Scoreboard Roundup – 09/08/12
Hemera/Getty Images(NEW YORK) – NCAAF: (1) Alabama (2-0) Crushed Western Kentucky (1-1), 35-0.
(2) USF (2-0) beat Syracuse (0-2), 42-49.
(3) LSU (2-0) smacked Washington (1-1), 41-3.
(4) Oregon (2-0) demolished Fresno State (1-1), 42-25.
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Oklahoma Valedictorian Denied Diploma After Using ‘Hell’ in Her Speech
Ryan McVay/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(PRAGUE, Okla.) — The father of a recent high school graduate in Oklahoma who has been denied a diploma because she said “hell” in her valedictorian speech has accused her principal of bullying his daughter.”She bec…
Oklahomans Return to Find Little Left After Wildfires
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LUTHER, Okla.) — Nearly 100 buildings, including five-dozen homes, have been destroyed in the past two days in Oklahoma, where severe weather contributed to the rapid spread of a number of wildfires. Hundreds of people were quic…
Authorities Suspect Arson as Okla. Wildfires Force Evacuation
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LUTHER, Okla.) — A dozen raging wildfires fueled by extreme heat and strong winds have forced hundreds of residents in central Oklahoma to evacuate, and investigators now suspect arson as the cause. The fires have sc…
Slain Okla. High School Graduate Told Boyfriend: ‘Call 911. I Can’t Breathe.’
Tulsa Police Department(TULSA, Okla.) — Slain Oklahoma teen graduate Kayla Ferrante said to her boyfriend Neikko Perez, “Call 911. I can’t breathe,” after a mystery suspect fired a bullet through the license plate of the car that pierced her back and …
Oklahoma Blind Dog Gets New Life with Canine Pal
Goodshoot/Thinkstock(TULSA, Okla.) — Putting two dogs of different breeds and from different backgrounds together in a confined space will usually end up in a lot of bark and likely some bite. Rarely does that pairing end up in the two pooches b…
Three Children Among Five Dead in Oklahoma After Tornado Outbreak
Julie Denesha/Getty ImagesUPDATE: ABC News has learned of another fatality in Woodward, Okla., bringing the death toll up to six.
(WOODWARD, Okla.) — Three children under the age of 10 are among the five found dead in Woodward, Okla., after violent st…
Granny ‘Drug Kingpin’ Busted in Oklahoma
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Silver haired and sweet faced, Darlene Mayes looks like many grannies but according to police, she is one of Oklahoma’s biggest drug kingpins.Her operation went up in smoke this week, when police entered her home and found 4…
Tornadoes: Midwest Twisters Leave 5 Dead in Oklahoma
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least five people are dead after violent storms ripped through several states in the nation’s mid-section as officials work to clean up the damage this morning and brace for more violent weather. Wisconsin, Minnesota…
Forecasters Warn of Violent,’ Life-Threatening’ Storms for Midwest
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Midwest is bracing itself for an outbreak of violent weather Saturday that could be “life-threatening,” according to forecasters. Baseball-sized hail and damaging 70 mph winds are expected to whip through a handf…
Midwest Warned of Severe Storms, Tornadoes This Weekend
NOAA/Storm Prediction Center (WASHINGTON) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center issued a rare “high risk” alert on Friday, warning of the potential for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across Midwestern stat…
Tulsa Shooting Suspects Said to Confess
Alvin Watts (L) and Jacob England (R). Tulsa Police Department(TULSA, Oklahoma) — Two Oklahoma men accused of a deadly shooting spree last week that apparently targeted black people at random along Tulsa’s streets have confessed to the shootings, acco…
Facebook Clues in Tulsa Shooting Spree
Alvin Watts (L) and Jacob England (R). Tulsa Police Department(TULSA, Okla.) — Police say their investigation of the deadly shooting spree in Tulsa, Okla., will include the racially charged Facebook postings of a man arrested Sunday morning in connect…
Obama Cuts Red Tape for Part of Keystone
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — During a visit to Cushing, Okla., on Thursday, President Obama will announce an Executive Order requiring expedited permitting and review of “vital infrastructure projects,” including the southern …
President Obama to Head to Oklahoma Site of Southern Portion of Keystone Pipeline Project
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(CUSHING, Okla.) — President Obama will visit Cushing, Okla., on Thursday, where he will visit the southern part of the Keystone Pipeline project — the portion that is proceeding with Obama administration support, as oppos…
Anti-Abortion Activist Challenges Obama in Democratic Primary
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Veteran anti-abortion activist Randall Terry won more than 18,400 votes, or 18 percent, in Oklahoma’s Democratic presidential primary Tuesday — a significant showing in a year when incum…
Santorum Wins in Tenn., Okla., N.D.; Ohio Still Too Tight to Call
Whitney Curtis/Getty Images(STEUBENVILLE, Ohio) — While Mitt Romney has won four Super Tuesday contests and Rick Santorum has won three so far, all eyes are fixed on a close race in Ohio, where the two are locked in a tight race.The contest in Ohio, w…
Gingrich Campaign Launches Santorum Attack Robo-call in Two States
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is hunkering down in the trenches of the Southern battleground for Super Tuesday with a robo-call attacking Rick Santorum for being a “big labor co…
Bill Would Ban Aborted Fetuses in Food
Comstock/Thinkstock(OKLAHOMA CITY) — An Oklahoma bill that would ban the sale of food containing aborted human fetuses has some people wondering: What food currently contains aborted human fetuses?The bill, introduced Jan. 18 by State Sen. Ralph Short…
Emotional Garth Brooks Testifies About Donation
Ron Hoskins/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY) — Country star Garth Brooks is expected back in court Monday to make his final plea in turning around his mother’s legacy in a dispute over a donation he made in her name to an Oklahoma hospital. Bro…