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Laura Massenat wins Oklahoma City School Board District 4 seat Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment An Oklahoma City business owner has defeated a lobbyist and a stay-at-home mother to take the spot left vacant by Steve Shafer. Read More
Oklahoma teacher at Putnam City High School arrested on rape complaints Updated: 17 min ago Putnam City school officials said teacher Lisa Kays was removed from the school Thursday. The 46-year-old Spanish teacher — accused of having a relationship with a student — was arrested on three complaints of rape and two counts of forcible oral sodomy. Read More
Oklahoma marks record in monthly sales tax collections Updated: 49 min ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment Oklahoma in January collected the largest amount of money ever in one month from the sales tax. Sales tax collections to the state's general revenue fund totaled $165 million in January. Read More
Rams hire Les Snead as GM Updated: 58 min ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment ST. LOUIS (AP) — When he was in middle school in Eufaula, Ala., Les Snead used to skip class to watch the NFL draft on TV. Compare his picks to the real ones, too. "I'd get the bubblegum cards and I'd try to have my own draft, pick a team and figure out ways to do fantasy football before they had it," Snead... Read More
Negotiators reach tentative payroll tax cut pact Updated: 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the average worker yielded a tentative agreement Tuesday, with lawmakers planning to unveil the pact Wednesday and sending the measure to President Barack Obama as early as this week. Under the outlines of the... Read More
Coroner testifies at Va. lacrosse slaying trial Updated: 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A coroner and other doctors testified Tuesday at the murder trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his ex-girlfriend died of injuries caused by blunt-force trauma and that alcohol and a prescription drug she ingested didn't play a role in her death. Dr. Michael... Read More
Hammer in latest Columbine attack likely at school Updated: 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment DENVER (AP) — A 14-year-old girl charged with attacking two students with a hammer at Columbine High School this week probably found the hammer on the suburban Denver campus, authorities said Tuesday. Monday's attack was the first assault with a weapon at the school since the 1999 shootings that left 12... Read More
Muddy clothes, shovel seized from Mo. teen killer Updated: 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities investigating the October 2009 disappearance of a Missouri girl had seized muddy clothes and shovels from the home of a neighboring teenager who later confessed to killing and burying the girl, according to secretly filed court documents obtained by The Associated Press.... Read More
Private funeral for Houston set for Saturday in NJ Updated: 1 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Whitney Houston's funeral will be held Saturday in the church where she first showcased her singing talents as a child, her family choosing to remember her in a private service rather than in a large event at an arena. The owner of the Whigham Funeral Home said Tuesday that the funeral will... Read More
Escaped McAlester inmate recaptured in Shawnee Updated: 2 hr ago David Mcalpin, 24, serving time for several counts of concealing stolen property and drug possession, escaped from a McAlester correctional center Monday night and stole a vehicle in the area. He was recaptured three hours later in Shawnee. Read More
UPDATE: Oklahoma City firefighters extinguish house fire; no one found inside home Updated: 3 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment Firefighters are battling a house fire at 1544 NW 2 in Oklahoma City. Initial reports said someone was inside the house, but a fire spokeswoman said no one has been found at this time. Read More
Jurors begin hearing testimony in Oklahoma political corruption trial Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 Former state Senate leader Mike Morgan accused of taking more than $400,000 in bribes. Read More
Agent: Informant in militia case got about $31K Updated: 3 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment DETROIT (AP) — An undercover informant was paid about $31,000 in cash for his critical role in an investigation that led to charges against members of a Midwest militia accused of plotting rebellion against the U.S., an FBI agent testified Tuesday. Agent Leslie Larsen was the first witness at the weeks-long... Read More
Texas asking fans for patience with network Updated: 5 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When ESPN and the University of Texas announced their 20-year, $300 million partnership for the Longhorn Network a year ago, they created the wedge that nearly split apart the Big 12. The Big 12 is still going, with Texas A&M and Missouri on their way out the door and TCU and West Virginia... Read More
Pet dies in Oklahoma City house fire Updated: 6 hr ago Firefighters extinguished a house fire at NW 80 and N Harvey Place in Oklahoma City Tuesday. A fire spokeswoman said the blaze began in a bedroom. Read More
Cruz's $16 million deal with Rangers is backloaded Published: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nelson Cruz's $16 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers calls for the AL championship series MVP to receive a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $5 million this year and $10.5 million in 2013. Under the agreement announced Friday, Cruz's 2013 salary can rise by an... Read More
Fourth ‘Transformers' shapes up for Bay to direct Updated: 7 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director Michael Bay plans a fresh take on shape-shifting robots with the fourth installment in his “Transformers” franchise. Paramount Pictures announced Monday night that Bay will return to direct the next chapter in the blockbuster sci-fi series, due in theaters June 29, 2014. Bay's... Read More
Big East 'open' to talk Pitt, 'Cuse leaving early Updated: 7 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment Big East Commissioner John Marinatto says his league "might be open to a discussion" about allowing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013 football season. The Big East reached a settlement with West Virginia on Monday that allows the school to become a member of the Big 12 in... Read More
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