McAlester News-Capital, McAlester, OK Features

Alexix Futisha is named Little Miss Choctaw

2012-05-28T02:13:00-05:00

McAlester’s Alexis Futisha has been named Little Miss Choctaw for District 11.

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

2012-05-23T16:49:23-05:00

2. FINANCIAL REGULATORS PROBING FACEBOOK IPO
They want to find out whether the bank that handled the sale, Morgan Stanley, selectively informed clients of an analyst’s negative report on the company before the stock started trading. Facebook stock has since dropped 18 percent.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

2012-05-22T16:19:34-05:00

3. JOPLIN, MO., MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF TORNADO THAT KILLED 161
Obama’s speech praising residents for their “bigness of spirit” precedes events today that include a community walk through the path of the twister and a moment of silence at 6:41 p.m., the precise time it hit.

What the dog said

2012-05-19T13:37:52-05:00

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

2012-05-16T13:35:43-05:00

1. NATION’S NUCLEAR REGULATORS SCALE BACK EMERGENCY READINESS
An overhaul of emergency planning near U.S. reactors requires fewer exercises for accidents and recommends fewer people be evacuated right away.

Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad

2012-05-15T18:45:27-05:00

Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network’s initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network’s expected asking price is too high.

Study: Phone co customer satisfaction evens out

2012-05-15T16:50:11-05:00

Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they’re basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

2012-05-15T15:37:40-05:00

1. U.S. ADOPTS STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING ALZHEIMER’S
The Obama administration today sets a 2025 deadline to find effective treatments and perhaps even a way to prevent the mind-destroying disease that afflicts 5.4 million Americans.

At the movies

2012-05-09T16:03:20-05:00

Showing at McAlester's Cinema 69 Movie Theatre, according to www.mcalestercinema.readyhosting.com: "The Avengers," "The Pirates: Band of Misfits," "The Raven" and more.

10 Things to Know for Wednesday

2012-05-09T16:00:02-05:00

4. North Carolina voters approve amendment that slams door shut on gay marriage
More than 60 percent of voters approve the measure defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman.