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Mel Bracht Columns

• Authorities say 2 dead in Mayes County February 16, 2012
  BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSROSE — Authorities in northeastern Oklahoma are investigating after two people were found dead in Mayes County.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• NJ school bus crash kills 1, critically injures 3 February 16, 2012
  CHESTERFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a collision between a school bus and large dump truck south of Trenton, N.J., has left one girl dead and at least three other schoolchildren in critical condition. A spokeswoman at Camden's Cooper University Hospital, which has a trauma unit, says it received three of the most seriously injured students and they […]
• 'Colbert Report' off air; Comedy Central mum February 16, 2012
  NEW YORK (AP) — Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" is off the air and it's a mystery why. An expected live version of the show was replaced by a repeat on Wednesday.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• House speaker says payroll tax bill won't add jobs February 16, 2012
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A compromise bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be enacted, but it's not going to help the economy very much, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. Boehner, R-Ohio, made the remarks hours after bipartisan congressional bargainers announced agreement on legislation extending tho […]
• Bernanke says community banks have strengthened February 16, 2012
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that the health of the nation's community banks has strengthened, despite what he described as a frustratingly slow economic recovery. In remarks to a conference on community banking, Bernanke said profits at smaller banks have been rising for the past several quarters.Read more on Ne […]