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- Egypt court removes judge who got Mubarak's sons detained
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 06:51 AMCAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has accepted a defense motion to remove a judge who ordered the detention of former President Hosni Mubarak's two sons in connection with their ongoing trial on insider trading charges.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Heavy security, arrests as Ugandan pop star returns home
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 06:28 AMKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan pop star and opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine returned home from the United States on Thursday amid heavy security near the airport and elsewhere in the capital as authorities enforced a ban on rallies they said threaten public order.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma oil prices and drilling report for Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 06:20 PMOklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Wednesday:
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Sunoco Inc.Read more on NewsOK.com - OKC can embrace diversity, panel says
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 08:05 PMBy William Crum Staff Writer wcrum@oklahoman.comRaúl Font says he hopes Oklahoma City, as it grows significantly over the next 25 years, avoids the traps that so far have created a city largely divided along racial lines.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Clean Energy Adds Two Total S.A. Executives to Board of Directors; Founder Boone Pickens to Become Director Emeritus
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 06:01 AMNEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 20, 2018--Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s (Nasdaq: CLNE ) today announced that it has added two senior executives from Total S.A. (CAC: TOTF. PA) to its Board of Directors.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taiwan tracing US gun company owner accused of sex with girl
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 04:18 AMTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says it is looking for the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns who is wanted on an arrest warrant tied to an accusation that he had sex with an underage girl and paid her $500 afterward.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Making, drinking arak a source of national pride in Lebanon
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 02:15 AMTAANAYEL, Lebanon (AP) — Every part of Lebanon's national drink, arak, is infused with tradition — from distilling the aniseed-tinged liquor to the ritual of mixing it at the table, when the transparent liquid suddenly turns milky white as water is added.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan's Abe re-elected as party head, to stay on as PM
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 01:20 AMTOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation's leader.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The longest week: Carolinas worn out by Florence
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 12:29 AMWILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's tariffs put GOP candidates in a bind in rural areas
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 12:14 AMSPANGLE, Wash. (AP) — In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy.
"We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.
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- EU, Britain on tightrope toward possible Brexit deal
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 06:27 AMSALZBURG, Austria (AP) — The European Union and Britain are walking a diplomatic tightrope as they attempt to thrash out a divorce deal in time for Britain's departure from the bloc next March.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Urban Renewal Authority calls for new development plan
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 04:24 PMBy Steve Lackmeyer Business Writer The OklahomanThe Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority is asking developer Bill Canfield to come up with a new plan to complete The Hill in Deep Deuce after determining he is in default of the original agreement struck with the trust 13 years ago.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Byron's Liquor Warehouse to improve storefront
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 06:38 PMBy David Dishman Business Writer ddishman@oklahoman.comByron's Liquor is preparing for a face-lift.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - EU says Airbnb will comply with demands to clarify pricing
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 05:47 AMBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials say Airbnb has agreed to clarify its pricing system in response to complaints that they could mislead consumers.
EU Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova said Thursday that the U.S.-based property rental company has promised to be fully transparent by either including extra fees in the total price for a booking quoted on its website or notifying users that they might apply.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fox-Comcast battle to buy Sky to be settled by auction in UK
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 05:27 AMLONDON (AP) — British regulators say that the corporate battle between 21st Century Fox and Comcast to take over broadcaster Sky will be settled by auction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Giant bong, huggable buds: Marijuana museum opens in Vegas
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 02:58 AMLAS VEGAS (AP) — A glass bong taller than a giraffe. Huggable faux marijuana buds.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women die in flooded van driven by South Carolina deputies
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 01:03 AMCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As South Carolina rivers overflowed from Florence's torrential rain, deputies taking two women to a mental health facility drove into floodwaters that engulfed their van and trapped the women inside, officials said Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Floods prevent inspectors from studying environmental harm
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 01:22 AMAerial photographs show widespread devastation to farms and industrial sites in eastern North Carolina, with tell-tale trails of rainbow-colored sheen indicating potential contamination visible on top of the black floodwaters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: Motive unknown in Wisconsin office shooting
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 12:52 AMMIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities said they still don't know why an employee at a Wisconsin software company went to his office with a pistol and extra ammunition and began firing on his colleagues, seriously injuring several, before he was fatally shot by police.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Women supporting Kavanaugh find themselves in storm's center
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 12:17 AMNEW YORK (AP) — It started as a series of phone calls among old high-school friends and ended up embroiling 65 women in the firestorm over a sexual assault allegation that could shape the Supreme Court.
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- Dozens of ill cruise ship passengers treated in Rotterdam
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 06:53 AMTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch emergency services say that dozens of sick passengers on a cruise ship that has moored in Rotterdam have been kept onboard for treatment.
The sickened passengers were on board the AIDAperla, which arrived in Rotterdam on Thursday morning.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Enid's economy slows as construction projects are completed
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 05:48 PMBy Adam Wilmoth Energy Editor awilmoth@oklahoman.comThe evolving energy industry contributed to swings in economic growth in metropolitan areas throughout Oklahoma and the country, according to data released this week by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Livestock report from the Oklahoma City Stockyards
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 06:21 PMLivestock report from the Oklahoma City Stockyards:
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Receipts: 708; Last week: 846; Last year: 647 Receipts: Monday: 7,745
Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady.Read more on NewsOK.com - Aston Martin valued at $6.7 billion in IPO pricing
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 05:51 AMLONDON (AP) — Aston Martin Lagonda, the maker of James Bond's favorite sports car, plans to raise as much as 1.27 billion pounds ($1.67 billion) when it sells shares to investors for the first time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK regulator says corporate battle to take over broadcaster Sky will be settled by auction
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 05:15 AMLONDON (AP) — UK regulator says corporate battle to take over broadcaster Sky will be settled by auction.
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Asian shares track mixed finish on Wall Street over tariffs
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 03:00 AMSINGAPORE (AP) — Asian shares are mixed, trading in a narrow range Thursday after news of a fresh round of tariffs by the U.S. on $200 billion in Chinese goods drew a muted reaction on Wall Street.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indian flight turns back after 30 passengers report sick
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 01:49 AMNEW DELHI (AP) — A Jet Airways flight has returned to Mumbai, India's financial capital, after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to the loss in cabin pressure while flying to a western Indian city.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Japan digital currency exchange hacked, losing $60 million
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 01:25 AMTOKYO (AP) — A Japanese digital currency exchange has been hacked, and 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies are gone.
Tech Bureau Corp.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Abe's third term: A chance for constitutional change?
Thursday - 09/20/2018 - 12:33 AMTOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to be re-elected by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party to a third term as its leader on Thursday, paving the way for him to serve as prime minister for up to three more years.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Jersey takeover of Atlantic City may be ending soon
Wednesday - 09/19/2018 - 10:55 PMATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's takeover of Atlantic City's assets and major decision-making power may be coming to an end soon.
Democratic Gov.Read more on NewsOK.com
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