More than 12,000 residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the tornado have a break in the weather Friday morning to continue removing debris from their propertiers. Citizens are in "state of healing," Gov. Mary Fallin says as Moore continues tornado recovery Plan to give $1,200 debit cards to tornado victims rejected How to help those affected by the Moore tornado: OK Strong SLIDESHOW: Moore Tornado coverage - day 4 Moore Tornado 2013: Find all the coverage from the Moore tornado, including photo slideshows and a video from the World's award winning photographers.
Oklahoma baseball coach Sunny Golloway recently received the request from a police officer directing traffic around a tornado-ravaged neighborhood.
It's just an empty field now, but community and industry leaders hope a new rail line and road will help make a section of Claremore an industrial hub for northeast Oklahoma.
School is more than learning your ABCs and how to solve quadratic equations. We know that learning how to think critically, work cooperatively, and solve problems creatively are among the most important skills children need to be good citizens, contributing members of society, and productive workers in a competitive global economy.
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Jennifer Chancellor: BOK Center tops list of 'Midwest Top Stops' Tulsa's BOK Center arena was highlighted in the May issue of industry trade publication 'Venues Today' ...
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Jennifer Chancellor: BREAKING: Blake Shelton to host 'Healing the Heartland' tornado relief concert in OKC The Oklahoma-born country music superstar will host a benefit concert Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy ...
TCU ninth-inning rally tops OSU at Big 12 baseball tournament Horned Frogs score six runs in the top of the ninth inning to upend Cowboys 8-4 late Thursday.
ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Interstate 5 bridge collapses north of Seattle There was no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether anyone was killed.
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Jennifer Chancellor: REVIEW and PHOTOS: Thompson Square at Cain's Ballroom Keifer and Shawna Thompson played a heartfelt show to a hometown crowd during Thompson Square's Thursday ...
Delaware County couple shot The man and woman were taken to Integris Grove General Hospital around 7 p.m.
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Task force to consider renaming of Tulsa's Brady Street The street is named after Tate Brady, a controversial early-Tulsa businessman who died in 1925.
KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Councilors would shift money in mayor's budget to fund more officers The plan, outlined Thursday by councilors G.T. Bynum and Karen Gilbert, would fund 45 police cadets and ...
ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
Watchdog group member accuses Bartlett of ethics code violation Steven Roemerman, a member of the city's Sales Tax Overview Committee, is accusing the mayor of using ...
Tom Gilbert: mmmhop beer from Hanson Trying to get some more details from this Tulsa band's beer. Will keep you updated about MMMhops which ...
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.
DAVID CRARY AND NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press
Tom Gilbert: Fassler Hall hosts a tornado benefit concert tonight! Fassler Hall and Horton Record present OKIE TORNADO Relief Benefit at 6pm tonight!
Hearing begins for brothers accused in Fairmont Terrace killings The Poores are accused of murdering Julie Jackson, 55; Misty Nunley, 33; Rebeika Powell, 23; and Kayetie ...
BILL BRAUN AND JARREL WADEWorld Staff Writers
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones against terror threats.
JULIE PACE AND LARA JAKESAssociated Press
Owasso considering city manager probe An agenda released this afternoon calls for an executive session discussing personnel matters related ...
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Cambage on Tulsa: 'I wanted to come back so bad last year' Liz Cambage said she really wanted to join the Tulsa Shock last August for the second half of the WNBA ...
MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer
The Picker: Is Gundy Losing It? Wasn't it supposed to be a great off-season?
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Jennifer Chancellor: JD McPherson, Graham Colton, Colourmusic and more to headline 'Music for Moore' event The 'Music for Moore' concert will be 5-11 p.m. May 29 at the Bricktown Event Center in Oklahoma Cit ...
John Clanton: Walking through a neighborhood in Moore Impressions and photos after the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
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Oil: Price tracks gains in stocks, erases early losses An afternoon recovery in U.S. stock markets helped oil reverse early losses Thursday.
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Stocks: Market ends lower as investors reassess Fed worries Declining stocks outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange.
Dewey man charged after allegedly killing 2 puppies with shotgun He remained jailed Thursday on $10,000 bond.
LAURA SUMMERS World Correspondent
Houston Texans give $100,000 to tornado relief efforts Team owner Bob McNair and his wife Janice made the donation on behalf of their foundation and the team ...
Kyle Arnold: Boeing will freeze out suppliers that don't lower costs Boeing Co. CEO Jim McNerney said the airplane manufacturer needs to lower its costs from suppliers. If ...
