MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Three researchers at a New York University Medical Center lab provided results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said Monday. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
A Benton man who was the purported victim of an April shooting has been arrested after his release from a hospital, the Benton Police Department said Monday. Arkansas Online stories
In the quiet radio sound booth during a commercial break, “Angry” Patrick Beam is pleased with the Michael Jackson joke he’d just told on-air — “He did a ‘Reverse Pinocchio.’ He started out as a real boy but wanted to be a puppet," Melissa Tucker writes in Tuesday's Style section. Arkansas Online stories The Arkansas [...]
MOUNT MAGAZINE STATE PARK — Conservation officials are planning a ceremony to mark the recovery of the population of an endangered snail that lives at Mount Magazine State Park. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
Facebook, the brainchild of a young chief executive who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald’s, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by users’ friendships, photos and family ties. Arkansas Online stories BARBARA ORTUTAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLYTHEVILLE — Police in Blytheville say one person was fatally shot after officers responded to a report that a person was being held hostage. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $ 590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
So far, no Arkansas colleges or universities are permitting faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
ZAGREB, Croatia — Mirjana Filipovic is still haunted by the land mine blast that killed her boyfriend and blew off her left leg while on a fishing trip nearly a decade ago. It happened in a field that was supposedly de-mined. Arkansas Online stories The Associated Press
