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Prothro hits Nail on head with his choice for coach
      Chris Nail has accomplished something no man before him has done - taken the Benton Panthers to the basketball state championship game. Nail and the Panthers face the Little Rock Hall Warriors (28-2) in the Class 6A title contest at 8:45 p.m. Friday at the Summit in Hot Springs.
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Glimpse of a meltdown
John Brummett
      It came off as whining, peevish and altogether odd and unsettling. The audience reaction seemed understandably uncomfortable. Hillary Clinton griped not unlike a petulant child that the first two questions of the debate Tuesday night were directed to her. She invoked a "Saturday Night Live" skit...
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Taking one for the trip
Mike Dougherty
      State Rep. Lamont Cornwell, D-Benton, took one in the ribs when the state paper in Little Rock published a story in its Sunday edition about lawmakers and state payments they receive "above their salary." These totals included per diem, mileage, office expenses and others.
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