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Tom Gilbert: Special tonight at McNellie's Public House plus do you own a beer buckle? James E. McNellie's Public House is offering a special tonight starting at 5 PM. Try the Marshall Brewing ...
OU defeats Baylor 2-0 in Big 12 Baseball Tournament OU is scheduled to play Texas Tech in a 9 a.m. pool play contest on Friday.
Nicole Marshall Middleton: Tulsa food trucks feed tornado victims, relief workers OK Chefs Relief events slated for Sunday and Monday in Oklahoma City.
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Hugs and tears: Plaza Towers students come back to school Moore Public Schools sites that were spared by the storm reopened for a few hours Thursday morning so ...
ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
Tom Gilbert: 25 breweries to watch Prairie Artisan Ales makes the cut Prairie Artisan Ales run by brothers Colin and Chase Healey, made the cut in the top 25 breweries to ...
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook voted to All-NBA teams The third team had former Thunder and current Houston Rockets star, James Harden.
BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
OU, OSU, Tulsa band together for T-shirt, will provide proceeds to disaster relief and recovery The shirts include all three logos of the schools. Proceeds will be donated directly to the United W ...
Caballo starts up Carmen gas plant The project will help the company connect to the growing natural gas production in the Mississippi Lime ...
KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer
Magellan Midstream Partners considering pipeline to Little Rock The new line, if built, would transport gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, the company reported.
ROD WALTON World Business Editor
Motorists asked to avoid I-35 through Moore All I-35 off-ramps in Moore are now open except the southbound I-35 off-ramp to South 19th Street, the ...
Browns, former OSU quarterback Weeden to help with Oklahoma tornado Weeden said his wife, Melanie, has family in Moore, where the tornado killed 24 people and destroyed ...
TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
Man charged in rape of 14-year-old He is scheduled for an initial appearance on May 28.
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Jennifer Chancellor: Toby Keith's publicist confirms fundraiser is in the works This sure feels like a confirmation to me. Of what, however, has yet to be decided. 'We are still figuring ...
Thunder honored as team of the year at Sports Business Awards Presented by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily, the Sports Business Awards ...
Oklahoma reopens emergency operations command center The department had previously announced that the command center would be shut down at Wednesday at m ...
Rita Sherrow: CBS posts full trailers for fall 2013 series premiering in the fall Here are the full trailers for CBS' new series coming to a TV near you this fall.
RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer
UK attack suspects part of previous investigations Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that Britain would not be cowed by the horrific violence.
GREGORY KATZ AND PAISLEY DODDSAssociated Press
Rita Sherrow: FYI 'Walking Dead' fans: There's a lot of life left in those zombies over on AMC Fans of 'The Walking Dead,' take note. AMC executive sees no end to 'Walking Dead.'
Jennifer Chancellor: Brady Arts District plans 'Tulsa Gives Moore' fundraiser for Oklahoma storm recovery Businesses across the Brady Arts District will turn its monthly 'First Friday' art crawl into something ...
Kathy McConnell-Miller leaving Shock coaching staff Tulsa won five of its final 11 games to finish 9-25 in 2012 after setting a WNBA record with 31 losses ...
Rita Sherrow: TV: Pay no attention to the man who said you can watch 'Arrested Development' in any order 'Arrested Development' creator Mitch Hurwitz has an urgent message for fans - forget what he said be ...
State House passes emergency aid bill for tornado response The bill passed 95-0.
RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Rita Sherrow: Winter is coming: Prepare for love and war on Jimmy Fallon's 'Game of Desks' coming Friday Jimmy Fallon enters the hairy, brutal and often sexy fantasy world of HBO's hit series 'Game of Thrones' ...
Rita Sherrow: J.J. Abrams faces the 'Star Trek' underwear issue on 'Conan' Is the Alice Eve scene in 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' exploitive? Conan O'Brien asks producer/director ...
Storms in Tulsa area possible today; Thunderstorms hit Oklahoma City area The Weather Service said more severe storms are forecast for late afternoon and at night. It said tornados ...
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Man sentenced in lewd molestation of relative He pleaded no contest Monday to an amended charge of lewd molestation.
Rita Sherrow: Oklahoma's Blake Shelton, NBC plan tornado benefit concert for next week Blake Shelton's concert to benefit Oklahoma tornado victims could happen next week on NBC.
Rams, former OU quarterback Sam Bradford leading Oklahoma aid effort Bradford's family is from the north side of Oklahoma City. His relatives were not hurt in the tornad ...
