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Vote in a poll: Controversy and rumors continue to swirl around Oral Roberts University and President Richard Roberts has taken an indefinite leave of absence. Do you think ORU will survive this controversy intact?
Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts issued a written statement on Wednesday saying he is taking an indefinite leave of absence, following intense scrutiny spawned by financial, political and other allegations raised in a lawsuit. This announcement comes eight days after Roberts said on national television: "I have not done anything wrong for which .
Hungry? Glenrock duo ready to cook up some hot stuff
Now, for the next three weeks or so, they'll have their names -- sort of -- up in lights.That is, Jim Downs and Aric Parkinson of Glenrock will have the name of their new creation, the Mexican Stacker -- up in fluorescent lights on a Taco John's menu board until February.The fellas were crowned in March as champions of the statewide Taco John's West Mex Culinary Competition and winning $500 in scholarships.The Glenrock Independent notes in its Jan. 10 edition that their product, the Mexican Stacker, will be in restaurants in Casper, Douglas and Cheyenne until just before Groundhog Day.So what is the Mexican Stacker?It's a grilled flour tortilla with slices of chicken, cheese, chipotle sauce, sour cream and a corn shell in the middle. .
Wildcats fall by 18 to ’Creek
Kayla Marcus 0 0-0 0, Emily Pollock 1 2-2 4, Alexis Kunkle 1 0-0 2, Megan Antigo 1 1-4 3, Adrian McEwune 1 2-5 4, Marah Noland 0 1-2 1, Kaitlin Blake 5 0-0 10, Kim Smyth 0 4-6 4, Holly Carson 5 5-6 15, Sierra Woodward 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 15 15-24 45.
IC 08 21 14 20 � 63
ED 14 08 07 16 � 45
Three-point field goals: Indian Creek � none: Edison � none. Section: Sports Posted: 1/13/2008 .
Playing with fire
Those caught in possession of the materials needed to make fireworks can be prosecuted before the same national-security tribunals faced by those caught making full-scale bombs. Legal sanctions and the deaths and mutilation of loved ones have done little to convince El-Nazlas outlaws to take up another trade. Instead, they complain about official harassment and bitterly decry what they claim is government indifference as they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with police. Sometimes, sentries posted in the hills send advance warning of the raids. Sometimes not. When they dont or when a hiding place for equipment wasnt well chosen the penalty is usually a three-year jail term. .
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