Daily Newspaper Sections
U.S. / World*
Ruling that gave Citibank more time to complete deal for bank is blocked
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
NEW YORK — The battle for control of troubled bank Wachovia tilted toward Wells Fargo on Sunday as a New York appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had favored rival bidder Citigroup.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Addie Polk, 90, of Akron, Ohio, recovering after shooting herself in the chest as deputies tried to evict her from her foreclosed home, will have her debt forgiven by the Federal National Mortgage Association, said Fannie Mae spokesman Brian Faith, who explained, “Just given the circumstances, we think it’s appropriate.”
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Germany became the latest country to move to allay fears about the financial meltdown, enhancing a rescue plan for Hypo Real Estate AG and guaranteeing private bank accounts as European governments scrambled on their own Sunday to save failing banks.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
BAGHDAD — Eleven Iraqis, including six women and children, were killed Sunday after a suicide bomber set off explosives during a raid by U.S. forces on a house in Mosul, the U.S. military said.
Obama, McCain campaigns step up attacks
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign called his Republican rival “erratic” in a television commercial released Sunday as both campaigns stepped up personal attacks.
Arkansas*
Districts lacking since ’60s
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Turrell Mayor Franklin Lockhart has tried to fire his six City Council members, saying they don’t live in separate wards of the Crittenden County town of 957.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
BENTON — Saline County voters will be asked to consider two sales-tax proposals Nov. 4, one to expand 911 operations and one to start an animal-control program.
Publisher says Oxford American on track to pay debts
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
CONWAY — Like a starving artist, The Oxford American has struggled financially almost since its birth in Oxford, Miss., in 1992.
Enrollment up 10% since switch in ’02
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
FORT SMITH — Since joining the state’s largest university system six years ago, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has left the Westark College name behind and become a four-year college with ambitious goals to become a regional academic force.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Two deputy prosecutors in southwest Arkansas with similar resumes are squaring off in a race to fill their former boss’s job, prosecuting cases in Little River, Sevier, Howard and Pike counties.
Obituaries
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertising Department by funeral homes.
Opinion and Letters*
The warning lights kept blinking
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
THERE’LL BE plenty of time to examine the causes of the Panic of ’08 when it’s over, please let it be soon. The immediate task is to get past it. But when the history of this current unpleasantness is written, a special place (in opprobrium) should be reserved for those public-private giants with balance sheets of clay, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
The first time, Troy Davis came within 24 hours of death. The second time, he came within two. Last year, it was a Georgia clemency board that stepped in to block his execution. Last month, it was the Supreme Court. Davis, the 39-year-old convicted killer of Mark MacPhail, a Savannah, Ga. police officer, was granted a stay to allow the court to consider whether to hear his appeal for a new trial. A decision is expected on Monday.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
D.C. in need of new leadership Four-dollar-a-gallon gas and the banking system on the verge of collapse, and while this was happening Congress was on a four-week vacation.
Sports*
Cowboys get breaks to hang on
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
IRVING, Texas — Three drives, three scores. The way the Dallas Cowboys were treating the winless Cincinnati Bengals, it looked as if they’d have all afternoon to work out their kinks, especially whatever’s going on between Tony Romo and Terrell Owens.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Tony Stewart ended his frustrating winless season Sunday by earning his first Sprint Cup Series victory at Talladega Superspeedway when NASCAR ruled Regan Smith’s last-lap pass was illegal.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
WILLIAMS JUNCTION — Fatigue reigned.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
FAYETTEVILLE — Never before in the 115-year history of Arkansas football have the Razorbacks endured losses in three consecutive games as lopsided as the past three to Alabama, Texas and Florida.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
MILWAUKEE — The Philadelphia Phillies found plenty of power to go with their pitching, right in time for the NL Championship Series.
Business*
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Just when I thought it was safe to leave the music world behind, three music players showed up.
Deceptive fees, deductions rife in industry, groups warn
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
WASHINGTON — Rosalba Posada can cite a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.
Text-chat prying indicates system not as secure as said
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
NEW YORK — A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.’s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including “democracy.”
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
ALEXANDER Bryan P. and Mary A. Tanner, 13484 Alexis Drive, Sept. 30, Chapter 13. Janet Fay Caton-Charles, 1098 W. Lawson Road, Sept. 26, Chapter 7. Janice K. Russell, 14116 Germania Road, Sept. 26, Chapter 7. Kendra Brooke Smith (formerly aka Kendra B. Hurst, Kendra B. Wells), 2409 Crystal Lake Circle, Sept. 30, Chapter 7.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Microsoft Corp.’s operations chief took it personally when one of the company’s biggest accounts was threatened by Google Inc.
Features*
An unprepared cyclist is a flat tire waiting to happen
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
The third annual Big Dam Bridge 100 was a no-room schoolhouse on wheels for some bicycle riders. A very crowded schoolhouse, with 1,700 students.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
MOUNTAINBURG — To understand what Lake Fort Smith State Park is all about, guests need only to stride through the front door of the visitor center and out the back to take in the view from a flagstone overlook.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
Monday Walk-in registration for Saturday’s Susan G. Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Pleasant Ridge Town Center, Little Rock; $25. (877) 722-3448.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
The Big Dam Bridge 100 bicycle tour taught several members of 4-H Team Clover that you ought to go shopping for the pants you plan to pedal 100 miles in sooner rather than later.
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
After 14 years of the Susan G. Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure, Saturday’s 15th anniversary racers can safely head for downtown Little Rock with certain expectations: An elbow-to-elbow, as-far-asthe-eye-can-see crowd will show up to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s cause of preventing and curing breast cancer. The race has grown every year. Last year’s drew more than 45,000 people.
Columnists*
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
ARKANSAS’ STAR: As promised, here’s more on actor Judge Reinhold, who’s taken to Arkansas after marrying local gal Amy Miller.
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
The times may be turbulent, but it’s best that we keep some peace about us.
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
I said before that all I really need to know I learned on Temptation Island. And then Love Cruise. And then The Bachelor.