BP donates $500K to Moore tornado relief effort BP workers in eastern Oklahoma on Thursday delivered a trailer stocked with relief items.
John E. Hoover: Major kudos to West Virginia baseball coach, Big 12 Conference Just like in 1999, baseball at Bricktown Ballpark is helping Moore tornado victims.
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Man who took stolen truck to convenience store sought He was wearing a T-shirt reading “OSUCKS” in black and orange lettering and a blue baseball cap.
Althea Peterson: Oklahoma drought update: More improvement, except southwest Oklahoma Tulsa itself (not the county, but the city) is now more than an inch behind its normal rainfall for the ...
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Birth control coverage up for federal appeal The Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby argues that businesses — not just the currently exempted religious ...
KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press
Weekend TV: 'Smash' ends season 2, HBO's Liberace film premieres Two new series debut, an old comedy favorite returns online and viewers are invited to pay tribute in ...
RITA SHERROW World Television Writer
Howe teen killed in Latimer County crash The 15-year-old was thrown from a car that struck a tree due to unsafe speed, troopers said.
Two years later, Joplin residents send encouragement to Moore As recovery efforts continue in Moore, residents of Joplin, Mo., watch with a sense of deja vu.
SAMANTHA VICENT World Correspondent
Tulsa man charged with molesting 7-year-old Dwight Rake, 63, was arrested Friday and remains in the Tulsa Jail.
KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday; tornado damage could top $1 billion Secretary of Homeland Defense Janet Napolitano toured the tornado-ravaged areas on Wednesday.
MICHAEL OVERALL AND AMANDA BLANDWorld Staff Writers
Shock's Cambage lands in Tulsa Cambage flew into Tulsa International Airport around 6:15 p.m. after traveling nearly 9,000 miles from ...
Six located after being deemed 'missing' Four were two couples staying in hotels who hadn't contacted family members.
MICHAEL OVERALL AND SAMANTHA VICENTWorld Staff Writers
Four arrested in Holdenville killing Agents arrested Eugenia Wakolee, 27, Kyle Morris, 22, Tara Humphries, 31 and Robert West, 30, on first-degree ...
Big 12 donates $200,000 to tornado relief The Big 12 Conference has announced a $200,000 donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fu ...
Report: Boat operator drinking before fatal Grand Lake crash Rachel Nicole Swetnam, 21 and William Lewis "Trey" Varner III, 21, died
Rita Sherrow: Kristin Chenoweth's charity selling T-shirts to raise funds for Oklahoma's tornado-affected animals Broken Arrow's Emmy and Tony winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth is raising funds through her ...
Michael Smith: "The Outsiders"/"Rumble Fish" drive-in double-feature Thursday The Admiral Twin schedule for Thursday finds the gates opening at 7 p.m., with 'The Outsiders' set to ...
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Woman charged with murder in man's fatal stabbing She remains in the Tulsa Jail held without bond.
UK officials: Radical Islam drives London attack Two men apparently attacked another man near a London barracks Wednesday. Police said he died and the ...
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD AND PAISLEY DODDSAssociated Press
Before and after: Images of what the tornado did to Moore We have aerial photos of Moore that show what it looked like before and after the storm.
Sex offender arrested on rape complaint He remains held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Commissioner to urge new Rogers County tax vote after voter challenge “We won the election,” DeLozier said after the meeting. “There were some problems, so we’re taking care ...
RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
Tulsa Shock patners with BOK in storm relief effort The Tulsa Shock and BOK Center have partnered with the American Red Cross to assist in the Moore, OK ...
Oklahoma Senate votes to tap fund for tornado relief Gov. Mary Fallin urged lawmakers to consider the bill, which is expected to be given final legislative ...
Man with unusual facial tattoo jailed in Tulsa on public intoxication complaint His mugshot features the satanic numerical '666' tattoo across his forehead and large occult pentagram ...
NJ Gov. Chris Christie: Oklahoma tornado victims deserve aid 'Two wrongs don't make a right,' Christie told reporters, dignitaries and schoolchildren gathered at ...
ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press
Kenny Wayne Shepherd to headline 'We Can Help Moore' benefit show June 7 in OKC The concert is one night only, June 7 at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City.
JENNIFER CHANCELLORWorld Scene Writer
Oswalt to join Drillers on Friday The three-time All-Star will be activated prior to Friday night's game at ONEOK Field. He will throw ...
Colleen Almeida Smith: Teachers come through for students -- even in disasters The actions of teachers during the deadly Moore tornado just reinforces why we entrust our children to ...
