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Shell sells Australian assets for $2.6 billion
SYDNEY (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell said Friday it is selling its Australian gasoline stations and refinery to energy trader Vitol Group for 2.9 billion Australian dollars ($2.6 billion).The sale of...
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Oklahoma House is partly chilly on funding American Indian museum
BY RANDY ELLISA state Senate proposal to use $40 million from the state’s Unclaimed Property Fund to help complete Oklahoma City’s American Indian Cultural Center and Museum is receiving a chilly...
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Mexican charged in San Diego campaign finance case
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A wealthy Mexican businessman was charged Thursday with illegally funneling donations to support San Diego politicians in a widening campaign finance scandal that prosecutors say may...
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Former suspect in Carina Saunders slaying sues Bethany and its police department
BY MATT DINGERA former murder defendant in the brutal slaying of a 19-year-old girl is suing the city of Bethany, the police chief and officers involved in the investigation alleging that they coerced...
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6 charged with bilking investors in phony movies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six Southern California men have been charged with stealing millions of dollars by offering investments in phony movies with names like "The Smuggler" that supposedly featured...
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Former House speaker to seek corporation commission seat
Former state House Speaker Todd Hiett intends to run for an open seat on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.The Republican dairy farmer from Kellyville announced Thursday he would seek the seat being...
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University approves lease for largest telescope
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii on Thursday approved a plan to lease land at the summit of Mauna Kea for construction of the world's largest optical telescope.The Board of Regents voted 15 to...
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Number of US farms declines, farmers getting older
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, a government census of American agriculture released...
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Australian police X-ray alleged diamond thief
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian police searching for a stolen 200,000 Australian dollar ($180,000) rare pink diamond have X-rayed a British tourist suspected to have swallowed it.The diamond was...
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2 men sentenced in brutal attack on Giants fan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An angry judge lashed out Thursday as he sentenced two men who pleaded guilty in the savage beating of an avid San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium, calling them cowards and a...
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Oklahoma City is owed millions in unpaid parking, traffic tickets
Oklahoma City is owed more than $13 million in unpaid parking and traffic tickets, with some dating back to the mid-’90s.Records show the city is owed $11,893,192 in unpaid traffic tickets and...
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Correction: MLK Children-Legal Battle story
ATLANTA (AP) — In a story Feb. 19 about a court battle among Martin Luther King Jr.'s children over his bible and Nobel Peace Prize, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the items belonged to...
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Internet a crucial Venezuela battleground
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — The battle for Venezuela is being fought as vigorously online as in the streets, with Internet service cut off to a strife-torn university city and the government...
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American Indian clinic in Oklahoma City works to educate members about...
BY JACLYN COSGROVEWhen Carolyn Fair received her insurance card in the mail, she decided it was time to celebrate.She drove to the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and immediately showed Michelle Baker, the...
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Oklahoma City broker deals single-tenant, net lease sales all over
BY RICHARD MIZEPassive commercial real estate investment is in, and broker Will Lightfoot is out — putting deals together all over the country.He’s not the only one.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Rural EMS provider files bankruptcy
Midwest City-based Victory EMS, the only emergency medical service for a sparsely populated part of western Osage County, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Victory serves the towns of Fairfax and...
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Court rules against Notre Dame over birth control
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the University of Notre Dame in a case over parts of the federal health care law that forces it to provide health insurance for students...
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Slain beauty queen mourned in Venezuela
VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — A university student beauty queen was mourned Friday in the provincial Venezuelan city where she was slain this week during a political protest, a victim of what government...
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Venezuelan violence has roots in obscure incident
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — The violent protests that have roiled Venezuela's major cities and challenged its socialist government have their roots in a little-known incident on a college campus in...
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Engineering fair at Rose State College teaches about success
BY NASREEN IQBAL niqbal@opubco.comMIDWEST CITY — Building blocks. That's what Dave Laukat, retired engineer and former chairman of the Oklahoma Engineering Fair, called the 700 students who filled the...
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