The new version of the Pulaski County Special School District board is changed, but not necessarily for the better.

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When I hear “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” sung by Carly Simon on the soundtrack of “Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns,” I am moved in different ways.

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LITTLE ROCK — Occupy Little Rock demonstrators and Little Rock police say the rest of the country could learn from the example set here of peaceful cooperation between protesters and authorities.

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Start leading the polls and scrutiny increases. Tonight, it’s Politico with story: During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain, ultimately leaving their jobs at the trade group, multiple sources confirm to [...]

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Here’s an open line. Was it a beautiful weekend, or what? [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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I spoke yesterday of the holes in the theory, much beloved by Republican politicians, of American exceptionalism. Is it exceptional to spend far more money than any other country on health care (35 percent more at more than $8,000 per person than the next closest country) and have less by way of good health to show [...]

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A fully engaged team already has begun working toward the goal of replacing all the jobs that will be lost when Whirlpool Corp. closes its Fort Smith plant next year, Paul Harvel with the Fort Smith R

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The Fort Smith Sanitation Department’s sixth expansion of automated trash collection that starts Monday may be its last if most of the remaining homeowners don’t want it.

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Editor’s Note: This report is part of a series examining the Fort Smith Convention Center and a proposed 1 percent prepared-food tax before voters Nov. 8.

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Here’s a news update that I am sure you will not find shocking: The economy is still really messed up, financial markets are volatile and risky, and interest rates stink (unless you are a borrower).

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