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Tuesday, November 15, 2011  Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee served as keynote speaker at Hannibal-LaGrange University's 70th annual booster banquet Tuesday night.

Friday, August 19, 2011  Judge accepts plea to free 3 men convicted in Arkansas scouts' deaths after 18 years in prison

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Cargill issued the turkey recall after one person in California died and at least 76 people across the country got sick from salmonella poisoning.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  Violent thunderstorms leave 13 dead in central US, days after Joplin tornado

Friday, May 06, 2011  Mississippi River continues to rise, residents flee as flooding begins in parts of the Delta

Friday, April 15, 2011  Story updated: Death toll rises to nine, photos added

Sunday, January 02, 2011  Shaken residents spent New Year's Day sifting through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes that touched down in several states in the final hours of 2010, killing seven people in two states and injuring dozens of others.

Saturday, January 01, 2011  Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the U.S. South and Midwest on Friday and early Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Democrats retained their Senate majority Tuesday, losing five seats but winning key races in West Virginia and California

Wednesday, October 27, 2010  An Arkansas school board member allegedly says he would not wear purple to show support for bullied gay and lesbian youth unless "they all commit suicide."

Friday, June 11, 2010  Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley early Friday, killing at least 20 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water.

Wednesday, April 07, 2010  A 16-year-old Arkansas boy is claiming in a criminal complaint that his mother slandered him on his Facebook page.

Thursday, February 04, 2010  Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee will visit Iowa to campaign for Bob Vander Plaats, a GOP candidate for governor.

Friday, January 29, 2010  Winter storm warnings were in effect from New Mexico to North Carolina

Wednesday, November 18, 2009  Ark. police officer uses stun gun on unruly 10-year-old girl; town mayor wants investigation