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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says at least five roads in the state are closed because of flooding from rain dumped by a slow-moving storm system. The storm has also dumped ice in western Oklahoma and O-DOT says roads in the Panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma are slick and hazardous and roads elsewhere in western Oklahoma — including Interstate 40 — and the Oklahoma City metro are slick in spots. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Afton firefighters say three small children and two women... Читать дальше...

Accused of charging patients for marijuana recommendations without a legitimate doctor-patient relationship, he's the third Illinois physician to face punishment related to medical marijuana in a state where legal sales only started this month. [...] pot doctors fill a void left by physicians unfamiliar with marijuana's health benefits and fearful of endorsing what the federal government regards as a controlled substance, cannabis advocates say. In Colorado, where medical marijuana has been legal since 2000... Читать дальше...

Alexa Kastanek added 13 points, Carly Mohns 11 and Megan Gustafson 10 with eight rebounds for the Hawkeyes (6-1), who took control when they outscored the Cougars 22-11 in the second quarter. Iowa, which rebounded from a double overtime loss to No. 23 George Washington on Friday, stretched its 38-23 halftime lead to 23 points in the middle of the third quarter.

BLISS, Idaho (AP) — A slow-moving train crashed into a Jeep Cherokee that was stuck on the tracks, but the driver escaped unharmed. Gooding County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Miliron says the train was moving slow because of heavy fog in the area.

Jordan openly welcomed the possibility of an eventual "Creed 2" even before writer-director Ryan Coogler's new chapter in the Rocky Balboa boxing saga opened to mostly rave reviews and a strong box-office performance during the five-day Thanksgiving weekend. The film featuring Stallone's seventh appearance as Rocky, now a trainer to up-and-coming fighter Adonis Creed (Jordan), had a solid holiday weekend that's projected to hit about $40 million despite daunting competition.

(AP) — A stretch of the southbound side of Interstate 89 is a hotspot for speeders traveling faster than 100 miles per hour and a member of the Vermont State Police's traffic safety unit has made a specialty of catching them. Slusser said that public attention following a flurry of high-velocity speeders in September — including one clocked at 112 mph while on his way to a court appearance for another speeding ticket — alerted people who travel the road regularly to slow down. The state police... Читать дальше...

The narrow gauge train runs from Thanksgiving through Christmas, departing from the Ocean Gateway Visitor Center. Passengers are served hot chocolate and cookies aboard the festively decorated train and listen to a reading of "The Polar Express."

(AP) — A Mercer County couple is safe after they had to make an emergency landing in their small plane. WKYT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1QMltbw) Dean and Cindy Stoops and their two dogs were on their way home from Thanksgiving with family in North Carolina on Friday afternoon.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Thanksgiving weekend marks eight weeks since historic rainfall flooded parts of South Carolina. An official damage estimate has not been released, and until that figure is known, Gov. Nikki Haley and many state lawmakers say it will be impossible to commit to an exact plan on how to pay for the flood. The swarms of mosquitoes pestering people in South Carolina have finally met their match — the cold weather. The recent cold snap has killed off or forced into hibernation... Читать дальше...

AAA Mid-Atlantic said Friday in a report that the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Maryland was $2.08, down from $2.12 a week ago. The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in cities around the state includes $2.07 in Baltimore, $2.12 in Cumberland, $2.09 in Hagerstown and $2.07 in Salisbury.

STONINGTON, Maine (AP) — U.S. Coast Guard officials say they are continuing to monitor salvage efforts to bring up a fishing boat that sank off the coast of Stonington, Maine.

AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in the state on Friday was $1.96, down a penny from last week. Analysts say prices will likely fall or stay stable in the coming weeks, noting that demand for gas normally declines this time of year

(AP) — Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is installing a runway debris detection system. Officials at the Port of Seattle say Sea-Tac will be only the second airport in the country to have a foreign object debris detection system.

Opposition has come from a coalition of Massachusetts retailers, convenience store operators and gas stations, all of which would stand to lose business if people between ages 18 and 21 can no longer buy cigarettes. In its position paper, the Coalition for Responsible Retailing argued that the proposed Boston ordinance was "unjustified and misguided," and fails to address the overall problem of underage smoking. The group said retailers have been overwhelmingly in compliance with current laws to... Читать дальше...

