The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the Permian Basin decreased six this week to 481, according to the weekly rotary rig count report released Friday by Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes.

District 8, which includes Midland and Ector counties, ended the week at 285 rigs, a decrease of three.

Texas shed 13 rigs for a statewide total of 753. In other major Texas basins, there were 181 rigs in the Eagle Ford, down four; 42 in the Haynesville, down one; 41 in the Granite Wash, down two; and 25 in the Barnett, unchanged.

The Permian Basin rig count is down 9.25 percent since the beginning of the year, District 8 is down 9.24 percent and Texas is down 10.36 percent. There were 484 rigs in the Permian Basin and 839 rigs in Texas a year ago this week.

The U.S. shed 43 rigs this week, leaving a nationwide total of 1,633. There were 1,317 oil rigs, down 49; 316 natural gas rigs, up six; and zero rigs listed as miscellaneous, unchanged.

By trajectory, there were 258 vertical drilling rigs, down 12; 1,229 horizontal drilling rigs, up 24; and 146 directional drilling rigs, down seven.

The U.S. rig count was 1,777 at this time last year.

The top five basins by rig count this week were the Permian; the Eagle Ford; the Williston with 153, down 12; the Marcellus with 76, up one; and the Mississippian with 63, down five.

The top five states were Texas; Oklahoma with 193, down eight; North Dakota with 147, down nine; Louisiana with 110, up three; and New Mexico with 89, down three.

In the U.S., there were 1,568 rigs on land, down 42; 11 in inland waters, down one; and 54 offshore, unchanged. There were 53 rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, unchanged.

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Mikel Livingston, Lafayette Journal & Courier 9:28 p.m. EST January 23, 2015

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A newly released public record illustrates the circumstances leading up to former McCutcheon High School teacher Jakob Robinson's arrest.

Robinson, who was fired by the Tippecanoe School Corp. board on Thursday, faces five charges of child seduction, felonies punishable by one to six years each.

The letter, released to the Journal & Courier following a public record request, is a Jan. 14 letter from Principal John Beeker to Robinson in which Beeker lays out the facts leading up to his recommendation that the board immediately terminate Robinson's teaching contract.

The letter alleges that Robinson actively misled McCutcheon officials on the nature of his relationship with the student and that he attempted to have TSC's technology department re-image his computer to destroy evidence.

In December, shortly before winter break, a patron saw Robinson and the student in public and notified school administrators that Robinson's "relationship with the student appeared to exceed a normal student-teacher relationship."

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Then, on Dec. 18, the Thursday before winter break, two administrators watching the school's surveillance cameras witnessed Robinson and the student leave the school at lunch time.

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Alex Shabad, WZZM 7:14 p.m. EST January 23, 2015

Video of a deputy's testimony is shedding light on the murder of an Allegan County woman, as police continue to search for her husband hundreds of miles away.(Photo: Video of a deputy's testimony is shedding light on the murder of an Allegan County woman, as police continue to search for her husband hundreds of miles away.)

ALLEGAN, Mich. (WZZM) -- Video of a deputy's testimony is shedding light on the murder of an Allegan County woman, as police continue to search for her husband hundreds of miles away. Harold Knight, who is the main suspect in his wife's murder, was last seen in Maine, but investigators say they're not sure if he's still there. WZZM 13 obtained a copy of a video that shows the probable cause hearing in the case, in which a deputy lays out the evidence to a judge.

"Allegan County Central Dispatch received a phone call from an unidentified male," the deputy told the judge.

The caller left no name, just directions to the murder scene, according to the video testimony from a probable cause hearing.

"(He) advised dispatch on a taped line that they did harm to this person and that they were leaving the country," the deputy said.

The call led deputies to a Ganges Township home, where they found the body of Sarah Knight. Investigators later determined the caller was her husband, Harold Knight.

"I did speak with Harold Knight's son who stated that the voice on the recording who made the phone call was his father, Harold Wesley Knight, was now missing," the deputy told the judge.

Investigators say Harold Knight was spotted in Maine last week.

"The family actually lived in Maine for a period of time so that may be the reason," says Captain Frank Baker with the Allegan County Sheriff's Department. "Right now, we are working with federal and state law enforcement and local law enforcement officials to try to determine if he's left that area."

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Conor Doyle enter the W82Go programme after a stranger posted his image to an embarrassing night club photo-sharing site.

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Cabin owned by lottery millionaireGeorge Traykov set to be destroyed Council officers raided 290,000 property and obtained demolition order Building, including kitchen and heating, was being rented for 200 a week But Mr Traykov said the house was merely used for 'storage and parties'

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Published: 12:27 EST, 22 January 2015 | Updated: 03:44 EST, 23 January 2015

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A backyard cabin owned by a lottery millionaire is set to be destroyed in a council crackdown on 'beds in sheds' landlords - despite him insisting it is used for parties.

George Traykov, a former member of the Bulgarian skydiving team, who has scooped more than 1.1million in EuroMillions wins, was investigated by Hounslow council for allegedly renting out unauthorised dwellings.

Council officers raided the 290,000 property in Feltham, south west London, last week and have now obtained a demolition order.

They say the building, which has a kitchen and central heating, was among a number of beds in sheds being rented out for up to 200-a-week.

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It may be hard for modern people who consider themselves intellectually sensitive to be told that we are emotionally no better than our early ancestors were. Surely we have been able to throw off the shackles of our evolutionary history and allow intelligence to triumphright?

Yeah, right.

Discoverys Trace Dominguez explains that jealousy is not only still prevalent (duh), but likely to be a hangover from the earliest days of humanity, when we lived solely in Africa.

It also has its roots in basically the same things it does today: suspicion, envy, mistrust, anxiety, and protective possession. Males guarded the social group and found food while females maintained social structure and raised offspring. Thus, male jealousy is the result of wanting to protect their own genetic interests by making sure females werent, ehem, mixing with other males while they were out trying to keep everyone alive.

Females, on the other hand, felt they and their offspring were betrayed if a male went off and shared resources with other females.

Pretty run-of-the-mill, you-knew-this-without-having-to-watch-a-video stuff.

But, as always, it isnt that simple

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