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Cattlemen battling black vulture onset
U.S. gives OK to kill some of birds
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Doug Thompson
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Today at 2:51 a.m.
Black vultures roost in a tree near Snowball in Searcy County in this September 2007 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)
Ronnie Horn saw the newborn calf moving awkwardly and slowly as he drove past the pasture on his way to work at the Washington County Extension Service. He resolved to check on it after work.
He found the calf dead that evening two months ago at his farm near Lincoln. The body bore all the signs of a predator attack.
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Tom Gallagher is seen in this portrait that aired on Las Vegas television station
KSNV-TV. The longtime Nevadan served as an executive at the hotel-casino company now known as Caesars Entertainment. (Image:
KSNV-TV)
Gallagher had a long career as an attorney and hospitality industry executive. That work included serving as executive vice president and general counsel for the Hilton Hotels Corp. Beginning in 2000, he served as chief executive officer of Park Place Entertainment.
After Gallagher left Park Place Entertainment two years later, it was renamed Caesars Entertainment. Many of the major hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip are owned by Caesars Entertainment, including Caesars Palace on the west side of the resort corridor and several on the east side of the highway.
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Tom Dillard: Arkansas Made might change your stereotypes about the state
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Tom Dillard
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Today at 1:00 a.m.
Our knowledge of Arkansas history recently received a huge boost with the publication of a massive two-volume study titled Arkansas Made. The subtitle explains that the books comprise a survey of the decorative, mechanical and fine arts produced in Arkansas through 1950.
These books, published by the University of Arkansas Press, demonstrate that Arkansas, from the earliest years, is far more complex than the stereotypes allow. Arkansas Made is the second edition of two volumes by the same title published in 1990-91. While the original edition contained 447 pages, the new edition has 1,344 pages and more than 1,300 images. Elegantly printed and hardbound, together they weigh nearly 13 pounds.
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