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Brad Henry has vetoed lawsuit reform legislation he says conflicts with an Oklahoma Supreme http://newsok.com/henry-vetoes-lawsuit-reform-bill/article/3241375 http://newsok.com/henry-vetoes-lawsuit-reform-bill/article/3241375 feedback new 2008-05-09 15:19:36 THe Oklahoman's Chris Colberg interviews Zain Smith of the band Anti-Mortem. http://newsok.com/audio/1816 http://newsok.com/audio/1816 audio new 2008-05-09 14:41:14 Oklahoma City officials have told the former owners of the Seattle SuperSonics that the team must re http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-says-team-must-relocate-regardless-of-ownership/article/3241363 http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-says-team-must-relocate-regardless-of-ownership/article/3241363 link feedback 2008-05-09 14:23:37 Keith Nichol kept insisting he was staying at Oklahoma. 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Now the Caddo County town hopes its favorite son can keep Binger http://newsok.com/binger-residents-announce-plans-to-build-bench-museum/article/3241060 http://newsok.com/binger-residents-announce-plans-to-build-bench-museum/article/3241060 gallery feedback 2008-05-09 08:47:04 Dave Morris and Jacquelyn Farris provide your morning headlines from NewsOK.com and The Oklahoman. http://newsok.com/audio/1811 http://newsok.com/audio/1811 audio 2008-05-09 16:49:06 At 4:45 p.m., two accidents had been reported on Oklahoma City-area roads. http://newsok.com/2-rush-hour-accidents-so-far-on-okc-roads/article/3241157 http://newsok.com/2-rush-hour-accidents-so-far-on-okc-roads/article/3241157 new 2008-05-09 08:17:44 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead http://newsok.com/obama-picks-up-superdelegates-in-new-jersey-oregon/article/3191961 http://newsok.com/obama-picks-up-superdelegates-in-new-jersey-oregon/article/3191961 2008-05-09 08:10:25 CLEMMONS, N.C. (AP) -- Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew i http://newsok.com/tornado-knocks-vehicles-around-in-n.-carolina-kills-1/article/2852142 http://newsok.com/tornado-knocks-vehicles-around-in-n.-carolina-kills-1/article/2852142 video 2008-05-09 07:03:11 UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Top U.N. officials criticized Myanmar's response to a devastating cy http://newsok.com/u.n.-halts-aid-to-myanmar-cyclone-victims-after-junta-seizes-food-supplies/article/2848279 http://newsok.com/u.n.-halts-aid-to-myanmar-cyclone-victims-after-junta-seizes-food-supplies/article/2848279 2008-05-09 06:06:04 NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advan http://newsok.com/oil-prices-surpass-125-a-barrel-before-u.s.-driving-season-as-investors-flee-the-dollar/article/2827166 http://newsok.com/oil-prices-surpass-125-a-barrel-before-u.s.-driving-season-as-investors-flee-the-dollar/article/2827166 2008-05-09 07:34:24 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from http://newsok.com/hezbollah-gunmen-seize-control-of-beirut-neighborhoods/article/2975841 http://newsok.com/hezbollah-gunmen-seize-control-of-beirut-neighborhoods/article/2975841 2008-05-09 06:00:28 BAGHDAD (AP) -- Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone on Friday http://newsok.com/u.s.-military-denies-iraq-report-of-al-qaida-arrest/article/1434712 http://newsok.com/u.s.