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Firefighter reportedly attacked by man wielding a crowbar

A firefighter was attacked by a crowbar-wielding man after dousing a burning couch behind a house Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters had been sent to the 200 block of East Woodrow Place just after 1:30 p.m. They put out a couch that had been set on fire and were approached by John Andrew Davis, Fire Department spokesman Bill French said. Davis, 59, allegedly threw a bucket at the firefighters and hit Rick Reed on the elbow twice with a large crowbar. Other ...

Tuesday storm leaves damage in Oklahoma County; Heat to continue

A severe thunderstorm damaged homes, knocked down trees and power lines and disrupted electric service to thousands of homes and businesses in eastern Oklahoma County. Sheriff’s Department spokesman Mark Meyers says the damage was isolated to a two-mile stretch of Luther Road in Harrah, about 20 miles east of Oklahoma City, Tuesday afternoon. Meyers says there were no injuries reported, but homes, sheds and other buildings were damaged. He says grain bins at a farm in the area were knocked ...

Former Picher-Cardin students say goodbye to old school

PICHER — About 1,000 former Picher-Cardin High School students and friends turned out Tuesday night for a bonfire and rally to welcome their school mascot back home, even as they bid their school good-bye. ‘It’s just like an old high school football bonfire that we would have had before the Commerce or Quapaw games,’ said Kyleigh Garrett, a former cheerleader who graduated in 2001. The 90-year-old Picher-Cardin school district graduated its final class of seniors in May. Its remaining 50 ...

Firefox 3.5 Increases Speed, Protects User Privacy

Mozilla on Tuesday released a Web browser that it said is 10 times faster than its original browser. One year after releasing Firefox 3.0, the Mountain View, Calif.-based nonprofit released Firefox 3.5, which it said is two times faster than Firefox 3.0 and 10 times faster than Firefox 2. The free open-source browser has better JavaScript performance; more privacy features, including a new private-browsing mode; and support for open video, audio and location browsing. Mozilla said it created the browser ...

Pirate Bay Without Piracy New Buyer Has Legit Plans

Global Gaming Factory X AB, a Swedish software company, has agreed to acquire The Pirate Bay video-sharing Web site — whose owners are under fire for brokering copyrighted content — for nearly $7.8 million. Pirate Bay is one of the largest video-sharing sites on the Internet. The site has more than 20 million visitors and more than one billion searches per month. The four Swedish men who launched the infamous Web site are behind bars. In April, the men were ...

Private funeral held for Fawcett

A private funeral has been held for US actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week of cancer. Her partner, fellow actor Ryan O’Neal, was a pallbearer. Their son Redmond, who was recently jailed on drug charges, was granted leave to attend. Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd, her co-stars in the hit TV show Charlie’s Angels, were among the congregation. The service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles was closed to the public and media. ...

Inhofe says climate change bill will be "dead in the water" in Senate

WASHINGTON — U.S. Jim Inhofe, who earlier said a criminal investigation ‘probably should be” conducted into allegations the EPA suppressed a climate change report, conceded Tuesday he is not qualified to make that determination. ‘I have no way of knowing,” the Oklahoma Republican said. Inhofe, however, stood by his prediction that a historic climate change bill narrowly approved by the House last week faces certain defeat in the Senate. ‘It’s dead in the water,” he said. Inhofe said the much-anticipated ...

Storm damage reported in eastern Oklahoma County

HARRAH — Strong winds caused damage to homes, sheds, trees and power lines near Harrah in eastern Oklahoma County Tuesday evening, sheriff’s spokesman Mark Meyers said. No injuries have been reported. N Luther Road was closed between NE 63 and NE 36 while crews cleaned up debris. Meyers said a roof was blown off a shed, the facades of houses were damaged and tree limbs and power lines were knocked down. At 7:25 p.m., the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. ...

Tulsa surgeon loses bid for new trial in assault and battery case

A Tulsa surgeon lost a bid for a new trial Tuesday in a case where he was convicted of six misdemeanors for using a ball bat to bash a vehicle full of teenagers. Tulsa County jurors in March found Dr. Richard Cooper guilty of five counts of assault and battery and one count of injury to a vehicle. Cooper, 42, was fined $1,750 but got no jail time. In June, defense attorney Allen Smallwood filed a motion for a new ...

Pig that survived crash surfaces in swimming pool

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An 800-pound hog that survived on its own for a week after a truck flipped while on its way to a slaughterhouse has surfaced in a swimming pool at a home near the crash site. LeAnn Baldy, whose house is only yards from Interstate 430, said Monday she noticed her pool was suddenly overflowing and then saw the immersed pig, which was having a drink in the pool. About 90 hogs were in the trailer when ...