Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 at
9:36 am
AP - The best short-term solution to bottling up a disastrous oil spill threatening sealife and livelihoods along the Gulf Coast should be headed out to sea Wednesday in the form of a specially built giant concrete-and-steel box designed to siphon the oil away.
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at
9:45 am
AP - Attorneys for Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson have agreed to a court order requested by abortion providers to temporarily block enforcement of the state’s new abortion law.
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at
10:51 am
AP - Federal authorities have shut down two offshore platforms and evacuated one of them near a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at
10:33 am
AP - A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has become far worse than initially thought crept toward the coast Thursday as government officials offered help from the military to prevent a disaster that could destroy fragile marshlands along the shore.
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at
12:40 pm
AP - The Oklahoma Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Brad Henry’s veto of two abortion measures, including one that an abortion-rights group has said would be among the nation’s strictest anti-abortion measures. The votes mean the bills become law immediately.
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at
3:47 pm
AP - The Coast Guard is saying that the oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico after a rig exploded is expected to stay 30 miles off the coast for the next three days.
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Friday, April 23rd, 2010 at
12:40 pm
AP - Utah is scheduled to execute a convicted killer by firing squad on June 18 after a judge signed a warrant for his execution.
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at
11:41 am
AP - The Army is considering whether to rescind an invitation to evangelist Franklin Graham to appear at the Pentagon amid complaints about his description of Islam as evil, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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Monday, April 19th, 2010 at
8:26 am
AP - Dion Thomas’ life began spiraling out of control after her mother was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, when the straight-A student started skipping classes and saw her grades slip to D’s, F’s and incompletes.
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at
10:47 am
AP - A northern New Jersey school board member who held the lone winning ticket for a $211.7 million Powerball jackpot last month has claimed her prize.
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