OUT OF OFFICE: The Oklahoma House speaker resigned Monday after a series of embarrassing revelations, including not filing state personal income tax returns. Republican Lance Cargill, at 36 the nation’s youngest House speaker, will stay a representative.
DEADLY COLLAPSE: An abandoned power plant in San Francisco collapsed during a demolition project Monday, killing a worker and seriously injuring two others.
CONVICTION: A Texas jury convicted a 50-year-old man Monday in the slaying of an elderly aunt of former “Dateline NBC” anchor Stone Phillips. Miguel Arciba received an automatic life sentence for the death of 81-year-old Doris Phillips.
BILL KILLED: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to expand California’s health care system ran aground Monday over concerns that it was too costly for the cash-strapped state. The $14.7 billion program failed 7-1 to get out of a key Senate committee.
PULLED OVER: Frank Kozumplik of Adrian, Mich., was charged with drunken driving over the weekend after riding a lawn mower through a snowstorm down the center of the street to reach a liquor store.
———- Page compiled from Tribune news services
