Holtz, Cooper, Aikman enshrined into College Football Hall of FameSOUTH BEND, Ind. — The only way Lou Holtz knows how to coach is all out. Roll Call: How the House voted on a spending bill that would allow for DC abortion fundingThe 219-208 roll call Thursday by which the House passed a spending bill that would allow the District of Columbia’s city government to pay for abortions for the poor and take steps toward legalizing marijuana for medical purposes. Court documents claim Onex discussed plans to reduce age of work force at Boeing plantsWICHITA, Kan. — Before buying Boeing Co.’s commercial airplane operations in Kansas and Oklahoma, Canadian investment conglomerate Onex Corp. discussed in e-mails plans to reduce the age of the work force to cut costs, according to recently released court documents in an age-discrimination lawsuit. Recalls: H2O mop steam cleaners, butterfly chairs, telephone toys, shag rugs, hooded jacketsThe following recalls have been announced: Sotomayor declines to give views on abortion, says Obama didn’t ask before Supreme Court pickWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on abortion rights and said President Barack Obama never asked her before he chose her for the bench. Camp Grandparents: Some grandmas and grandpas become alternative to summer camp in recessionCHICAGO — Over the river and through the recession to grandmother’s house they go. The lingering recession is forcing cash-strapped parents to cancel camp for the kids. Instead, they’re being packed off to their grandparents’. Black-white disparity: A look at how states compare to national averageA look at the achievement gap between black and white students on nationwide reading and math tests in 2007, according to a new Education Department report. Tests were graded on a 500-point scale. Homeowner wants T. Boone Pickens charged with theft over slab where oilman signed nameOKLAHOMA CITY — As a youngster, Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens scratched his name in wet concrete in the driveway of his grandmother’s Oklahoma house. Sand, surf and stars? Hawaii wants to add space travel to tourist attractionsHONOLULU — Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Battered by the elements, Oklahoma winter wheat harvest to be less than 2008OKLAHOMA CITY — Battered by drought, a late freeze and flooding rain, Oklahoma’s winter wheat harvest may produce only half of what was yielded last year, officials said. State-by-state list of cites and areas to receive stimulus money to combat homelessnessState-by-state look at cities, counties and communities where stimulus money will be distributed to combat homelessness and the dollars for each location, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department: Okla. executes man convicted of 1995 slayings of 2 campers whose bodies were burnedMcALESTER, Okla. — A man convicted of the 1995 shooting deaths of two campers has been put to death in Oklahoma. Arrests of Little League coach, nurse and teacher in raids show dogfighting is alive and wellST. LOUIS — The arrests this week of a Little League coach, a registered nurse and a teacher during the largest coordinated raids on dogfighting in U.S. history confirm the shadowy blood sport is alive and well despite tough laws across the country. Authorities: Oklahoma couple suspected in burial, excavation of young girlHELENA, Mont. — An Oklahoma couple has been arrested for investigation of burying a young girl then digging up her remains and moving the body from state to state for more than a year, authorities said Tuesday. Couple in Oklahoma accused of burying, digging up remains of 11-year-old girlHAVRE, Mont. — An Oklahoma couple are accused of burying an 11-year-old girl, digging up her remains and moving the body from state to state for more than a year. Okla. congressman returning to DC after treatment for alcohol addiction, will seek re-electionOKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, who is returning to Washington after a 30-day stay in a treatment center for alcohol addiction, said Monday he plans to work harder than ever and will seek re-election next year. Former president George W. Bush thanks troops amid thunderous Okla. applause in July 4 speechWOODWARD, Okla. — Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in a rural Oklahoma rodeo arena that the U.S. was “the greatest nation on the face of the earth.” Former president George W. Bush to speak at 4th of July celebration in remote Oklahoma townWOODWARD, Okla. — Former President George W. Bush, who has turned up in a handful of out-of-the-way places since leaving office, was set to spend part of Independence Day speaking at a remodeled rodeo arena in rural northwestern Oklahoma. International trade corridor through small-town western America seen as economic boonLIMON, Colo. — For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity. Friendly territory: George W. Bush to spend Fourth of July in small Oklahoma townWOODWARD, Okla. — When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did. Midwest economy: a state-by-state glance for JuneThe Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. Okla. patrol: No problems noted in brakes on big rig involved in 10-fatality turnpike accidentOKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has found no problems with the brakes on a tractor-trailer that plowed into stalled cars in a turnpike accident that killed 10 people. Driver in 10-death Okla. wreck had clean record; investigation centers on why he didn’t stopOKLAHOMA CITY — Truck driver Donald Creed had a clean record when the state of Missouri renewed his commercial driver’s license in April. Less than three months later, investigators are trying to figure out why Creed didn’t stop — and perhaps didn’t even hit the brakes — before his big rig slammed into a line of vehicles on an Oklahoma turnpike, a collision that killed 10 people. Death toll in Oklahoma turnpike crash climbs to 10OKLAHOMA CITY — The death toll from a chain-reaction accident on an Oklahoma turnpike this weekend has risen to 10. 9 killed in northeast Oklahoma highway wreck; final victim found in wreckage hours after crashMIAMI, Okla. — Hours after a tractor-trailer slammed into stopped traffic on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike, tow trucks dislodged the rig from a crushed car to find the body of a ninth victim inside the mangled wreckage. US attorney calls for reform after latest in long line of Oklahoma sheriff scandalsOKLAHOMA CITY — A small-town sheriff and his top deputy kept close watch over a lonely stretch of interstate in eastern Oklahoma, looking for drug couriers to fleece. But one motorist carrying $30,000 in cash turned out to be an undercover federal agent. 9 dead in northeast Okla. turnpike wreck, motorists stranded in heat for hoursMIAMI, Okla. — Two survivors of an Oklahoma traffic wreck that killed nine people when a tractor-trailer slammed into stopped cars were in critical condition Saturday. Rescue crews find 9th victim in car caught under tractor-trailer, hours after Okla. wreckMIAMI, Okla. — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a ninth fatality in a northeast Oklahoma turnpike wreck has been confirmed after crews found another body in a car that had been caught under a tractor-trailer. At least 8 dead in northeast Okla. turnpike wreck, motorists stranded in heat for hoursMIAMI, Okla. — At least eight people died Friday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a line of cars stopped on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike by an earlier accident, leaving twisted metal and debris strewn about the highway and stranding miles of traffic in scorching heat for hours. Highway Patrol confirms at least 8 dead in traffic accident on northeast Okla. interstateMIAMI, Okla. — A tractor-trailer slammed into a line of cars stopped on a northeast Oklahoma turnpike Friday afternoon, killing at least eight people , authorities said. |
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