Former President Bill Clinton's nonprofit foundation raised more than $124 million last year as his wife sought the Democratic presidential nomination, according to tax forms recently filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

Study shows retailers get $1B of sales tax back

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Even as they struggle amid the slowing economy, some states are giving retailers back about $1 billion in sales taxes each year as reimbursement for acting as tax collectors, and Illinois is giving the most, according to a study released Tuesday.

Ark. seizes 21 more kids from evangelist's group

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State officials on Tuesday took into protective custody 21 children associated with an evangelical group whose founder faces federal child sex charges.

In book, Huckabee resumes primary feud with Romney

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Mike Huckabee reprises his primary feud with Mitt Romney in his latest book, calling his fellow former Republican governor's record "anything but conservative" before his White House bid.

Jonesboro shooter gets more prison time in Ark.

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Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and could remain behind bars well into his 30s.

UCA can't win official Southland title

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Central Arkansas might finish atop the Southland Conference in football, but the league won't be calling the Bears champions.

Ark. blacks can't break state, Congress barrier

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Arkansas remains the only state from the former Confederacy not to elect an African-American to Congress or any statewide office since Reconstruction - and last week it soundly rejected the man set to become the nation's first black president.

Tyson 4Q profit rises 50 percent, looks to future

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Tyson Foods Inc. had a bad year with its chicken segment, but pork and beef finished strong as the company announced Monday that it will push forward with expansion projects.

Court: Payday lending law violated constitution

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A 1999 state law allowing so-called payday lenders to charge high fees for short-term loans violates the state constitution, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Rural Arkansas championed foster, adoption ban

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Rural and evangelical voters propelled Arkansas to adopt one of the nation's few bans against unmarried couples becoming foster or adoptive parents.