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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News of Arkansasen-usTue Jun 10 11:13:05 2008288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/au/Uus-foodcrisis-harvest.RoOB_IuA.htmlwed/au/Uus-foodcrisis-harvest.RoOB_IuA.html1213095912Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:05:12 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/au/Uus-foodcrisis-harvest.RoOB_IuA.html"></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 10 (UPI) -- The global food crisis has farmers in the United States and elsewhere planting more acres but crops are running behind last year's yields, farmers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/au/Uus-foodcrisis-harvest.RoOB_IuA.html">Farmers planting to meet world harvests</a><br />LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 10 (UPI) -- The global food crisis has farmers in the United States and elsewhere planting more acres but crops are running behind last year's yields, farmers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ap/Uus-birdflu.RO-n_Iu4.htmlwed/ap/Uus-birdflu.RO-n_Iu4.html1212567355Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:15:55 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ap/Uus-birdflu.RO-n_Iu4.html"></a>SPRINGDALE, Ark., June 4 (UPI) -- Tyson Foods said it will destroy 15,000 chickens in Arkansas that were exposed to a low-pathogenic strain of bird flu.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ap/Uus-birdflu.RO-n_Iu4.html">Tyson destroys poultry exposed to bird flu</a><br />SPRINGDALE, Ark., June 4 (UPI) -- Tyson Foods said it will destroy 15,000 chickens in Arkansas that were exposed to a low-pathogenic strain of bird flu.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/al/Ayb117310536.RoLD_IAD.htmlwed/al/Ayb117310536.RoLD_IAD.html1210684218Tue, 13 May 2008 13:10:18 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/al/Ayb117310536.RoLD_IAD.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/ah/photo-cnt39212.jpg" height="94.2" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" /></a>SENECA, Mo. - Another round of storms headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states early Tuesday where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/al/Ayb117310536.RoLD_IAD.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/ah/photo-cnt39212.jpg" height="94.2" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" />More storms headed for tornado-damaged Mo., Ark.</a><br />SENECA, Mo. - Another round of storms headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states early Tuesday where residents are still picking up from the weekend's killer twisters.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cu/Ayb117304070.RcPu_IAD.htmlwed/cu/Ayb117304070.RcPu_IAD.html1210678235Tue, 13 May 2008 11:30:35 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cu/Ayb117304070.RcPu_IAD.html"></a>BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says its profit rose nearly 7 percent in its first quarter on higher sales. The results beat Wall Street's expectations.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cu/Ayb117304070.RcPu_IAD.html">Wal-Mart profit rises 6.9 pct, beats Street view</a><br />BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says its profit rose nearly 7 percent in its first quarter on higher sales. The results beat Wall Street's expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cg/Ayb117227932.R-CM_IA9.htmlwed/cg/Ayb117227932.R-CM_IA9.html1210355454Fri, 09 May 2008 17:50:54 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cg/Ayb117227932.R-CM_IA9.html"></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cg/Ayb117227932.R-CM_IA9.html">Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child</a><br />LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman - she's pregnant with her 18th child.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cq/Ayb117183233.RQLX_IA8.htmlwed/cq/Ayb117183233.RQLX_IA8.html1210254025Thu, 08 May 2008 13:40:25 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cq/Ayb117183233.RQLX_IA8.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/au/photo-cnt37632.jpg" height="94.2" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" /></a>BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says sales of groceries and items such as flat-screen TVs boosted its same-store sales in April above Wall Street expectations.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cq/Ayb117183233.RQLX_IA8.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/au/photo-cnt37632.jpg" height="94.2" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" />Wal-Mart same-store sales top Wall Street expectations</a><br />BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says sales of groceries and items such as flat-screen TVs boosted its same-store sales in April above Wall Street expectations.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117041991.R77H_IA3.htmlwed/bu/Ayb117041991.R77H_IA3.html1209871857Sun, 04 May 2008 03:30:57 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117041991.R77H_IA3.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117041991.R77H_IA3.html">Survivors search for belongings amid Ark. tornado wreckage</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage Saturday as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Ayb117036232.Rl78_IA3.htmlwed/dh/Ayb117036232.Rl78_IA3.html1209839409Sat, 03 May 2008 18:30:09 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Ayb117036232.Rl78_IA3.html"></a>SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - Residents of communities across Arkansas on Saturday faced the wreckage of homes torn apart by violent weather that has pushed this year's storm death toll in the state up to at least 26.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Ayb117036232.Rl78_IA3.html">7 die in severe storms in Ark., raising year's toll to 26</a><br />SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - Residents of communities across Arkansas on Saturday faced the wreckage of homes torn apart by violent weather that has pushed this year's storm death toll in the state up to at least 26.