Colleen Almeida Smith Staff Writer
Bravetta Hassell: Skiatook man competes for cameo in 'Duck Dynasty' commercial The winner will appear in an ad for the next season of the A&E reality show.
Bravetta Hassell Scene Writer
Althea Peterson: A list of Oklahoma's 13 EF-5/F5 tornadoes since 1905 In more than 100 years, Oklahoma's experienced only a dozen (until Monday, when Oklahoma recorded its ...
Oklahoma City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado An aerial view of the site shows whole neighborhoods obliterated, with gouged earth littered with splintered ...
Jennifer Chancellor: Oklahoma artist M Paul Kirby to sell 'Oklahoma Wood' collection to benefit storm relief Oklahoma professional artist M Paul Kirby will sell his Oklahoma Wood collection to help benefit disaster ...
Matt Clayton: Kevin Durant's giant back tattoo is finished Durant posted the image of his finished tattoo in Instagram
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Former OSU assistant Whitaker begins new role as Texas Tech coach Whitaker was an assistant at Oklahoma State last season. She held the same position at Valparaiso and ...
BETSY BLANEY Associated Press
ORU baseball defeated SFA 4-2 The hot, humid weather of southeast Texas reared its ugly head at the Oral Roberts baseball team on
COREY ROEPKEN World Correspondent
Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also ...
JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent
Koch Industries gives $1M to tornado recovery Several companies that Koch owns have operations in Oklahoma.
Jennifer Chancellor: VIDEO: Tulsa band of brothers Hanson walks red carpet (and sings) at 'Hangover Part III' premiere Brothers Taylor, Zac and Isaac of Hanson shared their stories of their worst (best?) drunken moments ...
Barry Lewis: Sapulpa will send donations, proceeds from spring game to Moore tornado relief effort Game is at 5 p.m. Friday.
BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer
Jennifer Chancellor: VIDEO: Toby Keith talks about his home town to CNN and Weather Channel, recovery concert with AP Oklahoma-raised country superstar Toby Keith came home to help his home town yesterday. The Weather Channel ...
Man sentenced to 8 years in fatal crash Owasso police arrested him after a witness who’d been drinking with him at the Jack of Clubs bar saw ...
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Nicole Marshall Middleton: Arrested Development frozen bananas at Antoinette Baking Co. The bakery is celebrating the new season with Bluth Bananas for a limited time.
OSSAA offers to replace playoff memorabilia lost in storms “Everybody’s trying to do their part, and if we can help by replacing some type of memorabilia, then ...
Rita Sherrow: Looking for love: Former Tulsan is one of the suitors on "The Bachelorette" Kasey Stewart, former Oral Roberts University basketball player, is looking for love on 'The Bachelorette' ...
Tulsa to conduct routine storm sirens test at noon The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency periodically tests the system to ensure the sirens are operating ...
Man sought in Walgreens robbery He told the attendant that he would not shoot her if she gave him all of the money from the register ...
Jennifer Chancellor: Blake Shelton planning tornado benefit concert, he tells Billboard Country singer and Ada-born Tishomingo resident Blake Shelton wants to help his home state in a big way, ...
Mother, newborn died seeking refuge from the storm Relatives of Megan Billingsley Futrell and her 3-month-old son, Case, grieved Tuesday outside a crumbled ...
ZEKE CAMPFIELD NewsOK.com
Moore mayor wants to require tornado shelters Underground safe rooms are typically built below garages and can cost around $4,000.
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated Press
St. John to make cuts following Fallin's decision not to expand Medicaid The Affordable Care Act -- also known as 'Obamacare' -- led to reductions in Medicare payments to help ...
WAYNE GREENE AND SHANNON MUCHMOREWorld Staff Writers
Wife found guilty of murdering Nichols Hills fire chief She shed no tears Tuesday when jurors found her guilty of murdering her husband, just as friends testified ...
BRYAN DEAN NewsOK.com
ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs' Earlier this month, it revealed that it was forming a network with the Southeastern Conference. The new ...
RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer
Victims tell their stories: Second-grader at Plaza Towers Elementary “I could see the third-graders all cover up in the hallway,” recalled Courtney from her room at Children’s ...
DIANA BALDWIN NewsOK.com
Jennifer Chancellor: The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has full deck into winter On tap through this summer and into fall include acts Sheryl Crow, Slash, Ron White, Gary Allan, Chris ...
