“Arkansas” on The Daily Caller

Democratic officials are trying to sideline President Barack Obama’s Arkansas rival, John Wolfe, who is running a close second in the state’s Fourth District before the May 22 open primary. (more)

You haven’t heard of John Wolfe because the obscure Democratic candidate for president has raised less than $500, can’t afford radio or TV ads and hasn’t gotten much press. (more)

The former mistress of fired University of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has resigned from her position with the program, school officials announced Tuesday. (more)

Arkansas federal judge Susan Webber Wright ruled Thursday that the Central Arkansas Transit Authority violated an atheist organization’s free speech rights when it refused to allow the group to place thousands of dollars worth of ads on city buses. (more)

On May 5th, 1993, three eight-year-old boys from West Memphis, Arkansas — Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch and Michael Moore — disappeared. They were reported missing around 7 p.m. by Byers’s stepfather, John Mark Byers. The next day, the three boys’ mutilated bodies were found in the Robin Hood Hills, where the boys were last seen. (more)

The lone Democrat in the U.S. House Representatives from Arkansas will not run for re-election, the Associated Press reports. (more)

Twenty Arkansas legislators are urging the Texas governor to run for president. (more)

1.) Joe Biden refuses to criticize totalitarian Egyptian president, admits liking The Onion — Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak has not truly “won” an election in the 30 years that he has been president of Egypt. Instead, he’s used secret police and state-controlled media to intimidate and incarcerate his critics and political opponents, including the runner-up in the first presidential election where someone other than Mubarak was allowed on the ballot. On January 25, Egyptians rose up against Mubarak, and the Egyptian president responded by shutting down the country’s Internet and sending armed thugs into the streets to do violence against his own people. By definition, Mubarak is a dictator. Unless, of course, your dictionary was penned by Vice Pres. Joe Biden, in which case geopolitical interests supersede honesty and/or human rights. “Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things,” Biden told PBS’ Jim Lehrer last night. “I would not refer to him as a dictator.” In other Biden news, the vice president likes the Onion’s made-up coverage of him. “I think it’s hilarious, the stuff they do on me,” Biden told Yahoo! News Thursday. “I saw the one of me washing a Trans-Am automobile in the driveway shirtless with tattoos all over myself and out there,” he added. “By the way, I have a Corvette– a ’67 Corvette– not a Trans-Am.” (more)

(CNN) — Arkansas officials are investigating the death of an estimated 100,000 fish in the state’s northwest, but suspect disease was to blame, a state spokesman said Sunday. (more)

To many, the biggest question surrounding the 2012 presidential election remains: Will Sarah Palin run? (more)

BEEBE, Ark. (AP) — Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town. (more)

Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul is declining to offer his assessment of Sarah Palin’s libertarian appeal, or her chances of winning his endorsement in 2012. (more)

No one is the same after encountering feisty, fearless and plain-spoken Mattie Ross, age 14, from near Dardanelle in Yell County, Ark. Not the other characters in the Charles Portis novel she dominates, and certainly not the filmmaking Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel. (more)

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Yankees have made their offer to Cliff Lee. (more)

Fed up Americans recently united in telling the government not to touch their collective junk and the message appears to be getting through, at least somewhat, as the Transportation Security Administration is reportedly reevaluating the new enhanced pat-down procedure in response to public outcry. But the TSA’s taxpayer-funded grope-a-thon is not the only unpopular policy that received public rebuke last month. (more)

Glance atop the polls for 2012 and you’ll see a familiar list of Republican contenders: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich. Romney is as close to a sure bet as you can find. Gingrich’s propensity for throwing the rhetorical grenade at President Obama and his frequent trips to early primary states all point to a run. Even the unpredictable Sarah Palin is leaving a trail of verbal clues that lead her supporters and detractors to believe that she is inclined towards running for the grand prize. (more)

The first family should publicly submit to the new scanning device and “enhanced” pat-downs before requiring Americans to do the same, suggested rumored Republican presidential hopeful and ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee while blasting President Obama this morning over controversial new airline security measures. (more)

The Democrats are in trouble in the United States Senate come November. (more)

After the Rangers clinched the pennant with a Game 6 win against the Yankees, Lee was mobbed by reporters on the field, even though he did not pitch. He was scheduled for a potential Game 7. No matter, he was the one everyone wanted. (more)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A new poll shows that Republican Rep. John Boozman has widened his lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln in his bid to unseat her. (more)