﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='/site/rss/rss.xsl' media='screen'?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TulsaWorld.com - News</title><link>http://www.tulsaworld.com</link><description>The latest news and information from the Tulsa World.</description><ttl>5</ttl><copyright>Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.</copyright><item><title>Ginnie Graham: Helping homeless youth is no simple task</title><description>The question comes up a lot  -  how do we help?</description><link>/article.aspx/Ginnie_Graham_Helping_homeless_youth_is_no_simple_task/20130619_11_A9_CUTLIN103860?rss_lnk=1</link><author>GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:03:47 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_p1ColumnGinnie0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Couple says Tulsa Public Schools lost their 7-year-old for hours</title><description>A couple is searching for answers about how Tulsa Public Schools officials lost track of their 7-year-old daughter on the first day of summer school.</description><link>/article.aspx/Couple_says_Tulsa_Public_Schools_lost_their_7_year/20130619_11_A9_CUTLIN387357?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:52 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_loststudent0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Independent investigation of Owasso City Manager's Office completed</title><description>A Tulsa attorney has completed an independent probe into the office of Owasso's suspended city manager, and the City Council is expected to review the investigative report by July 1, Mayor Doug Bonebrake ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Independent_investigation_of_Owasso_City_Managers_Office/20130619_11_A9_CUTLIN152028?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:59:19 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A9_A9Fortney0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>State teacher education programs criticized in national report</title><description>Most of the nation's 1,450 teacher-preparation programs  -  including programs in Oklahoma  -  are falling far short of adequately training teachers for the realities of the classroom, according to a national ...</description><link>/article.aspx/State_teacher_education_programs_criticized_in_national/20130619_11_A9_CUTLIN294523?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KIM ARCHER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:57:49 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_p1TeacherPRep0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Do right by your future self: Use whatever motivates you to start saving</title><description>You want to do right by your 'future self,' but you still have to live with your 'present self'  -  and yes, this is another diatribe on 'saving for the future.'</description><link>/article.aspx/Do_right_by_your_future_self_Use_whatever_motivates/20130619_15_E4_CUTLIN683950?rss_lnk=1</link><author>PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:03:25 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_BZCon_0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Will Rogers Says</title><description>(George Washington) was a politician and a gentleman  -  that is a rare combination.'  -  June 1, 1930</description><link>/article.aspx/Will_Rogers_Says/20130619_11_A2_iGeorg395764?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:57:01 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_willrogersSIG_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Way back when: Today in history</title><description>The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, who was free pending an appeal of his conviction of currency law violations, was found hanging from a London bridge eight days after he disappeared from his Milan ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Way_back_when_Today_in_history/20130619_11_A2_CUTLIN835629?rss_lnk=1</link><author>GENE CURTIS</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:56:54 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A2escobar19_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>News briefs</title><description>Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions Wednesday at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from the nearby village ...</description><link>/article.aspx/News_briefs/20130619_11_A6_hMosco463954?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Wire reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:53:42 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A6spray19_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Nation briefs</title><description>Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial over giving massive amounts of classified material to WikiLeaks has gone into recess until next week.</description><link>/article.aspx/Nation_briefs/20130619_11_A5_MnigWk905745?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Wire reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:52:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lotteries</title><description>OKLAHOMA LOTTERY RESULTS FOR 06/19/13</description><link>/article.aspx/Lotteries/20130619_11_A2_PickPi964392?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:50:21 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local, State briefs</title><description>A man who is charged in a March 17 fatal shooting in Tulsa was ordered to stand trial after a preliminary hearing Monday in Osage County District Court.</description><link>/article.aspx/Local_State_briefs/20130619_11_A11_CUTLIN88158?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:49:05 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_WardReginald0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Daily U.S. Casualties</title><description>Afghanistan: As of Tuesday, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.</description><link>/article.aspx/Daily_US_Casualties/20130619_11_A6_bAfgha979414?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:46:21 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Births: 6/19/2013</title><description>(Tulsans unless indicated)</description><link>/article.aspx/Births_6192013/20130619_55_A10_Tulsan361432?