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June 20, 2013
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15-year-old murder suspect to be tried as youthful offender

Prosecutors indicated that they will appeal that ruling in the case of 15-year-old Joshua Scott Mooney to the state Court of Criminal Appeals.

 
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Sending out an SOS

Oklahoma's final year of competition during the BCS Standings era won't be an easy journey.

 
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Summer air travelers face higher fares, jam-packed planes

We're only a couple of weeks into the summer travel season and I'm already hearing horror stories about jam-packed flights, eye-popping air fares, frequent delays and consistent overbooking.

 
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Visitors, city buses and Tulsa's economy

Here's something readers probably can agree on: Every visitor to Tulsa who comes from out of town for purposes of shopping, dining and entertainment contributes to Tulsa's prosperity. I am one of those out-of-towners; the small town where I live is equidistant from Tulsa and Oklahoma City. What civic attractions would lead me to advocate Tulsa as a destination rather than Oklahoma City?

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Six simple relaxation tips help shake off stress

Headaches. Heart palpitations. High blood pressure.
Hair loss. Hives. Dry mouth.
Shortness of breath. Back pain. Nervous tics.

 
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Domestic drones Buy the original or reprint of this cartoon. View Bruce's cartoon archive. Have Bruce ...

BRUCE PLANTE
World Editorial Cartoonist

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FBI halts latest fruitless effort to find Jimmy Hoffa Guess what? After three days of digging in a suburban Detroit field, the FBI has called off its latest ...

World's Editorials Writers

2 hours ago

Justin Jones' resignation a blow to Oklahoma corrections Only 10 men have headed the Oklahoma Department of Corrections since its modern-day creation 46 years ...

World's Editorials Writers

2 hours ago

Visitors, city buses and Tulsa's economy Here's something readers probably can agree on: Every visitor to Tulsa who comes from out of town for ...

RANDI ELDEVIK

2 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Use brain I would like to give E.J. Pembleton of Pryor ('Money-grabbers,' June 13) some insight. He needs to use ...

Sam Cowherd, Claremore

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Stirring speech I feel the need to spread what follows widely. It's a breath of spring air.

Glen W. Bays, Stillwater

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Missed opportunity Well, Tulsa World, you missed it. The Memphis Belle was in town and no media coverage to be seen. With ...

Chris Stogsdill, Westville

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Gasoline prices This is in reference to all the letters about the gasoline prices going up in less than a week. First, ...

Janie Woodard, Tulsa

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Concerned I am concerned, as many Oklahomans are, about the safety of our students and I wonder what our elected ...

Dona Walton, Ardmore

3 hours ago

Magazines bullish on OSU and TU, down on OU for this college football season College football's magazines have made preseason predictions for Oklahoma's state teams.

ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer

22 hours ago

Death notices for June 19 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

Staff Reports

20 hours ago

Big crowd gets first look at new Tulsa park's design A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

23 hours ago

Couple says Tulsa Public Schools lost their 7-year-old for hours A couple is searching for answers about how Tulsa Public Schools officials lost track of their 7-year-old ...

ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer

22 hours ago

Kaiser: New park made to bring Tulsa together The man responsible for constructing A Gathering Place for Tulsa didn't utter one public word at Tuesday ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

The Swon Brothers take 3rd place in 'The Voice' finale The brothers from Muskogee made it further than any other duo in the history of the NBC reality singing ...

JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

18 hours ago

Returning OSU football coaches all receive raises Head coach Mike Gundy received the biggest bump, from $3.275 million to $3.45 million.

KELLY HINES World Sports Writer

18 hours ago

Teen charged with murder to be prosecuted as 'youthful offender,' judge rules The Jenks Middle School eighth-grader was arrested Dec. 18 in connection with the killing of Mary Escue, ...

BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

14 hours ago

Wayne Greene: Bridenstine brings Jesus' suffering into abortion debate; Mullin discusses his child's ultrasound The Second District congressman says his vote to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is personal ...

21 hours ago

Tulsa man arrested on child sex abuse complaints He remains in the Tulsa Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

20 hours ago

Corrections professionals connect DOC exec's resignation to private prison lobbying Corrections professionals on Tuesday expressed shock and sadness that Department of Corrections Executive ...

BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

22 hours ago

Man accused of raping 14-year-old girl A 14-year-old girl told police Sunday that Joseph Medina raped her at a home in the 1800 block of North ...