-military-denies-iraq-report-of-al-qaida-arrest/article/1434712 2008-05-09 06:08:11 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katri http://newsok.com/man-who-lost-homes-in-katrina-claims-97m-powerball-prize/article/2826873 http://newsok.com/man-who-lost-homes-in-katrina-claims-97m-powerball-prize/article/2826873 2008-05-09 08:11:14 DAISETTA, Texas (AP) -- Geologists said a 260-foot-deep sinkhole that grew to the length of http://newsok.com/huge-texas-sinkholes-appetite-decreasing-officials-say/article/3240956 http://newsok.com/huge-texas-sinkholes-appetite-decreasing-officials-say/article/3240956 2008-05-09 06:07:44 DALLAS (AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th http://newsok.com/oldest-gorilla-in-captivity-turns-55-at-dallas-zoo/article/3241150 http://newsok.com/oldest-gorilla-in-captivity-turns-55-at-dallas-zoo/article/3241150 2008-05-09 11:08:33 A 10-hour standoff between police and a shooting suspect barricaded in a northeast Oklahoma City hou http://newsok.com/arrest-ends-standoff-after-city-officer-shot/article/3241117 http://newsok.com/arrest-ends-standoff-after-city-officer-shot/article/3241117 gallery 2008-05-09 01:29:12 The National Weather Service confirmed at least four tornadoes touched down Wednesday in Oklahoma & http://newsok.com/four-twisters-verified-in-oklahoma/article/3241116 http://newsok.com/four-twisters-verified-in-oklahoma/article/3241116 feedback 2008-05-09 12:44:33 Post office customers, locally and nationwide, are stocking up on "forever stamps” to offset an up http://newsok.com/metro-mailers-hedge-against-post-hike-heartburn/article/3241072 http://newsok.com/metro-mailers-hedge-against-post-hike-heartburn/article/3241072 link feedback 2008-05-09 06:42:08 LAWTON — For the past 15 years, the Fort Sill Apache Tribe has been a fly in the Comanche Nation's http://newsok.com/millions-at-stake-in-lawton-casino-fight/article/3241095 http://newsok.com/millions-at-stake-in-lawton-casino-fight/article/3241095 audio feedback 2008-05-08 22:41:06 NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma will receive $12.5 million from Aubrey and Kathleen McClendon http://newsok.com/gift-to-fund-ou-projects/article/3241100 http://newsok.com/gift-to-fund-ou-projects/article/3241100 feedback 2008-05-08 23:03:02 A former Edmond attorney who jumped from a hospital ledge after his arrest pleaded guilty Thursday t http://newsok.com/ex-attorney-convicted-of-edmond-pharmacy-robbery/article/3241109 http://newsok.com/ex-attorney-convicted-of-edmond-pharmacy-robbery/article/3241109 2008-05-09 06:38:47 Facebook, a social networking Web site, has agreed to provide children protection from online predat http://newsok.com/web-site-promises-to-shield-state-children/article/3241102 http://newsok.com/web-site-promises-to-shield-state-children/article/3241102 feedback 2008-05-08 23:13:27 Leaders of Allied Arts announced Thursday evening the 2008 campaign brought in $2.7 million, surpass http://newsok.com/allied-arts-city-fundraising-drive-exceeds-2.6m-goal-for-year/article/3241114 http://newsok.com/allied-arts-city-fundraising-drive-exceeds-2.6m-goal-for-year/article/3241114 feedback 2008-05-09 00:12:59 WASHINGTON — Lawmakers unveiled a compromise farm and nutrition bill on Thursday that would add $1 http://newsok.com/u.s.-farm-bill-compromise-still-faces-threat-of-veto/article/3241089 http://newsok.com/u.s.-farm-bill-compromise-still-faces-threat-of-veto/article/3241089 feedback 2008-05-09 00:10:31 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away” mad http://newsok.com/country-crooner-eddy-arnold-dies-at-age-89-in-tennessee/article/3241087 http://newsok.com/country-crooner-eddy-arnold-dies-at-age-89-in-tennessee/article/3241087 link feedback 2008-05-08 23:51:39 When her daughter was tiny, Jackie McKenzie knew something was amiss to make her growl and cry inste http://newsok.com/city-advocates-promoting-wraparound-care/article/3241099 http://newsok.com/city-advocates-promoting-wraparound-care/article/3241099 feedback 2008-05-09 06:45:18 Josephine Lima, 81, has been tutoring children since 1991. 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