Read more Arkansas stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1888/arkansas.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:56:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith all eyes on her last night, Blanche Lincoln cast the deciding vote to push health reform forward—and simultaneously swung herself soundly into the epicenter of the brouhaha. By warning fellow Dems she won't support a final bill with a public option, she guaranteed their attention. But in casting...http://www.newser.com/story/74574/lincoln-swings-to-center-of-health-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:03:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70451/1-womb-2-fetuses-2-weeks-apart-heres-how.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForget that 19-pound Indonesian baby. The real miracle pregnancy is Arkansas born and bred: Julia Grovenburg, who this month managed to get pregnant not once, but twice. That’s right: two conceptions, one two weeks after the other, to be enjoyed—cherished, endured, served—concomitantly. There are only 10 recorded cases...http://www.newser.com/story/70451/1-womb-2-fetuses-2-weeks-apart-heres-how.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 11:55:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68328/duggars-expecting-kid-no-19.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 18-kid Duggar family of Arkansas is about to make way for No. 19, People reports—just five months after their oldest son and his wife have their first kiddo. “This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby...http://www.newser.com/story/68328/duggars-expecting-kid-no-19.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 11:39:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65759/health-industry-rains-cash-on-blue-dog-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Blue Dogs—the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats who have been fighting to kill health care reform proposals the industry doesn’t like—receive far more money from that industry than their non-coalition-member counterparts, the Washington Post reports. The reform push has been a boon for the lawmakers' ledgers; the group...http://www.newser.com/story/65759/health-industry-rains-cash-on-blue-dog-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 9:43:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65109/business-world-divisions-may-ease-path-to-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Chamber of Commerce launched an ad campaign this week opposing health-care reform, but businesses are hardly united against the administration's proposals, the Washington Post reports. Wal-Mart was a high-profile defector, as was temp firm Kelly Services; both back an employer mandate. And many small and medium-sized businesses are...http://www.newser.com/story/65109/business-world-divisions-may-ease-path-to-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 10:07:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60155/dmvs-please-stop-smiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour states are demanding that motorists stop saying cheese when they get their driver's license photo, and more may follow suit, reports USA Today . It's not the grinch patrol. Smiles can interfere with technology used to make sure people don't apply for illegal licenses, say officials in Arkansas, Indiana, Nevada,...http://www.newser.com/story/60155/dmvs-please-stop-smiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 17:12:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59021/ark-lawmaker-apologizes-for-calling-schumer-that-jew.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer as “that Jew” during a county GOP meeting, reports blogger Jason Tolbert of the Tolbert Report. “I don’t use a teleprompter and occasionally I put my foot in my month,” said state Sen. Kim Hendren. Told...http://www.newser.com/story/59021/ark-lawmaker-apologizes-for-calling-schumer-that-jew.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 15:31:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55903/tornado-kills-2-hurts-30-in-tenn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA reported tornado killed two people and injured 30 today in central Tennessee as a line of storms that killed three people a day earlier in western Arkansas crept across the South, emergency officials said. Tennessee Emergency Management Agency spokesman Donnie Smith confirmed the deaths Friday in Murfreesboro, about 30...http://www.newser.com/story/55903/tornado-kills-2-hurts-30-in-tenn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 18:18:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55889/3-dead-in-ark-tornado.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tornado that swept through the mountain community of Mena, Ark., killed three people and injured at least 30 others, authorities said today after a house-to-house search. The twister descended quickly on Mena shortly after 8 last night after a series of siren blasts warned residents of tornadoes in the...http://www.newser.com/story/55889/3-dead-in-ark-tornado.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 13:49:50 CDT