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

21 hours ago

Man arrested in theft of pickup, copper wire He allegedly broke into the victim’s barn, loaded the pickup with three 750-foot coils of copper cable ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

19 hours ago

Scott Cherry: McNellie's South City, Albert G's target openings McNellie's South City shooting for end of month, Albert G's in September.

20 hours ago

VIDEO: The Swon Brothers take 3rd place in 'The Voice' finale The brothers from Muskogee made it further than any other duo on the four seasons of the NBC reality ...

JENNIFER CHANCELLOR, World Scene Writer

1 day ago

Death notices for June 18 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

Staff Reports

2 days ago

Bill Sherman: Gay Boy Scout backlash crushes civility, reasoned debate Sincere, good-hearted Christian leaders savaged after expressing their opinions on gay Boy Scout iss ...

14 hours ago

State teacher education programs criticized in national report Most of the nation's 1,450 teacher-preparation programs - including programs in Oklahoma - are falling ...

KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer

22 hours ago

Tractor-trailer wreck closes lanes on 193rd East Avenue While the cause of the crash has not been officially determined, OHP said the driver might have fallen ...

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

21 hours ago

Eric Bailey: Talking preseason football rankings with Phil Steele magazine Oklahoma is at No. 19, OSU a "darkhorse national title contender" at No. 8, Tulsa sits at No. 35.

1 day ago

252 Comments

License tag doesn't endorse religion There is a line between church and state that ought not be crossed. Drawing that line on a license plate, ...

World's Editorials Writers

6 days ago

205 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Loss of morality In the Local, State section of the June 12 Tulsa World, there were nine headlines. Of those, five had ...

Leslie Comfort, Tulsa

1 day ago

188 Comments

Tyrone Dale David Woodfork won't be targeted for death penalty, Tulsa County prosecutors say Tulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and ...

BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

2 days ago

180 Comments

Fallin asks feds to support Insure Oklahoma program Gov. Mary Fallin has asked White House officials to reconsider a federal decision to pull out of the ...

WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

6 days ago

165 Comments

Homeless teens do whatever it takes to survive on the streets The pregnant, homeless 16-year-old sat in the dark on a curb in a north Tulsa park with a phone in hand ...

GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer

4 days ago

153 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Apology owed First District Rep. Jim Bridenstine, on the House floor, called President Barack Obama "a petty, bumbling ...

Mary Bailey, Tulsa

4 days ago

152 Comments

House passes bill restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as ...

JIM ABRAMS Associated Press

1 day ago

145 Comments

Christiansen: Endorsing Bartlett not a given after mudslinging before mayoral primary Former City Councilor Bill Christiansen says he is unsure whether he will follow through on a promise ...

ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer

6 days ago

140 Comments

Sequester cuts slam Tulsa schools For Tulsa Public Schools, the funding hits just keep on coming.

World's Editorials Writers

3 days ago

126 Comments

Oklahoma's Hispanic, Asian populations showing growth Juvenal Saldivar came to Tulsa from California in 1997 as his family - which had been spread out in ...

CURTIS KILLMAN & JARREL WADE World Staff Writers

6 days ago

124 Comments

Plan for new Tulsa park to be unveiled The final plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa park along Riverside Drive will be unveiled Tuesday - ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

122 Comments

Gov. Fallin announces French aerospace manufacturer for Grove The 2013 Paris Air Show yielded a new aerospace manufacturer for Grove, where Australian firm Ferra Engineering ...

KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

23 hours ago

119 Comments

Obama's red line Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

6 days ago

118 Comments

Religious imagery of Oklahoma tag wasn't considered, senator says An Oklahoma minister is challenging the state license plate's depiction of an Apache warrior.

SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press

5 days ago

104 Comments

Supreme Court rejects Arizona voter-citizenship law The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal ...

MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy News Service (MCT)

2 days ago

102 Comments

Owasso's city manager ordered videos showing vice mayor's traffic stop to be purged, memo shows Suspended Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray ordered the deletion of two police videos showing the field ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

5 days ago

91 Comments

NSA spying

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

23 hours ago

90 Comments

Immigration Reform-o-rama Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

4 days ago

85 Comments

Water emergency over, Broken Arrow gets back to business Restaurants and other businesses that were shut down about 24 hours by the city's water emergency began ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

6 days ago

84 Comments

Tulsa Zoo giraffe, 21, euthanized after foot injury The Tulsa Zoo's male giraffe, Samburu, was euthanized Saturday after he fractured a foot, zoo officials ...

