Articles from the December 1, 2019 edition
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Merry Clickmas: Black Friday online sales hit record $7.4B
NEW YORK (AP) — This year's Black Friday was the biggest ever for online sales, as fewer people hit the stores and shoppers rang up $7.4 billion in transactions from their phones, computers and tablets. That's just behind the $7.9 billion haul of l...
By Capitol Watch: Lawmakers could fine-tune public funding plan
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's plan to root out political corruption by allowing candidates to run for office with up to $100 million in public funds has drawn scrutiny from Republicans and Democrats alike who are expected to fine-tune details of a...
Party like a spy: Spookstock is intel world's hush-hush bash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sometime earlier this year, one of the most elite social events in Washington took place, but without any fanfare or news coverage. It drew about 1,800 attendees and Grammy-winning rocker Lenny Kravitz performed. Yet there were n...
University senior makes baking cakes, cookies her only job
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Mady Ogdahl recently took a big leap. The Northern State University senior quit her part-time job, making her other gig — baking cakes and cookies — her only job. "It's difficult, because there's a lot. I have a limit on how m...
Londoners fought back to curtail carnage in bridge attack
LONDON (AP) — Even in times of shared, senseless tragedy, an uplifting moment sometimes emerges. On Saturday, shocked and saddened Londoners dealing with the return of terrorism to their streets after a two-year hiatus found solace in the way b...
Police: man arrested for sitting naked in car outside Kohl's
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say they've arrested a man on Black Friday after he was spotted sitting naked in a car at a shopping center. Knightdale police said an officer smelled marijuana coming from vehicles in a parking lot n...
LEO STEPHEN BRANDT
Funeral services for Leo Stephen Brandt, 95, are pending at Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
Food bank in high gear for holiday season
The Alva Wesleyan Food Bank has shifted into high to help ease hunger during a season made jolly for most by family gatherings – and family feasts. As Thanksgiving approached, Jennifer Marston – who... Full story
Rangers drop tough match-up before the break
STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Northwestern Oklahoma State University faced a tough out-of-conference match-up on the Wednesday before the university’s Thanksgiving break. Tarleton State University was a great opponent for the Rangers to face early in the... Full story
Northwestern Outlasts Bethel in Late Night Match-up
ALVA, Okla.- Northwestern Oklahoma State University men's basketball faced off against NAIA opponent Bethel College (Kansas) Saturday evening after the University's Thanksgiving break. The 9-1... Full story
Brooks leads No. 7 Oklahoma past No. 21 Oklahoma State
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts was a one-man show. Kennedy Brooks proved otherwise. He rushed for 160 yards and a touchdown to help No. 7 Oklahoma beat No. 21 Oklahoma State 34-16 on S...
Upwork economist outlines skills sought in freelance workers
WASHINGTON (AP) — What are the skills that employers most value in freelancers? They want workers fluent in the computer programming language TypeScript and the software framework .NET Core. But they also favor softer skills, like good grammar and e...
Suit claims Boy Scouts overlooked leader's alleged abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America is facing another lawsuit in a wave of litigation over decades-old allegations of sexual abuse. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that two men filed a federal suit in Little Rock Wednesday, a...
Cherokee students use video games to hone key skills
CHEROKEE, Iowa (AP) — For many of us who are members of older generations, we might consider the hours younger people spend playing video games as nothing more than a diversion from doing something more productive, such as homework. But talk to T...
Treating HIV in the tiniest babies could have huge positive implications for their future
Roger L. Shapiro, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Gbolahan Ajibola, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (THE CONVERSATION) Princess had a rough start in life. She was born HIV-infected. Her mother was often sick, and there was...
Vandalism at historic site focusing attention on needs there
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Discussions following vandalism at a historic site linked to abolition and the Underground Railroad may help generate support for preservation efforts there. KCUR reports the latest vandalism was discovered earlier this m...
Flooding at Kansas state parks costing state millions
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The toll of massive flooding in Kansas is proving to be high for the agency that operates state parks. KCUR reports that the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism will lose millions of dollars as the result of park c...
Records: Arkansas youth treatment center broke federal rules
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — State records indicate an Arkansas youth mental health treatment center broke federal rules by using chemical injections to restrain young people held in seclusion. Inspection records obtained by the Arkansas D...
Online shoppers boost small business sales
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shoppers, many of them using smartphones, spent $3.6 billion buying online from small businesses on Saturday. Adobe Analytics, which tracks online sales, says that's up 18% from a year earlier. Adobe reports that holiday s...
UN chief warns of 'point of no return' on climate change
MADRID (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world's efforts to stop climate change have been "utterly inadequate" so far and there is a danger global warming could pass the "point of no return." Speaking before the star...
ISU professor, students try to improve firefighter gloves
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Walking into the Labs for Functional Textiles and Protective Clothing at Iowa State University, the first things one might notice are the piles upon piles of heavy-duty gloves meant to protect firefighters. This is where ISU p...
North Star: Alabama planetarium upgrades include a new dome
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A major project to repair the University of North Alabama Planetarium and Observatory should be complete by Jan. 1, officials said. The landmark dome that covers the facility has been removed so crews can repair the concrete s...
'Frozen 2' ices competition again with record Thanksgiving
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Frozen 2" kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty. Disney's ice princess sequel brought in $85.3 million in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend and e...
USDA gives $1.5 million to fight wild hogs in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is putting up nearly $1.5 million to help control Georgia's wild hog population. The recently announced funding is part of a program called the "Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program," a...
Wrongly delivered urine sample prompts theater evacuation
NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — A movie theater in the small Washington city of North Bend was evacuated after authorities say a packaged labeled as containing a "highly contagious human substance" was sent there in error. KOMO reports the package c...