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ay/Ayb117030667.Rd0F_IA3.htmlwed/ay/Ayb117030667.Rd0F_IA3.html1209813021Sat, 03 May 2008 11:10:21 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ay/Ayb117030667.Rd0F_IA3.html"></a>SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - With a pep talk from Gov. Mike Beebe, emergency workers fanned out across Arkansas to help residents cope with another bout of violent weather that pushed the state's storm death toll to 24 for the year.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ay/Ayb117030667.Rd0F_IA3.html">8 die in severe storms in Arkansas, raising 2008 toll to 24</a><br />SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - With a pep talk from Gov. Mike Beebe, emergency workers fanned out across Arkansas to help residents cope with another bout of violent weather that pushed the state's storm death toll to 24 for the year.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aj/Ayb117024991.Raes_IA3.htmlwed/aj/Ayb117024991.Raes_IA3.html1209795009Sat, 03 May 2008 06:10:09 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aj/Ayb117024991.Raes_IA3.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aj/Ayb117024991.Raes_IA3.html">Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 8 killed in Arkansas</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/af/Ayb117023805.RrAX_IA2.htmlwed/af/Ayb117023805.RrAX_IA2.html1209786615Sat, 03 May 2008 03:50:15 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/af/Ayb117023805.RrAX_IA2.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed seven people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/af/Ayb117023805.RrAX_IA2.html">Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 killed in Arkansas</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed seven people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cv/Ayb117009296.RTDr_IA2.htmlwed/cv/Ayb117009296.RTDr_IA2.html1209775877Sat, 03 May 2008 00:51:17 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cv/Ayb117009296.RTDr_IA2.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cv/Ayb117009296.RTDr_IA2.html">Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 die in Arkansas</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117015945.ReSy_IA2.htmlwed/bu/Ayb117015945.ReSy_IA2.html1209766309Fri, 02 May 2008 22:11:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117015945.ReSy_IA2.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/bu/Ayb117015945.ReSy_IA2.html">Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 7 die in Arkansas</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cp/Ayb117007855.R_as_IA2.htmlwed/cp/Ayb117007855.R_as_IA2.html1209750603Fri, 02 May 2008 17:50:03 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cp/Ayb117007855.R_as_IA2.html"></a>DAMASCUS, Ark. - Storms rolled across Arkansas early Friday, killing at least six people including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept in her bed.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cp/Ayb117007855.R_as_IA2.html">Storms kill 6 in Arkansas, damage homes around Kansas City</a><br />DAMASCUS, Ark. - Storms rolled across Arkansas early Friday, killing at least six people including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept in her bed.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cs/Uus-dietevolution.RbJL_IAU.htmlwed/cs/Uus-dietevolution.RbJL_IAU.html1209577204Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:40:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cs/Uus-dietevolution.RbJL_IAU.html"></a>FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. anthropologists say they've discovered morphology might suggest what ancient people could eat, but it does not necessarily reflect what they did eat.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cs/Uus-dietevolution.RbJL_IAU.html">Evolution of human diets is studied</a><br />FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., April 30 (UPI) -- U.S. anthropologists say they've discovered morphology might suggest what ancient people could eat, but it does not necessarily reflect what they did eat.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aw/Ayb116841131.RZWp_IMS.htmlwed/aw/Ayb116841131.RZWp_IMS.html1209385126Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:18:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aw/Ayb116841131.RZWp_IMS.html"></a>BENTONVILLE, Ark. - An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/aw/Ayb116841131.RZWp_IMS.html">300-pound inmate complains Ark. jail doesn't feed him well</a><br />BENTONVILLE, Ark. - An inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge is suing the county, complaining he has lost more than 100 pounds because of the jailhouse menu.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cc/Uus-tyson.R53c_IAN.htmlwed/cc/Uus-tyson.R53c_IAN.html1208980213Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:50:13 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cc/Uus-tyson.R53c_IAN.html"></a>BALTIMORE, April 23 (UPI) -- A federal judge declared Tuesday that Arkansas food processor Tyson Food was misleading the public with claims its chicken were raised without antibiotics.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cc/Uus-tyson.R53c_IAN.html">Tyson advertising misleading, judge says</a><br />BALTIMORE, April 23 (UPI) -- A federal judge declared Tuesday that Arkansas food processor Tyson Food was misleading the public with claims its chicken were raised without antibiotics.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dv/Uus-politics-huckabee.RpVo_IAH.htmlwed/dv/Uus-politics-huckabee.RpVo_IAH.html1208442437Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:27:17 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dv/Uus-politics-huckabee.RpVo_IAH.html"></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 17 (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has formed a political action committee he says will assist the election efforts of GOP candidates.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dv/Uus-politics-huckabee.RpVo_IAH.html">Huckabee introduces PAC, Web site</a><br />LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 17 (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has formed a political action committee he says will assist the election efforts of GOP candidates.