Oklahoma caviar sales brought in $1.5 million
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLGRAND LAKE — A fishing operation on Grand Lake is netting the state Department of Wildlife Conservation more than $1 million a year in caviar sales.The Paddlefish Research Center...
View ArticleEx-NY Gov. Spitzer offers life advice in new book
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is offering life advice in a new book, saying "self-importance" can lead to a "dangerous arrogance" that often ends badly.Spitzer resigned in 2008...
View ArticleEgypt: Islamist lawmakers demand Morsi's return
CAIRO (AP) — Islamist lawmakers in Egypt's disbanded upper house of parliament demanded Saturday the army reinstate ousted President Mohammed Morsi, and called on other legislatures around the world...
View ArticleObama and ESPN commentators play golf in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hitting the links with two ESPN commentators.The White House said sports commentators Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser (KORN'-hy-zer) were in the...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Ex-Mont. governor rejects Senate bid
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Popular former Gov. Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleRival rebel factions fight in Syria's largest city
BEIRUT (AP) — Western-backed opposition fighters and a faction of al-Qaida-linked rebels turned their guns on each other Saturday in Syria's largest city, battling for control of a key checkpoint in...
View ArticleBronze sculpture of Vince Gill proposed for Bricktown
BY BRANDY MCDONNELL AND LILLIE-BETH BRINKMANA sculpture of Vince Gill planned for Bricktown has the approval of the Country Music Hall of Famer and, perhaps more importantly, the endorsement of his...
View ArticleOklahoma County public records, July 17
BIRTHSINTEGRIS OF EDMONDNathaniel Hudson and Christina Hillmon, girl.MARRIAGE LICENSESMax Charles Turpker, 59, and Gayla Kay Randall, 55.Joseph M. Douglas, 30, and Jennifer Brooke Johnson, 25.Nathan...
View ArticleOklahoma attorney general, 11 others file lawsuit against EPA over 'sue and...
BY PAUL MONIES pmonies@opubco.comOklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt joined Republican colleagues from 11 other states Tuesday in filing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency related...
View ArticleOklahoma City crime briefs for July 17
Crime briefsFather heldIn BB shootingAn Oklahoma City man is accused of shooting his 14-year-old son in the foot with a BB gun is being held without bail in the Oklahoma County jail, officials said...
View ArticleOklahoma state news briefs, July 17
In briefOKLAHOMA CITYMoon landing rememberedScience Museum Oklahoma will honor and explore the science and art of Apollo 11's historic landing on the moon Saturday with a variety of activities.Read...
View ArticleTemperatures in the upper 80s in central Oklahoma Wednesday
FROM STAFF REPORTSThere is a slight chance of rain Wednesday in central Oklahoma, the National Weather Service reports.Temperatures will be near 87 degrees.The Oklahoma City forecast is as...
View ArticleThe new face of heroin
“Glee” star Cory Monteith, who died Saturday of an accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol in a Vancouver hotel room, may not seem like the stereotypical heroin user, reports NBC News. That's why,...
View ArticleOutrage on Twitter and Facebook over the Aug. 3 cover boy on Rolling Stone
Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will appear on the cover of the Aug. 3 edition of Rolling Stone magazine. The cover, which features a self-taken portrait of Tsarnaev sporting shaggy hair and a...
View ArticleUPDATE: Small fire reported in Oklahoma City Wal-Mart store Wednesday is out
FROM STAFF REPORTS5:55 a.m. A fire in a McDonald's restaurant located inside the Wal-Mart store at 7800 Northwest Expressway in northwest Oklahoma City Wednesday is out, according to fire radio...
View ArticlePower being restored in Oklahoma City Wednesday after Tuesday night storms
FROM STAFF REPORTSPower is being restored to Oklahoma City area customers who were affected by Tuesday night storms, the Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleWhy do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?
From Smithsonian.com: You come in from a summer hike covered with itchy red mosquito bites, only to have your friends innocently proclaim that they don’t have any. Or you wake up from a night of...
View Article12 inmates flee in 2nd Indonesia jailbreak in days
BATAM, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police launched an intense manhunt Wednesday to recapture more than 100 prisoners after a group of inmates fled detention on Batam island — the second jailbreak in...
View ArticleEgypt: Morsi supporters protest outside Cabinet
CAIRO (AP) — Several hundred supporters of Egypt's deposed president are protesting near the Cabinet building in central Cairo against the country's new interim government.The demonstrators Wednesday...
View ArticleDoc suspected in Omaha killings due in Ill. court
JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) — A doctor suspected in four slayings in Nebraska is scheduled for another southern Illinois court appearance that could decide how quickly he'll return to Omaha to face murder...
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