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Frank Froman, an Army veteran, lost his house in the deadly tornado that cut a path through Moore, Okla., on May 20.

Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday.

Blake Shelton is putting together a benefit concert for the victims of Monday's deadly Oklahoma tornadoes.

In a Rose Garden drizzle, President Obama last week confronted a political version of the no-win query, "When did you stop beating your wife?" He was asked whether he thought it was apt to compare his current "scandals" to those under disgraced President Richard Nixon .

But if there was one thing that most could agree upon, it was the frustration over the cost of medical procedures.

The federal government's release of information on the tremendous and seemingly arbitrary variation in medical treatment costs offers a much-needed glimpse into the calculations hospitals use to determine patients' bills.

Nathan Dial is a landowner on the outskirts of Ada. Dial was planning on building a home and setting up a school bus repair shop on his property, and even had his land re-zoned as commercial, so that he could do so.

Business Jet Access, a leading provider in aircraft charter, management and maintenance services, has recently expanded their operations to include charter aircraft from bases in Oklahoma and Tennessee.

It's hard to know what to make out of the wildly varying rates hospitals charge for the same procedures - other than that it shows how dysfunctional our health care system is.

There's new information available about how much hospitals charge for their services and it shows wide disparities from one hospital to the next.

The State Senate has honored an Oklahoma physical science teacher for being one of only five educators nationwide to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

On Wednesday, the CMS released FY 2011 numbers regarding what hospitals around the country charge for the 100 most common procedures.

MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon. Thank you for being here, as ever. Before I take your questions I wanted to have you notice, if you haven't already, the stories this morning about a data release by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, data on pricing for 3,300 hospitals.

Not yet two weeks removed from the NFL draft 2013, the Cleveland Browns must make a decision on one of their picks.

Hospitals within the same city sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same procedures, according to figures the government released for the first time Wednesday.

A new study finds that the price you pay for medical care can vary greatly depending on the hospital where you're treated.

Hospitals throughout the country charge widely varied fees for services, a new examination from the Department of Health and Human Services says, with one California facility billing 42 times what an Oklahoma health-care provider charges for the same procedure.

The government is shedding light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go - and whether it's cheaper to get that care across town.

The government is shedding light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go - and whether it's cheaper to get that care across town.

A new federal database of hospital prices shows a massive disparity in medical costs.