Week in review
Another week has passed, and here is your chance to catch up with what you may have missed.
- Fires continued to burn out of control in southwestern Greece, killing at least 64 people.
- After three weeks without any signs of life and the deaths of three rescuers at a Utah mine, officials called off the search for six trapped miners.
- Republican Sen. John Warner, who called for withdrawal of some U.S. troops by Christmas, left open the possibility of siding with the Democrats on withdrawal resolutions should President Bush ignore calls for changes in strategy.
- Oklahoma drivers learned they could find gasoline prices up to 30 cents per gallon cheaper across state lines. Officials blamed Oklahoma’s higher gasoline prices on problems at refineries in Coffeyville, Kan., Wynnewood and in Illinois.
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Members of the Cherokee Nation were preparing to celebrate the tribe’s 169th birthday during the Cherokee National Holiday. More than 70,000 people were expected to attend the three-day event at the tribe’s headquarters in Tahlequah.
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The parent company of Bank of Oklahoma, BOK Financial Corp., announced it was cutting 5 percent of its work force. More than 200 people were expected to lose their jobs, including 20 in Oklahoma City and 98 in Tulsa.
- India blamed Islamic militants in Pakistan and Bangladesh for twin bombings that killed at least 42 people.
- Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay that appeared in the Cuban media, but gave no hint on how he is feeling, fueling rampant rumors that he has actually died.
- Oklahoma ranked ninth nationally in adult obesity, according to a study by the Trust for America’s Health. More than one in four state adults is obese due in part to a lack of physical activity, the report said.
- Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation from the Justice Department.
- Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting charge in Richmond, Va., and apologized for “using bad judgment and making bad decisions.”
- Oklahoma City is negotiating a new contract with Waste Management of Oklahoma that will allow all plastics to be recycled, including bottles that contained window cleaners, cooking oils and detergents.
- The boat docks at Lake Stanley Draper will be renovated and a new covered walkway and fuel area will be added when a $1.3 million project is bid out later this year.
- State Sen. Jeff Rabon, D-Hugo, was arrested on complaints of driving under the influence after a three-vehicle accident, Choctaw County Sheriff Lewis Collins said.
- U.S. District Judge Ronald White ordered former state Sen. Gene Stipe to spend up to 30 days in a federal prison hospital for a mental competency examination.
- Oklahoma State University officials took steps to make the Stillwater campus tobacco-free July 1.
- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing a temporary insanity defense to charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival in February at an airport in
Florida. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, was flying out of Baghdad when rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the airplane. Inhofe said the C-130’s crew used flares to divert the attack.
- Five Oklahomans were named as nominees for the 41st Annual CMA Awards. They are Carrie Underwood, Joe Don Rooney of the trio Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn. The awards show will be aired Nov. 7 on ABC.
- Tony Snow, the highly visible White House press secretary, will leave his job Sept. 14 and be replaced by his deputy, Dana Perino, an administration official said.
- Princess Diana’s family solemnly marked the 10th anniversary of her death, with her younger son eulogizing her as “the best mother in the world.”
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