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Arkansas Restaurateur: Racism Led To Permit Denial (BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:00:26 GMT

John Lyon, Arkansas News Bureau - The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Wednesday denied an application for a permit to serve mixed drinks at a planned Fort Smith restaurant whose owner claimed racism was behind police opposition to his application. The board voted 4-1 to uphold ABC Director Michael Langley’s denial in April of a restaurant [...]

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Baldor Electric Company Announces 1st Quarter 2008 Dividend and Notice of Annual Shareholders' Meeting (China 3G Telecom Market Report)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:25:09 GMT

FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baldor Electric Company markets, designs, and manufactures industrial electric motors, power transmission products, drives, and generators and is based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Baldor made the following announcements after the Company's Board of...

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Campaign mailing in Ark. race screams ‘Judas!’ (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:53:51 GMT

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A race for a seat in the Arkansas House has taken on biblical proportions as a contender’s campaign mailing offers a one-word description of the incumbent: “Judas!”… Share This

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Lutterus fires in Arkansas (News.com.au)

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:38:00 GMT

AUSTRALIAN David Lutterus shot four rounds in the sixties to finish in a share of third place in the Fort Smith Classic on the secondary Nationwide Tour.

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Nolan 42nd as Knost takes maiden win (Irish Golf Desk)

Sun, 11 May 2008 21:49:15 GMT

Keith Nolan slithered to 42nd in the Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas as former US Amateur champion Colt Knost grabbed his maiden Nationwide Tour victory. Dallas native and 2007 Walker Cup winner Knost, 22, closed with a five-under par 65 to win by a stroke from Darron Stiles on 12-under par. But Former Walker Cup and PGA Tour player Nolan went backwards after opening with rounds of 68...

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Nolan hits route 66 in Arkansas (Irish Golf Desk)

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:15:30 GMT

Keith Nolan is just four shots off the lead thanks to a second round 66 in the Nationwide Tour's Fort Smith Classic in Arkansas. The former Walker Cup star had five birdies and just one bogey on his card to move into a share of 12th place on six under par at Hardscrabble Country Club. Coming off a run of three missed cuts in a row, Nolan birdied the first and bogeyed the second before...

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River Bend Industries Acquires Victor Plastics (Business Wire)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:43:00 GMT

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--River Bend Industries of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has acquired Victor Plastics, Inc. following a bankruptcy court auction. The deal closed April 22,

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Police say Pizza Hut manager sold marijuana from drive-up window (Cave News)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:33:42 GMT

A Fort Smith, Arkansas Pizza Hut manager was charged for allegedly selling pot from his drive-up window. Authorities said Monday that state and local investigators acting on a tip went to the Pizza Hut restaurant and found six ounces of...

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Do you want a side order of pot with your pizza? (OYAX)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:39:11 GMT

That may sound odd, but a drive through Pizza Hut in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was offering just that. The manager of the pizza place was arrested for selling pot in the drive-through window....

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Death sentence given for 3 Ark. deaths (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:34:00 GMT

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- An Arkansas man who lived with the bodies of his girlfriend and her two children for five days after killing them has been sentenced to death.

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MormonTimes.com: Parley P. Pratt finally going home (Deseret Morning News)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:43:00 GMT

The Fort Smith, Ark., Times Record explores the recent decision to allow the descendants of Elder Parley P. Pratt to move his body from Arkansas to Utah. This story is longer and more detailed than the Associated Press coverage you may have already seen. To read the story from MormonTimes.com please click here.

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Parley Returns Home (By Common Consent)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:48:09 GMT

The Fort Smith, Arkansas Times Record has an interesting article: the descendants of Parley P. Pratt have obtained a judge’s order to exhume the Apostle’s remains and move them to a designated grave in Utah. The article — which is quite thorough, actually — goes on to describe Pratt’s death and the struggle to [...]

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Arkansas Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Buddhist Temple Election Dispute (Religion Clause)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:00 GMT

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case challenging an election of board members at a Buddhist Temple in Fort Smith (AK). The Northwest Arkansas Morning News reports on the appeal of a state circuit court's decision ordering an election and deciding who was a voting member of Wat Buddha Samakitham . James Dunn, attorney for the defendants, argued that...

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"A long way to fall: Fort Smith police and federal agents investigate Ron Fields, once one of Arkansas's most distinguished prosecuting attorneys." (How Appealing)

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:16:29 GMT

"A long way to fall: Fort Smith police and federal agents investigate Ron Fields, once one of Arkansas's most distinguished prosecuting attorneys." The current issue of Arkansas Times contains this cover story....

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Victor Plastics Signs Letter of Intent to Sell to Riverbend Industries (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:14:56 GMT

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Victor Plastics, Inc. announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent to sell the Company to River Bend Industries of Fort Smith, AR. The annou...

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Rating the Promo Schedule - Part 1 (Beale Street Beat)

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:57:31 GMT

As many of you know, I’m not a resident of the Greater DC area (worst interstate traffic ever!). Instead I reside miles away in a fallout shelter built underneath a Frank Lloyd Wright designed cathouse in Fort Smith, Arkansas (”Horizontal Lines for Horizontal Action!” is their slogan. Don't know why a whorehouse needs a slogan but whatever, I [...]

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Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas (The Two Malcontents)

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:42:20 GMT

KFSM-TV — Fort Smith, Arkansas Springdale, Ark. — The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon. Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy [...]

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Mirage Networks Protects Clinic's High Tech Medical Equipment from Zero-day Threats (Business Wire)

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:38:00 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirage Networks, developer of the only patented Network Access Control (NAC) solution, today announced that Cooper Clinic of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has

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The Racism Fairy Strikes Again (feminist blogs)

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:17:03 GMT

From Rachel's Tavern: State Sen. Denny Altes apologized Thursday for writing an e-mail saying Arkansas is overrun with illegal aliens and that “we are being out populated by blacks also.” Altes, the Fort Smith senator who serves as Republican leader of the Arkansas Senate, tearfully apologized in an interview with The Associated Press but said he [...]

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"USA Today" Feature Includes Hannah Cross - University of Arkansas Fort Smith (Online Learning Update)

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:59:33 GMT

A 22-year-old marketing major from the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith was featured in a Nov. 28 article in “USA Today” after her success in taking online courses through UA Fort Smith. Hannah Cross of Greenwood, who expects to graduate in May, was interviewed for the article after her name was given to the magazine by Christy Williams, executive director of the Single Parent...

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