Federal agents arrested 596 immigrants with criminal records during a three-day immigration enforcement sweep across the Southeast, authorities announced Friday in what they described as their biggest operation yet.

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CMT is reporting that former Arkansas resident Mike Huckabee is in Nashville recording some sort of country music album. Official word is expected sometime in June. I wonder if the album will be released with a nationwide tour to sell the CDs with stops at Barnes and Nobles and Wal-Marts in Iowa, South Carolina, and [...]

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Max Brantley, in his weekly column in the dead tree edition of Arkansas Times, takes stock in a few Arkansas political races, including the 2nd congressional district. He writes, Snyder’s former staff chief, David Boling, lawyer John Adams (who happens to be a friend of my daughter) and Patrick Kennedy, a former Clinton School employee, [...]

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HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — A man accused of fatally beating his neighbor on April 15 had told police in January that the neighbor had molested three juveniles.

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The chairman of the U of A Board of Trustees says board members have discussed naming G. David Gearhart as interim President.from Channel 7

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More than $2-Million coming to state to enhance safety.from Channel 7

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Jury has sent questions to Judge.from Channel 7

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John Ed Anthony, chairman of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, has issued a statement arising from news today about efforts he’s apparently leading to promote UAF Chancellor David Gearhart to president of the UA System, which is headquartered in Little Rock. Among the questions raised in the original Democrat-Gazette story – should that occur — [...]

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Lt. Gov. Bill Halter can harp all day about Sen. Blanche Lincoln taking money from Goldman Sachs, but this analysis from Bernstein Research supports her claim that she’s independent of Goldman’s money. Bernstein concludes that the derivatives reform bill that Ms. Lincoln authored, if enacted into law, could cost Goldman 41% of its earnings, or [...]

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But he concludes grumpily, as I did yesterday, that Sen. Blanche Lincoln is the guiltier offender in the multi-million-dollar campaign of disinformation known as the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate.

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