Author: Kelly P. Kissel
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Dropping turkeys from planes triggers Arkansas festival flap
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — To some it’s an Ozark Mountain Mardi Gras that includes live turkeys being dropped from a low-flying plane to an eager crowd below. To others, it’s just animal abuse. The 72nd Yellville Turkey Trot opened Friday with questions over whether the turkey drop portion would continue. The Chamber of Commerce for…
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Rapper held on unrelated charges after Little Rock shooting
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A rapper whose concert in Little Rock was the site of a shooting that left 28 people injured was arrested early Sunday on unrelated assault charges while outside an Alabama club where he was performing just 24 hours later, authorities said. Ricky Hampton, 25, of Memphis, Tennessee, also known as Finese…
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How high is too high for a pile of chicken droppings?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — How high is too high for a pile of chicken manure? Eight feet, apparently. Chicken waste is an excellent fertilizer, but with the growing season still weeks away it’s piling up in barns across the South. To reduce the risk of fire from spontaneous combustion, poultry experts are warning farmers…
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Arkansas desegregation case inches to resolution
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ long-running desegregation lawsuit inched closer to a resolution Friday when a federal judge said he was satisfied with a rural school district’s plan to provide college scholarships for more students. Loose ends remain, however, for the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts, which since…
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Hobby Lobby escapes Affordable Care Act fines for now
OKLAHOMA CITY – Hobby Lobby and a sister company will not be subject to $1.3 million in daily fines for failing to provide access to certain forms of birth control through its employees’ health care plans, a judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton set a hearing for July 19 to address claims by…
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Two Colorado stormchasers among those killed in Oklahoma tornado
Three veteran storm chasers – two of them from Colorado – died doing what they loved: roaming the Great Plains in search of dangerous storms like the one in Oklahoma that was their final pursuit. Tim Samaras, his son Paul and colleague Carl Young, who through the years had shared dramatic videos with television viewers…
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Muslim convert says recruiter shootings justified
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Muslim convert charged with fatally shooting an American soldier at a military recruiting center said Tuesday that he doesn’t consider the killing a murder because U.S. military action in the Middle East made the killing justified.”I do feel I’m not guilty,” Abdulhakim Muhammad told The Associated Press in a collect…