The weekly Biz-4-Biz Networking Groups meet at 8 a.m. to about 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted.

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The previous post about the early 1st District Democratic favorites being Marion Berry chief of staff Chad Causey and Jonesboro lawyer and former state Rep. Chris Thyer is now outdated by a Jonesboro Sun article Saturday reporting, amid a laundry list of possible candidates, that Thyer won’t run because of family considerations. Meantime, we have the [...]

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A joint U.S.-Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers and prompting an angry demand for punishment from the country’s Defense Ministry.

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Honduras’ new government fired its top immigration official Friday after a Brazilian diplomat was denied entry into the country.

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After decades of speculation, the truth can now be told: The famed Hope Diamond and its chief rival, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond, were not cut from the same stone, according to a group of scientists led by Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, which tested the two storied blue diamonds [...]

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The Obama administration’s handling of the suspect in the airline bomb plot on Christmas exposed a vulnerability in the U.S. fight against terrorism, a Republican lawmaker said Saturday.

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Numbers drawn Saturday: Missouri Lotto 3-13-27-28-33-35 Estimated jackpot: $2.2 million Powerball Due to early deadlines, Powerball numbers can be found at arkansasonline.com.

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Federal regulators have cleared Toyota’s plan to fix millions of sticky gas pedals, and dealers could get parts to make the repairs as early as Thursday or Friday, people briefed on the matter said Saturday.

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The Obama administration’s 2011 defense budget avoids the weapons cuts of last year, according to a draft copy, and continues to shift modest amounts of money to weapons programs such as helicopters, unmanned planes and Special Operations units that are in heavy use in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

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