Articles from the December 8, 2017 edition
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Morbid ornament: Dead vultures hung to scare off live ones
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Amid the Christmas lights and garlands, one South Carolina neighborhood features more unusual decorations in its trees — vulture carcasses. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the neighborhood homeowners group for...
Fat squirrel steals pricey goods left out for delivery folks
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — An obese squirrel was caught on video stealing gourmet chocolate and lip balm that a family leaves outside as a holiday treat for delivery people. Michele Boudreaux, of Maplewood, New Jersey, said on her blog she provides c...
New Jersey advances bill that would bar drunken drone flying
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — State lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation that would bar people from operating drones while drunk. The National Conference on State Legislatures says at least 38 states are considering drone legislation this year, going b...
By Bitcoin soars then falls back; banks raise risk concerns
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of bitcoin swung wildly Thursday, rising to more than $19,000 only to fall sharply within minutes, as both the euphoria and anxiety surrounding the virtual currency escalated just days before trading in bitcoin futures b...
US fails to enforce smog rules, 14 states allege in lawsuit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Fourteen states and the District of Columbia announced Thursday that they are suing the Trump administration over what they say is a failure to enforce smog standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not d...
President Trump's national monument cuts draw 5th lawsuit
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Another coalition of conservation groups is suing to stop President Donald Trump's cuts to Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The lawsuit filed Thursday by 11 organizations including the Sierra Club is the fifth legal c...
Nobel Laureates say change is coming for women in sciences
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of 2017 Nobel Laureates have addressed the lack of female representation in sciences ahead of the prize-awarding ceremony in Stockholm. The seven winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry and Economic S...
Man who streaked at Buffalo Bills game pleads guilty, fined
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A Buffalo Bills fan who ran naked across the field during a blowout loss last month and earned praise from other fans for rushing better than the team's players has pleaded guilty to exposure. Tristan Lambright admitted t...
Retired justice 'so disappointed' to be kept off jury
BOSTON (AP) — She was impartial enough to serve as a justice on the highest court in Massachusetts, but apparently that wasn't enough for Geraldine Hines to be named a juror in a murder trial. The 70-year-old Hines, who retired from the Supreme J...
Woman claims surgeon talked on cellphone during operation
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York City woman has sued a doctor, claiming he used his cellphone to take a language test while operating on her. The Journal News reports 70-year-old Mary Edwards, of Port Chester, filed a lawsuit Monday i...
Kansas child sex offender sentenced for assaulting girl
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Kansas girl. The Sedgwick County District Attorney's office announced that 44-year-old Kelly Farr, of Scott C...
Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield named the AP Player of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) — Baker Mayfield is The Associated Press college football Player of the Year, becoming the fourth Oklahoma quarterback to win the award since it was established in 1998. Mayfield easily outpointed Stanford running back Bryce Love, w...
Oklahoma governor plans to call lawmakers prior to Christmas
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says she will have lawmakers return to the Capitol the week before Christmas to address a budget shortfall in the second special legislative session of the year. Fallin announced Thursday she will c...
Oklahoma panel approves merger of college governing boards
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A higher education task force has approved a plan to move seven of Oklahoma's community colleges under the authority of larger governing boards. The recommendation approved Wednesday will be presented to the Oklahoma State R...
Higher education regents seek $128 million budget increase
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will ask the Legislature for a $128 million increase in funding to the state's colleges and universities. The regents voted Thursday to request $901.9 million for fiscal year 2...
Additional charge added in Oklahoma vehicular death case
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused of running over people he believed were homeless now faces a charge of violating the state's hate crimes statute. Jeremy Dean Thacker had already been charged with first-degree murder and nine related f...
Treasurer: November revenue rises 12.4 percent in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State Treasurer Ken Miller says revenue collections for November were up 12.4 percent over November last year. Gross receipts to the treasury were $893.4 million, up by $98.6 million from November 2016, making it the e...
Oklahoma's Andrews wins Mackey Award as top tight end
Oklahoma's Mark Andrews has won the Mackey Award as the nation's top tight end. The school made the announcement in a news release on Wednesday. The other finalists were Wisconsin's Troy Fumagalli and Penn State's Mike Gesicki. Andrews will receive...
No. 6/5 Lubbock Christian Hands SWOSU First Loss
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The Lady Bulldogs had their eight game winning streak to start the season come to an end on Thursday at the hands of No. 6/5 Lubbock Christian by a final score of 95-65. SWOSU couldn't cool down LCU's hot shooting, as the Lady Ch...
Tigers can't finish at home against CBC
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Tigers' men's basketball team fell to a pesky Central Baptist College Mustang team Thursday evening by a final score of 80-71. The Tigers led the game by one point at halftime and kept the game close throughout. A M...
Prosecutor declines to charge officer in deaf man's killing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor announced Friday he will not file criminal charges against a police officer in the September shooting death of a deaf man who was not following officer commands. Oklahoma County District Attorney David P...
Angry worshippers lash out against Trump across Muslim world
JERUSALEM (AP) — Large crowds of worshippers across the Muslim world staged anti-U.S. marches Friday, some stomping on posters of Donald Trump or burning American flags in the largest outpouring of anger yet at the U.S. president's recognition of b...
A stronger global economy is helping boost the US job market
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. job market is benefiting from an unlikely source: Other countries. The global economy is showing renewed strength, with Europe, Japan and many developing nations growing in tandem for the first time in a decade. The brighte...
Police: Gunman disguised himself, randomly killed at school
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday. William A...
Mueller produced wealth of documents in Manafort, Gates case
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has produced hundreds of thousands of documents, copied 36 electronic devices and 2,000 "hot" documents in the government's case against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Mueller's investigators made c...