Staff Reports

3 days ago

A li'l help finding some difficult Nina's last week

By BRUCE PLANTE Editorial Cartoonist on Oct 24, 2011, at 3:59 PM  Updated on 10/24 at 3:59 PM

EDITORIAL CARTOONIST BRUCE PLANTE

Plante's best of 2011

I talk about some of the most popular cartoons of the year.

The Best of Plante Cartoons

Check out my selections for my best cartoons of the year.

Pickin' Plante's Best

Watch a video of me discussing the best cartoons of 2011.

Sometimes when I hide my mother's name (Nina) in my cartoons I make it too easy. Sometimes I make it too hard. Occasionally, I've made finding Nina a lot easier to find in the print version of our newspaper than our web version.

Last week's offerings of cartoons turned out to be an especially challenging week for some readers. Here's a li'l help! Just click on the toon for the answers.









EDITORIAL CARTOONIST BRUCE PLANTE

Plante's best of 2011

I talk about some of the most popular cartoons of the year.

The Best of Plante Cartoons

Check out my selections for my best cartoons of the year.

Pickin' Plante's Best

Watch a video of me discussing the best cartoons of 2011.

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Domestic drones Buy the original or reprint of this cartoon. View Bruce's cartoon archive. Have Bruce ...

BRUCE PLANTE
World Editorial Cartoonist

2 hours ago

FBI halts latest fruitless effort to find Jimmy Hoffa Guess what? After three days of digging in a suburban Detroit field, the FBI has called off its latest ...

World's Editorials Writers

2 hours ago

Justin Jones' resignation a blow to Oklahoma corrections Only 10 men have headed the Oklahoma Department of Corrections since its modern-day creation 46 years ...

World's Editorials Writers

2 hours ago

Visitors, city buses and Tulsa's economy Here's something readers probably can agree on: Every visitor to Tulsa who comes from out of town for ...

RANDI ELDEVIK

2 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Use brain I would like to give E.J. Pembleton of Pryor ('Money-grabbers,' June 13) some insight. He needs to use ...

Sam Cowherd, Claremore

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Stirring speech I feel the need to spread what follows widely. It's a breath of spring air.

Glen W. Bays, Stillwater

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Missed opportunity Well, Tulsa World, you missed it. The Memphis Belle was in town and no media coverage to be seen. With ...

Chris Stogsdill, Westville

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Gasoline prices This is in reference to all the letters about the gasoline prices going up in less than a week. First, ...

Janie Woodard, Tulsa

3 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: Concerned I am concerned, as many Oklahomans are, about the safety of our students and I wonder what our elected ...

Dona Walton, Ardmore

3 hours ago

Magazines bullish on OSU and TU, down on OU for this college football season College football's magazines have made preseason predictions for Oklahoma's state teams.

ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer

22 hours ago

Death notices for June 19 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

Staff Reports

20 hours ago

Big crowd gets first look at new Tulsa park's design A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

23 hours ago

Couple says Tulsa Public Schools lost their 7-year-old for hours A couple is searching for answers about how Tulsa Public Schools officials lost track of their 7-year-old ...

ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer

22 hours ago

Kaiser: New park made to bring Tulsa together The man responsible for constructing A Gathering Place for Tulsa didn't utter one public word at Tuesday ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

The Swon Brothers take 3rd place in 'The Voice' finale The brothers from Muskogee made it further than any other duo in the history of the NBC reality singing ...

JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

18 hours ago

Returning OSU football coaches all receive raises Head coach Mike Gundy received the biggest bump, from $3.275 million to $3.45 million.

KELLY HINES World Sports Writer

18 hours ago

Teen charged with murder to be prosecuted as 'youthful offender,' judge rules The Jenks Middle School eighth-grader was arrested Dec. 18 in connection with the killing of Mary Escue, ...

BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

14 hours ago

Wayne Greene: Bridenstine brings Jesus' suffering into abortion debate; Mullin discusses his child's ultrasound The Second District congressman says his vote to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is personal ...

21 hours ago

Tulsa man arrested on child sex abuse complaints He remains in the Tulsa Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

20 hours ago

Corrections professionals connect DOC exec's resignation to private prison lobbying Corrections professionals on Tuesday expressed shock and sadness that Department of Corrections Executive ...

BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

22 hours ago

Man accused of raping 14-year-old girl A 14-year-old girl told police Sunday that Joseph Medina raped her at a home in the 1800 block of North ...

