Arkansas Supreme Court face questions about employees
Arkansas News Bureau reports today on haggling over a controversy likely to arise in the coming legislative session.A legislative audit last month raised questions about 15 Arkansas Supreme Court jobs...
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The TiVo alert open line
*DITTO DOES 'DRAG RACE': Beth Ditto, the pride of Judsonia, is a guest judge on "RuPaul's Drag Race" tonight at 8 p.m. on Logo.*MORE WALMART: An Arizona Catholic charity has declined to accept a...
View ArticleBuffett, Rattner and the myth of tax cut stimulation
Ernie Dumas' column today is — like all Dumas columns — a must read on the wisdom of Warren E. Buffett and Steven L. Rattner, two very rich men who don't think rich men need a handout to get richer....
View ArticleThe morning report
*THE HEADLINE OF THE DAY: Courtesy of the AP, "Arkansas disc golf champ faces Idaho drug charges." Who knew?*COON FOR KIDD: Mitch Berry, son of Congressman Marion Berry, said in a news release the...
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New Homer's repeats winning formula
Plus, booze and dinner hours.Many Central Arkansans who don't work or live nearby likely have never found it convenient to eat at Homer's. Even so, most everyone knows people who flock to the iconic...
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Now on Netflix
We're watching a lot of Netflix Instant these days, but it seems like we spend most of our time endlessly flipping through one awful-sounding choice after another. by David KoonWe're watching a lot of...
View ArticleBlack Tusk at Downtown Music
Also, Winston Family Orchestra celebrates record release at White Water Tavern.WEDNESDAY 11/28Fans of swampy, sludgy Southern metal would be advised not to skip Black Tusk, playing Downtown Music Hall...
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Reconsider
More Lincoln and less Grover Norquist is a good idea for the national Republican Party too, and reportedly some Congressional Republicans are thinking about it. Even members of the Arkansas delegation...
View ArticleHogs calling Les Miles?
I am in Mumbai, but sober. So I am sure I am not just imagining the Internet is full of talk about a Hog football coaching offer to LSU's Les Miles. I think I'm with this guy at NOLA. Makes no sense....
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One dead in NLR house fire
A North Little Rock woman is dead after a house fire in the 4300 block of N. Gum Street. Firefighters patrolling the neighborhood saw the blaze around 3:30 a.m., and discovered the woman's body in a...
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Thursday To-Do: Super Water Sympathy
SUPER WATER SYMPATHY9:30 p.m. Stickyz. $5.Super Water Sympathy, of Shreveport, La., bills its sound as "water pop," i.e., "a synthesis of classic symphonic ambience with modern ethereal anthems." After...
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Thursday To-Do: 'deepsouth'
'DEEPSOUTH'6 p.m. Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Free.The documentary "deepsouth" explores the HIV/AIDS epidemic in — you guessed it — the Deep South, specifically Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana....
View ArticleCAT bus passenger arrested
Just another day on the bus, with a CAT passenger getting unruly, head-butting a mirror, getting violent, trying to get nekkid, speaking gibberish to police and finally getting arrested just before 10...
View ArticleRavitch: Does Arkansas want two school systems?
NYU professor and former charter-school-supporter-turned-critic Diane Ravitch tells KUAF's Ozarks at Large reporter Jacqueline Froelich that Arkansas's experience with segregation should be a lesson in...
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Is David Burnette, bartender at The Capital Hotel, the King of Nog?
Some may feel it begins with the first sight of Christmas trees, for others it’s the ludicrous behavior surrounding Black Friday, for others it’s the sultry sounds of Nat King Cole crooning the words,...
View ArticleDallas museum drops admission fee
The Dallas Morning News reports that the Dallas Museum of Art will stop charging its $10 admission fee on Jan. 21 and will offer free memberships. DMA director Maxwell Anderson told the Morning News...
View ArticleAmerica’s New Cary Grants: sending photos of our nether regions to impress women
A learning experience is one of those things that say, “You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that.” - - Douglas AdamsLast week a Fayetteville businessman (Jeffrey B. Ash) was arrested in Idaho...
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Joe Smith wins runoff for North Little Rock Mayor
Joe Smith flipped the script. On Election Day earlier this month, Rep. Tracy Steele had a commanding lead over Smith in their race for North Little Rock mayor, with 48.2 percent of the vote to 41.1...
View ArticleWill Little Rock cough up more for the jail?
County Judge Buddy Villines, in his letter to the county's mayors yesterday, says they are using figures that are "wrong, outdated and irrelevant" in their decision to kick in only 85 percent of what...
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