Recap: Clippers at Thunder
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View ArticleEdmond ice skating rink opens Friday
By Diana Baldwin | email EDMOND — Edmond's outdoor ice skating rink is returning for a second year when it opens Friday in downtown. Dmitri Logoutine, owner of Ice Challenge Enterprises and operator...
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View ArticleFired Piedmont police officer was only doing his job, his attorney said.
BY ROBERT MEDLEY rmedley@opubco.com | email PIEDMONT — A police officer who lost his job over a public urination ticket he wrote was just doing his job, his attorney said Wednesday. email Show / Hide...
View ArticleDouglass' Stephen Clark will announce decision next week
By Ryan Aber and Scott Wright | email Douglass point guard Stephen Clark is expected to make his college decision known next week. Clark's mother, Dorshell, said Stephen will make a public...
View ArticleBedlam football: Kasey Taylor divided between Sooner roots, Cowboy husband
By Gina Mizell | email STILLWATER — Kasey Taylor came home from the hospital wearing a onesie with the Oklahoma Sooner logo on the front. Buy Tickets View all 2012 OSU Football Schedule Buy tickets...
View ArticleProsecutors seek delay in Tulsa shooting case
| email TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Prosecutors are asking a judge to delay next week's scheduled arraignment for two men charged in the April killings that terrified residents of a Tulsa neighborhood. email...
View ArticleFormer Detroit Lions remember Thanksgiving games
By Michael Baldwin | email Four players with Oklahoma ties shared their favorite memories playing for the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day. Running back Billy Sims (1980-1984) NewsOK Related Articles...
View ArticleOklahoma, Texas panhandles expect interest after ‘Dust Bowl' shows
By TIM TALLEY | email OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma and Texas panhandles expect an uptick in tourism following a two-part television series on the Dust Bowl, what many call the nation's worst...
View ArticleThunder shows it's still best in the West
By Jenni Carlson | email The Thunder isn't ready to concede the Western Conference just yet. On a night the boys in blue beat the Clippers 113-107 in overtime, they served notice that they are still a...
View ArticleOne dies in Norman road wreck
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.com | email NORMAN — One person died in a crash in Norman Wednesday afternoon, police said. About 4:05 p.m., two vehicles crashed near E State Highway 9 and 136th Avenue...
View ArticleTuning In: Thursday, November 22
Compiled Todd Schoenthaler, tschoenthaler@opubco.com | email Thursday COLLEGE FOOTBALL 3 p.m., Tuskegee vs. Alabama State, ESPNU (Cox 253) 6:30 p.m., TCU at Texas, ESPN (Cox 29) email Show / Hide...
View ArticleWreck slows traffic on Interstate 40
FROM STAFF REPORTS | email Officials are working to clean up the roadway after a tractor-trailer crashed and jackknifed into the Interstate 40 median near N MacArthur, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol...
View ArticleOklahoma City Thunder: Thunder gets much-needed win against Clippers
By Darnell Mayberry | email Not a soul on Oklahoma City's side would dare confess to it. But the fact remained. The Thunder needed a win Wednesday in the worse way. Not because wins have been in short...
View ArticleDetroit Lions with Oklahoma ties
By Michael Baldwin | email Six Oklahoma State and Oklahoma players are on the Detroit Lions roster. The three Oklahoma State players are veterans. The three OU players are rookies: NewsOK Related...
View ArticleHigh school football: Anadarko's R.J. Sink posts big numbers in first season...
BY JACOB UNRUH, Staff Writer, junruh@opubco.com | email ANADARKO — R.J. Sink had never been the feature running back. Even when Anadarko graduated 17 starters from last year's Class 3A state champion...
View ArticleHigh school football: Norman North, Bryan Payne have come a long way
BY RYAN ABER | email Norman North running back Bryan Payne was frustrated with his sophomore year. The Timberwolves went 3-7 and struggled to get there, winning one game in overtime and the other two...
