<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Arkansas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ar?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><description>Arkansas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Prof. Samuel Massie Dies; Broke Naval Academy's Race Barrier]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55092-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55092-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Samuel P. Massie Jr., a chemistry professor who was the first African American to teach at the U.S. Naval Academy, died April 10 at Mariner Healthcare Center in Laurel. He was 85 and had dementia.]]></description><author> Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Flags About Md. Man Ignored]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Obstetrician-gynecologist Jeffrey M. Levitt needed a job, and Stuttgart, Ark., needed an OB-GYN. So the country town about an hour southeast of Little Rock was prepared to overlook the warning signs.]]></description><author> Cheryl W. Thompson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For N.Va. Schools Chief, The Same but More]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40454-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40454-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Starting July 1, Steven L. Walts will be leading Prince William's public schools, a more diverse system than he's used to and one where the board doesn't control the tax rate or the purse strings.]]></description><author> Ian Shapira and Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coughlin Says Cash Helped Wal-Mart]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38810-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38810-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former head of Wal-Mart's U.S operations, ousted from the board after the alleged misuse of corporate funds, has maintained that the money was spent on anti-union activities.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Denounces Health Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32850-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32850-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wednesday said approval of a bill that would require it to boost health care spending in Maryland could endanger its plans for growth in the state, including a new distribution center that would employ as many as 1,000.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Style Invitational]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9421-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9421-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Secret Service orders the shooting down of pop flies.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Readings, Lectures, Workshops and More]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33727-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33727-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Architecture <br>   SPOTLIGHT ON DESIGN LECTURE: POLSHEK PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS  -- Friday at 6:30 p.m. The New York firm's partners discuss their work, including the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock and the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. $19, students $10. For reservations, call 202-272-2448.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[OfficeMax CEO Resigns]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24829-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24829-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  OfficeMax said chief executive Christopher C. Milliken resigned after an internal probe into its accounting found that the company fabricated $3.3 million in rebates billed to suppliers. Six workers were fired based on information from the investigation, OfficeMax said. The office-supplies retailer also said it will restate its earnings for the first three quarters of 2004. The company expects to finish its investigation in the next week and report full results for the fourth quarter on March 14.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[14 Give $250,000 To Bush Inauguration]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10982-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10982-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than a dozen wealthy Bush supporters -- have donated $250,000 each to help pay for the president's second inauguration, which is shaping up as one of the most expensive.]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Library Builds Bridges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15694-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15694-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Never mind the snide comparisons to mobile homes and boxcars. The Clinton Library's  complex of buildings and their sculpted landscape setting together comprise a splendid, smart and lasting work of art.]]></description><author> Benjamin Forgey</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Little Rock, Bill Clinton Is Still the Life of the Party]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60893-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60893-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Several days of high-kicking celebration for the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center included celebrity sightings, fireworks and a performance by Aretha Franklin.]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity Shines at Clinton Library Dedication]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60914-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60914-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bill Clinton was joined by three fellow presidents for the dedication of his library, an event that hailed the 42nd president as a rare political talent with a gift for human connection and an unerring instinct for survival.]]></description><author> John F. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Honors His Predecessor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61061-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61061-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush sat in a chilly downpour at the opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, praising Bill Clinton as "much more than a good politician."]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Governors Celebrate Party Wins]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60918-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60918-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18 -- As Democrats met Thursday in Little Rock to open the Clinton Library and ponder what went wrong in 2004, Republican governors gathered in the Big Easy to celebrate what went right in an election that left the GOP with strengthened majorities in Washington and in the states and ambitions to go further.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Library Opens in Little Rock]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59276-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59276-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Joined by President Bush and other dignitaries, former president Bill Clinton dedicated his presidential library today with an appeal for national unity in a ceremony attended by about 30,000 people in his home state of Arkansas.]]></description><author> William Branigin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Nurse a Speaker At Clinton Library]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55765-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55765-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[She still had to get to the cleaners and the hairdresser and a reception to toast her at Greater Southeast Community Hospital, where she is a nurse. Then there would be a TV interview before she would dash off to Dulles for her flight to Little Rock.]]></description><author> Paul Schwartzman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Library Sparks Talk of Clintons' Past, Future]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49992-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49992-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As hundreds of influential Democrats descend on Little Rock for the opening of the former president's presidential library, it is not just Clinton's presidential past, but his party's -- and his wife's -- presidential future that will be driving conversation.]]></description><author> John F. Harris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The South]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24025-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24025-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Alabama (9) <br>Bush romped here, as expected. Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R) easily won a fourth term, beating Wayne Sowell (D). All seven of the state's House members (five are Republicans, two are Democrats)  were reelected.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton Returns to Arkansas to Stump for Kerry]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14843-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14843-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a campaign stop befitting a rock star, with strobe lights and music and screaming, the Comeback Kid came home today with one message: Make Arkansas a Comeback State to the roster of blue Democrat states.]]></description><author> Sylvia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 States May Be Back on the Table]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A450-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A450-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar</guid><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2005 23:03:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The candidates' travel schedules and their television advertising dollars remain concentrated on the bigger and more obvious battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and on some smaller states, but in a year in which the parties and their ideological allies are flush with cash, last-minute forays into unexpected places have become possible.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item></channel></rss>