NORRIS: NLR K-9 Just saw a Twitter with a link to this photo from Fox 16: Missing NLR K-9 Officer: Norris is a Belgin Malinois last seen around 5:30 am near Country Club and Calva Rds. Missing officer? A little long in the tooth isn’t he? Sorry for the lame Friday afternoon humor. Please be on the lookout. [ Subscribe [...]

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Filing closed today for the April 12 primaries to choose nominees for House District 54 in Crittenden County, a suit vacated by Fred Smith after a felony conviction. Democrats: Hudson Hallum, Kim Felker, Lorraine Robinson, Willie Gammon Republicans: Velmar Bailey, John H. Geelan. D’James “Two” Rogers II filed to run as an independent, but must still submit signatures [...]

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Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has issued a news release in response to the rising price of gasoline. Boiled down: We feel your pain. Read it all on the jump. Here’s what I’d like to see — a sweep by the state’s weights-and-measures people to see if gas station pumps are properly calibrated. It occurred to me the [...]

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Another believe-it-or-not moment from Fox News, thanks to Talking Points Memo: Fox News’ Shepherd Smith broke down the Wisconsin protests for Juan Williams this week, declaring that it’s all about politics and union busting, and “to pretend that this is about a fiscal crisis in the state of Wisconsin is malarkey.” On his show on Wednesday, Shep [...]

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach John Pelphrey planned to have a conversation with leading scorer Rotnei Clarke on Thursday. A day after the junior scored a game-high 26 points to lead the Razorbacks to a 77-79 overtime win against No. 22 Kentucky, Pelphrey said something had to be corrected. “His 3-point shooting [...]

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Arkansas Media Relations FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas second baseman Bo Bigham drove home the game-winning run with a single in the bottom of the eighth inning and DJ Baxendale threw 3 1/3 shutout innings in relief to lead the Razorbacks to a 3-2 win over Utah at Baum Stadium on Friday. With the win, Arkansas runs its [...]

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New York Times columnist Gail Collins reviews Mike Huckabee’s literary output today. It is not always a pretty sight. That old Mike Huckabee spent his defining years as a minister and had sympathy for the most ostracized of the downtrodden, like illegal immigrants. “It hardly seems Americans should truly feel threatened by people who pluck chickens, [...]

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I do not see any reason for the Legislature not to refer both these ideas to us.

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Arkansas Media Relations FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas recorded its best score of the season and the No. 15 Razorbacks knocked off No. 1 Florida in Barnhill Arena on Friday, 196.70-196.10, earning at least a tie for the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship. The win over the No. 1 Gators is the second for Arkansas in the last three years. [...]

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Arkansas Media Relations FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – On day one of the 2011 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, the No. 5 Arkansas men’s track and field team have three inside the top eight of the heptathlon. Kevin Lazas leads the Razorbacks with a second-place overall standing. The freshman accumulated 3,186 points over the first four [...]

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