Ballard accepts position Keith Ballard was designated as Tulsa's next school superintendent Monday. Document: Read Keith Ballard’s contract.   TOP LOCAL NEWS  Full ride for scholarships  Taylor's husband declines spot on stadium trust  Ballard accepts position  School Boards Association eyes next director  Man arrested on murder complaint after child's death  Fight between teacher, parent breaks out at school  Police ID man found dead in Arkansas River  40 guns tested in girls' deaths  Claremore City Council supports gun museum  No-shows cancel BA meeting Read all of today's local news     LATEST HEADLINES  Armed 85-year-old woman makes intruder call cops  AP NewsBreak: Umpires refuse replay call with MLB  Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes  Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary  Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold  Obama: McCain 'doesn't know what he's up against'  Russia moves toward pullback but shows strength  Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday  Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit  'Boomerang' Fay gains strength over Florida   Full ride for scholarships The fairly quiet street outside American Legion Post 308 suddenly filled with the noise of hundreds of motorcycles Monday. video: View the Legacy Run arriving in Tulsa.   LATEST LOCAL NEWS  Full ride for scholarships  Taylor's husband declines spot on stadium trust  Ballard accepts position  School Boards Association eyes next director  Man arrested on murder complaint after child's death  Fight between teacher, parent breaks out at school  Police ID man found dead in Arkansas River  40 guns tested in girls' deaths  Claremore City Council supports gun museum  No-shows cancel BA meeting  Drifting without a compass  Judge approves 2-week severance pay for ex-SemGroup workers  Baseball lease talks extended 4th time  Inhofe, Cole to examine Fort Sill mold allegations  Man found dead under a bridge  Man with gun wounds 2 men at nightclub  Motorist taunted, pepper-sprayed  Boy, 2, found dead is identified  Tulsan arrested after alleged Net proposition  Teen girl won't be tried as an adult Read all of today's local news   Cardinal conquest East Central has been to the Class 5A state semifinals five consecutive years, winning the school's only football title in 2005. And with playmakers David Gordon, Pearlie Graves and Reno Conchitias, there's no reason to think the Cardinals won't contend again in 2008.   TOP SPORTS NEWS  Cardinal conquest  Rogers State has new basketball coach  Thurman Thomas to be honored at Bedlam game  Drillers come home for last time  Healthy Tennell gains confidence  Turnover stats key  CC Sabathia pitches complete game win  Legends Dinner features longtime foes  OSU's Lemon gets acclimated to linebacker  Manning, Hixon lead Giants to win Read all of today's sports news     LATEST HEADLINES  AP NewsBreak: Umpires refuse replay call with MLB  Maddux rejoins Dodgers for another pennant race  Yaz undergoes triple bypass surgery in Boston  Werth's homer hands Nats 11th straight loss  US men clinch medal, go for gold, in beach v'ball  Aybar, Rays move to 5-0 at home against Angels  Delgado, Mets rally past Braves with big 8th  Receiver Anquan Boldin wants Cards to trade him   Downtown dining The Crowne Plaza Tulsa hotel gained a taste of Beverly Hills with the opening Monday of Daily Grill's first Oklahoma restaurant.   TOP BUSINESS NEWS  Downtown dining  UPDATED: Dow Jones average dips as oil rises  Frankoma gets new owner  Storm spares oil, gas facilities  Anheuser's CEO will cash in  Qwest, union agree on tentative contract  Huge oil terminal planned off Texas coastline  Airlines pushing for homegrown jet fuel  Lowe's profit tops estimates  Domestic car brands drop in rating Read all of today's business news     LATEST HEADLINES  Target's 2Q profit declines 7.6 percent  Oil rises above $114 after dollar weakens vs euro  Hewlett-Packard 4Q guidance tops estimates  Saks, Medtronic, Beazer Homes big movers  Wholesale prices rising at fastest pace since 1981  Stocks fall on inflation data, financial worries  Gold prices rise for 2nd day on weaker dollar  2Q profit reports from retailers show more strain  Hewlett-Packard 3Q profit jumps 14 pct  Summary Box: HP 3Q profit jumps 14 pct   Bringing back the Big 10 The faded name on the age-stained front reads “American Beauty,” and when Lester Shaw pulls up to the building where crowds once packed the house to watch Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, James Brown and Wilson Pickett on stage, he cannot disagree.   TOP ENTERTAINMENT NEWS  The Cheetah Girls go Bollywood  Bringing back the Big 10  Star Wars: The Clone Wars  'Star Wars' goes animated  ‘Eureka’ is not so strange now  Javier Bardem, living the impossible life  Professor of teen angst  Interview: Jagger returns  ‘Next Star’ is now a former star  Daytime Dial: John visits Stefano Read all of today's entertainment news     LATEST HEADLINES  No critical sneak peeks for '90210,' network says  Meet the new teams on 'The Amazing Race'  Title, print run on Woodward book announced  Clooney, Pitt, Coens join Toronto festival lineup  Applegate calls double mastectomy a 'tough' choice  Toby Keith praises Obama  Moore's memoir: Being Bond was sometimes scary  Joe Francis sues to rescind settlement  Bronze Fonz now an 'Ayyyy'-list celeb in Milwaukee  Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies   These pass the sniff test Feeling floral? Then, what about woodsy?   TOP LIFESTYLE NEWS  These pass the sniff test  Y'all, my head's in Mississippi  Is it in you?  Life's a beach at Volunteer Central gala  Clear clogs via the wrist  Biotics in your breakfast bowl  Chelation therapy is not the best solution for diabetes  Boyfriend's parents cause tension with comments on race, religion  Catching a healthy life  Son arrested in mother's stabbing in OKC Read all of today's lifestyle news     LATEST HEADLINES  FDA reports deaths with diabetes drug Byetta  Many think God's intervention can revive the dying  New study backs angioplasty through the wrist  Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies  Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes