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Huckabee signs Bates bill
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Forty-four years after Daisy Gatson Bates led the Little Rock Nine into Central High School, Gov. Mike Huckabee signed legislation Monday to honor her with a state holiday.
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Cave City board agrees to settle suit
CAVE CITY – The Cave City School Board unanimously agreed Monday to extend the principals’ and assistant principals’ contracts for one year.
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Senate OKs bill limiting medicine
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Despite misgivings, the Senate passed legislation Monday to make it a crime to possess too much of certain over-the-counter cold medicines.
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While fans mourn for Earnhardt, questions mount
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Fans gathered in a semicircle and held candles while they prayed as a day of mourning melted into a nighttime vigil outside the racetrack where Dale Earnhardt died.
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Lady Redskins end Lady Yellowjackets’ season
JONESBORO – The Pocahontas Lady Redskins took advantage of an 11-minute scoring drought in the second half and defeated the Mountain View Lady Yellowjackets 41-32 in the opening game of the Class A
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Cabot Panthers swat homers, Southerners in baseball first
SOUTHSIDE – The Cabot Panthers hit five home runs and run-ruled the Southside Southerners, winning 13-3 in five innings, in a season-opening high school baseball game here Monday.
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New UA assistant coach tied closely to Batesville
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) – Arkansas Coach Houston Nutt hired two assistant football coaches on Monday, and one of them has Batesville ties.
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Lady Vols return to form
The loss at Connecticut was hard enough to take. Then came a setback that was even more disheartening for Tennessee: Tamika Catchings was gone, sidelined by a torn knee ligament.
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Cardinal occupies top spot again; Hawks, Friars make it into Top 25
After two weeks at No. 2, Stanford moved back to the top of The Associated Press college basketball poll Monday, while St.
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Hogs will stay the course, coach says
FAYETTEVILLE (AP) – Arkansas is too deep into the season to change its style again, Razorback Coach Nolan Richardson said Monday.
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Jameel Heywood knocks down last-second shot, Missouri Tigers
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Jameel Heywood didn’t mind waiting an extra minute to make sure the biggest basket of his career counted.
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TV viewers flock to Daytona 500
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox’s coverage of Sunday’s Daytona 500 race earned an 8.4 rating and 19 share, the highest overnight rating for the NASCAR race since 1986.
