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Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria tha…
Casino testimony gets response from Broken Arrow mayor
Mayor Mike Lester issued a statement Friday that downplayed the significance of a lunch he had more than a year ago with individuals associated with a…
Pilot in ORU plane crash had nearly 5 years experience
The pilot of a Cessna who died in a crash last week – which also killed three other men associated with Oral Roberts University – had been license…
OHP lake patrol troops in short supply
Staffing shortages will require some Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers in the marine enforcement division to patrol multiple lakes this season, but off…
Trash board may pull hauler’s license
The city gave notice Friday to one of Tulsa Refuse Inc.’s largest trash haulers that its license is likely to be pulled on an allegation that it tried…
Majority of Oklahomans would owe less under income-tax proposal
About 54 percent of Oklahomans would owe less next year under a recently announced tax-cutting proposal, figures released Friday show.
Blind Chinese activist prepares to leave for US
A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Washington said Saturday that he was at an …
Judge halts casino construction
A judicial ruling has stopped construction of an Indian casino in Broken Arrow – at least for now.
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Bus driver called a hero in 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping dies at 91
The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they were kidnapped aboard their school bus and held undergr…
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Police released the names on Friday of the two people who died in a motorcycle-car crash Thursday.
House Republicans add gay marriage measure to defense bill
Wading into the gay marriage debate, the Republican-led House tacked a provision banning same-sex marriages at military chapels onto a sweeping defens…
Iran, Syria among topics for G8, NATO
President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers stepped outside discussions of European economic woes and Afghanistan that will do…
Faith Moya and Carlos Ruiz, both 3, students at the Mary McLeod Bethune Day Nursery, burst into tears Friday as they are paired up to dance a waltz du…
CDC to baby boomers: Get tested for hepatitis C
For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
Conditions look good for company’s capsule launch to space station
NASA hasn’t seen this much launch jitters since the space shuttle program ended last summer.
Aleppo, Syria: Syria’s largest city sees biggest protest so far
Syrian forces on Friday fired on protesters holding the largest opposition marches yet in Aleppo, a sign of rising anti-regime sentiment in the countr…
Afghanistan: As of Friday, at least 1,843 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001…
Amid apparent rift, kin mourn Mary Kennedy
Mary Richardson Kennedy had been close to the Kennedys for much of her life, as a teenage friendship led to a marriage into one of America's most …
LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings
Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two University of Southern California graduate students from China who were shot in an apparent …
France’s Hollande sticking to early Afghan pullout
In his first visit to the Oval Office, French President Francois Hollande declared he will withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by year’…
UK surveillance plan could expose private lives
British officials have given their word: ‘We won’t read your emails.’
Greek politics, Spain banks test eurozone survival
Chaos in Greek politics and Spanish banking combined this week to underscore just how fragile Europe’s economy remains after an eviscerating austerity…
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