http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2012, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.Tulsa had not received any rain so far this month, but that changed today.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_0_rmrhtw484904&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsFri, 03 Feb 2012 18:19:25 CSTA Payne County man has been charged with more than 120 counts related to methamphetamine, court records show.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_APayne449112&rss_lnk=1JERRY WOFFORD World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:21 CSTTerri White, 38, is the director of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. She will lead both agencies while a permanent DHS director is sought.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_0_OKLAHO878973&rss_lnk=1GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 18:10:39 CSTAbout 1,000 Oklahomans received free dental care Friday, courtesy of the Oklahoma Mission of Mercy.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_17_0_McALES165623&rss_lnk=1SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:23 CSTFor leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_13_0_NEWYOR879603&rss_lnk=1DAVID CRARY AP National WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:02 CSTDear Action Line: What determines 'filing status' on federal tax returns? I'm a single man with no other wage earner here, so am I 'head of household?' - D.C., Tulsa.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_15_E4_bDearA893667&rss_lnk=1PHIL MULKINS World Action Line EditorFri, 03 Feb 2012 14:58:39 CSTOklahoma County sheriff's deputies found a suspected drug dealer hiding in a clothes dryer Friday after he ran as they tried to serve a search warrant, according to a news release.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_DELCIT987991&rss_lnk=1Staff Reports NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 14:45:53 CSTA man who is accused of trying to steal a woman's purse late Thursday was arrested after he followed a motorist into a police trap, Tulsa police said.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_450_0_Amanwh264662&rss_lnk=1ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 14:37:31 CSTA student at Horace Mann Elementary School in northwest Oklahoma City has accused two classmates of holding her down while a third fondled her naked breasts in the presence of a substitute teacher and ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_OKLAHO753032&rss_lnk=1CARRIE COPPERNOLL NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 13:40:08 CSTJames Taylor and his band will perform July 18 at the BOK Center.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_0_JamesT898887&rss_lnk=1JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 12:34:17 CSTArchie Neil Monroe, 46, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on six complaints of malicious injury to property and second- and third-degree arson after the damage was reported in a two-block area south of downtown, ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_450_0_Amanwa70562&rss_lnk=1ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 12:34:05 CSTA Broken Arrow man is dead after he was run over by a pickup truck he was working on Friday morning, police said.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_318_0_ABroke141120&rss_lnk=1JERRY WOFFORD World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:04 CSTFormal charges have yet to be filed against an Oklahoma City man arrested more than a month ago in the death of a woman whose beheaded and dismembered body was found in a duffel bag in Bethany.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_OKLAHO827477&rss_lnk=1KEN MILLER Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 10:54:01 CSTA man was shot twice and a woman was shot once just before 10:15 p.m. at a house that contained a large amount of marijuana, Sgt. August Terbrock said.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_450_0_Twopeo565794&rss_lnk=1ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 09:33:01 CSTThe City Council denied city funds Thursday for the citywide Fourth of July fireworks display and the employment of an oil and gas expert but approved a permit for PETA to hold a 'Vegans Make Better Lovers' ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A11_CUTLIN466969&rss_lnk=1P.J. LASSEK World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:48 CSTState Treasurer Ken Miller said Thursday that lower-than-expected revenue from gross production taxes could affect how much the Legislature has to spend in the upcoming session.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_16_A11_CUTLIN655857&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:31:08 CSTIt's one thing to take a mandolin class at the Roy Clark Music School at the Northeast Technology Center.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_A11_CUTLIN513154&rss_lnk=1RHETT MORGAN World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:20:08 CSTMichael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states, including Oklahoma.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_47_0_MINNET513290&rss_lnk=1Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:16:17 CSTAware that Tulsans have questions about the volume-based trash system set to begin this summer, the City Council will hold a public hearing 6 p.m. Wednesday before it votes on trash cart financing the ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A1_CUTLIN494295&rss_lnk=1BRIAN BARBER World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:15:09 CSTWhen Idabel police officer Matt Robbins died last summer in a motorcycle accident, one of his friends and co-workers began a quest to change a state law.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_IDABEL137327&rss_lnk=1ANDREW KNITTLE NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:09:54 CSTJack Zarrow, a Russian immigrant's son who built a philanthropic pipeline that continues to fuel various charity efforts in and beyond Tulsa, died Thursday. He was 86.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A1_CUTLIN871908&rss_lnk=1TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:02:33 CSTThe grandmother of a severely malnourished Oklahoma City girl who was kept in a house closet pleaded guilty Wednesday to enabling child neglect.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_OKLAHO274621&rss_lnk=1NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 08:01:01 CSTLois and Norbert Dixon, the couple found dead at their Del City home Tuesday morning, died from gunshot wounds, the state medical examiner's office reported Thursday.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_DLCTos333730&rss_lnk=1JULIANA KEEPING NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:59:09 CSTA former Woodward police detective was accused Thursday of repeatedly stealing methamphetamine from a police evidence room to support his then-wife's drug habit.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_0_WOODWA960405&rss_lnk=1RANDY ELLIS NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:57:01 CSTGov. Mary Fallin said Thursday that she is proposing an income tax cut for the majority of Oklahomans.