Arkansas made sure it didn’t lose three in a row to Centenary for the first time in 45 years.

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Two works by female artists, announced as part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art collection Tuesday, show the changing role of women in American art history.

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Springdale Animal Services euthanized 1,599 animals in 2009, according to director Brett Harris. That was an average of more than four per day.

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Monday should have been a really good day. In the morning I handled a challenging situation with diplomacy and wisdom. In the afternoon, several pieces of good news came in. For the evening, Marc and my son had rented a movie and planned dinner. With that supporting cast, my world should have been fine.

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Tony La Russa loves to tinker with the lineup card, using 135 variations last year in what was a pretty typical campaign.

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The Easter Egg Jan Brett G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $17.99, ages 3-5 Jan Brett’s richly detailed illustrations of lifelike — though charmingly clothed — woodland creatures enchant and bemuse in The Easter Egg.

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John Wall, despite his prodigious talent, isn’t at the Final Four. His Kentucky Wildcats were knocked out a game short. Ohio State’s Evan Turner flamed out, too, a round earlier. Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds didn’t even come close.

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A surprisingly strong rebound in California’s real estate market helped lift a key home-price index for the eighth month in a row.

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A crowd protested outside the state Capitol on Tuesday against the federal health-care overhaul and then most of the group proceeded to sit or stand for about 25 minutes outside Gov. Mike Beebe’s office in the building.

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Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that its new electric car will cost just over $25,000 in the U.S., a move that could force rivals to lower prices on similar vehicles.

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