K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For May 9th, 2017 – Morning

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - MOON JAE-IN HAS CLAIMED VICTORY IN SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, CAPPING ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT POLITICAL STRETCHES IN THE NATION'S RECENT HISTORY AND SETTING UP ITS FIRST LIBERAL RULE IN A DECADE. MOON, A FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER WHO FAVORS CLOSER TIES WITH NORTH KOREA, WILL LEAD A NATION SHAKEN BY A SCANDAL THAT FELLED HIS CONSERVATIVE PREDECESSOR, PARK GEUN-HYE, WHO SITS IN A JAIL CELL AWAITING A CORRUPTION TRIAL LATER THIS MONTH.

ON THE A10 HIGHWAY, FRANCE (AP) - THEY'RE DUBBED THE MACRON BUSES, CHEAP LONG-DISTANCE RIDES ACROSS FRANCE THAT WERE AMONG EMMANUEL MACRON'S FEW NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS BEFORE HIS METEORIC RISE TO THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. IT WAS PART OF HIS EFFORTS TO LOOSEN UP THE MONOPOLIZED TRANSPORT SECTOR AND INVIGORATE THE FRENCH ECONOMY. THE BUSES HAVE OPENED UP CHEAPER TRANSPORT OPTIONS BUT REPORTEDLY NOT PRODUCED THE NUMBER OF NEW JOBS THAT MACRON HAD HOPED.

MABALACAT, PHILIPPINES (AP) - A POLICE RAID IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS UNCOVERED VIDEOS AND IMAGES OF YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS ENGAGED IN SEX ACTS. THE STUFFY, TWO-BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE ALSO HELD CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR, TODDLER SHOES, CAMERAS, BONDAGE CUFFS, FETISH ROPES AND METH PIPES. AUTHORITIES SAYS IT'S PART OF A DARK CORNER OF THE INTERNET WHERE PEDOPHILES IN THE U.S., CANADA, EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA PAY FACILITATORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD TO SEXUALLY ABUSE CHILDREN, EVEN BABIES.

FALL RIVER, MASS. (AP) - A MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE HAS AGREED TO ERASE AARON HERNANDEZ'S CONVICTION IN A 2013 MURDER BECAUSE HE DIED BEFORE HIS APPEAL COULD BE HEARD. JUDGE SUSAN GARSH RULED TUESDAY THAT A LEGAL DOCTRINE THAT CALLS FOR VACATING CONVICTIONS WHEN A DEFENDANT DIES BEFORE AN APPEAL CAN BE HEARD WAS BINDING PRECEDENT. SHE SAID SHE WAS COMPELLED TO FOLLOW IT.

HELENA, MONT. (AP) - DOZENS OF UNIVERSITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED FOR GRANTS TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FROM POOR FAMILIES PREPARE FOR COLLEGE WERE TURNED DOWN BY THE U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DOUBLE-SPACE THE APPLICATIONS OR MADE OTHER SIMILAR MISTAKES. THE REJECTIONS HAVE TRIGGERED AN OUTCRY FROM MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES ON CAPITOL HILL AND THROWN INTO JEOPARDY PROGRAMS THAT HELP THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS A YEAR.

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A MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER ALLEGEDLY DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED, WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT OF HIS SUV.
30-YEAR-OLD LUKE E. STEENSEN WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT AND DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE CAUSING CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

CHARGING PAPERS SAY A POLICE OFFICER WAS DOING PAPERWORK IN THE KMART PARKING LOT WHEN HE HEARD A VEHICLE GO PAST AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

THE OFFICER STOPPED THE SUV IN A PARKING LOT AND SPOKE WITH THE STEENSEN, WHO WAS DRIVING. IN THE MIDDLE ROW OF PASSENGER SEATS WAS A HALF-EMPTY 12-PACK OF BUD LIGHT, AND STEENSEN ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO DRINKING TWO BEERS SOME TIME BEFORE HE WAS STOPPED.

TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE SUV.

ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT, STEENSEN PERFORMED POORLY ON STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS. HE REPORTEDLY ATTRIBUTED AT LEAST SOME OF HIS ALLEGED POOR PERFORMANCE TO PRESCRIBED MEDICATION HE HAD TAKEN EARLIER IN THE DAY.

POLICE JUDGED STEENSEN TO BE TOO IMPAIRED TO DRIVE AND ARRESTED HIM FOR DWUI. AN OFFICER ALLOWED HIM TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE CHILDREN BEFORE PUTTING STEENSEN IN THE BACK OF A PATROL CAR.

STEENSEN WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED ON DWUI IN FEBRUARY 2007 AND JANUARY 2010, CHARGING PAPERS SHOW.

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A NEW WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STUDY SAYS CERTAIN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING AND DIRECTIONAL DRILLING TECHNIQUES ARE THE SECRETS TO TAPPING A PREVIOUSLY UNPROFITABLE OIL DEPOSIT.

FOR DECADES, GEOLOGISTS THOUGHT THE CODELL SANDSTONE OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OIL TO MAKE DRILLING WORTHWHILE.

A SURVEY REPORT RELEASED MONDAY SAYS SIX COMPANIES HAVE PRODUCED OIL FROM 119 WELLS TARGETING THE CODELL SANDSTONE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

THE REPORT LOOKED AT WHAT THE MOST PRODUCTIVE WELLS HAVE IN COMMON.

ONE IS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING - SPECIFICALLY WELLS DRILLED IN A NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTATION RATHER THAN EAST-WEST.

GEOLOGISTS THINK WELLS DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED NORTH OR SOUTH INTERSECT WITH MORE OIL-BEARING FISSURES.

RESEARCHERS ALSO SAY THE BEST WELLS ALSO HAVE HAD THE MOST FRACKING, OR USE OF PRESSURIZED WATER MIXED WITH SAND AND CERTAIN CHEMICALS TO BREAK OPEN DEPOSITS.