Friday, November 20, 2009
Senate OKs bill to help veterans By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (82) 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 (25) 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 (1) 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 (7) 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 (87) 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 ...		Buyout proposal for CareerTech headed to board By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (1) The Oklahoma State Board of Career and Technology Education will consider on Thursday a voluntary ...
Idea to arm victims called flawed By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (11) A task force was told Wednesday that letting domestic violence victims have a temporary permit ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Henry tackles state budget woes By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (32) Gov. Brad Henry called Tuesday for a possible special session of the Legislature and public ...		Police policy violates statute By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (153) Tulsa's police take-home vehicle policy, which allows officers to drive their patrol cars to ...
Furloughs at parole board are criticized By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (20) State Pardon and Parole Board Chairwoman Susan Loving said Tuesday that the agency's furloughs ...		Sullivan is tapped to lead transition team for Bartlett By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (126) Mayor-elect Dewey Bartlett tapped U.S. Rep. John Sullivan on Tuesday to lead his transition ...
Two more join attorney general's race By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (3) Two more candidates have entered the race for attorney general.		Inhofe bid to thwart Gitmo transfer killed By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (288) The U.S. Senate killed a proposal Tuesday by Sen. Jim Inhofe that was designed to make it at ...
Bill to name Federal Building for ex-judge advances By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (4) WASHINGTON The U.S. House passed a bill Tuesday by Rep. John Sullivan to name the Federal ...

Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights....

UN official questions world's hunger commitment
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
ROME (AP) -- The director of a U.N. food agency questioned Wednesday how world powers could commit so much money to fighting the financial crisis and not to feeding the 1 billion hungry....

Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin book release
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Fans in Sarah Palin''s home state turned out as early as possible Tuesday to snap up copies of her highly anticipated memoir....

Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris
Friday, November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Democratic Sen. Roland Burris for misleading investigators about his maneuvering to get Barack Obama''s old Senate seat from the governor who was ousted for trying to sell it....

Couple pleads guilty in Cuban spying case
Friday, November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court....

Analysis: Outlook for tough Iran sanctions is dim
Friday, November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim....

Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses
Friday, November 20, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks....

Sen. Nelson a 'yes' on health care test vote
Friday, November 20, 2009

Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
Friday, November 20, 2009

US envoy criticizes coverage of Obama China visit
Friday, November 20, 2009