The Sebastian County Quorum Court, meeting as a budget committee, recommended a 2010 budget draft Thursday.

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As his M1 Abrams tank, nicknamed Bonecrusher, rolled through Fallujah, Iraq, Gunnery Sgt. Nick Popaditch thought about the trail of dead insurgents left in its wake: “Fight and you die. Run and you die. Hide and you die. Hey, this works for me.”

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Two more Arkansans have died from swine flu, pushing the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 20 in the state, the state Health Department said Thursday.

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The candidate filing period for annual school board and Sallisaw municipal elections planned for Feb. 9 will be Dec. 7-9, according to representatives of the LeFlore and Sequoyah Election Board offices.

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Times Record Staff The State Review Board of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will nominate three area locations for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Times Record Staff Poteau authorities have released the name of a pedestrian who died after being hit by a vehicle, police said.

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Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Parole Board announced Thursday it would recommend parole for a 54-year-old convicted rapist imprisoned since 1976.

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LITTLE ROCK — Sen. Blanche Lincoln and other congressional Democrats in Arkansas will have difficulty getting re-elected next year because they will have a hard time separating themselves from the national Democratic agenda, political strategist Dick Morris said Thursday.

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LITTLE ROCK — Recommendations for new sources of funding for state highway improvements could be ready for review by January, members of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Highway Finance heard Wednesday.

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A Fort Smith woman has been arrested for transporting teenage girls to various locations for sex, a police spokesman said Thursday.

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