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Monday, 27 December 2010

Obamas, on Hawaiian vacation, go to church

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and the first family paid a rare visit to church on Sunday, joining about 100 other worshipers in the chapel on a Marine base nearby their Hawaiian...

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Police identify boy killed in crash Tulsa World

Police have identified a 3-year-old boy who was killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening. Tripp Gibney was riding in an SUV when the vehicle ramped off a hill and...

Recycling drive collects holiday trash Tulsa World

Toys, dishes and a telescope were only some of the gifts passed around the Allison household Christmas Day. Looking to rid themselves of boxes and Styrofoam, the Tulsa family found a place to turn in...

Move afoot to allow wine and strong beer in grocery stores OKC Chamber lobbying to ... Tulsa World

For Christmas next year, Roy Williams wants a bottle of wine and some strong beer. The caveat to Williams' Christmas wish is he wants wine and strong beer bought from an Oklahoma grocery store. Williams knows it's illegal for grocery stores to...

Group raising money for sculpture of Tulsa's Medal of Honor recipient, Albert Schwab Tulsa World

Tulsans had every reason to celebrate on May 30, 1946. It was Memorial Day, of course, yet the focal point of the celebration was the presentation of the Medal of Honor to one of the...

Hard-to-place people get job help from court liaisons Court liaisons help the hard-to-place find dignity, jobs Tulsa World

Six months ago Connie Benevides was unemployed and owed thousands of dollars in back child support. Now she's working at an area restaurant, making child support payments, and she credits...

It's not New York, but Tulsa needs public transportation all the same Group plans for ... Tulsa World

James Wagner knows Tulsa is not New York City, and he's not out to convince anyone it is. But he does believe it's time for the Tulsa area to consider developing a few more public transportation options. "If you aim for nothing, you hit it all the...

Nation Tulsa World

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says confidence in the country's economy and currency will be "undermined significantly" in the next several years if the government doesn't find a way to cut federal spending. Coburn,...

Person of interest turns himself in Tulsa World

A man identified as a person of interest in the downtown Tulsa death of a man Saturday morning turned himself into police Sunday, authorities...

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