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DMB sax player dies at 46 from ATV wreck injuries
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what led to his death, and nursing supervisor Galina Shinder said the hospital could not release details.read more
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what led to his death, and nursing supervisor Galina Shinder said the hospital could not release details.read more
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T. Boone Pickens talks about his first billion
"The First Billion Is the Hardest" (Crown Business. 252 pages. $26.95), by T. Boone Pickens: T. Boone Pickens deals in big figures. Very big. He quotes Forbes Magazine as pegging his worth at $3 billion in 2007, when he was 79.Now he wants to save the United States hundreds of billions every year by cutting its appetite for imported oil, which made billions for Pickens during his long career.At 28, the Oklahoma native helped found Mesa Petroleum, which became one of the biggest independent oil companies. His two partners put in a total of $2,500. He got a half share for just a promissory note in the same amount.read more
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"The First Billion Is the Hardest" (Crown Business. 252 pages. $26.95), by T. Boone Pickens: T. Boone Pickens deals in big figures. Very big. He quotes Forbes Magazine as pegging his worth at $3 billion in 2007, when he was 79.Now he wants to save the United States hundreds of billions every year by cutting its appetite for imported oil, which made billions for Pickens during his long career.At 28, the Oklahoma native helped found Mesa Petroleum, which became one of the biggest independent oil companies. His two partners put in a total of $2,500. He got a half share for just a promissory note in the same amount.read more
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Rains sink Oklahoma's August record
Chad and Valerie Wagner have had enough of the flooding — they're moving.For the second straight year, and the second straight Aug. 19, the couple were forced from their El Reno home because of flooding. Tuesday's departure marked the third time in 11 years they've been flooded out of their home on the northwest corner of Banner Road and State Highway 66, Valerie Wagner said Tuesday."It's really baffling,” she said. "It's devastating. We're not sure where to go from here, but we're definitely out of here because this is too much to withstand.read more
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Chad and Valerie Wagner have had enough of the flooding — they're moving.For the second straight year, and the second straight Aug. 19, the couple were forced from their El Reno home because of flooding. Tuesday's departure marked the third time in 11 years they've been flooded out of their home on the northwest corner of Banner Road and State Highway 66, Valerie Wagner said Tuesday."It's really baffling,” she said. "It's devastating. We're not sure where to go from here, but we're definitely out of here because this is too much to withstand.read more
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As rains continued to fall, here's a look at some of Oklahoma's hardest-hit areas
Waurika: ‘Not the worst thing'Terry Kirkland said his businesses — Kirkland Barber Shop and Kirkland Insurance Agency — have flooded six times since he built at that sites in 1975. But he said this flooding has been the worst.On Tuesday, a 25-cent gum machine sat a few feet from some green sandbags outside Kirkland's businesses. Water rose to about 22 inches in the insurance agency/barber shop area and about 28 inches in an adjacent storage area. That water had receded by late Tuesday morning.City Manager Chuck Brown said four houses and two business locations received flood damage.read more
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Waurika: ‘Not the worst thing'Terry Kirkland said his businesses — Kirkland Barber Shop and Kirkland Insurance Agency — have flooded six times since he built at that sites in 1975. But he said this flooding has been the worst.On Tuesday, a 25-cent gum machine sat a few feet from some green sandbags outside Kirkland's businesses. Water rose to about 22 inches in the insurance agency/barber shop area and about 28 inches in an adjacent storage area. That water had receded by late Tuesday morning.City Manager Chuck Brown said four houses and two business locations received flood damage.read more
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Oklahoma's rainfall totals
Rainfall totals recorded by Mesonet stations for the 48-hour period ending 11 p.m. Tuesday. Waurika 10.66 inches Walters 7.96 Minco 7.22 El Reno 5.24 Fort Cobb 4.97 Okla. City West 4.34 Grandfield 4.30 Apache 4.23 Hooker 4.16 Okla. City North 4.00 Norman 3.79 Mangum 3.72 Okla. City East 3.66 Chickasha 3.48 Slapout 3.38 Washington 3.31 Tipton 2.70 Pauls Valley 2.53 Kingfisher 2.43 Bessie 2.27 Spencer 2.25 Ringling 2.17 Erick 2.read more
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Rainfall totals recorded by Mesonet stations for the 48-hour period ending 11 p.m. Tuesday. Waurika 10.66 inches Walters 7.96 Minco 7.22 El Reno 5.24 Fort Cobb 4.97 Okla. City West 4.34 Grandfield 4.30 Apache 4.23 Hooker 4.16 Okla. City North 4.00 Norman 3.79 Mangum 3.72 Okla. City East 3.66 Chickasha 3.48 Slapout 3.38 Washington 3.31 Tipton 2.70 Pauls Valley 2.53 Kingfisher 2.43 Bessie 2.27 Spencer 2.25 Ringling 2.17 Erick 2.read more
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Two Oklahoman's die as a result of road accidents
TULSA — A Tulsa man died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an Aug. 1 car crash, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.Robert Wesley Hendricks, 27, died about 3:50 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.Witnesses said Hendricks was racing another vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 near 41st Street when he tried to change lanes and lost control of the car. The car rolled onto its top, struck a concrete barrier and scraped along the wall before coming to rest on its wheels, according to a patrol report.Troopers reported that it was not known whether Hendricks had been wearing a seat belt before the crash.read more