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cm/Ayb116305186.RRuv_IMB.htmlwed/cm/Ayb116305186.RRuv_IMB.html1207890650Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:10:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cm/Ayb116305186.RRuv_IMB.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/ae/photo-cnt29944.jpg" height="87" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" /></a>ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cm/Ayb116305186.RRuv_IMB.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/ae/photo-cnt29944.jpg" height="87" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" />Storms Pound Midwest With Rain, Snow</a><br />ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cr/Ayb116300628.Rr9l_IMA.htmlwed/cr/Ayb116300628.Rr9l_IMA.html1207872741Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:12:21 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cr/Ayb116300628.Rr9l_IMA.html"></a>ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cr/Ayb116300628.Rr9l_IMA.html">Storms Pound Midwest With Rain, Snow</a><br />ST. LOUIS - A line of severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes and even snow pounded the nation's heartland on Thursday, flooding nearly 200 roads in Missouri, closing schools in Arkansas and ripping the roofs of dozens of houses in Texas.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cd/Ayb116101577.R7s__IM4.htmlwed/cd/Ayb116101577.R7s__IM4.html1207316216Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:36:56 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cd/Ayb116101577.R7s__IM4.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/bb/photo-cnt28856.jpg" height="96" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" /></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The National Weather Service says an unknown number of people were injured when a tornado swept through the Little Rock, Arkansas, area last night. At the North Little Rock Airport, the tornado destroyed a hangar and several small planes and left several others flipped over onto their wings.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cd/Ayb116101577.R7s__IM4.html"><img src="http://rss.usti.net/xwd/bb/photo-cnt28856.jpg" height="96" width="144" align="left" alt="Photo" title="Photo" />Tornado Hits Central Arkansas</a><br />LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The National Weather Service says an unknown number of people were injured when a tornado swept through the Little Rock, Arkansas, area last night. At the North Little Rock Airport, the tornado destroyed a hangar and several small planes and left several others flipped over onto their wings.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Uus-bridgeworkers.RdOW_IA3.htmlwed/dh/Uus-bridgeworkers.RdOW_IA3.html1207197395Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:36:35 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Uus-bridgeworkers.RdOW_IA3.html"></a>NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 3 (UPI) -- Three bridge workers are likely dead after falling into a river in Arkansas Wednesday when their platform broke free, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dh/Uus-bridgeworkers.RdOW_IA3.html">Arkansas: 3 bridge workers believed dead</a><br />NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 3 (UPI) -- Three bridge workers are likely dead after falling into a river in Arkansas Wednesday when their platform broke free, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cx/Ayb116061808.RKf0_IM2.htmlwed/cx/Ayb116061808.RKf0_IM2.html1207181801Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:16:41 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cx/Ayb116061808.RKf0_IM2.html"></a>NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Three construction workers were presumed dead Wednesday after the scaffolding they were on along a highway bridge collapsed and fell 100 feet into the swollen Arkansas River, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/cx/Ayb116061808.RKf0_IM2.html">3 Workers Missing in Ark. Bridge Fall</a><br />NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Three construction workers were presumed dead Wednesday after the scaffolding they were on along a highway bridge collapsed and fell 100 feet into the swollen Arkansas River, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ba/Uus-walmart.RSJ0_IA1.htmlwed/ba/Uus-walmart.RSJ0_IA1.html1207109423Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:10:23 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ba/Uus-walmart.RSJ0_IA1.html"></a>BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 1 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has given up its effort to collect reimbursement for payments made to a disabled former employee for medical expenses, the retailer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/ba/Uus-walmart.RSJ0_IA1.html">Wal-Mart gives up fight with injured woman</a><br />BENTONVILLE, Ark., April 1 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has given up its effort to collect reimbursement for payments made to a disabled former employee for medical expenses, the retailer said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dg/Ayb115850408.RodY_IFQ.htmlwed/dg/Ayb115850408.RodY_IFQ.html1206655828Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:10:28 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dg/Ayb115850408.RodY_IFQ.html"></a>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Empty grain elevators surrounded by a swollen White River await a harvest that may never come as floodwaters drown wheat already planted this spring.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/local.arkansas/2/wed/dg/Ayb115850408.RodY_IFQ.html">Arkansas Flooding Drowns Fields, Futures</a><br />LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Empty grain elevators surrounded by a swollen White River await a harvest that may never come as floodwaters drown wheat already planted this spring.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP)