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Venus struggles, Serena rolls in Aussie openers
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Venus Williams skipped all the warmup tournaments for the Australian Open.
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Report: Williams doing well following major heart surgery
BOSTON (AP) – Ted Williams, baseball’s last .400 hitter, did well during a 9-hour operation on his failing heart valves, his surgeons said.
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Winfield, Puckett lead Hall prospects
NEW YORK (AP) – Dave Winfield got his 3,000th hit, a milestone almost assuring admission to the Hall of Fame, on a single that drove in Kirby Puckett.
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Arbitration filing, rite of winter, arrives
NEW YORK (AP) – The filing is nearly automatic, and so are the raises.
In an annual rite that infuriates many owners, 102 players filed for salary arbitration Monday.
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Ouachita County residents go to polls for development
CAMDEN (AP) – Ouachita County residents will vote today on a 1-percent sales tax increase that would be used for economic development.
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Jury to decide sentence in child murder case
FORREST CITY (AP) – Defense attorneys plan to ask jurors to consider the mental state of a Memphis man before deciding whether their client should be sentenced to death.
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Blues Festival gets promise of help
HELENA (AP) – Two legislators promised on Monday to introduce legislation to earmark money from a one-eighth percent sales tax to help underwrite the financially troubled King Biscuit Blues Festiva
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Gas heater may be cause in 4 deaths
COLT (AP) – A gas leak is believed to have caused a mobile home explosion that killed a woman and her three children, police said Monday.
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Juvenile escapee recaptured
PINE BLUFF (AP) – A juvenile charged as an adult with murder turned himself Monday him in after escaping from a Pine Bluff facility Sunday night.
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State leaders celebrate King
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Gov. Mike Huckabee and other state political and religious leaders gathered Monday to pay tribute to slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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UP Bank offers electronic checks
HOUSTON – TeleCheck Services Inc.
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Garden Restaurant opens
CAVE CITY – Brenda Anderson has opened the Garden Restaurant at 1321 N. Main St. in Cave City.
