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Mulally staying at Ford, not leaving for Microsoft
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Alan Mulally is staying at Ford.The CEO, who was rumored to be in the running to become Microsoft's next leader, told The Associated Press Tuesday that he won't leave the...
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Civil suit filed in death of man in custody of Oklahoma City police
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comThe family of a man who died in Oklahoma City police custody after a police chase in June 2012 has filed a civil suit against the city, the police chief and two...
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Lawyers close arguing over homeless California man
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Attorneys painted dramatically different pictures Tuesday of a homeless man who died after a violent struggle with California police officers, with one side calling him a...
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Oklahoma City police look for person connected to car theft
FROM STAFF REPORTSOklahoma City police have released a surveillance video of a person of interest in a car theft in southeast Oklahoma City.Police were called about 11:50 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Panama Canal authority proposes end to dispute
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal Authority said Tuesday that it wants to end a standoff over the expansion of the canal by splitting construction costs with an international consortium that has...
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Nicaragua backtracks, keeps same government hours
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government says it has decided to keep a full work day for public officials after a plan to cut working hours to save on energy costs wasn't well...
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Polar air brings single-digit cold to East, South
ATLANTA (AP) — Fountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost never have to use.The brutal polar air that...
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Vail founder's grandson killed in Colorado slide
VAIL, Colo. (AP) — The grandson of Vail's founder was killed and three other people were injured Tuesday in an avalanche near the ski resort, authorities said.Anthony Seibert, 24, was killed in the...
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DC trial opens in case of slain journalist
WASHINGTON (AP) — A German man who masqueraded as a well-connected Army general choked his elderly wife to death, searched online for escape plans and claimed to be entitled to part of the socialite's...
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Ex-NY police officers charged in disability scam
NEW YORK (AP) — One retired police officer who told the government he was too psychologically damaged to work ran a martial arts studio, prosecutors said.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Taliban deny sending girl to attack Afghan police
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban denied Tuesday that they dispatched a 10-year-old girl to carry out a suicide attack against Afghan police, a day after the girl said her brother wrapped her in an...
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Arkansas woman says Oklahoma's DHS failed her brother
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comAn Arkansas woman says 22 desperate telephone calls to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services failed to persuade anyone to come to the aid of her 15-year-old Oklahoma...
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$174K per year isn't 'a lot of money,' says party chair
The chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party thinks a congressional salary of $174,000 a year isn't "a lot of money.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Okla.'s Coburn wants to shine light on settlements
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he wants to increase the transparency of settlements reached with federal enforcement agencies, saying the real value of settled cases is often not...
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Video: Dennis Rodman sings 'Happy Birthday' to Kim Jong Un
A day after a meltdown on CNN that brought outrage over his support for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Dennis Rodman led a group of former NBA players onto a basketball court for an exhibition in...
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Winter weather slickening some Oklahoma roads
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — State transportation officials say bridges in southeastern Oklahoma are becoming slick and hazardous due to black ice conditions as winter weather descends over the...
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Oklahoma high school football player charged with rape
A McAlester High School varsity football player has been charged with four counts of first-degree rape, court records state. The McAlester News-Capital reports Joshua Andrew Peckio, 18, of McAlester...
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The impact of 'Obamacare' on Oklahoma's uninsured population
Jaclyn CosgroveIt’s Jan. 8, many functions of the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” are in full swing, and the world didn’t end.Now what?For one, there’s a question about how the Affordable Care Act...
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Okla. bill: No punishment for schoolkids brandishing pastries chewed into gun...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma schoolchildren could not be punished for chewing their breakfast pastries into the shape of a gun under a bill introduced by a Republican legislator.Rep.Read more on...
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BBWAA member revealed who gave away his Hall of Fame vote to website
The results of the latest Hall of Fame selections are out, as are the voters who made their selections. One such voter, ESPN's Dan Le Batard, gave away his vote to Deadspin, with an explanation that...
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