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Cicadas are better than warm milk for sleepless nights

Updated: May 20, 2013 11:34pm

Cicadas are popping up in North Carolina with their beady red eyes and elongated wings. Not that I’ll get to see any. North Carolina is a big state. According to the cicada map I found online,...

Editorial Cartoon

Updated: May 20, 2013 11:24pm

Editorial Cartoon

Campuses show wisdom

Updated: May 20, 2013 11:22pm

If you’ve ever seen the classic holiday movie, A Christmas Story, then you probably remember the main character Ralphie unhappily wearing bunny suit pajamas made by an oblivious aunt. As Ralphie...

Oklahoma City suburb devastated by tornado

Updated: May 20, 2013 10:00pm

Rescue workers clawed through mountains of rubble in a frantic search for survivors — including dozens of missing children — as the death toll mounted after a mile-wide tornado flattened an...

Book Review — ‘How We Love Now: Women Talk About Intimacy after 50’

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:45pm

The conversation is lively whenever old friends get together.

Topic Number One: whatever’s going on in your lives, followed by family, work and travel. You swap feedback, share advice,...

Dumas to host hoops camp

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:44pm

Dumas High School will host ‘Camp of Champions’ on June 3-6 at the Dumas High School Gymnasium for school ages kindergarten through ninth grade for both boys and girls.

The campers will...

Digest for 05-21-13

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:40pm

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Waddell named senior associate AD

FAYETTEVILLE — Michael Waddell has been named Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Operations and Strategic Communications at...

Calls for Shoffner’s resignation mount

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:32pm

LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe led a chorus of officials from both sides of the political aisle Monday in calling for embattled state Treasurer Martha Shoffner to resign in the face of federal...

<p>Randy Coleman, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Little Rock, talks with reporters Monday about a new public corruption task force. (Arkansas News Bureau/Rob Moritz)</p>

Officials announce public corruption task force

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:21pm

LITTLE ROCK — In the aftermath of Arkansas Martha Shoffner’s court appearance Monday on a federal extortion charge, authorities announced creation of a new task force to investigate complaints of...

Powerball gives lottery boost; officials hoped for more

Updated: May 20, 2013 9:18pm

LITTLE ROCK — A Powerball jackpot that reached a record $590 million last week boosted revenue for the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, though not as much as lottery officials had hoped.

State...