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:46:15 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kaiser: New park made to bring Tulsa together</title><description>The man responsible for constructing A Gathering Place for Tulsa didn't utter one public word at Tuesday night's unveiling of the park's final design.</description><link>/article.aspx/Kaiser_New_park_made_to_bring_Tulsa_together/20130619_11_A4_CUTLIN909613?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:28:55 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_GeorgeKaiser0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>In Your Face</title><description>A military policeman pepper sprays a protester during a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro late Monday. Protesters amassed in at least seven Brazilian cities Tuesday for another round of demonstrations voicing ...</description><link>/article.aspx/In_Your_Face/20130619_13_A6_Amilit767574?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:28:47 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A6spray19_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Audit: Oklahoma Fire Marshal's Office is missing firearms, lax in prison inspections</title><description>The state Fire Marshal's Office can't account for a missing shotgun and has failed to meet its legal duty to inspect all Oklahoma correctional facilities annually, a state audit has revealed.</description><link>/article.aspx/Audit_Oklahoma_Fire_Marshals_Office_is_missing_firearms/20130619_11_A8_OKLAHO257423?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RANDY ELLIS NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:28:11 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CBO: Immigration bill could bolster economy</title><description>About 8 million immigrants living unlawfully in the United States would initially gain legal status under sweeping legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, ...</description><link>/article.aspx/CBO_Immigration_bill_could_bolster_economy/20130619_13_A7_CUTLIN259118?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID ESPO &amp; ERICA WERNER Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:28:11 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_ne_a7immig0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Federal judge rejects Cherokee Nation candidate's voting bid for freedmen descendants</title><description>A Tulsa federal judge has denied a Cherokee Nation Tribal Council candidate's request for an emergency preliminary injunction that could have allowed descendants of tribal members' freed slaves to vote ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Federal_judge_rejects_Cherokee_Nation_candidates_voting/20130619_11_A8_ATulsa302637?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:52 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Afghan forces take over as peace talks loom</title><description>Afghan security forces are now officially in charge of protecting their country from the insurgents whom the U.S.-led coalition of foreign troops has been fighting for nearly 12 years, President Hamid ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Afghan_forces_take_over_as_peace_talks_loom/20130619_13_A6_CUTLIN652765?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JAY PRICE McClatchy News Service</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:52 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A6karzai19_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Killer executed for deaths of LeFlore County couple</title><description>Oklahoma executed a man Tuesday for the stabbing deaths of a couple on whose ranch he had worked.</description><link>/article.aspx/Killer_executed_for_deaths_of_LeFlore_County_couple/20130619_11_A11_CUTLIN286107?rss_lnk=1</link><author>TIM TALLEY Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:31 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_DeRosaJames0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Man serving life prison term in Tulsa rape granted new plea hearing</title><description>A man who is serving a life prison term for a Tulsa rape is getting a new hearing on his request to withdraw the plea that led to the sentence.</description><link>/article.aspx/Man_serving_life_prison_term_in_Tulsa_rape_granted/20130619_11_A11_Amanwh175512?rss_lnk=1</link><author>BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:26 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks</title><description>President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement  -  yet couldn't publicly agree ...</description><link>/article.aspx/G_8_seeks_unity_on_Syrian_peace_talks/20130619_13_A6_CUTLIN776438?rss_lnk=1</link><author>SHAWN POGATCHNIK &amp; CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_A6obama19_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>NSA director says spying foiled Wall Street plot</title><description>The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at ...</description><link>/article.aspx/NSA_director_says_spying_foiled_Wall_Street_plot/20130619_13_A5_CUTLIN445019?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KIMBERLY DOZIER &amp; DONNA CASSATA Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:46 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_ne_a5nsa0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>States get more time to reach U.S. Education Department goals</title><description>States can ask for another year before being required to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school chiefs on Tuesday.</description><link>/article.aspx/States_get_more_time_to_reach_US_Education_Department/20130619_13_A7_WASHIN222449?rss_lnk=1</link><author>PHILIP ELLIOTT</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:38 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Train engineer told doctor of eye problems before fatal crash</title><description>Two years before his failing vision likely contributed to a fatal crash in the Oklahoma Panhandle, freight train engineer Dan Hall told one of his eye doctors that he was having trouble distinguishing ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Train_engineer_told_doctor_of_eye_problems_before_fatal/20130619_11_A5_WASHIN208680?rss_lnk=1</link><author>CHRIS CASTEEL NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:38 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House passes bill restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception</title><description>The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as another ...