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Costs rise, Busch fields shrink
Not many lines of car-carrying haulers leave the track early these days after NASCAR Busch qualifying sessions.
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NASCAR drivers turn to face Talladega dangers
TALLADEGA, Ala. – Racing at nearly 200 mph surrounded by tons of heavy metal is a tough way to make a living. Doing it at the Talladega Superspeedway is even riskier.
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Crime committed for medical care
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Larry Causey figured he couldn’t afford cancer treatment in a hospital, so he went to a place where it’s free: jail.
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Negotiations resume today on return of American spy plane
BEIJING (AP) – U.S.
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Doctors to implant first self-contained artificial heart
WASHINGTON (AP) – An American on the brink of death soon will receive the first self-contained, mechanical total heart replacement in a landmark surgery experts hope will lead to new hope for patie
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Armed boy shot by trooper
BEEBE (AP) – An Arkansas state trooper fatally shot a 17-year-old boy near here after the youth pointed a rifle at the trooper, state police said.
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Entergy files to recoup from storms
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Arkansas’ largest electric provider wants to assess rate payers the $155 million cost of repairs from two winter ice storms.
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Air Force base upgrades housing, cost estimated at $100 million
JACKSONVILLE (AP) – About 1,500 homes at Little Rock Air Force Base will be upgraded by a private developer, and about $100 million is to be spent in the renovation.
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Witnesses say inmate drank bleach willingly
CROSSETT (AP) – State police say inmates in the Crossett Jail confirm a jailer’s account that a prisoner willingly drank the laundry bleach that eventually killed him.
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Millions awarded to airline passenger
LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Jurors awarded $5.7 million to a passenger on an airliner that crashed in 1999, but declined to punish American Airlines for emotional distress she said she suffered because of a
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William Crabtree
WALNUT RIDGE – William Crabtree, 93, of Pocahontas died today, April 19, 2001, in a Pocahontas hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by Higginbotham Funeral Service of Walnut Ridge.
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Lloyd E. Fowler
Lloyd E. Fowler, 73, of Heber Springs died today, April 19, 2001, at a hospital in Batesville.
Arrangements will be announced by Qualls Batesville Funeral Service of Batesville.
