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Saturday To-Do: The Dangerous Idiots
THE DANGEROUS IDIOTS9:30 p.m. White Water Tavern.Little Rock trio The Dangerous Idiots would like for you to come to The White Water Tavern this Saturday because they will be recording a live album and...
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Stone's Throw Brewing taproom to open August 1
The growing Arkansas craft beer scene is about to get a little bigger: Stone's Throw Brewing, the new "nanobrewery" on the corner of 9th and Rock has announced that they will officially open on August...
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Sunday: Fletcher C. Johnson at Stickyz
If your Sunday evening calls for some bouncy, reverb-drenched garage pop, don't miss Fletcher C. Johnson. It's an all-ages show with Tsar Bomba and Glittercore, Stickyz, 8 p.m., $5.[ Subscribe to the...
View ArticleGOP official says voter ID worked to suppress Democratic vote
Republicans keep insisting in Arkansas that Voter ID laws are about preventing vote fraud, though they've yet to dig up an Arkansas case where that's true. (Absentee vote buying is not addressable by...
View ArticleArkansas unemployment rate unchanged in June
Arkansas unemployment rate stayed at 7.3 percent in June, the state reports.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Securities Department responds to GOP pressure for more investigation of...
Arkansas Republicans aren't through milking the opportunity given by federal charges against former Treasurer Martha Shoffner, a Democrat, for taking cash payments from a securities dealer who did a...
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Fracking: The good, the bad, the ugly
A smorgasbord of fracking headlines today:* FORMER MOBIL VICE PRESIDENT WARNS OF FRACKING AND CLIMATE CHANGE:In this interview, the former energy exec, Louis Allstadt, says fracking is "conventional...
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Obama speaks on Trayvon Martin case: 'Could have been me'
This is a rush transcript on President Obama's unexpected remarks today on the Trayvon Martin case.I don't read it as second-guessing. But he endeavors to provide important, irrefutable context black...
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Bobby Rush to Oxford American's South on Main
The Oxford American announced yesterday that veteran bluesman and "king of the chitlin circuit"Bobby Rush will perform at its South on Main venue Friday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 at...
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Bumgarner, Kirkpatrick, Mitchell, Phillips
It's not even 90 degrees outside, so you need not fear that you'll sweat on the artwork tonight at the Argenta ArtWalk from 5-8 p.m. You might even be served a cool drink of something or other as you...
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The remedial Arkansas history open line
The line is open. I apologize for a haphazard day. Our Internet woes continue and connectivity has made posting difficult, not to mention photos and corrections. Sorry.* WALMART: LOW PRICES, BUT...
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The Mike Ross' Big Haul Edition
Mike Ross’s big haul and what it means for the governor’s race, a Little Rock police shooting that nearly spawns a riot, Dustin McDaniel’s call for a statewide discussion of our “broken” death penalty...
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Football cometh: Remembering Nutt, Malzahn, Mustain
With football season six weeks or so away, the sports pages of the SEC are ginning out reams of copy to sate fans. And speaking of reams:An Alabama writer, preparing for former Arkansas coach Gus...
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An update on 'The Broom Man,' Melvin Pickens
Friends ask that I say a word about a familiar Little Rock person —Melvin Pickens, the Broom Man. He's walked the streets of Little Rock selling brooms and mops since I came to town 40 years ago.A...
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Accused state cop taints unrelated criminal case
In reporting today on the arrest of Sedrick Reed, a former State Police lieutenant, for stealing cocaine from the State Police evidence room for sale, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette noted his important...
View ArticleDana D. Kelley, race hustler
“All crime data are convincing: The greatest threat to the Trayvon Martins in the U.S. is other Trayvon Martins.” - Dana D. Kelley, “The New Factionalism,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 19,...
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Kushmaul, Lang, McDonald: Tonight at Gallery 26
Gallery 26, 2601 Kavanaugh, holds the opening reception for its new exhibition of paintings, graphic art and photographs by John Kushmaul, Erin Lang and Brittany McDonald tonight from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m....
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The climate change open line
A national bus tour to support measures that address climate change passed through Little Rock today and speakers included Mayor Mark Stodola. Otherwise, the line is open. I can only add: red haven...
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Food Feedback...Sunday?
Uh, ok — yeah. Is this thing on? Oh, right. So, this is Michael, and I know that Daniel usually posts these things on Fridays, but since he's always been a pretty leaky vessel to pour much hope into,...
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So much for the death penalty discussion
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said recently that the death penalty in Arkansas is broken — currently because of ongoing challenges to the lethal injection procedure — and a political discussions is...
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