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The mayor of Centerton, Arkansas, resigned Wednesday. Not for playing illegal happy penis games or anything, though! It’s more of the standard “I was adbucted by Satan 30 years ago, adopted a false name, forgot my previous life in Indiana until recently undergoing truth serum injections” excuse, which we’ve all used at least once to get out of a dead-end job. [4029 TV]

On this day 50 years ago, a Republican president deployed 1,000 National Guard troops to actually help black people. [Opinion Journal]

Mike Beebe, Governor of Arkansas, is determined to make our job as easy as possible. MORE »

Arkansas Gov and Presidential Hopeful (we’re gonna get real tired of writing those words real soon) Mike Huckabee recently rushed fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon. While Huck waits for his invite to Late Night Shots, we thought we’d take the time to meet some of the Gov’s new brothers. MORE »

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There is, apparently, some sort of Bentonville County Fair going on at Wal-Mart HQ. They’re calling it “Media Eduction” or “Please Write Favorably Of Us For Once Day” (the first one sounds ominous enough, actually…). They’ve invited a couple bloggers to liveblog (sort of) the proceedings, and it sounds like quite a treat: MORE »

Here at Wonkette, we own up to our mistakes. Earlier today, we stated that Robert Steinbuch, the former lover of Jessica Cutler who is now suing her for invasion of privacy, teaches at the same law school where Bill Clinton — another man with a thing for interns — once taught. MORE »

* Reliable Source: Isaac Mizrahi is designing the uniforms for the Smithsonian’s art conservators. . . Iranian rug, given to former Rep. Randy Cunningham as a bribe, auctions for $10,000. [WP]
* Inside the Beltway: Clinton’s birthplace in Hope, Arkansas will be named a national historic landmark. . . Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas) needed an emergency appendectomy. [WT]
* Rush & Molloy: Democratic fundraisers are “testing the waters” for Al Gore. [NYDN]

Little Rock and environs are enjoying the fruits of what tourists are calling the “Billgrimage”: Visits to Little Rock’s recently opened Bill Clinton Presidential spilling over to the Bubba birthplace 115 miles away in (a place called) Hope. Clinton Birthplace director Crystal Altenbaumer reports that the site turned its first profit last year after being $51,000 in the red the year before. Curiously, though, it seems few of the visitors stay long: MORE »