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Jonesboro police investigating store robberies

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Police in Jonesboro say $4 stores have been robbed at gunpoint since early December.

The latest robbery was Saturday night at a Dollar General store in downtown Jonesboro that was also robbed New Year's Eve. The robber on Saturday also fired twice into the air as he left the store - but no one was injured.

Police say another

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Crawford Co. judge allows evidence in murder trial

VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) - A Crawford County judge has rejected motions to suppress evidence and a statement given by a man charged with capital murder

Attorneys for 44-year-old Ronald Anthony Cash sought to suppress a gun taken from the home of Cash's father when Cash was arrested and statements he made to police. Cash is charged with in the February

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Ark. lawmaker plans to bring up immigrant tuition

By JEANNIE NUSS
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A proposal to allow in-state tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants in Arkansas is likely to resurface in the upcoming legislative session.

Democratic state Sen. Joyce Elliott of Little Rock says she plans to introduce a bill that would grant in-state rates to

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Annual Gillett Coon Supper attracts more than 100

GILLETT, Ark. (AP) - The annual Coon Supper attracted a crowd of more than 100 - including the two announced candidates for governor.

The 70th Annual Gillett Farmers and Businessmen's Club's Coon Supper was held Saturday at the Gillett High School gymnasium. The event began as a fund-raiser for athletics at Gillett High School and now raises money

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Today in History - January 13

By The Associated Press

Today is Sunday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2013. There are 352 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 13, 2012, the Italian luxury liner Costa Concordia ran aground off the Tuscan island of Giglio and flipped onto its side; 32 people were killed. (Ship's captain Francesco Schettino (frahn-CHEHS'-koh

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