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Woman is 51 But Looks 25
Mom publishes simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
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Mom publishes simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
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Republican candidates in Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District race embrace their party's goals on budget, Medicare
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
Running to succeed U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, the only Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegation, 2nd District Republican candidates aren't running away from the deficit-reduction blueprint passed by the Republican-led House. Read More
Senate acts to extend flood insurance program 60 days
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
A long-term extension would seek to restore fiscal solvency to the debt-ridden plan. Read More
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe trying to persuade Tea Party lawmakers to support highway funding
Updated: Sat, May 26, 2012
Conservative Republican Jim Inhofe is a lead negotiator on a highway bill that has some funding problems and a provision that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Read More
Vote on Oklahoma judicial nominees delayed by GOP
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Robert E. Bacharach and John E. Dowdell will get another chance on June 7 for a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee Read More
Workforce Investment Improvement Act no improvement
Published: Wed, May 23, 2012
Across the country, communities and leaders are looking for solutions for America's unemployed or underemployed. In the U.S. House of Representatives, members of the Education and the Workforce Committee have introduced a bill to revamp the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which dictates our nation's federal... Read More
Oklahoma lawmaker loses new bid for legislators to carry handguns anywhere
Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012
Legislator said lawmakers receive threats from the public and need to be able to protect themselves when speaking in public buildings, which don't allow firearms. Read More
National business briefs for May 23
Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012
National business briefs for May 23 Read More
Female pol ranks being filled by conservative Republicans
Published: Tue, May 22, 2012
Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer recently shocked the political world with an upset victory in that state's U.S. Senate GOP primary. Only months before, Fischer badly trailed her two better-known male rivals — Nebraska's attorney general and state treasurer. Now she's the favorite to win the general election. An... Read More
Washington Briefs: Supreme Court rejects adoption case involving Cherokee Nation; majority of Oklahoma congressional delegation speaks at level above congressional average
Published: Tue, May 22, 2012
Washington, D.C., news notes Read More
Oklahoma City high school seniors celebrate graduation
Published: Mon, May 21, 2012
Oklahoma City high schools honor graduating seniors this month. Read More
Secret campaign money undermines role of voter
Published: Mon, May 21, 2012
The League of Women Voters supports U.S. Senate Bill 2219, which would restore transparency to U.S. elections by requiring complete disclosure by those funding election advertising at the $10,000 level or higher. Voters need to know who's spending big money on advertising in candidate elections in order to make... Read More
DC Notes: Sen. Tom Coburn asks political party leaders to return money for their conventions
Published: Sun, May 20, 2012
Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, noted that both parties had criticized the recent scandal about the federal General Services Administration spending lavishly on a Las Vegas conference. Read More
Measure to allow Oklahoma attorney general to carry firearms advances
Published: Sat, May 19, 2012
The bill would allow the attorney general or any assistant attorney general to carry a firearm anywhere in the state except when off duty. Read More
Oklahoma House passes measure to pay for three remaining truck weigh stations
Published: Thu, May 17, 2012
The proposal calls for increasing the amount of money over several years that can be used from an existing 1-cent tax on a gallon of gasoline. Read More
House defense bill would block base closures, Tinker changes
Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012
The U.S. House is considering the annual defense bill amid major conflicts over how the Pentagon should pare spending. Read More
Oklahoma Republicans elect delegates to national convention
Published: Sun, May 13, 2012
Fights over rules, problems with seating delegates and a physical altercation slowed the process Saturday during the daylong Oklahoma Republican State Convention in Norman. Read More
Sen. Richard Lugar result not likely to carry over to Oklahoma
Published: Fri, May 11, 2012
RICHARD Lugar's sixth term in the U.S. Senate will be his last. Tea party forces in Indiana saw to that, helping produce a landslide victory for their candidate in the Republican primary this week. Challenger Richard Mourdock, a two-term state treasurer, won with 60 percent of the vote. Mourdock succeeded in... Read More
Former circuit judge from Oklahoma is honored with portrait
Published: Fri, May 11, 2012
Oklahoma City University President Robert Henry and his former colleagues of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shared smiles and memories as a painting of him was unveiled. Read More
New NCLB law will impede education excellence
Published: Fri, May 11, 2012
“New standards help shore up education deficiencies” (Our Views, May 3) rightly linked state policy decisions and educational progress. But federal policy decisions matter, too. A U.S. House of Representatives committee recently passed legislation to reauthorize the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. But... Read More
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