K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For September 15th, 2017 – Morning

LONDON (AP) - BRITISH POLICE SAY NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A BOMBING ON A LONDON SUBWAY TRAIN, BUT HUNDREDS OF DETECTIVES ARE AT WORK TRYING TO HUNT DOWN THE PERPETRATOR OR PERPETRATORS. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE SAYS POLICE "ARE MAKING FAST-TIME INQUIRIES TO ESTABLISH WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE." COUNTERTERRORISM POLICING CHIEF MARK ROWLEY SAYS HUNDREDS OF DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING AT SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOOTAGE, CARRYING OUT FORENSIC WORK AND SPEAKING TO WITNESSES OF THE FRIDAY MORNING BOMBING.

HAVANA (AP) - CUBAN LEADER RAUL CASTRO HAS STEPPED IN PERSONALLY TO DENY HIS GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SPATE OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS HARMED IN HAVANA. AFTER THE UNITED STATES DEMANDED ANSWERS, U.S. OFFICIALS SAY CASTRO SOUGHT OUT THE TOP AMERICAN DIPLOMAT IN HAVANA FOR A RARE FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION AND RELAYED THAT HE WAS JUST AS BEFUDDLED ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE REACTION WAS SURPRISING TO U.S. OFFICIALS WHO EXPECTED CASTRO WOULD REACT DEFENSIVELY OR REFUSE TO COOPERATE WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - SOUTH KOREA SAYS PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN HAS TALKED OVER THE TELEPHONE WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE ABOUT THE TWO COUNTRIES' RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA'S LATEST MISSILE LAUNCH. PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN PARK SU-HYUN SAID FRIDAY THAT THE TWO LEADERS AGREED TO COOPERATE IN IDENTIFYING "STERN AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES" AGAINST NORTH KOREA TO BE DISCUSSED AT NEXT WEEK'S UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MINISTERIAL MEETINGS.

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. (AP) - NASA SAYS THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT HAS DISINTEGRATED IN THE SKIES ABOVE SATURN. CONFIRMATION OF CASSINI'S EXPECTED DEMISE CAME ABOUT 7:55 A.M. EDT. THAT'S WHEN RADIO SIGNALS FROM THE SPACECRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT HALT. CASSINI ACTUALLY BURNED UP LIKE A METEOR 83 MINUTES EARLIER, AS IT DOVE THROUGH SATURN'S ATMOSPHERE, BECOMING ONE WITH THE PLANET IT SET OUT IN 1997 TO EXPLORE. BUT IT TOOK THAT LONG FOR THE LAST SIGNAL TO ARRIVE AT EARTH. CASSINI WAS THE ONLY SPACECRAFT TO EVER ORBIT SATURN.

MIAMI (AP) - MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF FLORIDIANS HAVE GOTTEN THEIR POWER RESTORED AFTER HURRICANE IRMA ROARED THROUGH THE STATE. STATE EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED FRIDAY THAT 1.92 MILLION HOMES AND BUSINESSES STILL DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTH FLORIDA REMAIN WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.
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THE WYOMING ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND ITS DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DENIED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST BY A SHERIDAN MAN SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE CASES ABOUT KRISTI RICHARDSON AND MICK MCMURRY.

SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN BRODIE SAID IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY SHERIDAN BUSINESSMAN KIM LOVE AND LOVE'S ATTORNEY BRUCE MOATS THAT RELEASING THOSE RECORDS COULD HARM ACTIVE AND ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS .

BRODIE ALSO WROTE THAT RELEASING THIS INFORMATION NOW IS CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST, ALTHOUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE MAY RECONSIDER THE REQEST WHEN THE INVESTIGATIONS COME TO A CLOSE.

BRODIE'S LETTER WAS THE LATEST RESPONSE TO LOVE'S REQUEST UNDER THE WYOMING PUBLIC RECORDS ACT FOR THE PRIVILEGE LOGS, OR INDEXES, OF THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BUSINESSWOMAN RICHARDSON IN OCTOBER 2014 AND THE CLOSED CASE OF THE SUICIDE OF BUSINESSMAN MCMURRY IN MARCH 2015.

LOVE UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED EARLIER THIS YEAR TO OBTAIN THOSE RECORDS FROM FORMER POLICE CHIEF JIM WETZEL WHO WAS FIRED ON MAY THE FIFTH.

LATER THAT MONTH INTERIM POLICE CHIEF STEVE SCHULZ SENT BOTH CASES TO THE DCI

LOVE AND MOATS WERE ABLE TO ADD THE DCI TO THEIR CASE, BUT THE DCI WON'T TURN OVER THE RECORDS, EITHER.

LAST WEEK, MOATS RESPONDED SAYING THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT THE LOG MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE, AND A COURT CAN RULE SOME RECORDS MAY BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL.
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WYOMING GENERALLY FAVORS LOW TAXES AND COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY, BUT ITS HIGHEST COURT SAYS A UTILITY MUST PAY SALES TAX ON POLLUTION-CONTROL CHEMICALS AT POWER PLANTS.

THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND RULED UNANIMOUSLY THURSDAY AGAINST PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED PACIFICORP.

THE COMPANY DOES BUSINESS IN WYOMING AS ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER.

PACIFICORP USES CHEMICALS TO REMOVE SULFUR DIOXIDE FROM FLUE GAS AT FOUR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN WYOMING.

OTHER CHEMICALS PURIFY WATER WITHIN THE PLANTS' BOILER TUBES.

PACIFICORP ARGUED THE UTILITY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY SALES TAX ON THE CHEMICALS.

WYOMING LAW EXEMPTS SALES TAX ON INGREDIENTS USED IN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS AND PACIFICORP ARGUED IT MANUFACTURES ELECTRICITY.

THE HIGH COURT RULED THE CHEMICALS AREN'T INGREDIENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE ELECTRICITY.

PACIFICORP OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE BEEN PAYING THE SALES TAX AND THE RULING WON'T AFFECT GENERATION COSTS.