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More details on ‘Lum and Abner’ sponsorships

Ethan C. Nobles — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:29:32 +0000

As anyone who follows our Lum and Abner comic strip should know by now, we’re gearing up for a second year of the series. Ah, but there’s a problem — we’ve got to pay for the rights to use those characters and that takes some...

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Arkansas’ large-market home sales fall in April

Ethan C. Nobles — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:05:43 +0000

Homes sales in large markets in Arkansas fell in April to the lowest point they’ve been in that month in at least the past seven years. Monthly homes sales data wasn’t tracked in Arkansas before 2005. April 2012 sales in central...

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Arkansas Realtors Association ordered to pay $150k to Real Forms Arkansas

Ethan C. Nobles — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:40:21 +0000

After a five day trial, a jury returned a verdict at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday night ordering the Arkansas Realtors Association (ARA) to pay $150,000 to a Springdale-based software company. On May 11 last year, Real Forms Arkansas filed a breach of...

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Upping the ante — sponsors to receive original ‘Lum and Abner’ artwork

Ethan C. Nobles — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:17:08 +0000

Just yesterday, we posted an article talking about the need for sponsorships to keep our Lum and Abner comic strip running. Artist Donnie Pitchford had an idea to make the idea of sponsorships more appealing — sponsors who give at least $50...

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Lum and Abner, Year 2

Ethan C. Nobles — Mon, 14 May 2012 04:45:52 +0000

My how time flies. It was almost a year ago that we launched our Lum and Abner comic strip here at First Arkansas News. Why is this series important? Because Lum and Abner is an Arkansas institution. Those two boys from Mena have had a major impact...

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The coming fight over principal reduction

Ethan C. Nobles — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:47:53 +0000

There have been a number of political spats over the past few years among lawmakers with the intention to help Americans through the housing crisis that’s been blamed for everything from falling housing prices to reduced sales. We’ve seen the...

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Between a rock and a hard place…

Ethan C. Nobles — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:23:26 +0000

It’s all over but the protests — the United Methodist Church, at its 2012 General Conference, resisted efforts to strike language from the Book of Discipline proclaiming homosexuality to be incompatible with Christian teachings. With...

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Methodists leaning Conservative in General Conference

Ethan C. Nobles — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:16:22 +0000

If early reports from the Confessing Movement are any indication, those hoping for the United Methodist Church to change its stance on homosexuality will likely be disappointed. For those who haven’t been following the 2012 United Methodist...

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Keeping up with the 2012 United Methodist General Conference

Ethan C. Nobles — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:45:36 +0000

Every four years, the United Methodist Church holds a conference and decides policy for its worldwide membership. The 2012 General Conference started on April 24 in Tampa, Fla., and there are available some early reports on the issues surrounding...

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National mortgage standards coming this summer

Ethan C. Nobles — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:48:08 +0000

The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 9 that it will formally propose rules this summer establishing national mortgage servicing standards. The CFPB plans to finalize those rules in January. To get an idea...

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