Posted on 12 March 2010
100 YEARS AGO March 12, 1910 Superintendent of Public Works E.A. Kingsley, after examining the old culvert under the Auditorium, which recently caved in, yesterday made a report to Acting Mayor Rogoski, in which he recommended that either a 36-inch iron or concrete pipe be inserted from the present upper end of the iron pipe [...]
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Posted on 12 March 2010
Arkansas is eyeing power forward Dwight McCombs of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Ill.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
GOLF Woods to return at Masters Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
Saying that a man facing death by lethal injection next Tuesday has raised “serious questions that call for deliberate investigation,” a federal judge issued a stay of execution Thursday for inmate Jack Harold Jones Jr.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
Little separated the Republican candidates running for U.S. Senate on Thursday night except for a tarp and a bull.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
WHENEVER some of the dodgy numbers behind this administration’s grand health-care reform, reconciliation, and general confabulation come to light, the president is fond of citing the Congressional Budget Office’s estimates to back up his case. Never mind that, on closer examination, they may not.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
A Benton preschool has agreed to reinstate an Alexander woman who was fired after reporting for jury service in federal court, putting an end to a case in which a judge found that the employer had violated federal law.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
Indy Car no pit stop for Patrick Danica Patrick’s stint in NASCAR is receding into her rearview mirror — for now.
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Posted on 12 March 2010
SOFTBALL Williams Baptist-Williams Woods split Marissa Hoehn slugged a home run and Chelsea Sanders banged out a three-run double as Williams Baptist (13-5, 1-1 ) took the first game of a American Midwest Conference doubleheader against William Woods College on Wednesday afternoon, 7-1, in Walnut Ridge. William Woods won the second game, 1-0. Kim Emmons [...]
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Posted on 12 March 2010
Increasingly policymakers and citizens across the political spectrum recognize the need to rethink traditional sources of energy and work toward a more diversified and sustainable mix of energy sources. For most, this mix would include a new generation of nuclear power that has been widely promoted by the industry as safe, clean and affordable.
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