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Re: Conservationists call for Buffalo protection on river, hog farm tour
- I'm thinking the problem for the Cargill corporation is that they have run out of…
- Posted by rablib
- on May 21, 2013
Re: The guns and Bass Pro Shops open line
- Norma. I may confuse a lot of things at my advanced age, but never virgins…
- Posted by plainjim
- on May 21, 2013
Re: A case for the new Public Corruption Task Force?
- I gotta call BS on this because it makes no sense. If the first rule…
- Posted by oldandintheway
- on May 21, 2013

Martha Shoffner resigns as Arkansas state treasurer

Martha Shoffner, facing federal prosecution in a kickback case, has resigned as Arkansas State treasurer.
Sources identify Steele Stephens as informant in Shoffner case

I hinted earlier that evidence was mounting that the securities salesman who provided confidential information to the FBI was Steele Stephens, the broker who began enjoying a huge share of Treasurer Martha Shoffner's bond business in 2010.
Defending 'The Dog Whisperer'

"What mighty contests," wrote 18th-century satirist Alexander Pope, "rise from trivial things." The poet had sex in mind, although something similar could be said about Americans and their pets. If you think people get worked up about politics, say something "controversial" about dogs or cats. Then prepare for action.
The guns and Bass Pro Shops open line

The University of Arkansas president recommends that campuses remain gun-free. Bass Pro Shops is under construction in Otter Creek.
Judge Griffen reports on recuperation from bike accident

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.

The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
Make a pilgrimage to Pho Vietnam in Fort Smith

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.
'A Loss of Roses' a stunner

Before last Friday night, the saddest, most "depressing" Depression-era story I had read was Horace McCoy's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" However, after watching The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's opening performance of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses," I can attest that this play is as rough and unflinching as that Depression-era tale, or any other.
TV producer Bryant Huddleston disinvited as Imboden Ark., high school graduation speaker because he's gay

Our news partner Channel 4 has a news story that deserves repetition in full. More national headlines for the small people of Arkansas should follow directly.
Loy Mauch update: The Republican rep is on record on slavery, too

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.