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All rights reserved.City Councilor Jack Henderson pleaded with fellow councilors Tuesday for at least four of them to join him in sending a one-penny public safety tax to a vote of the people, but his effort appears doom ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_CityCo597153&rss_lnk=1BRIAN BARBER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 23:26:46 CSTTwo Tulsa school board incumbents were defeated, while Union voters passed a $22-million bond packaged during the annual school election Tuesday.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_TwoTul589008&rss_lnk=1ANDREA EGER and CLIFTON ADCOCK World staff writersTue, 09 Feb 2010 23:14:00 CSTVoters in Jenks approved a $5.2 million bond issue for streets but cast out propositions to remodel the police station and increase the sales tax rate.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_JNSVtr688075&rss_lnk=1SUSAN HYLTON World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 21:56:38 CSTThe man who police arrested at a woman’s home Monday with what they described as a “murder kit” was previously investigated in the disappearance of a woman who has been missing since 2007 and is feared ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_Theman679996&rss_lnk=1NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 19:41:02 CSTOf the $3.46 million total from the two grants, $3.27 million is planned to be used for the officers.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_MyrDwy755812&rss_lnk=1BRIAN BARBER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 17:57:45 CST'Thank you for this incredible honor,' Cahill said.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_OKLAHO565840&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauTue, 09 Feb 2010 17:19:59 CSTA federal judge ruled today the mother of Kelsey Smith-Briggs will get nothing from the settlement of a lawsuit over her daughter's death.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100109_298_0_Afeder244477&rss_lnk=1NOLAN CLAY NewsOK.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 17:17:47 CSTWilliams, Ariz., police think three escaped inmates from Oklahoma have left northern Arizona. Police said Tuesday afternoon they believe the trio are headed westbound on Interstate 40 and may be in another ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_WILLIA827282&rss_lnk=1Associated PressTue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:39 CSTA Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering his mother and his cousin.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_ATulsa246062&rss_lnk=1BILL BRAUN World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 14:42:31 CSTTreasurer Scott Meacham said state general fund revenue collections improved somewhat in January despite coming in 20 percent below projections.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_OKLAHO392670&rss_lnk=1RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 14:10:45 CSTLines snaked out the door at Tulsa's only Denny's restaurant Tuesday morning as people braved the cold for a free breakfast.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_53_0_Lnssae118995&rss_lnk=1SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 14:07:45 CSTTulsa police released surveillance images of a January robbery at a Radio Shack in which an employee was bound with duct tape.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_hrimgs799752&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsTue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:45 CSTA Tulsa man and Coweta woman have pleaded guilty in connection with a mortgage conspiracy that defrauded lenders and homeowners, a federal prosecutor announced Tuesday.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_MUSKOG108442&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:01 CSTSeveral Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday called for cutting the legislative session short and plugging the savings into programs that have been cut.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_OLHMIY885478&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:31:16 CSTThe Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced a measure to remove the sales tax on groceries.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_OLHMIY810045&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:07:01 CSTThe group is advising Mayor Dewey Bartlett on Tulsa's transit system, including streets, buses, rail systems, traffic engineering and foot trails.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_Cityle272641&rss_lnk=1MATT BARNARD World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:03:01 CSTPolice released surveillance photos today of a Saturday night armed robbery at a new grocery store in north Tulsa.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_hrimgs947203&rss_lnk=1Staff ReportsTue, 09 Feb 2010 12:02:31 CSTPolice released surveillance pictures of a man who is believed to have committed at least two robberies at drug stores in the last few days.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_hrimgs761905&rss_lnk=1NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:45 CSTMickie Hatfield said she and her husband moved from Edmond to rural Lincoln County eight years ago for a slower pace of life and better peace of mind.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_hrimgs287439&rss_lnk=1ANN KELLEY NewsOK.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:59:45 CSTTulsa-area voters will decide several school board races and at least one school bond issue today. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_Tulsaa646429&rss_lnk=1ANDREA EGER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:15 CSTPolice have taken a man into custody after they surrounded a house at 2436 NW 2 after getting reports a man was shooting a gun outside the house.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_0_OKLAHO11114&rss_lnk=1Staff Reports NewsOK.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:25:31 CSTPolice have canceled the search for a missing 9-year-old boy after he showed up for school this morning 'safe and sound.'http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_OKLAHO516491&rss_lnk=1Staff Reports NewsOK.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:23:45 CST Dear Action Line: What effect will the Making Work Pay Tax Credit have on income tax returns filed in 2010? — L.W., Tulsa.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_15_E3_DearAc347294&rss_lnk=1PHIL MULKINS World Action Line EditorTue, 09 Feb 2010 08:56:00 CSTPolice in Shawnee say an officer shot and killed a man when he lunged at officers with a knife. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_SANEka733104&rss_lnk=1AP Wire ServiceTue, 09 Feb 2010 07:31:30 CSTA traffic accident blocked traffic and injured two people Tuesday morning when a car and a semitrailer collided on a highway bridge near downtown Tulsa. