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Good week: covert military operations
It was a good week for covert military operations, the Arkansas Razorbacks and dreaming of social justice at UALR. It was a bad week for the Arkansas Razorbacks, Arkansans occupying and Mary Ann Gunn.
The smoke of yesteryear
It's been a good 15 years since The Observer indulged in The Sticky Icky, Mary Jane, pot, or whatever it is the kids are calling it these days.
Black ops in LR
Downtown residents were roused from sleep -- and not a few were made anxious -- by the persistent roar of helicopters from about 11 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday.
Will museum take risks?
"Is Crystal Bridges Museum just going to cater to the tastes of Ms. Walton and the good Christian Republicans of Northwest Arkansas and exhibit only safe and supposedly spiritually uplifting work?"
The fluoride is coming
Even to places that don't want it.
The best pie in Arkansas
A statewide guide.
Spending on sports
A partial summary of revenues and expenditures from the five public Division 1 universities in Arkansas. Data on athletic expenditures is reported annually by the state Department of Higher Education.
Arkie occupier
A woman identified as a native of Mountain Home has become an icon of the Occupy movement thanks to a dramatic photo and video of her getting a full face of pepper spray in an Occupy Portland demonstration Nov. 17.
Playing possum with pie
There is no official "state pie," but one unique pie that came up again and again in our travels might deserve the distinction: the Possum Pie, an all-encompassing name for a variety of pie that includes a vanilla, sour cream or cream cheese filling that obscures another filling such as cherries, peaches, apples or chocolate.
Show us the money
Back in July, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel stirred up some publicity by spending $6,000 to make a movie to play at a State Police luncheon.
Columns
Forget 1957; talk about today
A task force of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce pitched a proposal last week to repeal a 1957 Little Rock City Board resolution that cheered Gov. Orval Faubus for fighting to preserve segregation at Central High School.
Lessons from the farm
Living on a gravel road in a rural Arkansas county with more cows than people, I have much to be thankful for on my favorite American holiday.
Peas in pod
Rick Perry may be unable to recite his own platform, but evidently he's clever enough to infiltrate an Occupy Little Rock encampment, which means he's more dangerous than we thought.
SOPA spells Internet ignorance
SOPA is likely to stifle Web innovation in the name of fighting internet piracy.
Easy answer wrong
For every complex human problem, H. L. Mencken said, there is always one easy answer that is neat, plausible and wrong.
Entertainment
Lex Porter, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and Frown Pow'r
Plus, The Young Maths, Arkansas vs. LSU, Mulehead and Eric Sommer
In brief: MarcRubben, Rodney Block, Joe Sundell
Plus, Gary Escoe, Weakness for Blondes, The Schwag and more
'Take Shelter' nets Gotham Awards nominations
Plus, details on the young Arkansas actor cast in Nichols' latest.
Turkey coma special
"Walking Dead" marathon,"A Very GaGa Christmas" and "Edward Scissorhands"
'Happy Feet Two' will warm your cold heart
Animated movie takes on climate change.
A holiday rock show survival primer
For Smoke Up Johnny and beyond.
The impossible dream
Stop fretting over the hypothetical, and savor the actual. There is no sense taxing the neurons over what might occur if Arkansas beats top-ranked LSU on Friday afternoon.
Dining
Crowds flock to Cheddar's
For good, cheap grub.
Cartoons
Guides
Thanksgiving guide
Rather eat out than cook up a storm during the holidays? There are a number of places in Central Arkansas that will oblige you.
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