Track Sharks With Your Phone
Tracking sharks swimming off the Pacific Coast is now as easy as pulling out your smartphone.The Institute for Marine Conservation in California has created an app that is now available to anyone ...
View ArticleNew School Nutrition Standards to Be Announced
The standards would increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and limit calories based on the age of children. Schools would also only offer fat-free or low-fat ...
View ArticleCollege Financial Aid Applications Spiking
USA Today reports more than 21 million families filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2010-11 academic year, up 49 percent from two years ...
View ArticleEast End Special Needs Dance Studio Expanding
A local program is bringing the chance to dance in a comfortable environment to kids who may otherwise not get it.The "I Can! Dance" program is geared toward children with spina bifida, ...
View ArticleNBC Picks Up New Roseanne Comedy
NBC TV is giving Roseanne Barr another show.The network has announced its pick-up of the comedienne's latest project, a sitcom titled "Downwardly Mobile." The series will be written ...
View ArticleArkansans find fault, offer praise after speech
Republican members of Arkansas' congressional delegation slammed President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech for not dealing adequately with the nation's budget deficit and ...
View ArticleRomney’s ’10 tax bill $3 million
Mitt Romney's campaign released hundreds of pages of tax documents Tuesday, providing a glimpse into his sprawling investments, both in the United States and abroad, in an effort to dampen the ...
View ArticleAmerican Woman Rescued in Somalia
The White House is speaking out on the overnight raid and rescue mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEALs in Somalia.The SEALs rescued a Virginia woman and a Danish citizen who'd been held hostage ...
View ArticleGoogle Announces Plans to Track Online Users
Google is getting set to track activity of users across the spectrum of its services, including Gmail, search, YouTube, and other sites.The tracking begins on March 1st.Google says its intent is to ...
View ArticleWomack Responds to President's State of the Union Address
Congressman Steve Womack released the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union address: "The President continues to run away from his dismal record of the ...
View ArticlePrescribed Burns for Nimrod, Blue Mountain Lakes
Smoke will be rising in the area around lakes Nimrod and Blue Mountain when prescribed burns by the Corps of Engineers begin there.Personnel from the Nimrod-Blue Mountain Project Office, and the ...
View ArticleArkansas College Students Better-Prepared for the Classroom
There's encouraging news from colleges and universities across Arkansas.Remediation rates for students has reached its second-lowest point since the Arkansas Department of Higher Education ...
View ArticleCity can't ban filming of council meetings
CALICO ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A newspaper says a northern Arkansas community's new ordinance banning video recording at city council meetings is clearly illegal and that it plans to challenge the ...
View ArticleLee Spencer Cup winner to be honored
After totaling 5,057 points and donating 400 hours of service to the Northwest Arkansas community, Arkansas' soccer team will be recognized at men's basketball game against Auburn on Jan. ...
View ArticleWatkins earns Primetime honor
Sarah Watkins earned selection to Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll, CollegeSports360.com announced recently. Watkins, who earned Southeastern Conference Player of the Week honors Monday, ...
View ArticleMen's basketball hosts Auburn
Fan Guide FAYETTEVILLE -- The University of Arkansas men's basketball team is set to host Auburn tonight at 8 p.m. inside Bud Walton Arena. Tonight's game will be broadcast on the radio ...
View ArticleMeet the Razorbacks Day set for Feb. 4
FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas baseball team will hold its annual "Meet the Razorbacks Day" on Saturday, February 4, at center court of the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The event will run ...
View ArticleParts of Arkansas under flood watch
Arkansas is bracing for more rain and possible storms. The National Weather Service says a storm system crossing the southern Plains could dump heavy rain on parts of Oklahoma and Northwest ...
View ArticleArkansas teen charged in sister's death
A formal murder charge has been filed against a 15-year-old Arkansas boy who authorities say confessed to killing his sister. In court documents filed Wednesday, prosecutors charged Colton Harvey ...
View ArticleYouths escape Dermott detention center
-; The state Department of Human Services says authorities are looking for two youths who escaped from a juvenile detention center in southeastern Arkansas. Spokeswoman Amy Webb says the escape ...
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