Articles from the December 18, 2016 edition
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Death penalty sought in Oklahoma interstate shootings
ARAPAHO, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Texas man charged with shooting two people to death as they drove on Interstate 40 in Oklahoma. Custer County prosecutors provided notice Friday — exactly one year after the sho...
By Tulsa man logs million miles on 1953 Ford
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ted Marsh, 80, is wired this way: When he finds something he likes, he keeps it. After high school, Marsh left his hometown of Ada for a job at an engineering company in Tulsa. The company changed hands a few times, but he stayed...
Kansas Board of Regents approves room and board increases
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Students at the University of Kansas will face at least a 3 percent increase to live on campus next year. University of Kansas students next year will pay $5,910 to live on campus, which is $172, or 3 percent, more than this year,...
Riders, horses bond in farm's 'Cowboy Christmas' tradition
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — In chilly, 40-degree weather last Sunday, hearts were warmed at Reba Farm Inn in Bedford by the presence of what Ron Gore said may have once been deemed "bad horses." Horses that were mistreated, misused or neglected are now in th...
Apps for haggard parents with a wailing child on a flight
ABOARD JETBLUE FLIGHT 669 (AP) — There are few things worse than getting on a plane and discovering a wailing child and a haggard parent sitting next to you. Few things, that is, except being that haggard parent of the wailing child. As a parent w...
Greenville woman raises shrimp hundreds of miles from sea
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The scene looks like some sort of makeshift aquatics club meets above ground swimming pool outlet. The room is warm and loud, thanks to the incessant hum of aerators pumping air into the eight above ground pools, and the f...
North Dakota resident breeds rare European Bison
HAZEN, N.D. (AP) — Dave Sebastian has had a passion for bison going on 30 years, and the genetic traits he's bred into some of his animals have created beautiful results. But for all that, it's the special bison species — familiar, yet dis...
Student illustrates plight of homeless high schoolers
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Destine Patterson fiddled with her phone while the TV played inside the motel room, her home of about 24 hours. Her great-aunt Effie Simpson rubbed her hands together, trying to bring warmth to them. After six months of l...
Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still not cleaned up
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Though crews have been working around the clock to deal with t...
GOP electors cite rural voice in Electoral College
ATLANTA (AP) — As members of the Electoral College prepare to choose Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States, some Republican electors say they are defending rural and small-town America against big-state liberalism and its support f...
Senator: Exploding e-cigarette recalls need to be considered
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is increasing the heat on the federal government to consider recalling e-cigarette batteries and devices that explode and catch fire, injuring users. Schumer, a New York Democrat, has called e-cigarettes "...
Lacking lawyers, Plains states try new rural staffing tacks
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In Wheeler County, Nebraska, if you want a divorce, attorneys who can help you are nearly 50 miles away. There's only one attorney, James McNally, in the north-central county, and he is its sole prosecutor. He's been there for 5...
Hay bales in West Texas make festive holiday artwork canvas
ANSON, Texas (AP) — Yellow bales, yellow bales; it's Christmastime in Jones County. The Abilene Reporter-News (http://bit.ly/2h7ctC4 ) reports Kaci Murphy said she and her husband Justin found themselves with a surplus of hay this year. "We have a c...
Cuddle parties in Texas provide snuggle opportunities
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — There is a purple velvet couch, blankets everywhere and about two dozen people wanting to get their cuddle on. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2gG1WKg ) reports they came for different reasons. Some to meet people. Some t...
Hydroelectric engineers find potential in centuries-old mine
MINEVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Some look at an abandoned, centuries-old iron mine in New York's Adirondacks and see a relic. An ambitious group of engineers sees the shafts in Mineville as a new way to provide a steady flow of electricity in a growing m...
Fake news epidemic hits home for Sedro-Woolley family
SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. (AP) — Tim McCray signed into Facebook a few weeks ago and scrolled through his news feed as he does nearly every morning. Then something caught his eye. It was an article a family member had shared titled, "Thug fatally s...
Booby found on UK beach flown back to Caribbean home
LONDON (AP) — Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history. The red-footed booby, a native of tropical zones, was discovered on a southern English beach Sept. 4, some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) from h...
Baptism by ice: Alaskans make annual plunge into frigid lake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — More than a thousand people in Alaska dressed up as elves or in other elaborate costumes, while some stripped down to barely anything to take part in a polar plunge. The fundraiser for Special Olympics Alaska took place S...
