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As Boy Scouts' vote on gay members nears, faith groups weigh in
Faith groups — including some from Oklahoma — are among the numerous organizations weighing in on the Boy Scouts of America's coming vote on a proposal that would allow gay youths to become members.
Soaring gasoline prices hurt Oklahoma City area retailers
Gasoline price jumps are difficult for Oklahoma gasoline retailers and convenience store owners because they tighten margins and make customers angry. More Energy
Record lottery prize is a powerful draw for Oklahomans
Powerball payouts have reached an all-time high of $600 million, causing Oklahomans to rush to get their tickets.
Prosecution rests its case in Rebecca Bryan murder trial
Bryan is accused of shooting and killing her husband in their Mustang, Oklahoma, home in 2011
Student shot dead during botched home invasion
A Hofstra University student was killed in her home Friday morning during a botched robbery. Andrea Rebello, 21, of New York, was shot dead by a masked gunman while her twin sister was in the house.
Oklahoma medical examiner reports cause of deaths in Grand Lake boat crash
KETCHUM — The state medical examiner's office Friday reported the two friends who died in a Grand Lake boating accident died from blunt force trauma. Rachel Nicole Swetnam, 21, of Grove, and William Lewis “Trey” Varner III, 21, of Texarkana, Ark., died Tuesday when the boat they were passengers in hit a 100-foot-long, unoccupied houseboat.
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- Final weekend for Symphony Show House in Oklahoma City
- 25th annual Oklahoma Preservation Conference is June 5-7 in Perry, OK
- Young people of Oklahoma are faces of arthritis
- St. Anthony cancer institute in Oklahoma City offers art experience
- Oklahoma's jobless rate declines in April
- After graduation, many Oklahoma students enter workforce with mountain of debt
- Oklahoma State football: Todd Monken thinks Wes Lunt should've stayed in Stillwater
From The Oklahoman
- Oklahoma governor urges state lawmakers to address health insurance issue
- Oklahoma leads pack in campaign reporting
- Oklahoma candidates who don't follow rules find politics costly
- Oklahoma Attorney General asks to delay hearing into PSO plan for regional haze
- Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity's approach seen in Bible stories
- Two Bethany, OK, police officers cleared to return to work
- Remembering Theo: Oklahoma City mother raises awareness in memory of son
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- Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery
- Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case
- Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
- Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community
- Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools
- $1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest
- Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

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- Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Tulsa
- As of 12:19 p.m. Saturday, the Hazardous Weather Outlook, National Weather Service, Norman
- Later today and for the next few days, tornadoes could develop quickly, be prepared, National Weather Service
- Starting today, Please monitor your Weather Radios and have several ways of getting weather info
- Hazardous weather outlook, National Weather Service, Tulsa Forecast Office
- Tornado threat Sunday, monitor National Weather Service for changing forecast,
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Story of Hope
A mother's promise
What does an Edmond woman who has spent a lifetime in the justice system do when the system falters but her belief in it doesn't?
Story by Jenni Carlson and Photography by Sarah Phipps
Oklahoma World War II veteran gets diploma 68 years later
Billy Joe Dill skipped out of high school shortly before graduation so he could join the Marines in 1944. He was stationed in the Pacific until the war ended, when he returned home and started his life in Frederick. The school district...
Anti-bias group hopes to expand into Oklahoma City metro
A task force made up of metro community leaders recently gathered to discuss the creation of an Oklahoma City arm of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, an organization dedicated to fighting bias and bigotry while promoting...
Bicyclists rally at Norman park for Bike to Work Day
Bikers celebrated national Bike to Work Day with group rides in Norman and other Oklahoma City-area cities as part of a campaign to promote bicycling as a healthy and efficient means of transportation.
Salvation Army's Senior Living Fair educates on services available in Oklahoma City
The fair informed seniors on health and other services available to them.
Centennial Elementary School kindergarten students get their diplomas in Edmond
Kindergarten students at Centennial Elementary School in Edmond celebrated their graduation with a ceremony on Thursday. Edmond high school students graduate on Saturday.
