The 7-6 failure to pass House Bill 2375 combined with last week’s vote by a Senate subcommittee to defeat a similar measure spells doom for the proposal. The failure of either measure to advance essentially ends consideration for House and Senate bills on the topic this year.

The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 34-8 to pass the “Personhood Act” which defines the word person under state law to include unborn children from the moment of conception.

Frank Haith’s debut season in Columbia has been highly successful, as the Tigers have won 23 of their first 25 games. The team is currently boasting of a five-game win streak following an impressive 72-57 win over a strong Baylor squad on Saturday. The victory improved Missouri to 14-0 at home and 10-2 in the Big 12, trailing only Kansas (11-2) in the standings.

Garry Thomas Allen, scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of his estranged girlfriend. But the state’s pardon and parole board recommended his death sentence be commuted to life in prison.

“I don’t think he called bank,” Warriors coach Mark Jackson said.

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The Cowboys won their first road game in 15 tries while still dealing with the loss of two players with leg injuries — Jean-Paul Olukemi (ACL tear) and Philip Jurick (foot).

Cowboys coach Travis Ford said the strong performance from the free-throw line benefited his players in two ways.

“We got to the foul line when we needed to, which helped slow down a few of those runs, and helped us rest too, which we needed,” he said. “It wasn’t as much about Xs and Os as it was about playing hard, keep playing, don’t worry about the score, do the things you can control, and our guys did a good job of that. They stay focused, and free-throw shooting, I think, was a result of that.”

Markel Brown scored a career-high 30 points to lead Oklahoma State. Brown had 19 in the 76-61 loss at Texas A&M on Saturday.

“Just going out being aggressive,” Brown said of how his scoring has climbed. “… a torn ACL in Jean-Paul, so we needed players to step up, and I feel like I can do that.”

The sophomore went 7 of 12 from the field, including 3 of 6 from beyond the arc, and didn’t miss any of his 13 free-throw attempts.

Le’Bryan Nash scored 16 points for the Cowboys (11-11, 4-5 Big 12).

Keiton Page and Cezar Guerrero missed the only free throws in the game for the Cowboys.

Jaye Crockett scored 16 points and Robert Lewandowski added 14 for the Red Raiders (7-14, 0-9), who tied their worst start in conference play since 2000.

The win broke a 14-game conference road skid for Oklahoma State.

The Red Raiders appeared a step too slow when the Cowboys were on offense and drew fouls because of it.

Nash made nine free throw attempts for OSU, which is fourth in the conference in free-throw percentage, and Michael Cobbins hit four.

Down by 10 at halftime, Texas Tech opened the second half on a 7-3 run to pull within 48-42.

But Brown hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap a 10-2 run for the Cowboys for a 58-44 lead with about 13 minutes remaining. The Red Raiders answered with a 10-4 run, capped by a 3-pointer by Javares Willis with 8:30 remaining, to pull within 62-54. But that’s as close as the Red Raiders got down the stretch.

Texas Tech couldn’t put together consecutive scoring possessions, which made cutting the deficit difficult.

The Cowboys got 21 points off the Red Raiders’ 12 turnovers.

“You have to adjust as the game goes on, and we didn’t adjust very well,” Texas Tech coach Billy Gillispie said. “And then we just made too many dumb plays, I mean just dumb plays. I’m trying to bite my tongue as much as possible, but, man alive, just so many dumb plays.”

The Cowboys beat the Red Raiders 67-59 in Stillwater, Okla., earlier in January.

Oklahoma State led 45-35 at halftime, getting 15 points off of Texas Tech’s eight first-half turnovers. One of those turnovers led to Nash passing the ball off the glass to Brown, who trailed him on a fast break and finished the play with a dunk to make it 22-14 and cap a 13-4 run.

Freshman Le’Bryan Nash scored a career high 27 points for the Cowboys, who got a major boost from some other players as well. Brian Williams also scored a career high 22 points for the team, according to ESPN.

Jurors sided with the country star in the breach-of-contract lawsuit he filed against IntegrisCanadian Valley Regional Hospital in Yukon. Brooks said he thought he’d reached a deal in 2005 with the hospital’s president, James Moore, but sued after learning the hospital wanted to use the money for other construction projects.

The hospital had argued that Brooks gave it unrestricted access to the money and only later asked that the hospital build a women’s center and name it after his mother, Colleen Brooks, who died of cancer in 1999.

The jury included several of the singer’s fans, but all said they could judge the case fairly.

During the trial, Brooks said he thought he had a solid agreement with Moore, whom he said initially suggested putting his mother’s name on an intensive care unit. When Brooks said that wouldn’t fit his mother’s image, Moore suggested a women’s center, the singer testified.

“I jumped all over it,” Brooks told jurors in tearful testimony. “It’s my mom. My mom was pregnant as a teenager. She had a rough start. She wanted to help every kid out there.”
Brooks said he gave the gift anonymously, as he does with all charitable donations.

During cross-examination, an Integris lawyer highlighted statements that Brooks made in a deposition after he sued. Brooks said couldn’t say whether the women’s center was promised, or whether his mother’s name would be attached to an existing center.

Among the top 100 were Chesapeake Energy at No. 18, Devon Energy at No. 28 and American Fidelity Assurance at No. 47. All three have headquarters in Oklahoma City. Tulsa-based Quick Trip also made the top 100 list at No. 66.

“Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 70,000 jobs ready to be filled — these employers offer dream workplaces,” according to Fortune’s website.