</description><link>/article.aspx/House_passes_bill_restricting_abortion_to_the_first/20130619_13_A7_WASHIN463152?rss_lnk=1</link><author>JIM ABRAMS Associated Press</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:34 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tulsa County Commissioners show interest in return of 'Four to Fix'</title><description>Two of Tulsa County's three commissioners said Tuesday they would like to see the county have available the 0.167-cent sales tax Mayor Dewey Bartlett has proposed be used to hire additional police and ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Tulsa_County_Commissioners_show_interest_in_return/20130619_11_A1_CUTLIN7531?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:30 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_KarenKeith_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Same-sex tenants face housing discrimination, HUD study finds</title><description>In one case, a Hispanic couple who had routinely flown Mexican flags in front of their apartment were told to move after they flew a rainbow gay-pride flag.</description><link>/article.aspx/Same_sex_tenants_face_housing_discrimination_HUD_study/20130619_11_A8_CUTLIN985302?rss_lnk=1</link><author>WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:28 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_JenkinsToby0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Parents of homeless Tulsa youths speak out in wake of World profiles</title><description>Struggles with an inadequate mental health system and frustration with a teenager's behavior are among the reactions from family members of homeless youths who were profiled last weekend in the Tulsa  ...</description><link>/article.aspx/Parents_of_homeless_Tulsa_youths_speak_out_in_wake/20130619_11_A14_Strugg991474?rss_lnk=1</link><author>GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:09 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Corrections professionals connect DOC exec's resignation to private prison lobbying</title><description>Corrections professionals on Tuesday expressed shock and sadness that Department of Corrections Executive Director Justin Jones was resigning.</description><link>/article.aspx/Corrections_professionals_connect_DOC_execs_resignation/20130619_11_A1_CUTLIN628151?rss_lnk=1</link><author>BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:25:02 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_MUGJones0618_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>TCC Metro Campus closed Wednesday to restore electricity</title><description>The Metro Campus of Tulsa Community College will remain closed Wednesday as technicians work to restore electricity to its main building and replace a power distribution panel that caught fire Monday night, ...</description><link>/article.aspx/TCC_Metro_Campus_closed_Wednesday_to_restore_electricity/20130619_11_A1_CUTLIN577511?rss_lnk=1</link><author>AMANDA BLAND &amp; KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writers</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:53 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_p3TCCFire0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Big crowd gets first look at new Tulsa park's design</title><description>A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa Community College's Center for Creativity for the unveiling of the park's Phase 1 design.</description><link>/article.aspx/Big_crowd_gets_first_look_at_new_Tulsa_parks_design/20130619_11_A1_CUTLIN404532?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:00 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_p4gathering0619_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray's arraignment postponed</title><description>The arraignment of Owasso's suspended city manager was moved Tuesday to next month.</description><link>/article.aspx/Owasso_City_Manager_Rodney_Rays_arraignment_postponed/20130619_11_A11_CUTLIN37435?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:22:43 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130619_rodneyray0611_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Broken Arrow man fired gun to scare girlfriend, charges claim</title><description>Alvin Dewayne Butler is charged with assault and reckless conduct with a firearm.</description><link>/article.aspx/Broken_Arrow_man_fired_gun_to_scare_girlfriend_charges/20130618_11_0_ABroke195049?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:01:13 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_AlvinDewayneButler_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Man shot on apartment complex's basketball court</title><description>The shooting occurred at the Canyon Creek Apartments, 2102 E. 51st St.</description><link>/article.aspx/Man_shot_on_apartment_complexs_basketball_court/20130618_11_0_Amanwa661150?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:21 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'A Gathering Place for Tulsa' plans unveiled</title><description>The estimated cost of Phase 1 of the park has increased from $150 million to $200 million.</description><link>/article.aspx/A_Gathering_Place_for_Tulsa_plans_unveiled/20130618_11_0_Thefin328886?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:33:54 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_GatheringPlace_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Man who crashed car during police chase to be jailed after hospital release</title><description>Freddie Allen Hayes had been wanted on various warrants, police said.</description><link>/article.aspx/Man_who_crashed_car_during_police_chase_to_be_jailed/20130618_11_0_ATulsa40173?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:51:14 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_FreddieAllenHayes_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Electronic-waste trailer stolen from MET recycling center</title><description>Electronic waste collection by the Metropolitan Environment Trust has been suspended.