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Family tries to find peace with death of two of their children in the Moore tornado As the tornado began shaking their house Monday, Laurinda Vargyas huddled with her mother in a bathtub ...
NOLAN CLAY & ANDREW KNITTLE NewsOK.com
GRDA report: Boat driver drank alcohol, took pills before fatal Grand Lake crash A preliminary investigative report released Wednesday states that the driver of a boat that crashed into ...
St. John plans layoffs, cites rejection of Medicaid expansion by Gov. Mary Fallin Tulsa's St. John Health System is "restructuring its workforce" because of changes in medical financing, ...
WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer & SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
Survivors' Stories: Looters sifting through rubble add to family grief Genni Satterlee didn't want her first-grade daughter at Plaza Towers Elementary School when the tornado ...
GINNIE GRAHAM & CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writers
Grove woman killed; man also shot Dena Davenport, 49, and Doyle Handle, 52, were both shot in the head.
Moore tornado tally: More than 12,000 homes damaged or destroyed Firefighters have completed their search for survivors and are now responding to injury calls, the Moore ...
ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor
Sapulpa native's photo of Moore tornado on Time magazine cover When freelance photographer Alonzo Adams headed out Monday to shoot what turned out to be one of the ...
Fallin's Medicaid decision leads to job losses here The negative fallout resulting from Gov. Mary Fallin's decision to reject the Medicaid expansion element ...
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Blake Shelton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd among musicians helping tornado relief efforts A growing roster of Oklahoma-tied musicians and others are planning benefit concerts, television broadcasts ...
JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Tulsa native among bachelors on this season's 'The Bachelorette' When host Chris Harrison introduces the bachelors to Desiree Hartsock on Monday's season premiere of ...
Moore residents allowed back into tornado-ravaged neighborhoods Forty-eight hours after the tornado, at precisely 3 p.m. Wednesday, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer ...
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The plan, outlined Thursday by Councilors G.T. Bynum and Karen Gilbert, would increase the number of police cadets from 22 to 45 by adding a second police academy and would fund 16 civilian hires to replace sworn officers who would be transferred into the field.
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Larry Jernigan's white Ford turned onto Southwest 11th Street, passing Plaza Towers Elementary School on Monday afternoon. "Suddenly, there's debris flying in the air," Jernigan said. "I looked up, and the tornado was right on top of me."
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The Oklahoma-born country music superstar will host a benefit concert Wednesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. The event also will be televised live on NBC.
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Tulsa's BOK Center arena was highlighted in the May issue of industry trade publication "Venues Today" as a leader in ticket sales and social media presence.
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Terry Coburn's third-grade class had to say goodbye to their teacher for the second time this year.
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Responding to two weeks of pleas from residents to take action, City Councilors agreed Thursday to create a task force to examine whether the city should rename Brady Street.
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Buckle up, people: "Fast & Furious 6" is utterly preposterous and completely over-the-top in delivering mayhem, machismo and muscle cars, and fans wouldn't want it any other way.
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The final piece of the artistic puzzle that is the Mathews Warehouse in the Brady Arts District is being fitted into place.
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For a festival that boasts so many repeat customers, there are a few prominent newbies this year - especially on the festival lineup.
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Horned Frogs score six runs in the top of the ninth inning to upend Cowboys 8-4 late Thursday night in Big 12 tournament opener for both teams in Oklahoma City.
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Drew Bowen was not his usual self during the regular season. Dealing with back problems for much of it, Bowen saw his ERA soar nearly two points higher than it had been in his previous two years.
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Liz Cambage said she watched 2 1/2 movies during her long flight from Sydney, Australia, to Dallas on Wednesday.
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Two major research projects from OU-Tulsa are already lined up to use the new Tandy Community Supercomputer, says Gerry Clancy, president of the school.
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SemGroup Corp. CEO Norm Szydlowski, who saw the challenges in international energy issues up close years ago, is looking forward to his visit with a Pakistani delegation on Friday.
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Whether a magnanimous gesture or simply facing reality, supporters of Tulsa's popular culture museum have given up for this year.
Mayor Dewey Bartlett is to be applauded for taking the city's public-safety issues so seriously, which is evidenced by his proposal to make a small sales tax permanent and dedicate it to police and fire needs.
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"Bloody Beaches." It was the title that seemed best to Gordon Gayle, when, after some 50 years, he sat down to write his account of the Battle of Peleliu.
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Keifer and Shawna Thompson played a heartfelt show to a hometown crowd during Thompson Square's Thursday tour stop at the historic Cain's Ballroom.
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