Saturday, November 21, 2009
Senators near vote on health-care bill By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (9) The U.S. Senate on Friday talked itself toward a crucial showdown vote over the weekend to ...		Dems have 60 for health care; Lincoln a 'yes' By Associated Press Reader comments (3) Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislatio ...
Board's meeting is under scrutiny By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (0) Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has been asked to determine whether the state ...		Ethics panel facing furloughs during election year By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Reader comments (3) The state agency that is charged with policing political campaigns will be furloughing staff ...
Allow parents to return adopted kids, panel urged By MICHAEL McNUTT NewsOK.com Reader comments (15) Relief should be provided to parents who adopt from the state a child who eventually develops ...		Burris receives admonishment, no punishment By AP Wire Services Reader comments (3) The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading ...
At least 18 Hasan e-mails to be probed, senator says By PAMELA HESS & ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Reader comments (0) There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials ...		Moderate Dems pivotal in bill vote By DAVID ESPO Associated Press Reader comments (3) Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health- care bill ...
Friday, November 20, 2009
City is hiring — in certain departments By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (77) While three police officers and 16 other city workers remain laid off, the city is actively ...		Senate OKs bill to help veterans By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (101) The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday to provide benefits to disabled veterans and their ...
Car policy discussion continues By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (34) City Councilor Bill Christiansen wants a legal opinion from the city attorney on whether the ...		CareerTech worker buyout OK'd By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (14) The Oklahoma Board of Career and Technology Education approved a voluntary buyout plan Thursday ...
Washington: Military aims at security lapses By Associated Press Reader comments (2) The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Police to delay plan to remodel By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (33) Police Chief Ron Palmer is putting on hold a remodeling project for the chiefs' section of ...		Official warns funding plan will hurt work By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (8) Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Gary Ridley said Wednesday that the state could miss its ...
Benge gloomy on state's finances By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Reader comments (33) Legislators fear that 'we may be boxing ourselves in' by not dealing more aggressively with ...		Veterans care bill roadblock bypassed By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (60) An agreement has been reached to allow a vote on a bill, held up by Sen. Tom Coburn, that would ...
Lawyer: City can't yank car pact By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (43) Tulsa's labor attorney said Wednesday that the city law that prohibits employees from taking ...		Inhofe claims victory on global warming By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (91) U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, perhaps Congress' most vocal skeptic of man-made global warming, essentially ...
Area planning commission to meet less often By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer Reader comments (2) The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a 2010 meeting schedule ...

Rhodes Scholars named for 2010
Sunday, November 22, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010....

Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare....

Biden says Senate handed Obama a big victory
Saturday, November 21, 2009
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden told Iowa Democrats on Saturday that the Senate handed the president a big victory with its decision to move forward with debate on sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation''s health care system....

More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club....

McCain: Tension between aides, Palin 'no big deal'
Saturday, November 21, 2009
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin''s new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as 'no big deal.'...

Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee....

Fort Hood suspect ordered held until court-martial
Saturday, November 21, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday....

Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama''s eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future....

Obama has low-key evening out after long week
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia....

Levin: More e-mails from Ft. Hood suspect possible
Saturday, November 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials....