Story Published:
Nov 21, 2008 at 8:15 AM CST
Story Updated:
Nov 21, 2008 at 11:18 AM CST
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. -- A man received a 60-year prison sentence for attempted rape. Bobby Anderson, 39, pleaded guilty to the charge stemming from an incident last April.
Police say Anderson broke into a home and attacked the victim.
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HIGHLANDVILLE, Mo. -- A woman from Ozark died after a crash north of Highlandville. Troopers say Linda Hoover's car ran off U.S. 160/Missouri 13 and hit a tree on Thursday night. Hoover was 61.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A former aide to Sen. Kit Bond and Congressman Roy Blunt pleaded guilty for hiding more than $4,000 in gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Trevor Blackann is the latest political figure to go down in the Capitol Hill corruption scandal. The gifts included tickets to the World Series, free airfare, and entertainment at a gentleman's club.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores says Mike Duke, vice
chairman of its international division, will replace Lee Scott as president and chief executive when he retires from those positions in February. Duke, 58, will take over the reins at the world's largest retailer effective Feb. 1.
Duke also becomes a member of the board of directors effective immediately. Scott will continue as chairman.
Additionally, Wal-Mart says Eduardo Castro-Wright, 53, was promoted to vice chairman, adding to his current titles of president and chief executive of Walmart U.S. He will take over the company's global procurement operation.
The moves come a week after the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer said third-quarter profit rose 10 percent as shoppers hunting for discounts snapped up early Christmas promotions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government forecasters expect Missouri's winter to be warmer than usual. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) says the same is true for Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. The agency said above normal readings are also likely in a large area extending from New Mexico, Colorado and Nebraska to South Dakota and southern Wisconsin.
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WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to a turkey but the video that shocks some viewers captured what was happening in the background of her news conference.
As she answered questions Thursday at Triple D Farm & Hatchery outside Wasilla, cameras from the Anchorage Daily News and others
showed the bloody work of an employee slaughtering birds.
Sarah Palin's Pardon
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