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Friday, February 03, 2012

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Dwarfism linked to neglect: Oklahoma child's health at the center of custody battle
By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor
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 State and court officials are grappling with an eight-year-long Delaware County custody case ...
 
Execs: American Airlines needs cuts to survive
By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer
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 American Airlines' proposed cuts in bankruptcy restructuring of 13,000 workers, pensions, older ...
 
James Taylor to bring his band to BOK Center
By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
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 James Taylor and his band will perform July 18 at the BOK Center.
 
Tulsa native, philanthropist Jack Zarrow dies at 86
By TIM STANLEY World Staff Writer
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 Jack Zarrow, a Russian immigrant's son who built a philanthropic pipeline that continues to ...
 
Gov. Fallin proposes income tax cut in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday that she is proposing an income tax cut for the majority of ...
 
Rain today in Tulsa area; tornado watch in south-central Oklahoma
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 Tulsa had not received any rain so far this month, but that changed today.
 
Interim DHS director named
By GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer
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 Terri White, 38, is the director of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance ...
 
Man arrested after arson, vandalism spree
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 Archie Neil Monroe, 46, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on six complaints of malicious injury ...
 
Broken Arrow man killed while working on truck
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
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 A Broken Arrow man is dead after he was run over by a pickup truck he was working on Friday ...
 
2 people shot at house in possible drug deal
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 A man was shot twice and a woman was shot once just before 10:15 p.m. at a house that contained ...
 
Tulsa trash contract issue set for public hearing Wednesday
By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer
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 Aware that Tulsans have questions about the volume-based trash system set to begin this summer, ...
 
Oklahoma lawmaker wants to renew teacher stipends
By AP Wire Service
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 The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says he wants to restore a $5,000 stipend to ...
 
Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark has music school dedicated in his honor in Claremore
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
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 It's one thing to take a mandolin class at the Roy Clark Music School at the Northeast Technology ...
 
Natural gas tax revenue drops in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 State Treasurer Ken Miller said Thursday that lower-than-expected revenue from gross production ...
 
Tulsa City Council denies funds for energy expert, fireworks; OKs PETA permit
By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer
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 The City Council denied city funds Thursday for the citywide Fourth of July fireworks display ...
 
Fallin asks tribal leaders towithdraw water rights lawsuit
By MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.com
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 Gov. Mary Fallin asked leaders of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations on Thursday to withdraw ...
 
Nader drops out of Inhofe,Markey debate on climate
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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 After U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe accepted his challenge, Ralph Nader dropped out of efforts to hold ...
 
George Will delivers speech at TU on government, politics
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
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 Among the many baseball anecdotes told by George Will during his appearance at the University ...
 
11-year-old cancer survivor honors St. Jude hospital founder with class assignment
By MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer
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 According to one version of the story, comedian Danny Thomas first heard about St. Jude while ...
 
Sequoyah Elementary School parents speak out on proposed relocation
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
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 Many parents who attended a Thursday evening forum spoke out against the proposed relocation ...
 
Hospital's email on donation criticized by Brooks' attorney
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
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 An attorney for Garth Brooks, whom a jury recently awarded $1 million from Integris Rural Health ...
 
Texas teenager to be tried in deaths of family with ties to Tulsa
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
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 A Texas teenager has been certified to stand trial as an adult in the deaths of a woman and ...
 
Man given 35-year term in fatal burning
By BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer
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 A Tulsa man was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend, who ...
 
OSU instructor killed in collision
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 An Oklahoma State University instructor was one of two people who were killed Wednesday in ...
 
Ailing Tulsan, his wife plucked from cruise ship by helicopter
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
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 Tulsan Fred Burki has been on many cruises in his 85 years, but none of them ended quite like ...
 
CrimeWatch

Perkins man hit with 119 counts of manufacturing meth
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
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 A Payne County man has been charged with more than 120 counts related to methamphetamine, court ...
 
Man arrested after arson, vandalism spree
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 Archie Neil Monroe, 46, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on six complaints of malicious injury ...
 
Man arrested after motorist leads him to police
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 A man who is accused of trying to steal a woman's purse late Thursday was arrested after he ...
 
2 people shot at house in possible drug deal
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
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 A man was shot twice and a woman was shot once just before 10:15 p.m. at a house that contained ...
 
Tulsa crime in 2011: Good news and bad news
By JERRY WOFFORD World Staff Writer
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 The Tulsa Police Department reported a slightly higher number of crimes in 2011 than in the ...
 
Continuing Coverage

Kialegee casino controversy
Announcement of the Kialegee Tribal Town's Red Clay Casino in Broken Arrow came to a surprise ...
 
Women in Prison
Why Oklahoma sends more women to prison than any other state on a per capita basis.
 
Trash service in Tulsa
Changes are coming to Tulsa’s residential trash service as the collection contract is being ...
 
Tulsa's meth abuse epidemic
The epidemic is driving up costs for health care, law enforcement, lab cleanup, property damage ...
 
Weleetka killings of two girls
On June 8, 2008, Taylor Paschal-Placker, 13, and Skyla Whitaker, 11, were shot multiple times ...
 
Special Projects

Oklahoma's health care crisis
This series takes a look at the problems, how it affects all Oklahomans and what can be done ...
 
Tulsa County property values map
Find out how much the property value has changed in your neighborhood over the past four y ...
 
Driven
An occasional video series highlighting some of Tulsa's most motivated residents.
 
Becoming Katie
Katie wasn't born a girl. But she always knew she was meant to be one. Read the two-part series ...
 
Carrie Underwood
Read more about Carrie, see photos and watch her music videos.
 
State Capitol Bureau

Gov. Fallin proposes income tax cut in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday that she is proposing an income tax cut for the majority of ...
 
Natural gas tax revenue drops in Oklahoma
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 State Treasurer Ken Miller said Thursday that lower-than-expected revenue from gross production ...
 
Oklahoma lawmakers to tackle abortion measures on return to Capitol
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
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 One measure pending in the Oklahoma Legislature would require a woman to listen to a fetal ...
 
Richard Lerblance won't seek re-election to Oklahoma Senate seat
By WORLD CAPITOL BUREAU
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 Sen. Richard Lerblance said in a statement released Saturday that he will not seek re-elec ...
 

Washington D.C. Bureau

Nader drops out of Inhofe,Markey debate on climate
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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 After U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe accepted his challenge, Ralph Nader dropped out of efforts to hold ...
 
Oklahoma 2nd District candidate loans himself $195,000, FEC reports show
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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 Businessman and political novice Wayne Herriman has loaned his congressional campaign $195,000 ...
 
Jim Inhofe, James Lankford encourage work on transportation bill
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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 Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and U.S. Rep. James Lankford played down major differences Tuesday ...
 
Boren predicts Obama will be re-elected
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
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 U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, who has always kept his distance politically from President Barack Obama, ...
 
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