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TULSA — A Tulsa man died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an Aug. 1 car crash, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.Robert Wesley Hendricks, 27, died about 3:50 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa.Witnesses said Hendricks was racing another vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 near 41st Street when he tried to change lanes and lost control of the car. The car rolled onto its top, struck a concrete barrier and scraped along the wall before coming to rest on its wheels, according to a patrol report.Troopers reported that it was not known whether Hendricks had been wearing a seat belt before the crash.read more
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Couple charged in Oklahoma City man's murder could face death penalty
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against two people accused of killing an Oklahoma City man last summer after arranging an Internet rendezvous.An Oklahoma County judge ruled Tuesday after a preliminary hearing that there is sufficient evidence to sustain robbery and murder charges against Robert Edwin Tyson III and Deborah Jean Hopson.They were not arraigned Tuesday on the charges of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery so prosecutors could file a bill of particulars, indicating they intend to seek the death penalty.read more
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Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against two people accused of killing an Oklahoma City man last summer after arranging an Internet rendezvous.An Oklahoma County judge ruled Tuesday after a preliminary hearing that there is sufficient evidence to sustain robbery and murder charges against Robert Edwin Tyson III and Deborah Jean Hopson.They were not arraigned Tuesday on the charges of first-degree murder and first-degree robbery so prosecutors could file a bill of particulars, indicating they intend to seek the death penalty.read more
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No criminal charges likely for Haworth man
A runaway college student from southeast Oklahoma who was found last week in California was released from suicide watch Tuesday, officials said.A deputy district attorney in Alameda County, Calif., said Matthew Wilson, 21, of Haworth will not be charged with a crime after being found last week on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.Police found Wilson in a classroom, after school hours, with a laptop they said was stolen. Wilson was arrested and placed on suicide watch in a Bay Area mental health hospital.read more
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A runaway college student from southeast Oklahoma who was found last week in California was released from suicide watch Tuesday, officials said.A deputy district attorney in Alameda County, Calif., said Matthew Wilson, 21, of Haworth will not be charged with a crime after being found last week on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.Police found Wilson in a classroom, after school hours, with a laptop they said was stolen. Wilson was arrested and placed on suicide watch in a Bay Area mental health hospital.read more
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Metro-area flooding rouses memories for Oklahoma City council member
On a day when floods surrounded the metro area, outgoing Oklahoma City Councilwoman Ann Simank's thoughts were on a once-flood-prone creek in her ward.In 1993, Simank watched families pull loved ones out of flooded homes near Brock Creek on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Three people died in the floods."I talked to many families — mothers that had to literally crawl out of their homes holding children and youngsters in their arms and crawl out of their windows because the water was rapidly rising in their homes,” said Simank, 58. "When I ran for office, I promised those people I would fix that creek.read more
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On a day when floods surrounded the metro area, outgoing Oklahoma City Councilwoman Ann Simank's thoughts were on a once-flood-prone creek in her ward.In 1993, Simank watched families pull loved ones out of flooded homes near Brock Creek on the Saturday before Mother's Day. Three people died in the floods."I talked to many families — mothers that had to literally crawl out of their homes holding children and youngsters in their arms and crawl out of their windows because the water was rapidly rising in their homes,” said Simank, 58. "When I ran for office, I promised those people I would fix that creek.read more
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Rule changes may clear air for Oklahoma residents hurt by soot
DUNCAN — The state Environmental Quality Board on Tuesday unanimously approved an air quality regulation change that's intended to protect people from health effects associated with soot.Public Service Company of Oklahoma — a power company that operates mostly in eastern Oklahoma — opposed the changed rule. An attorney for the company said the change will make this regulation two to three times more strict than a similar federal standard.The rule deals with fine particles emitted by power plants and other industries.read more
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DUNCAN — The state Environmental Quality Board on Tuesday unanimously approved an air quality regulation change that's intended to protect people from health effects associated with soot.Public Service Company of Oklahoma — a power company that operates mostly in eastern Oklahoma — opposed the changed rule. An attorney for the company said the change will make this regulation two to three times more strict than a similar federal standard.The rule deals with fine particles emitted by power plants and other industries.read more
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