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Local
Marc HenningLacy Maybee, left, a child advocate and forensic interviewer, meets Friday with Shanna Robertson, a family service worker and investigator for the Department of Human Services, before an interview for a child-abuse case at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Benton County in Little Flock.
Training Center Could Help End Child Abuse
BENTONVILLE — David Williams, a Fayetteville police detective, climbed into a dark attic in pursuit of child-abuse suspect last month. The idea of a predator hiding in a dark place can be used as an analogy about child abuse, Williams said.
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State
Home health crews of state see fund cuts
Medicare drop cited in added furloughs
The Arkansas Department of Health has cut costs in its home services program in an effort to prevent a projected $2.2 million deficit at the end of this fiscal year. Continue reading...
National
President Barack Obama greets firefighters after a speech Friday in Arlington, Va., that outlined his plan to help veterans find work in police and fire departments and in conservation programs.
President pushes veterans job plan at $5 billion price
Police, fire hires to earn grants’ edge; conservation openings in the mix, too
WASHINGTON — To cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands. Continue reading...
World
Retaliation awaits, Iran’s supreme leader warns the U.S.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at the United States on Friday, vowing to retaliate against oil sanctions and threats of war over Iran’s nuclear program and asserting that any attack “would be 10 times worse for the interests of the United States” than it would be for Iran. Continue reading...
