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Woman is 53 But Looks 24
Mom reveals simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
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Mom reveals simple wrinkle secret that has angered doctors...
ConsumerLifestyles.org
Mom is 53 But Looks 25
53yr Old Mom publishes 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors.
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53yr Old Mom publishes 1 simple wrinkle trick that has angered doctors.
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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
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
Republicans lose chance to cut Oklahoma's personal income tax
Published: Sun, May 27, 2012
When the session started in February, it seemed inevitable that the personal income tax cut would be reduced. The Republican-controlled Legislature and the GOP governor all supported reducing the tax, but weren't prepared for the opposition they received. Read More
Oklahoma Republican Convention results should be disallowed
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
In response to Pat Grisham (Your Views, May 19): As someone who's been involved in the Republican Party for more than 20 years, working on every possible committee, I can tell you the Ron Paul people weren't the cause of problems at the Oklahoma Republican convention on May 12. I'm not a Paul supporter; I just... Read More
Federal Electiion Commission delays decision on Oklahoma congressional candidate Markwayne Mullin's plumbing company ads
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Some members of Federal Election Commission express sympathy with Markwayne Mullin's position that his plumbing company's advertisements are not campaign messages. Read More
Oklahoma's personal income tax rate won't be cut this year
Published: Fri, May 25, 2012
Gov. Fallin says she won't call a special session. House and Senate Republican legislative leaders are deadlocked. Read More
House kills bond issue to repair, renovate Oklahoma Capitol
Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012
Concerned that they could be painted as not being fiscal conservatives, Oklahoma House Republicans joined with Democrats Wednesday to crush a $200 million bond issue to repair and restore the state Capitol and repair other buildings in the Capitol complex. Read More
Oklahoma House introduces new personal income tax-cutting proposal; Senate balks
Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012
Senate won't hear a new House personal income tax-cutting proposal, and the governor wants the House to hear House Bill 3061, an income tax-cutting proposal agreed to last week by her and Republican House and Senate leaders. Read More
Ron Paul supporters challenge Oklahoma Republican convention results
Updated: Wed, May 23, 2012
Oklahoma backers of the GOP presidential contender said their slate of delegates to the Republican National Convention should count because of procedural problems that occurred at this month's state convention. Read More
Oklahoma House scuttles tax agreement; has new plan
Published: Wed, May 23, 2012
The Oklahoma House will not take up a proposal announced last week to slash Oklahoma's income tax and has instead come up with its own plan to cut taxes. Read More
Republican base takes a hit with GOP-backed tax cut
Published: Wed, May 23, 2012
REPUBLICANS usually claim the mantle of the “family friendly” political party through support for traditional values and policies that benefit parents with young children. That reputation may take a hit thanks to the GOP tax-cut plan. The plan includes both a rate reduction and the loss of some middle-class... Read More
Fallin urges Oklahoma House Republicans to vote for tax-cutting bill
Updated: Tue, May 22, 2012
Gov. Mary Fallin is hosting a breakfast Wednesday for House Republicans as a last-ditch effort to urge them to vote for a bill that would cut the state's top personal income tax rate from 5.25 percent to 4.8 percent. 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
Support for proposed personal income tax cut in Oklahoma slips among House Republicans
Published: Tue, May 22, 2012
Backing for a proposal to cut Oklahoma's personal income tax is eroding among House Republicans as details emerge it could have an adverse effect on middle-class Oklahomans with two or more children and who itemize. Read More
Income tax-cutting proposal faces stiff test in Oklahoma House
Published: Sun, May 20, 2012
Enough unhappy House Republicans could join with House Democrats to kill the proposal worked out last week by Republican legislative leaders and the Oklahoma governor. Read More
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Our politics is a mess, but one party is the reason
Published: Sat, May 19, 2012
And another one bites the dust. But Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar did not go quietly. After last week's defeat in the GOP primary, the veteran legislator issued a remarkable statement warning of the dangers of continued partisanship. Lugar, a conservative who embraces “the Republican principles of small government,... Read More
Oklahoma lawmakers reach deal on personal income tax cuts
Updated: Thu, May 17, 2012
The plan calls for cutting Oklahoma's top personal income tax rate of 5.25 percent down to 4.8 percent next year. Read More
GOPeeved: State party conclave gets down and dirty
Published: Thu, May 17, 2012
Ron Paul got less than 10 percent of the vote in Oklahoma's Republican presidential primary. His supporters seemed to be the source of more than 90 percent of the rancor at Saturday's GOP state convention. Call it growing pains or minority dissatisfaction or Pauline fervor. Whatever it was, the party is starting... Read More
Oklahoma personal income tax-cut announcement expected Thursday
Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012
The governor and legislative leaders met through Wednesday evening on ways to lower the personal income tax rate. A key negotiator says to expect an announcement Thursday, but wouldn't say if a deal is close. Read More
Oklahoma Senate panel blocks Democrat from Election Board
Updated: Wed, May 16, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate Rules Committee has blocked Gov. Mary Fallin's nomination of an Oklahoma City attorney to the state Election Board, drawing the ire of Democrats who contend it is because he is openly gay. The committee chairman, Sen. Rob Johnson, R-Kingfisher, said... Read More
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