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

21 hours ago

Man arrested in theft of pickup, copper wire He allegedly broke into the victim’s barn, loaded the pickup with three 750-foot coils of copper cable ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

19 hours ago

Scott Cherry: McNellie's South City, Albert G's target openings McNellie's South City shooting for end of month, Albert G's in September.

20 hours ago

VIDEO: The Swon Brothers take 3rd place in 'The Voice' finale The brothers from Muskogee made it further than any other duo on the four seasons of the NBC reality ...

JENNIFER CHANCELLOR, World Scene Writer

1 day ago

Death notices for June 18 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

Staff Reports

2 days ago

Bill Sherman: Gay Boy Scout backlash crushes civility, reasoned debate Sincere, good-hearted Christian leaders savaged after expressing their opinions on gay Boy Scout iss ...

14 hours ago

State teacher education programs criticized in national report Most of the nation's 1,450 teacher-preparation programs - including programs in Oklahoma - are falling ...

KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer

22 hours ago

Tractor-trailer wreck closes lanes on 193rd East Avenue While the cause of the crash has not been officially determined, OHP said the driver might have fallen ...

KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer

21 hours ago

Eric Bailey: Talking preseason football rankings with Phil Steele magazine Oklahoma is at No. 19, OSU a "darkhorse national title contender" at No. 8, Tulsa sits at No. 35.

1 day ago

252 Comments

License tag doesn't endorse religion There is a line between church and state that ought not be crossed. Drawing that line on a license plate, ...

World's Editorials Writers

6 days ago

205 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Loss of morality In the Local, State section of the June 12 Tulsa World, there were nine headlines. Of those, five had ...

Leslie Comfort, Tulsa

1 day ago

188 Comments

Tyrone Dale David Woodfork won't be targeted for death penalty, Tulsa County prosecutors say Tulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and ...

BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

2 days ago

180 Comments

Fallin asks feds to support Insure Oklahoma program Gov. Mary Fallin has asked White House officials to reconsider a federal decision to pull out of the ...

WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

6 days ago

165 Comments

Homeless teens do whatever it takes to survive on the streets The pregnant, homeless 16-year-old sat in the dark on a curb in a north Tulsa park with a phone in hand ...

GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer

4 days ago

153 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Apology owed First District Rep. Jim Bridenstine, on the House floor, called President Barack Obama "a petty, bumbling ...

Mary Bailey, Tulsa

4 days ago

152 Comments

House passes bill restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as ...

JIM ABRAMS Associated Press

1 day ago

145 Comments

Christiansen: Endorsing Bartlett not a given after mudslinging before mayoral primary Former City Councilor Bill Christiansen says he is unsure whether he will follow through on a promise ...

ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer

6 days ago

140 Comments

Sequester cuts slam Tulsa schools For Tulsa Public Schools, the funding hits just keep on coming.

World's Editorials Writers

3 days ago

126 Comments

Oklahoma's Hispanic, Asian populations showing growth Juvenal Saldivar came to Tulsa from California in 1997 as his family - which had been spread out in ...

CURTIS KILLMAN & JARREL WADE World Staff Writers

6 days ago

124 Comments

Plan for new Tulsa park to be unveiled The final plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa park along Riverside Drive will be unveiled Tuesday - ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

122 Comments

Gov. Fallin announces French aerospace manufacturer for Grove The 2013 Paris Air Show yielded a new aerospace manufacturer for Grove, where Australian firm Ferra Engineering ...

KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

23 hours ago

119 Comments

Obama's red line Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

6 days ago

118 Comments

Religious imagery of Oklahoma tag wasn't considered, senator says An Oklahoma minister is challenging the state license plate's depiction of an Apache warrior.

SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press

5 days ago

104 Comments

Supreme Court rejects Arizona voter-citizenship law The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal ...

MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy News Service (MCT)

2 days ago

102 Comments

Owasso's city manager ordered videos showing vice mayor's traffic stop to be purged, memo shows Suspended Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray ordered the deletion of two police videos showing the field ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

5 days ago

91 Comments

NSA spying

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

23 hours ago

90 Comments

Immigration Reform-o-rama Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

4 days ago

85 Comments

Water emergency over, Broken Arrow gets back to business Restaurants and other businesses that were shut down about 24 hours by the city's water emergency began ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

6 days ago

84 Comments

Tulsa Zoo giraffe, 21, euthanized after foot injury The Tulsa Zoo's male giraffe, Samburu, was euthanized Saturday after he fractured a foot, zoo officials ...

Staff Reports

3 days ago
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