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• Illinois State Police: 5 killed in I-70 van crash May 20, 2013
  VANDALIA, Ill. (AP) — A van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times Monday, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said. State Police Sgt. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma City man accused of embezzling copper May 20, 2013
  BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City man is accused of stealing $5,000 worth of copper from his employer and selling it, Oklahoma City police reported Monday. Alfred Allen Engst, 49, was arrested Thursday on an embezzlement complaint. Workers at Prop Management Services Inc., 1411 Linwood Blvd., told a police officer Engst was taking […]
• Education Department gives 3 more states waivers May 20, 2013
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced on Monday that three more states would join the ranks of those given permission to ignore parts of the federal No Child Left Behind law in favor of their own school improvement plans. The addition of Alaska, Hawaii and West Virginia brings to 37 the number of states operating outside the Bush-era la […]
• Pakistan's presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks May 20, 2013
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Paki […]
• Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks May 20, 2013
  ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles there. David Silverman, president of the Cranford, N.J.-based American Atheists organization, said his group is just waiting for an answer from the state on […]
• Retailer LL Bean keeping it in the family May 20, 2013
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman of the outdoors retailer after more than a half-century as the company's chairman or CEO, but the privately held firm is keeping the position in the family. The Maine-based outdoors retailer informed its 5,000 full- and part-time workers Monday that Bean's great-gr […]
• Omaha task force probes 4 slayings 5 years apart May 20, 2013
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper. Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Monday that the public should report any suspicious activity as authorit […]
• High crop prices entice farms to expand planting May 20, 2013
  BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Across the Midwest, farmers are planting crops on almost any scrap of available land to take advantage of consistently high corn and soybean prices. Growers are knocking down old barns, tearing out fencerows and digging up land that had once been preserved for wildlife. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Israel, Palestinians still arguing over epic image May 20, 2013
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A new Israeli report into the death of a Palestinian boy during a fierce gunbattle in the Gaza Strip more than a dozen years ago has reignited an emotional debate over who killed him — and how the incident has shaped perspectives of the Mideast conflict. Israel says a French TV report in 2000 that claimed Israeli forces killed the boy is mis […]
• United restarts 787 flights after grounding May 20, 2013
  United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide. A United 787 flight took off from Houston on Monday morning and landed in Chicago. United Continental Holdings Inc.Read more on NewsOK.com […]