In all, South Carolina loses out on an estimated $254 million in taxes from out-of-state sales — mostly online but also through catalogues and phone purchases, according to a 2014 report by the National Conference of State Legislatures. South Carolina gave Amazon a 4 1/2-year exemption from collecting sales taxes from its residents in exchange for creating at least 2,000 full-time jobs with health benefits and investing $125 million by Dec. 31, 2013. Gov. Mark Sanford's administration advocated... Читать дальше...

Republicans have laced the spending bills with add-ons that take on Obama's health law, new environmental regulations, and the 2010 Dodd-Frank law tightening oversight of the financial services industry. Broadcasters have bipartisan support for letting them retain advertising sales agreements with other stations in the same market despite a new federal rule that curbs the practice. The Federal Communications Commission says big media companies are exploiting the agreements in order to evade restrictions... Читать дальше...

[...] as Jeanna Muhoro, an official with Fairfax County's community outreach services, explained bus schedules, peak fares, how to transfer, and how to manage SmarTrip card accounts, it became apparent that navigating a mass transit system is anything but simple. Muhoro, an outreach coordinator with Fairfax County's Human Services Transportation in the county's Department of Neighborhood and Community Services, was running a three-hour, hands-on training course for older people on the ins and outs of using buses and Metro. Читать дальше...

CAIRO (AP) — A drive-by shooting killed four Egyptian police near a famed historic site on the outskirts of Cairo on Saturday and a military helicopter crashed due to a "sudden technical failure" northeast of the capital, officials said. Masked gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a security checkpoint near Saqqara, said police Maj. Gen. Khaled Shalaby. The militant group claimed responsibility for the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai last month, saying it smuggled a bomb on board the airliner.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most ambitious "repeal and replace" health care plan from a presidential candidate comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders, not from a Republican. The Vermont independent who's seeking the Democratic nomination has been chastised by front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for espousing an all-inclusive, government-run system. Basically it means putting almost all the $3.2 trillion-a-year U.S. health care system in the hands of the federal government, with states acting as administrative subcontractors. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones. "The Pandora's box of cyberattacks is about to open," says Pete Tyrrell, chief operating officer for Digital Guardian, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based data protection firm. "People may want to log on to their Best Buy or Amazon accounts to check prices, but open Wi-Fi is probably the least secure place to do that," says Michael Kaiser... Читать дальше...

Asked why Putin hasn't picked up the phone to respond to Erdogan's two phone calls, he said that "we have seen that the Turkish side hasn't been ready to offer an elementary apology over the plane incident." After the incident, Russia deployed long-range S-400 air defense missile systems to a Russian air base in Syria just 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the border with Turkey to help protect Russian warplanes, and the Russian military warned it would shoot down any aerial target that would pose... Читать дальше...

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — After watching Charlotte continue to compete all the way through final buzzer during a 50-poiont loss to Michigan, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar made it a point to make sure his team didn't take the 49ers lightly. The Huskies played from behind for most of the night, but used a run midway through the second half to beat the 49ers 71-66 in the seventh-place game Friday at the Battle 4 Atlantis. I thought in order for us to come back and take the lead and finish that game we had to be scrappy. Читать дальше...

TAMWORTH, N.H. (AP) — State Police say a man died after the tractor he had been operating rolled over and fatally crushed him. New Hampshire State Police troopers responded to the Chocorua Village area in Tamworth around 7:35 p.m. on Friday for reports of a tractor accident. The man died at the scene. Authorities are withholding the man's name pending notification of his family. No other details were available.

In 1922, Captain Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public skywriting exhibition, spelling out, Hello USA. In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course toward Mars, which it flew past in July 1965, sending back pictures of the red planet. In 1987, a South African Airways Boeing 747 crashed into the Indian Ocean with the loss of all 159 people aboard. In 1994, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was slain in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate. Eight-term... Читать дальше...

Backup running backs powering Steelers and Seahawks SEATTLE (AP) — Just as everyone expected before the season began, two of the NFL's most productive running backs will be on display when Pittsburgh makes a rare visit to the Pacific Northwest to face Seattle. Williams has run for 534 yards and scored five touchdowns, filling in when Bell was suspended at the start of the season and taking over following Bell's injury. Roethlisberger got a week of rest thanks to the bye to let a foot sprain heal... Читать дальше...