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JONESBORO, Ark. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Arkansas State University System President Charles Welch has named a former president of Eastern Kentucky University as interim chancellor. Welch on Thursday said Doug Whitlock will serve as interim chancellor a...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Kansas saw its tax collections fall $10 million short of expectations in August, and Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is blaming a soft economy even as his critics make his tax-cutting policies a key issue in this y...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's still advising Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Kobach told reporters Thursday, "I am in regular communication with the campaign." Kobach gained n...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – A former Topeka Correctional Facility inmate who was sexually assaulted by an instructor at the women's prison in 2007 has been awarded $2.5 million by a federal judge, but it is not certain she'll ever see any o...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – The New Mexico Department of Health is reporting the third human plague case in the state this year. They say a 67-year-old Bernalillo County man was hospitalized but now is recovering at home. The illness l...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – A once-thriving all-black settlement in the New Mexico desert is a ghost town that rarely appears on maps. Tour buses pass but never stop at a Houston building where Latino activists planned civil rights e... Full story

OMAHA, Neb. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen slightly but still suggest slow or no economic growth ahead, according to a monthly report issued Thursday. The Mid-American B...

DENVER (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Federal land managers issued guidelines Thursday for restricting energy development, livestock grazing and other activities on public land in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, part of a broad effort to save t...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Enbridge Energy said Thursday it has dropped its proposal to build the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Enbridge attorneys notified the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that the c...

LOS ANGELES (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Tarantulas are out looking for love, and hikers in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains are warned to watch out for the hairy spiders. Tarantula mating season has begun, and it will last through the end of O... Full story

LOS ANGELES (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – A NASA spacecraft has spied what appears to be an inactive volcano on the surface of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The volcano is about half as tall as Mount Everest and l...

WASHINGTON (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Engineers have created clothing for a warming world – a fabric that allows your body heat to escape far better than other materials do. It hasn't been worn or tested by humans, so outside experts caution this is far...

BERLIN (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – A German village is enjoying its peace after an unruly guest took off: Ronny the stork, who spent the summer pecking at windows and cars as he attacked his own reflection. Ronny's persistent pecking in Glambeck, north o...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – An impatient patient who stole an ambulance at a Pennsylvania hospital because he wanted to go home is instead going to prison. The (Wilkes-Barre) Times Leader (http://bit.ly/2cbPoJz) reports 56-year-old D...

BERLIN (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Archaeologists in Berlin have unearthed a large number of human bones from a site close to where Nazi scientists carried out research on body parts of death camp victims sent to them by sadistic SS doctor Josef Mengele, o...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – The Oklahoma women's basketball team has released its Big 12 Conference schedule. OU opens conference play on the road Dec. 29 at Kansas. The home conference opener is New Year's Day against TCU. Other c...

Southeastern Louisiana (4-7 last season) at No. 21 Oklahoma State (10-3), 3:30 p.m. (FSN) Line: No line. Series Record: First meeting. WHAT'S AT STAKE Oklahoma State needs a dominant performance against FCS opponent Southeastern Louisiana. The...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP, Sept. 1, 2016) – Mark Andrews is ready to branch out. Oklahoma's tight end was mainly a red-zone threat last season, with seven of his 19 receptions going for touchdowns, including five for scores inside the 20-yard line. The r...

No. 3 Oklahoma (11-2) at Houston (13-1) in NRG Stadium, noon (ABC) Line: Oklahoma State by 10½. Series Record: Oklahoma leads 2-0. WHAT'S AT STAKE So, so much for Houston. A victory by the Cougars sets up coach Tom Herman's team to possibly make a...

Things to watch in the Big 12 Conference during the opening week of the season, when the league has three games against top-15 opponents. GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Houston, in the Texas Kickoff Classic at NRG Stadium, home of the...

East Carolina, UNLV and New Mexico are out of the Big 12's expansion derby. Officials at each school said Wednesday that they were notified by the Big 12 that they are no longer being considered for membership. East Carolina spokesman Tom McClellan...

No. 16 UCLA (8-5 last season) at Texas A&M (8-5), 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Line: Texas A&M by 3. Series Record: Series tied 2-2. WHAT'S AT STAKE The Aggies enter the season unranked after offseason upheaval at quarterback, and a win over UCLA in the first...

Houston coach Tom Herman has spent all offseason downplaying the importance of the Cougars' opener against No. 3 Oklahoma. The high-profile matchup at NRG Stadium, the home of the NFL's Texans, on Saturday won't decide a conference championship nor...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP, Sept. 2, 2016) – Oklahoma State's strong performance last season and the return of 18 starters have earned the Cowboys a better starting position this year. Last season, the Cowboys opened the season unranked before Mason R...