</description><link>/article.aspx/Electronic_waste_trailer_stolen_from_MET_recycling/20130618_11_0_Electr787653?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:39 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_Ewastetrailer_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Judge denies Cherokee freedmen injunction request</title><description>A Tribal Council candidate had requested the injunction so that freedmen descendents could vote.</description><link>/article.aspx/Judge_denies_Cherokee_freedmen_injunction_request/20130618_11_0_ATulsa875028?rss_lnk=1</link><author>DAVID HARPER World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:06:58 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_Freedmen_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>TCC Metro campus to remain closed Wednesday</title><description>Technicians are working to rebuild and replace a power distribution panel that caught fire Monday night, officials said.</description><link>/article.aspx/TCC_Metro_campus_to_remain_closed_Wednesday/20130618_11_0_TulsaC446621?rss_lnk=1</link><author>AMANDA BLAND and KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writers</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:08:15 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_firedamage6666618_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Military plans would put women in most combat jobs</title><description>Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, director of force management for U.S. Special Operations Command, said 'the days of Rambo are over.'</description><link>/article.aspx/Military_plans_would_put_women_in_most_combat_jobs/20130618_13_0_WSIGOo86195?rss_lnk=1</link><author>LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:06 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Execution set for Oklahoma man in 2 stabbing deaths</title><description>Prosecutors said the man and a co-defendant talked their way into the victims' rural LeFlore County home, slashed their throats and left with $73 and the couple's truck.</description><link>/article.aspx/Execution_set_for_Oklahoma_man_in_2_stabbing_deaths/20130618_12_0_McALES3168?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:41:05 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_derosa66618_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Tornado insurance claims near 71,000 in Oklahoma</title><description>Insurance Commissioner John Doak said insurance payments from the storms have topped $560 million.</description><link>/article.aspx/Tornado_insurance_claims_near_71000_in_Oklahoma/20130618_777_0_OKLAHO322962?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:53 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials to review probe of suspended Owasso city manager by July 1</title><description>The investigative report won’t be presented to the city council Tuesday night, Owasso Mayor Doug Bonebrake said.</description><link>/article.aspx/Officials_to_review_probe_of_suspended_Owasso_city/20130618_11_0_Theini290331?rss_lnk=1</link><author>RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:35:05 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Highs in the 90s, limited thunderstorm chances forecast for Tulsa area this week</title><description>Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible both Wednesday and Thursday in the Tulsa area.</description><link>/article.aspx/Highs_in_the_90s_limited_thunderstorm_chances_forecast/20130618_100_0_hrimgs619742?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Staff Reports</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:36:20 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_graphhaz666618_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>House committee takes up tough immigration bill</title><description>Meanwhile in the Senate, a Republican lawmaker floated a compromise border security proposal he hopes can win over support for sweeping immigration legislation under consideration there that opens the ...</description><link>/article.aspx/House_committee_takes_up_tough_immigration_bill/20130618_335_0_WASHIN113244?rss_lnk=1</link><author>ERICA WERNER Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:02:51 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war</title><description>After months of delays, the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital of Doha, paving the way for talks to begin.</description><link>/article.aspx/US_Taliban_to_start_talks_on_ending_Afghan_war/20130618_13_0_KABULA37993?rss_lnk=1</link><author>PATRICK QUINN Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:26 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama administration threatens veto of Rep. Frank Lucas' farm bill</title><description>Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, is the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee and will be managing the legislation on the House floor.</description><link>/article.aspx/Obama_administration_threatens_veto_of_Rep_Frank_Lucas/20130618_335_0_OKLAHO248238?rss_lnk=1</link><author>CHRIS CASTEEL NewsOK.com</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:58:32 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coweta man to serve prison time in fatal hit-and-run</title><description>He pleaded no contest to felony leaving the scene of a fatal collision and misdemeanor negligent homicide charges, according to Tulsa County District Court records.</description><link>/article.aspx/Coweta_man_to_serve_prison_time_in_fatal_hit_and_run/20130618_14_0_ACowet766287?rss_lnk=1</link><author>KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:45:17 CDT</pubDate><enclosure  url="/articleimages/2013/Thumbs/20130618_chrislenge666618_article.jpg" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>WikiLeaks case in recess until June 25</title><description>The prosecution and defense will spend the next week negotiating written statements from some 17 witnesses, in lieu of having them testify in court.</description><link>/article.aspx/WikiLeaks_case_in_recess_until_June_25/20130618_13_0_FORTME74901?rss_lnk=1</link><author>Associated Press</author><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:35:56 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>