View ArticleOklahoma football: Landry Jones thankful for time at OU
By Jason Kersey | email NORMAN — Landry Jones is genuinely thankful for Oklahoma football fans. “I'm glad they care,” said Oklahoma's senior quarterback. “I'm glad that this stadium fills up every...
View ArticleOklahoma State basketball: Knee injury sidelines Jean-Paul Olukemi for season
By John Helsley | email STILLWATER — Wednesday brought mixed emotions for Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford. The Cowboys won't have forward Jéan-Paul Olukemi for the immediate future, with...
View ArticleJack Taylor's 138-point game awes Thunder's Kevin Durant
By John Rohde | email Guard Jack Taylor of Division III Grinnell (Iowa) College scored an NCAA record 138 points Tuesday night, and the NBA's top scorers reacted in awe. VIDEOS FROM NBA TV Buy Tickets...
View ArticleOklahoma City Thunder: Clippers' Blake Griffin back on home crowd's good side
By John Rohde | email Whatever it was the former Oklahoma All-American Blake Griffin did wrong two years ago, all seems to be forgiven by the home folks. When the 2009 collegiate player of the year...
View ArticleOklahoma oil and gas prices: November 22, 2012
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View ArticleOil and gas prices for Nov. 22
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View ArticleOklahoma City University student group spends Thanksgiving break volunteering
By Silas Allen | email As their classmates were sleeping in or using Thanksgiving break to get ahead on coursework, a group of Oklahoma City University students got up early Wednesday to make...
View ArticleNew medical device aids Oklahoma patient with aneurysm
By Jaclyn Cosgrove | email EL RENO — Mario Guzman was ready to pack his bags and head to Argentina or Turkey. He had an inoperable aneurysm that could burst, five children to raise, and not a lot of...
View ArticleFood, family, football and many other blessings
The Oklahoman Editorial | email PRESIDENTIAL proclamations are typically verbose, ghostwritten, ceremonial and quickly forgotten. Remember Barack Obama's proclamation of America Recycles Day, 2012?...
View ArticleBig 12 upset: Oklahoma State over Oklahoma
By Berry Tramel | email Bob Stoops is 79-5 in home games. But his Sooners have lost thrice at Owen Field in their last eight home games. Clearly, OU's homefield mystique is gone. Time was, the Sooners...
View ArticleTexas A&M will enjoy Thanksgiving without Texas Longhorns
By Suzanne Halliburton, Austin American-Statesman | email COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M football team will celebrate a rare event this week. It's called a family Thanksgiving. Players...
View ArticleBankruptcy judge clears way for Hostess to close, sell brands
By CANDICE CHOI | email WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Twinkies, Ho Hos and Wonder Bread are up for sale now that a bankruptcy judge cleared the way for Hostess Brands Inc. to fire its 18,500 workers and wind...
View ArticlePenn State's Massaro about to end ‘roller coaster ride'
By Joe Juliano, The Philadelphia Inquirer | email The thought of his five years in the Penn State football program leaves Pete Massaro somewhat frustrated and a bit philosophical — but with no...
View ArticleThird person dies in California from mushroom poisoning
By TRACIE CONE, Associated Press | email FRESNO, Calif. — A third person has died from eating poisonous mushrooms at a California senior care facility where a caretaker found the fungus in the...
View ArticleDefeats suffered by food police provide reason to be grateful
The Oklahoman Editorial | email OKLAHOMA State University Professor Jayson Lusk is thankful this day for a few morsels that turned up at the ballot box on Nov. 6. Many Oklahomans will no doubt share...
View ArticleStore Thanksgiving, Black Friday openings
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View Article‘Star Wars' 7 may bring new hope, but also letdown
By RYAN NAKASHIMA, Associated Press | email LOS ANGELES — Darth Vader is dead. The evil Emperor exploded after being thrown down a shaft. And Luke Skywalker and his allies destroyed both Death Stars,...
