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Arkansas: John Brown Professor Calls Hindu Gods ``Demonic`` & Hinduism ``Ugly``

"...yoga is the beautiful face that the very ugly religion of Hinduism uses..." - Professor Deborah Raiees-Dana

(RENO) - I have a feeling the radical abolitionist John Brown, who brought hell down on the practice of slavery, would not have liked Professor Deborah Raiees-Dana of John Brown University at all.

Brown took a violent, unwavering path toward freeing slaves and halting slavery expansion in the United States during the pre-Civil War years.

Brain-Eating Amoeba Case Linked to Warm Water, Drought

More than half of Arkansas, about 52 percent, is being gripped by moderate drought conditions, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA AccuWeather.com) - AccuWeather reports a 12-year-old girl contracted a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in Arkansas, and it may be tied to summer heat and drought conditions, according to the CDC.

The amoeba, or single-celled organism, that caused the infection is called Naegleria fowleri, which lives in warm freshwater, such as lakes, rivers and hot springs.

AMAZING Aerial Footage of Arkansas Exxon Oil Spill

The government and Exxon are keeping the matter as quiet as possible...

(MAYFLOWER, ARK.) - Exxon does not want people to see this aerial video of the Arkansas tar sands oil spill.

Tens of thousands of gallons of oil have flooded the streets and yards of Mayflower, Arkansas.

Lost Confederate Weapons and Uniforms in a Secret Attic

A story left by my grandfather before his death in 1968.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I've stumbled upon the most fascinating information about the discovery of Confederate weapons and uniforms in an abandoned Arkansas house in 1890, in a story left behind by my father's dad who we knew as 'Pop King'.

This Norman Rockwell-like experience from long ago, was a memory of my late grandfather, Francis Albert King, who made a reel to reel audio tape of his life's experiences shortly before his death, was transcribed into written form and this is the gem that my wife Bonnie recently located.

Experts Suspect Military Testing Behind Mass Bird and Fish Deaths

The birds suffered from acute physical trauma leading to internal hemorrhage and death" -Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

(CHICAGO) - It's been said that Mankind will destroy itself. Unfortunately, during the past 100 years the human race has worked hard to make this prediction come true. Nuclear arsenals can destroy Mankind many times over.

Missing 13-Year Old Girl From Arkansas Met Gang Member Online

A 22-year old man met this 13-year old girl online, and now she's gone.

(NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) - According to reports, Magan's family knew she had been chatting with "men" online. They tried to put a stop to it by banning her from the computer, but there are many options for going online and Magan got creative, using a cell phone to secretly chat.

The teen's family worries that Flores is a gang member, and Magan is in very dangerous hands.