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Persuasive appeal helped Clemmons win clemency

Source: Seattle Times

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Tue Dec 01 03:58:59 -0800 2009 | political-news

At age 17, sentenced to 35 years for aggravated robbery and theft in Little Rock after he stole a purse from a woman, claiming he had a gun and punching her. January 1990: Sentenced to 60 years for burglary and...

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College Football Notebook: Meyer fined $30,000

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Fri Nov 06 22:25:43 -0800 2009 | sports-news

The league fined Meyer $30,000 yesterday, two days after he said referees missed a late hit against quarterback Tim Tebow in No...Meyer sent video of the play to the SEC office, but his mistake was telling reporters refs missed the...

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Man gets life sentence in Little Rock television anchor's slaying

Source: The Dallas Morning News

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Fri Nov 13 01:40:40 -0800 2009 | political-news

Ark. – The man convicted of killing Little Rock television personality Anne Pressly has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The jury that convicted Curtis Vance, 29, of capital murder, rape and burglary in last year's attack at...

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Schumer says failure not an option on health care

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Mon Nov 23 16:58:07 -0800 2009 | health-news

Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands. "We're not going to not pass a...

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US man guilty of newsreader death

Source: BBC

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Wed Nov 11 14:41:30 -0800 2009 | disasters

Curtis Lavelle Vance, 29, could now face the death penalty for killing 26-year-old Anne Pressly...Ms Pressly was found by her mother who had gone round to her house on 20 October after she failed to answer her regular morning wake-up...

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Suspect in anchorwoman killing blames police trick

Source: Kansas City Star

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Thu Oct 08 12:23:20 -0700 2009 | technology-news

He also is charged with rape, residential burglary and theft and is set for a trial Nov. 2 after pleading not guilty. Taking the stand as defense lawyers try to suppress statements he gave to officers, Vance said he feared...

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Arkansas company buys Iowa Telecom

Source: Des Moines Register

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Tue Nov 24 09:00:02 -0800 2009 | business-news

Newton-based Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. said this morning that the local service telephone company has agreed to be acquired by Windstream Corp. of Little Rock, Ark., for stock and cash valued at about $1.1 billion. The acquisition would include Iowa...

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Windstream acquiring business-focused phone, data company

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Tue Nov 03 22:26:14 -0800 2009 | business-news

NuVox, based in Greenville, S.C., operates in 48 locations in southeastern and midwestern states. With the addition of NuVox, business and broadband revenue will constitute more than half of Windstream's total revenue. The $643 million deal will see Windstream issue...

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Jury weighs death for anchorwoman's murderer

Source: The Journal Gazette

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Thu Nov 12 13:44:46 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Ark. – A man was convicted of capital murder Wednesday for beating an Arkansas TV anchorwoman so brutally a year ago that her face was shattered, and she never regained consciousness before dying five days later. Curtis Lavelle Vance could...

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Book-signing campaign brings Huckabee to town

Source: Tulsa World

Little Rock :: AR :: USA | updated Tue Nov 10 05:50:49 -0800 2009 | political-news

Huckabee will sign copies of "A Simple Christmas" and his other six books for an hour beginning at 5 p.m...Yale Ave. "A book tour is a little more intense, actually," Huckabee said Monday by telephone from Wichita. "We're covering more...

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