washingtonpost.com - ArkansasArkansasProf. Samuel Massie Dies; Broke Naval Academy's Race Barrier- May 7, 2005 Samuel P. Massie Jr., a chemistry professor who was the first African American to teach at the U.S. Naval Academy, died April 10 at Mariner Healthcare Center in Laurel. He was 85 and had dementia.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55092-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... In Little Rock, Bill Clinton Is Still the Life of the Party- May 7, 2005 Several days of high-kicking celebration for the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center included celebrity sightings, fireworks and a performance by Aretha Franklin.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60893-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Red Flags About Md. Man Ignored- May 7, 2005 Obstetrician-gynecologist Jeffrey M. Levitt needed a job, and Stuttgart, Ark., needed an OB-GYN. So the country town about an hour southeast of Little Rock was prepared to overlook the warning signs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Clinton Returns to Arkansas to Stump for Kerry- May 7, 2005 In a campaign stop befitting a rock star, with strobe lights and music and screaming, the Comeback Kid came home today with one message: Make Arkansas a Comeback State to the roster of blue Democrat states.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14843-2004Nov1.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... For N.Va. Schools Chief, The Same but More- May 7, 2005 Starting July 1, Steven L. Walts will be leading Prince William's public schools, a more diverse system than he's used to and one where the board doesn't control the tax rate or the purse strings.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40454-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Bush Honors His Predecessor- May 7, 2005 President Bush sat in a chilly downpour at the opening of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, praising Bill Clinton as "much more than a good politician."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61061-2004Nov18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Coughlin Says Cash Helped Wal-Mart- May 7, 2005 Former head of Wal-Mart's U.S operations, ousted from the board after the alleged misuse of corporate funds, has maintained that the money was spent on anti-union activities.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38810-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Library Sparks Talk of Clintons' Past, Future- May 7, 2005 As hundreds of influential Democrats descend on Little Rock for the opening of the former president's presidential library, it is not just Clinton's presidential past, but his party's -- and his wife's -- presidential future that will be driving conversation.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49992-2004Nov14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Wal-Mart Denounces Health Bill- May 7, 2005 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wednesday said approval of a bill that would require it to boost health care spending in Maryland could endanger its plans for growth in the state, including a new distribution center that would employ as many as 1,000.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32850-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... 3 States May Be Back on the Table- May 7, 2005 The candidates' travel schedules and their television advertising dollars remain concentrated on the bigger and more obvious battlegrounds of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and on some smaller states, but in a year in which the parties and their ideological allies are flush with cash, last-minute forays into unexpected places have become possible.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A450-2004Oct26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ar |