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Jim Benton, former Arkansas and NFL great, dies of cancer
PINE BLUFF (AP) – Jim Benton, a member of the Arkansas Razorbacks All-Century team, a National Football League great and a former Arkansas A&M coach, has died.
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Southside juniors win four events in rain-shortened track meet
BALD KNOB – In a rain-shortened junior high track and field meet here Thursday, Southside athletes won three individual events and one relay.
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Duke player, N.C. coach win AP awards
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Duke All-American Shane Battier and North Carolina coach Matt Doherty were presented with Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards by The Associated Press today.
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Yanks aim for another title; others aim to stop them
Roger Clemens grins at his new teammate, the guy putting on the pinstripes for the first time.
Now pitching for the New York Yankees, Mike Mussina.
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Quality spring fishing is as close as Spring River
You can’t always tell by the weather, but spring is officially here and those of us who have been cooped up for the last couple of months are about to go nuts!
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Mega-churches find solution to communion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – The volunteers dreaded going to church each Thursday evening to begin filling the more than 350 trays for Sunday’s Holy Communion.
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Dalai Lama’s sacred goal may cause tension
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – For the past 50 years, Tibet and Taiwan have created the biggest headaches for China’s leaders, whose sacred goal is to do what all great dynasties have done: unify the mother
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Church Bulletins
Allen Chapel
Free Will Baptist
An all-scenes Passion Play practice starts at 7 p.m. tonight.
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Convicted rapist to be sentenced in boy’s death
BENTONVILLE (AP) – The fate of a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy is in the hands of a Benton County Circuit Court judge.
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Tyson calls off $3.4 billion IBP purchase
NEW YORK (AP) – Tyson Foods Inc., the No. 1 U.S. poultry producer, on Thursday called off a $3.2 billion purchase of IBP Inc. that would have also made it the nation’s top beef and pork producer.
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University student jailed for assault
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A former University of Arkansas student accused of accosting two female students will remain in the Washington County Jail, a circuit judge has ruled.
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House rejects tobacco spending change
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – The House has rejected another proposal that would have changed the tobacco settlement spending plan that voters approved in November.