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_Atraff686584&rss_lnk=1MATT BARNARD World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 07:12:45 CSTClasses at Tulsa's Carnegie Elementary School are canceled Tuesday because of heating troubles, according to a district spokeswoman. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_19_0_Classe510458&rss_lnk=1MATT BARNARD World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:26:30 CSTA federal judge has sentenced a former Choctaw Nation employee to four years of probation for embezzling money from the Native American tribe. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_0_MUSKOG179791&rss_lnk=1AP Wire ServicesTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:24:30 CSTThe Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_13_0_WASHIN778298&rss_lnk=1SAM HANANEL Associated Press WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:17:15 CSTIran's state TV says the country started enriching its uranium to a higher level of 20 percent, over the objections of the international community. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_13_0_TEHRAN902463&rss_lnk=1AP Wire ServicesTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:15:45 CSTEven as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy. http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_13_0_WSIGOv154494&rss_lnk=1CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:00 CSTLovebirds might be getting more creative this Valentine's Day.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_41_A2_Trycre693915&rss_lnk=1KIM BROWN World Scene WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:08:00 CSTTulsa was hit with more snow Monday, a familiar sight in what is by far a snowier-than-average winter in Oklahoma.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_A3_LeahFa138663&rss_lnk=1SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 06:01:45 CSTRepresentatives from five Texas law enforcement agencies were in Tulsa on Monday recruiting both laid-off and current Tulsa police officers.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A4_Repres214030&rss_lnk=1NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:59:15 CSTRep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday at a hospital in Arlington, ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A11_RepJoh182930&rss_lnk=1Wire ReportsTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:27:46 CSTThe 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a district judge's granting of class-action status to a lawsuit that alleges mistreatment of children in Oklahoma's foster-care system.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A12_DNEmah59606&rss_lnk=1GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:22:31 CSTTulsa County Special District Judge Russell Hass, who has held that title for nearly 25 years, is retiring effective March 1.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_14_A12_TulsaC728811&rss_lnk=1BILL BRAUN World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:22:01 CSTRep. Lee Denney is trying again this year to regulate Oklahoma's $30 million dog- and cat-breeding industry.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A12_OLHMIY576726&rss_lnk=1MICHAEL McNUTT NewsOK.comTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:21:01 CSTA House panel passed a measure Monday that would create a teacher performance-pay pilot program.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_16_A12_OKLAHO209767&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:19:16 CSTA House panel passed a measure Monday that would allow a no-parole life prison sentence or the death penalty for repeat offenders who rape children age 6 or younger.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_16_A12_OKLAHO296041&rss_lnk=1BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol BureauTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:18:46 CSTStudents from Jenks and Claremore high schools put their smarts on display Saturday, winning titles in the state Academic Bowl Championships at Redlands Community College in El Reno.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_12_A14_Studen180818&rss_lnk=1RHETT MORGAN World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:09:15 CSTTulsa-area voters will decide several school board races, a school bond issue and a city bond package Tuesday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_19_A14_Tulsaa831441&rss_lnk=1ANDREA EGER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 05:08:45 CSTThis is the tale of an average winter's day.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_206_A9_Thisis573894&rss_lnk=1JAY CRONLEY World Staff ColumnistTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:20:45 CSTPolice released the description of an armed man who robbed a new grocery store in north Tulsa on Saturday night.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A9_Police192102&rss_lnk=1NICOLE MARSHALL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:19:30 CSTExpo Square paid $304,357 in past-due bills Monday after receiving a check it was owed for more than $400,000.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_16_A9_ExpoSq350360&rss_lnk=1KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:19:00 CSTThe school board voted 5-0 Monday to offer the job of superintendent to Jarod Mendenhall, an assistant superintendent in Union Public Schools.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_19_A9_BROKEN532505&rss_lnk=1SARA PLUMMER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:16:00 CSTInserting nails into thousands of soft washers is a repetitive job and might seem like a dreadful one at that.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A9_JamesK119218&rss_lnk=1MIKE AVERILL World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:30 CSTIt will be several weeks before it's clear whether the bankruptcy estate of Arrow Trucking Co. has enough unencumbered assets from which to distribute back pay, wages and expenses to former employees, ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A1_Itwill271215&rss_lnk=1D.R. STEWART World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:08:30 CSTMembers of a Tulsa medical team who treated a man dug out of the rubble of the Haiti earthquake Monday are calling his survival miraculous.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_18_A1_EanMun181166&rss_lnk=1BILL SHERMAN World Religion WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:07:30 CSTCity Councilor Jack Henderson plans to stop merely talking about the need for more public-safety funding Tuesday and propose a public vote on a penny increase in the city's sales-tax rate to benefit the ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_11_A1_Tulsap551438&rss_lnk=1BRIAN BARBER World Staff WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:01 CSTA woman's chance of having a child with autism increases substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_13_A5_Awmnsc182001&rss_lnk=1LINDSEY TANNER Associated PressTue, 09 Feb 2010 02:33:40 CST