Attendance at Monday afternoon’s Memorial Day ceremony in Maumelle was about the same as last year — a mostly baby boomer generation event with a few young folks thrown in here and there — 200 or 300 at the most.

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Arkansan Glen Campbell said it best when he penned these lyrics as a tribute to his mother, Carrie:

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There are two schools of thought on the decision of the Black Pilots of America to select Pine Bluff for their annual fly-in and meeting. Some suggest that Pine Bluff invited the pilots, while others believe the pilots picked the city.

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Think U.S. corporate use of off-shore tax havens is a bad thing? How about in-country tax havens that give companies a way to dodge state taxes. The NY Times reports that more states are cracking down on corporate use of Delaware as a place to set up shell corporations that provide a way to reduce or [...]

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Don’t half of marriages end in divorce? I hate it. I’m not sure we’re better for disposable marriages. But I’m not judging. Some marriages need to end (never mind not begin in the first place). I really thought the 16-year-old divorce of a potential Republican U.S. Senate candidate was non-news, bad as several wanted me to [...]

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Fortis Plastics plans to hire employees for 77 new jobs at its South U Street plant in Fort Smith.

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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas is more open to coal power than other states because it is more “visionary,” the head of a multi-state electric utility said Friday.

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LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ small businesses will get a boost from the federal stimulus, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., said Friday.

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LITTLE ROCK — Ken James, head of the state Department of Education the past five years, announced his resignation Friday, effective at the end of June.

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Times REcord Staff Col. Kirk E. VanPelt will assume command of the Arkansas National Guard 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at a change of command ceremony at Fort Chaffee on Sunday.

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