After spending the night in the Pulaski County jail, blogger Russ Racop was released Thursday on his own recognizance on the order of Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen.
Little Rock blogger Russ Racop, 63, was jailed on Wednesday to serve a six-month term for three counts of misdemeanor harassment after failing to find a Pulaski County Circuit judge to countermand his sentencing order while he appeals his conviction.
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4-year-old battling leukemia, generous older sister, treated to limo ride
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 4-year-old girl who went through a bone-marrow transplant last year received a ride of a lifetime thanks to a complete stranger.
Sloane Stadt was diagnosed with a life-threatening form of Leukemia called AML and received bone marrow from her 9-year-old sister last August. After a tough recovery, Sloane’s mom Ashley decided to give her a celebration to include a fully decked-out limousine ride.
When Larry Gilmore, with Luxury Transportation, came across Sloane’s story, he said he knew what he had to do.
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, and thanks for joining us. susie gharib is off tonight. suzanne pratt is with us. just one day after the federal reserve confirmed an economic slowdown, wall street today reacted in a big way. suzanne: tom, stocks sold off sharply. the dow lost 265 points, the nasdaq was off 68 and the s&p 500 lost 31 points. volume also picked up, with over a billion shares trading hands on the big board and 2.3 billion moving on the nasdaq. tom: the fed s assessment of slowing growth reminds some investors of japan 20 years ago. that s when growth stalled following a deep recession. scott gurvey looks at whether we re headed down the same road. reporter: it is called japan s lost decade the decade of the 1990 s when the japanese economy did not grow. the stagnation followed a severe recession, the result of a bursting real estate bubbl