| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | U.S. jobless claims at lowest since January | WASHINGTON ? The government says the number of newly laid off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week, largely due to changes in the timing of auto industry layoffs.The Labor Department says the number of first-time jobless claims plummeted 52,000 to a seasonally adjusted 565,000, the lowest level since early January.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 9:06 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Triple-digit heat builds into Oklahoma | Oklahoma may not get a break from the heat for a while after Thursday.The National Weather Service said a dome of high pressure will move farther into the region, pushing temperatures to or above 100 degrees in many areas.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 8:51 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Tulsa middle-school teacher charged in sex case | TULSA ? Authorities have charged a Tulsa middle-school teacher in a sex case they say involved a teen boy the teacher was mentoring.
John Gisler was charged Monday with lewd molestation, forcible sodomy and second-degree rape.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 8:41 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Oklahoma Pikepass services help in efficiency | Allowing Pikepass accountholders to update their vehicle tag information online is cutting back significantly on the number of telephone calls for assistance to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, which was swamped last month when $25 violation notices were sent out mostly because the devices weren’t mounted properly, a spokesman said on Wednesday.Pikepass customers may now go online and open an account without having to call the authority’s office.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 5:42 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Boston lawsuit challenges federal marriage definition | BOSTON — Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage, sued the U.S. government Wednesday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it sees fit, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 5:29 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Blagojevich aide set to testify in former governor’s conspiracy | CHICAGO — A former chief of staff to ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a scheme to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s Senate seat and vowed to testify at the ex-governor’s corruption trial.John Harris, 47, admitted in his signed plea agreement that he repeatedly talked with Blagojevich about how the then-governor could turn his power to name a successor to Obama to his own financial advantage — such as trading it for a high-paying job.Harris’s defense attorney, Terry Ekl, said he expects Blagojevich to go to trial on racketeering conspiracy charges and his client would take the witness stand to outline what he knows about corruption in the administration.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 5:24 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Seminoles add voting sites for elections | Voters on Saturday will be allowed to cast ballots at locations outside Seminole County for the first time in elections for Seminole Nation’s principal chief and vice chief.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 5:20 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Sarah Palin’s offer of aid gets mixed review | NEW YORK — Sarah Palin’s decision to step down as Alaska’s governor was driven in part by her wish to help Republican candidates across the country, associates say.But in New Jersey and Virginia, both of which have governors’ races this year, the prospect of a visit from the party’s 2008 vice presidential nominee has so far drawn a muted response from the GOP contenders in both states.In Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnell says his campaign had had conversations with the Palin camp but stopped short of saying whether he wanted her campaigning help.In an interview with ABCNews.com, McDonnell called Palin a "good spokesman” and said he would welcome anyone who wanted to come to Virginia
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 5:19 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Oklahoma to study competitiveness | Tulsa officials hope an interim study will help them determine the state’s level of economic competitiveness.Sen.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 1:27 | |
| ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Guymon horse races spur 12 arrests | GUYMON — A Texas County illegal horse racing operation was shut down this week and more than 150 people detained and 12 people arrested.On Sunday 50 law enforcement officers from various state and federal agencies, including Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, descended on a private racetrack about two miles north of Guymon."The racing was going on in broad daylight,” said Jason Bond, a Guymon police officer.
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| | Thu, Jul. 9, 2009, 0:57 | |
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