A Pennsylvania man convicted of child molestation hid out in Muskogee and worked at Wal-Mart for nearly 20 years.
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Stealing from children
Doing some simple math, that also equals a possible 400-575 students who might have lost a ride to school. It was no easy swipe, either. The batteries weigh an estimated 50-60 pounds each, and the perps had to cut through a fence to get to the busses. A ninth battery was found dropped nearby, reported […]
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Oh, hair, no!
Credit: Brad Gregg In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Major- ity Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Coburn called for curtailing transportation perks for lawmakers and their staff as well as various programs offered by the Senate and House learning centers. A number of those classes, he contends, range from spring cleaning […]
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Family tradition
After reopening the long-abandoned Far Niente Winery in Oakville, Calif., in the early 1980s, Nickel had gone on to launch Dolce and Nickel & Nickel, both brands that added to the excellent reputation of Gil and Beth Nickel’s wines. As part of his bequest, Gil Nickel left The Vineyard House to his son, Jeremy, a […]
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‘Right of return’
“Today, I’m hearing the term ‘the right of return,’ and it’s in reference to the right of the Palestinian people to return to that land,” the man, Oklahoma Conservative Political Action Committee Chairman Charlie Meadows, said to the crowd gathered before him. “I want to tell you something: I believe in the right of return […]
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Rep. Boren not seeking re-election in 2012
Spokesman Cole Perryman confirmed reports that the conservative Democrat plans to retire. The representative for Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District that covers 24 counties in eastern Oklahoma and serves as the state’s Democratic stronghold, Boren is the only Democrat of the state’s five congressional representatives. Following in the footsteps of his politician father, former U.S. Senator […]