View ArticleU.S. abortion rate drops by 5 percent
By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press | email NEW YORK — U.S. abortions fell 5 percent during the recession and its aftermath in the biggest one-year decrease in at least a decade, perhaps because women...
View ArticleStudents of St. Mary Episcopal School in Edmond celebrate Thanksgiving
FROM STAFF REPORTS | email EDMOND — First-graders at St. Mary's Episcopal School dressed in brightly colored headdresses and outfits inspired by those worn by pilgrims and Indians on that first...
View ArticleLSB reports ammonia plant shutdown in Pryor
By Paul Monies | email Unplanned maintenance on a compressor at a Pryor chemical plant will cause LSB Industries Inc. to shut down ammonia production for up to eight weeks, the Oklahoma City-based...
View ArticleTwo Edmond task force members vote against conference center project
By Diana Baldwin | email EDMOND — Two “no” votes stopped a recommendation from the Capital Projects and Financing Task Force to spend more than $2.2 million of capital project money to purchase land...
View ArticleOklahoma City Thunder: Chris Paul takes blame for Clippers' overtime loss
By John Rohde | email In his debut season with the Los Angeles Clippers last year, Chris Paul led the NBA in scoring in “clutch minutes,” which are categorized as the last five minutes of regulation...
View ArticleDevon donates high-rise firefighting equipment to Oklahoma City
By Michael Kimball | email Devon Energy Corp. is doing what it can to make sure Oklahoma City's firefighters have the tools they need in case of a fire at the company's new downtown skyscraper. email...
View ArticleMore Oklahomans expected to travel for Thanksgiving
FROM STAFF REPORTS | email Holiday travelers Wednesday showed up early at Will Rogers World Airport to ensure a seat on outbound flights. Nearly 600,000 Oklahoma residents are expected to be traveling...
View ArticleTwo arrested in Sept. 10 homicide in Oklahoma City
BY MATT DINGER Staff Writer mdinger@opubco.com | email A man questioned in the disappearance of a Weatherford teen in October was arrested along with another man in connection with an Oklahoma City...
View ArticleMilitary in Oklahoma, nationwide still struggling with PTSD rates, treatment
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.com | email WASHINGTON — If the averages apply, at least 500 Oklahoma National Guard soldiers who returned earlier this year from Afghanistan will show symptoms of...
View ArticleMaker of methyl iodide ends U.S. EPA registration
By TRACIE CONE, Associated Press | email FRESNO, Calif. — The maker of the controversial pesticide methyl iodide, used primarily to fumigate strawberries, has agreed to remove all of its products from...
View ArticleSome Oklahoma City-area restaurants open Thanksgiving
BY DAVE CATHEY dcathey@opubco.com | email Some Oklahoma City-area restaurants plan to be open on Thanksgiving. The following restaurants responded to an inquiry about their Thanksgiving Day hours. Be...
View ArticleRain chances linger in central Oklahoma
FROM STAFF REPORTS | email Chances for Thanksgiving Day rain are slight in central Oklahoma but possible for the afternoon hours. There is a 20 percent chance for rain Thursday as winds begin to pick...
View ArticleOSU seeks dismissal of stadium death lawsuit
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | email STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University says it's not liable for the death of a woman who fell down and hit her head while attending her grandson's high school football...
View ArticleOklahoma veteran recalls wartime Thanksgiving
BY THERESA GREEN | email OKMULGEE — William Harper, 88, was far from the comforts of his Oklahoma home on Thanksgiving Day in 1944. Harper, then 20, and other U.S. Army soldiers were on the front...
View ArticleToshiba shows off robot meant to help at nuclear site
By YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press | email YOKOHAMA, Japan — Toshiba Corp. has developed a robot it says can withstand high radiation to work in nuclear disasters, but it's not clear what exactly the...
View ArticleLosing coaches don't last long in the SEC
By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star | email The final weekend of regular-season SEC football arrives with this truth: If your team isn't bowl eligible or playing for bowl eligibility on Saturday,...
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