NEW YORK (AP) - Stock trading will be closed in the U.S. for a second day Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast. Bond trading will also be closed.

The last time the New York Stock Exchange was closed for weather was in 1985 because of Hurricane Gloria, and it will be the first time since 1888 that the exchange will have been

By most standards, Parkin, Arkansas is a sleepy farming community where things are typically quiet. That was not the case on Monday morning.

 "It was a loud boom. I was just getting out of bed and it shook me, shook the whole house," explained resident Walter Warner.

Milton Atkins recalled, "Sounded like a boom at

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation has awarded a $150,000 grant to support a technology center in southeast Arkansas.

The grant was awarded to the Delta Technology Education Center, which is based in Dumas. The community partnership to create the center formed after a 2007 tornado caused serious damage throughout Dumas.

The

PARKIN, Ark. (AP) - No damage or injuries have been reported after a 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Monday morning in eastern Arkansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 7.39 a.m. Monday in Cross County. The quake's epicenter was 6 miles southwest of Parkin, 16 miles north-northeast of Forrest City and about 30 miles west of