Court rules on suit against W Memphis officers

Court rules on suit against W Memphis officers
Court rules on suit against W Memphis officers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -

A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit brought against West Memphis, Ark., by relatives of 2 people who were fatally shot by the city's police officers during a two-state chase can continue.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday that five West Memphis officers involved in the July

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Artist Marshall Bouldin dead at age 89

Artist Marshall Bouldin dead at age 89
Artist Marshall Bouldin dead at age 89Marshall Bouldin III (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo, file)
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) -

Noted portrait artist Marshall Bouldin III, whose paintings of political figures and others are hanging in museums across the country, has died. He was 89.
 
Officials with Meredith-Nowell Funeral Home in Clarksdale say Bouldin died Monday at St. Francis Hospital

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Whooping cough confirmed at Arkansas school

Whooping cough confirmed at Arkansas school
AP Photo / Ted S. WarrenAP Photo / Ted S. Warren
CLINTON, Ark. (AP) -

The Arkansas Department of Health says several cases of whooping cough have been confirmed at a school in north Arkansas.
 
The health department says it's confirmed cases of the disease, also known as pertussis, at Clinton Intermediate School.
 
Students at the school are receiving booster shots

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Obama: US can't afford across-the-board tax hike

Obama: US can't afford across-the-board tax hike

By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a challenge to Republicans, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to extend expiring tax cuts immediately for all but the nation's highest income earners as a way to eliminate half of the so-called "fiscal cliff" that threatens to send the economy back into recession.

"What I'm not

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Israeli airstrike kills Hamas militant chief

By IBRAHIM BARZAK
Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the military wing of Gaza's Hamas rulers Wednesday, Hamas officials and Israel confirmed, in a dramatic resumption of Israel's policy of assassinating Palestinian militant leaders.

Ahmed Jabari was the most senior Hamas

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