Edmond school psychologist honored
Nicole Marler is named Oklahoma school psychologist of the year
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- Sales tax decline has OKC leaders' attention
- Probe begins after Connectcut commuter trains crash
- Oklahoma state Capitol briefs for May 18, 2013
- Oklahoma governor urges state lawmakers to address health insurance issue
- Oklahoma leads pack in campaign reporting
- Oklahoma candidates who don't follow rules find politics costly
- Oklahoma news briefs for May 18, 2013
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Sooners get pair of commitments
Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh spent Friday morning recruiting in Ohio. The trip immediately paid dividends by mid-morning when...
- Sacramento tops RedHawks
- Edmond firefighters, police officers to compete in baseball game to benefit John Werhun's family
- High school football: Guthrie's Kai Collins back to his old self after torn ACL
- Tuning In: Sunday, May 19
- Oklahoma State baseball: Cowboys blank West Virginia, 5-0
- Oklahoma softball: Sooners crush Marist 17-0 in five innings
- Oklahoma City Thunder: Who played well vs. Memphis?
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Business
- Energy Department backs plan to export natural gas
- Oil and gas, livestock prices for May 18
- Oklahoma Attorney General asks to delay hearing into PSO plan for regional haze
- Oklahoma City area real estate transactions, May 18, 2013
- Land sales
- Oklahoma City real estate briefs for May 18, 2013
- 25th annual Oklahoma Preservation Conference is June 5-7 in Perry, OK
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Arts & Entertainment
- Video: Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Faith Hill and more record songs by Children's Hospital patients for "Everybody Has a Story"
- Craft Beer Festival Brings Local Musicians to Bricktown
- What to do in Oklahoma on May 18, 2013: Hear Sugar Free Allstars at Uptown Kids
- Video: Amy Grant releases new album "How Mercy Looks From Here," featuring Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, James Taylor and more
- Local Artist Anthony Pego Creates Art Scavenger Hunt
- "Dexter": Official Eighth & Final Season trailer released
- DVD review: ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’
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Life
- Oklahoma City metro-area pet adoptions
- Features briefs, May 18
- Religion briefs for May 18, 2013
- Oral Roberts University launches program for high schoolers
- At a glance: Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice
- Bobbie Burbridge Lane and Lolly Anderson talk about the Oklahoma Senior Follies!
- 20-40-60 Etiquette---My feelings are hurt!
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ScissorTales: Oklahoma DNA testing bill worthwhile
OKLAHOMA inmates who believe they were wrongly convicted of a violent crime may soon have a new tool available to help prove their point.
- As study unfolds, Oklahoma prison guards hoping for a cool August
- Keystone pipeline protesters paying at the pump
- Oklahoma House minority leader cooks up unappetizing resolution
- Caution urged in forecasting Oklahoma tax revenue trends
- 'Leveling the playing field' can be problematic
- Oklahoma lawmakers should make Florida-style Medicaid reform a priority in 2014
- Tax increase barriers spur fee increases in Oklahoma
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julianakeeping Hi @OkCountySheriff. I will be tuning in to your live tweets tonight #okduicheckpoint. Maybe we could collab somehow. Will u b there Meyers?
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DarnellMayberry Sam Presti on Kendrick Perkins: "I think he's going to go back and work and COME BACK improved."
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stephkuzy Oklahoma wins 10-5 #Sooners they play tomorrow at 1. High tomorrow is 90. Should be interesting.
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ginamizell So glad to have seen The Last Five Years on its last day. Intimate, beautiful and heartbreaking. Well done, @adamjkantor and @BetsyWolfe.
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stephkuzy One-run double from Callie Parsons and three-run double from Lauren Chamberlain makes it 10-5 in top of 7th. #Sooners
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stephkuzy It's 6-5 here in Norman. Ricketts gave up four runs with two outs. Gascoigne about to throw first pitch. Neither like the heat/humidity.
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