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A1_CUTLIN938457&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:50:57 CSTAmerican Airlines' proposed cuts in bankruptcy restructuring of 13,000 workers, pensions, older aircraft and some aircraft maintenance are necessary for the company's long-term survival and return to leadership ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_45_A1_CUTLIN105722&rss_lnk=1D.R. STEWART World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:41:43 CSTState and court officials are grappling with an eight-year-long Delaware County custody case involving a boy who is believed to have a rare dwarfism disease in which children fail to grow due to negle ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A1_CUTLIN494016&rss_lnk=1ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise EditorFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:35:53 CSTA powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday, forcing the state Department of Transportation to close portions of Interstate 70 and Interstate 25. The National Weather Service said snow was ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_13_0_DENVER458541&rss_lnk=1STEVEN K. PAULSON Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:32:09 CSTThe chairman of the Senate Education Committee says he wants to restore a $5,000 stipend to Oklahoma teachers who complete the National Board Certification process.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_0_OLHMIY348374&rss_lnk=1AP Wire ServiceFri, 03 Feb 2012 07:26:35 CSTGov. Mary Fallin asked leaders of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations on Thursday to withdraw their federal lawsuit against Oklahoma over tribal water rights in the southeastern part of the state.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_16_A5_OLHMIY792500&rss_lnk=1MICHAEL MCNUTT NewsOK.comFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:17 CSTAfter U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe accepted his challenge, Ralph Nader dropped out of efforts to hold a debate between the Oklahoma Republican and a Massachusetts Democrat on global warming.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_16_A5_CUTLIN80642&rss_lnk=1JIM MYERS World Washington BureauFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:42:07 CSTAmong the many baseball anecdotes told by George Will during his appearance at the University of Tulsa on Thursday night was one about Rogers Hornsby, whom Will described as the greatest right-handed hitter ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_16_A5_CUTLIN76731&rss_lnk=1RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:40:45 CSTSusan G. Komen for the Cure, the renowned breast-cancer charity, faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Some of Komen's local affiliates ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_13_A6_CUTLIN718442&rss_lnk=1DAVID CRARY Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:39:27 CSTDonald Trump on Thursday announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney for president, saying the former Massachusetts governor is 'not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country we all ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_13_A6_CUTLIN750620&rss_lnk=1BETH FOUHY AND KASIE HUNT Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:37:52 CSTNorth Korea is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, a North Korean military official told The Associated Press on Thursday.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_13_A6_NorthK904455&rss_lnk=1ASSOCIATED PRESSFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:36:55 CSTAccording to one version of the story, comedian Danny Thomas first heard about St. Jude while having a drink in a bar.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A8_CUTLIN743315&rss_lnk=1MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:36:29 CSTMany parents who attended a Thursday evening forum spoke out against the proposed relocation of the overcapacity Sequoyah Elementary School into a nearby, vacant middle school building.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_19_A8_Manypa907753&rss_lnk=1ANDREA EGER World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:32:07 CSTAn attorney for Garth Brooks, whom a jury recently awarded $1 million from Integris Rural Health Inc., sent a letter this week asking the business to stop disclosing confidential information about settlement ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_12_A8_Anatto40335&rss_lnk=1RHETT MORGAN World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:31:31 CSTA Texas teenager has been certified to stand trial as an adult in the deaths of a woman and her two children with ties to Tulsa.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A10_CUTLIN492098&rss_lnk=1JERRY WOFFORD World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:30:49 CSTA Tulsa man was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend, who was set on fire at their residence.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_14_A10_CUTLIN833272&rss_lnk=1BILL BRAUN World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:27:21 CSTAn Oklahoma State University instructor was one of two people who were killed Wednesday in a four-vehicle collision in Payne County, authorities reported.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A13_CUTLIN802278&rss_lnk=1ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:14:36 CSTTulsan Fred Burki has been on many cruises in his 85 years, but none of them ended quite like the last one.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_16_A13_CUTLIN63907&rss_lnk=1RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:12:58 CSTDon Cornelius conducted us on the 'hippest trip in America' for more than two decades on Soul Train, and in the process shone a light on R&B stars that mostly performed in the shadows of the mainstream. ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_222_A13_DonCor197345&rss_lnk=1STEVE JONES USA TODAYFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:12:22 CSTThe flu is starting to show up in Oklahoma, which had been one of two states showing virtually no flu activity this season.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_17_A13_Theflu246153&rss_lnk=1SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:11:41 CSTIt is estimated that more than $10 billion will be bet on the Super Bowl Sunday.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_206_A11_Itises410270&rss_lnk=1JAY CRONLEY World Staff ColumnistFri, 03 Feb 2012 04:46:06 CSTA 2-year-old Tulsa girl died after being hit by a pickup Thursday afternoon in Broken Arrow, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A10_hGirld954356&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:46:11 CSTA mediator says Myanmar's government has reached a cease-fire agreement with another ethnic rebel group in its latest effort to ensure political stability.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A6_CUTLIN306457&rss_lnk=1Wire ReportsFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:43:43 CST Afghanistan: As of Thursday, at least 1,767 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A6_bAfgha312084&rss_lnk=1Associated PressFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:42:00 CSTPresident Woodrow Wilson severed U.S. diplomatic relations with Germany and warned the kaiser that sacrifice of American lives and rights meant war.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A2_CUTLIN840472&rss_lnk=1GENE CURTISFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:28:22 CSTI am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.' - Aug. 31, 1924http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20120203_11_A2_Iamjus806398&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:27:45 CST