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Upper Lip Is Hairy Business

Facial hair is making a comeback and in grand fashion.

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Standing With Family Farmers and Ranchers

Almost one year ago, on June 22, 2010, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled USDA’s new rule, which will reform livestock markets and restore some competition among meatpackers and poultry processors.

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No Excuse For Violence Against Transgendered

Over The Rainbow: May 12 Marcal Camero Tye was killed in the early morning hours of March 8 by a single gunshot to the head and from blunt force trauma

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National Guard Says 'Thank You'

From SFC Clyde Osterhout: I thought I would take the time to thank the good citizens and businesses of Northwest Arkansas for your unwavering support of our military.

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Profile: May 12

I am a dispatcher at Central EMS. I’ve worked there since May of 2006; five years this month. I answer 911 calls and send ambulances and about 17 rural fire departments to emergency locations.

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Gay Arkansas

Whenever I make new gay friends and tell them I live in Arkansas, I usually receive some patronizing words of good luck or of how difficult it must be to live and be an activist in such a backward state.

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Welcome To Gayetteville

Our marginalization is the source of our power and identity — not a sign of weakness. We must use our collective experience to make the changes we deserve.

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High Security For His Holiness

The Dalai Lama will arrive in Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday, May 10.

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Osama Death Coverage

It’s always fascinating to see how major media outlets cover big time news events, and it doesn’t get much bigger than the death of Osama Bin Laden … or Usama, depending on where you’re reading.

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I Still Smile

Being a lesbian in a leadership position at a Christian preschool, I was a little pleased to think that I might have unknowingly hired a gay man.