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Draco Rosa: A Pop Survivor Returns From The Brink, With Friends

Mandalit del Barco — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:03:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHRjWauwpvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3UVw3a7qIQ

WATCH: NASA Spots Brightest Lunar Explosion Ever Recorded

Eyder Peralta — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYloGuUZCFM

Severe Weather Information Clearing House

KWGS News — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:58:29 +0000

Here is your one stop location for information you need concerning our severe weather threat in Green Country.

Oklahoma Lawmakers Near Passage of DNA Testing Bill

AP — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:07 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Convicted criminals who maintain their innocence would have a way to seek DNA testing in their cases under a bill that is nearing final passage in the Legislature. The bill's passage would eliminate Oklahoma's dubious distinction as the only state in the nation without such a program.

Russian Official Names CIA Station Chief In Moscow

Eyder Peralta — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:31:00 +0000

Breaching protocol, a Russian official let a name slip during an interview with Interfax, the state news agency.

The interview was with a representative of the FSB, the Russian security agency, and the name he made public was of the person Russia believes is the CIA station chief in Moscow.

The Guardian explains:

"The US embassy declined to comment .

Oklahoma Unemployment Rate Dips to 4.9 Percent

AP — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:23 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State officials say Oklahoma's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent in April.

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month. That remains well below the national unemployment rate of 7.5 percent.

Bald Eagle Found Dead at Sallisaw Motel

AP — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:58 +0000

SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers are working to learn the circumstances under which a bald eagle died.

Officials said Friday the dead eagle was found at a motel in Sallisaw.

Fort Smith television station KHBS reports that investigators say the raptor's talons and tail feathers had been removed. Feathers from the eagle's wings were also gone.

Governor Fallin: Use Tobacco Funds for Health Care

AP — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:14:27 +0000

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Governor Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program.

Fallin released a statement Friday urging lawmakers to redirect the $50 million so the Insure Oklahoma could continue to operate as a "smaller, more targeted program run with state dollars only."

The Unsafe Sex: Should The World Invest More In Men's Health?

editor — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:38:00 +0000

On average, men aren't as healthy as women.

Men don't live as long, and they're more likely to engage in risky behaviors, like smoking and drinking.

But in the past decade, global health funding has focused heavily on women.

Programs and policies for men have been "notably absent," says Sarah Hawkes, from the University of London's Institute of Global Health.

She and a colleague published a commentary in The Lancet

North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles, Says The South

Eyder Peralta — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:33:00 +0000

After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles today, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said today.

NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions.