On air, on edge Date: 11/20/2008 By: Gerard Matthews and David Koon It was, by anyone's estimation, an unspeakable crime: On Oct. 20, Anne Pressly - a vivacious, fun-loving young woman with a smile for everyone she met and an up-and-comer at KATV Channel 7 who seemed destined for TV journalism's Big Leagues - was found badly beaten and near death in her own bed, in her tidy house, in one of Little Rock's quietest neighborhoods. /more/ Hard times start at top Date: 11/13/2008 By: Leslie Newell Peacock Many of the people reading this article are reeling from the blow dealt their savings, thanks to October's sudden and steep drop in the stock market, a plunge that followed a year's decline. /more/ Climbing the mountain Date: 11/13/2008 By: Leslie Newell Peacock The top of Petit Jean Mountain was an improbable spot to start a cattle farm, given its locale and lack of water. /more/

More not to like Date: 11/20/2008 By: Gerard Matthews The state's environmental protection agency does not require operators of drilling-mud dump sites to post assurances that they'll pay for clean-up of the sites. /more/ Progress on Fourche Date: 11/20/2008 By: Leslie Newell Peacock It's been floating around for 12 years, but a final environmental impact statement that would allow the Army Corps of Engineers to purchase bottomlands in the Fourche Creek basin for protection and recreation is on its way to Washington. /more/ Drug reform in Arkansas Date: 11/13/2008 By: Doug Smith Fayetteville voters' approval of an initiated ordinance saying that misdemeanor marijuana possession should be the lowest priority for police is significant, supporters say, even if it will have little practical effect, as city officials say. /more/

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A penny saved Date: 11/20/2008 By: Max Brantley I do the weekly grocery shopping. Sunday, I spent $109. /more/

Why reward GM? Date: 11/20/2008 By: Ernest Dumas What could be more revolting than using our hard-earned tax dollars or those of the next generation to bail out General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, especially General Motors? /more/

Twittering to Starkville Date: 11/20/2008 By: John Brummett I'm trying hard to stay peripherally attached to modern communications technology. /more/

Field guide Date: 11/13/2008 By: Bob Lancaster A primer for novice deer hunters. /more/