • Army of Mary • Virgin Mary

Civil Rights Icons Return to Little Rock

Nine trailblazers observe 50th anniversary of Central High desegregation

Sep 25, 07 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Little Rock Nine returned to Central High today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the school's integration. Once escorted by soldiers from the 101st Airborne, they arrived by limousine to a school that's now 52% black, the AP reports. "They didn't ask to be a part of history,... More »

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Arkansas • Bill Clinton • civil rights • Little Rock Nine • Carlotta Walls Lanier • Mike Ross • civil rights movement

Fattest States in America

Aug 27, 07 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Trust for America's Health has come out with its fourth annual report on obesity.  And the losers are:
  1. Mississippi
  2. West Virginia
  3. Alabama
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obesity • health • childhood obesity • South Carolina • Arkansas • Kentucky • fat • Louisiana • weight • Michigan • Indiana • America • Alabama • Tennessee • Mississippi • Oklahoma • West Virginia

Heat Wave Sizzles US

Temperatures endanger many across the country, keeping even the hardiest indoors

Aug 7, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heat, not hurricanes, is generally the biggest weather-related cause of death in the US, and with a heat wave is sweeping over much of the country, health experts are urging people to stay indoors and keep cool. It's so hot in St. Louis that the Rams have temporarily moved their... More »

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health • Arkansas • temperature • St. Louis • heat • heat wave • summer • Delaware Park

New Books Probe Hillary's Dark Side

Bernstein, Times writers relive Whitewater, chronicle drive to power

May 25, 07 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Post gets a sneak peek at two upcoming books about Hillary Clinton, illuminating her turbulent marriage to Bill and voracious political ambition, just in time for 2008. A Woman in Charge, by Watergate star Carl Bernstein, details Hillary's terror of Whitewater prosecution and her annoyance at her husband's... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New York Times • presidency • Arkansas • Bill Clinton • Gennifer Flowers • Whitewater • Carl Bernstein • Election 2008

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