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3 hrs ago | NewsOK.com

Two teacher programs at Oklahoma universities called ineffective

East Central University's undergraduate elementary education program and Northeastern State University's undergraduate special education program were flagged with so-called consumer alerts on the nonprofit National Council on Teacher Quality's Teacher Prep Review.

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7 hrs ago | KSWO

Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths

A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after investigators said he told them he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves... A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old half-sister after ... (more)

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9 hrs ago | SFGate

Okla. executes inmate convicted of killing couple

This June 29, 2011 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows James DeRosa.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Prison, Violent Crime, Oklahoma

10 hrs ago | Daily Kos

Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile

Most of us are familiar with Brown v. Board of Education , a class action suit, with Oliver Brown as the named plaintiff, which ended with a landmark decision by the Supreme Court in which the Warren Court, in 1954, declared unanimously that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional.

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Related Topix: US News, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, Norman, OK

15 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Doctor: Driver in Okla. train wreck had bad eyes

Dr. Mary Pat McKay told the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday that the driver of one of two trains that collided last June said his eyesight fluctuated from day to day.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Oklahoma

19 hrs ago | Tulsa World

Oklahomans shun banking in droves, FDIC survey says Oklahoma has one...

The final plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa park along Riverside Drive will be unveiled Tuesday - a moment officials at the George Kaiser Family Foundation have been anxious to see come for nearly seven years.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

NewsOK.com

Oklahoma Corrections Department director to resign

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones, whose agency drew criticism from the governor and legislative leaders recently over a lack of fiscal candor, has announced he will resign, effective Oct. 1. "It is just time to turn the page and move on to another chapter in my life," Jones, 57, told the Tulsa World on Monday.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, US Governors

NewsOK.com

Oklahoma Highway Safety Office reminds motorists, motorcyclists to share the road

For John "J.D." Sanders, riding his 2010 Harley-Davidson gives him a "sense of freedom and a sense of being unencumbered."

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Ag Professional

Supreme Court rejects Texas water district's claim to Okla. water

The Tarrant Regional Water District will continue to look for water to support its growing population following a Supreme Court decision last week that rejected its claim to water stored in reservoirs in Oklahoma.

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PolitiFact

Is Obama spending 30 times more on climate change research than weather forecasting?

Is President Barack Obama focusing on climate change to the detriment of today's weather? Freshman Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., thinks so.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Duncan Banner

Storms in Okla., most of state under watch

A number of thunderstorms began to pop up across Oklahoma and much of the state was placed under a severe thunderstorm watch.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Weather, Hailstorm, Natural Disasters

Tulsa World

Ban the box: Felony records can be job deal-breaker We Oklahomans...

On a scale of one to 50, how "free" do you consider Oklahoma? Freer than, say, New Hampshire, with the no wiggle-room motto: "Live Free or Die"? In 1999, during a garden gala outside the governor's mansion, Gov. Frank Keating unveiled plans for an ambitious project, the No.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Tulsa World

Will U.S. help in Syria be too little, too late?

Syrian rebels fire shells made from gas cylinders at Syrian government forces in Idlib province, northern Syria, in May. Associated Press file Gov. Mary Fallin is due some credit for asking the Obama administration to reconsider its decision to terminate the state's Insure Oklahoma program, a federal-state-private initiative that currently provides ... (more)

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Washington Examiner

Methodist minister challenges Okla. license plate

When Oklahoma looked to redesign its license plate five years ago, the iconic image of a young Apache warrior shooting an arrow skyward depicted in Allen Houser's "Sacred Rain Arrow" statue was a clear choice of a public that looked at more 40 designs that featured Native American art, cowboy images and western and wildlife themes.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, Methodist, Religion, Pagan/Wiccan

The Town Talk

LSU's Nola in contention for Pitcher of the Year

The 2013 finalists are David Berg of the University of California-Los Angeles, Jonathan Gray of the University of Oklahoma and Aaron Nola of Louisiana State.

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Customer Interaction Solutions

Invisible kids: Homeless in Tulsa

FIRST in a Two-day series Kyle Kirk is a foster care kid who fell through every hole of every safety net to become one of Tulsa's 1,500 homeless youths.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Oklahoma, Teenagers, University of Oklahoma

PolitiFact

Jim Bridenstine: 'This president spends 30 times as much money on...

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a freshman Republican from Oklahoma, assailed President Barack Obama's spending priorities on climate change and weather forecasting during a House floor speech on June 11, 2013.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma, Barack Obama, Weather

KFOR-TV Oklahoma City

Commissioner Advises Insurers to Delay Non-renewals

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has issued a bulletin to all Oklahoma-licensed property and casualty insurers and insurance producers, advising them to keep customers on their current policies for at least 60 days after the completion of repairs.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

KTEN-TV Denison

NTSB hearing set on cause of Okla. train collision

The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet next week to determine the probable cause of a head-on train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

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WMC-TV Memphis

Bank moves to foreclose on Gaillardia country club

Oklahoma City-based First Liberty Bank has moved to foreclose on the Arkansas-based owners of Gaillardia Golf and Country Club in Oklahoma City.

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