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1. Arkansas (Yahoo)
   Provides a list of cities with city guides. 11-01

2. Arkansas (Weber Publications)
   Includes a great deal of basic information, such as geography, legislature, flag, motto, bird, flower, motto, nickname, and so forth. Also has a link to the state capital, Little Rock. 10-00

3. Arkansas Department of Education
   Provides information on programs, services, and student achievement. 1-03

4. Arkansas Community Foundation (Foundation Center)
   "The group's mission is to 'provide and promote leadership as the premier builder of philanthropic funds to meet Arkansas's diverse grantmaking needs and challenges.' " 10-02

5. Chew Tobacco - Damage and Quitting (University of Arkansas for Medical Science - PATCH)
   Provides a free program to help with quitting, as well as providing reasons for quitting. 6-00

6. Health Care - Alternative Cash Program for Home Care (IndependentChoices)
   Describes an alternative to institutional care from Medicaid. In the Arkansas state program, cash can go to the person with the medical or personal care needs and the person can actually hire the services that they specifically need. Expenses for this approach has so far shown to be less than for conventional Medicaid care and recipients seem to find the program much more useful. 1-01

7. 09-29-03 Poll: Clark Ahead of Bush After Two Weeks Running (Washington Times)
   "Meanwhile, a recent Gallup-USA Today poll shows Mr. Clark, a retired four-star general from the Clintons' home state of Arkansas, narrowly leading President Bush and ahead of the other nine Democratic nomination contenders, even though Mr. Clark had entered the Democratic contest less than two weeks ago." 9-03

8. 02-09-04 Poll: Kerry Leads in Tennessee and Virginia (Bloomberg.com)
   "Almost half the Democratic voters in Virginia and Tennessee favor John Kerry to be their presidential nominee, according to new polls that show the Massachusetts senator solidifying his front-runner status."
   
   "Both states hold primaries tomorrow."
   
   "Tomorrow's primaries will test Kerry's appeal in the South against two southerners, Senator John Edwards of North Carolina and Retired General Wesley Clark of Arkansas. " 2-04

9. McMath, Sidney (Wikipedia.org)
   "Sidney Sanders McMath (June 14, 1912 – October 4, 2003) was a decorated U.S. Marine veteran and progressive Democratic reform Governor of the State of Arkansas (1949–1953) who, in defiance of his state's political establishment, championed rapid extension of rural electric power, massive highway and school construction, the building of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, repeal of the poll tax, open and honest elections and broad expansion of opportunity for black citizens in the decade following World War II." 02-05

10. -10-08-05 Hillary Clinton Inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame (MSNBC News)
    "Honored with her were Maya Lin, who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dr. Rita Rossi Colwell, who became the first female director of the National Science Foundation in 1998, and Betty Bumpers, a crusader for childhood immunizations who was Clinton’s predecessor as Arkansas’ first lady."
    
    " 'I don’t think there has ever been a better time to be a woman than in the United States of America in the 21st century,' Clinton said in an interview." 10-05

11. -10-11-05 Global Aid for Guatemala (MSNBC News)
    "Authorities abandoned efforts Tuesday to recover bodies from a deadly landslide and turned to international agencies to help feed, clothe and treat the tens of thousands of residents who lost everything in a week of deadly rains and floods."
    
    "The government Monday night issued an urgent call to the United Nations, seeking $21.5 million in aid because its own emergency response funds would not be enough to cope with the crisis."
    
    "Several countries already have offered to provide assistance to Guatemala, including flood-stricken Mexico. Sweden has donated $5 million, and Spain, France and Taiwan have sent aid shipments."
    
    "The United States has delivered 5,000 hygiene kits, 5,000 blankets, 15,000 gallons of drinking water and 11,000 gallons of fuel to victims in Guatemala, officials said. U.S. helicopters shuttled food and water to isolated villages and a medical unit from the Arkansas National Guard also was preparing to go to the region." 10-05

12. New System Reduces Wait in Heart Attacks (ABC News)
    "If time spent transporting a suspected heart attack victim to a hospital could be used to work out a diagnosis and treatment plan, doctors say, more lives could be saved and now that will be possible in central Arkansas." 12-06