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NEWS ABOUT: Oklahoma

Oklahoma stories: 34 news summaries

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 Doc Busted in Death of Son, 9 

Oklahoma physician's wife injured trying to protect her son

Nov 17, 09 2:05 AM CST
(Newser) - An Oklahoma City doctor is being held without bail over the first-degree murder of his 9-year-old son. The boy was found dead when police arrived at Dr. Stephen Wolf's home in response to 9/11 calls. A knife was removed from the home and the boy's mother is being treated in... More »

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murder • Oklahoma • Oklahoma City • filicide • Stephen Wolf • Stephen Wolf murder

3 of 4 Oklahoma Students Can't Name First President

Only 3% would pass US citizenship test

Sep 17, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are you smarter about American history than a recent immigrant? Most of the students in Oklahoma’s public high schools aren’t. A conservative think tank asked thousands of high school kids to answer 10 questions drawn from the citizenship test given to recent immigrants. Would-be citizens have to answer... More »

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education • Oklahoma • citizenship test • public schools • George Washington

(AP) - An Oklahoma judge overturned a state law yesterday that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject. She did not rule on... More »

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abortion • Oklahoma • ultrasound • court ruling

Oklahoman Skinned Puppy
for Belt: Cops

'6- or 7-week-old defenseless' dog was gift from ex-lover

Jun 20, 09 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oklahoma authorities say a woman had her puppy murdered to make a belt from its hide, the Oklahoman reports. Krystal Lynn Lewis, 23, allegedly hired a friend to kill her Jack Russell terrier. Police say he shot the dog 10 times with a .22-caliber pistol. “We're talking about a... More »

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animal cruelty • puppy • Oklahoma • dog

(Newser) - An editorial cartoon depicting Sonia Sotomayor strung up as a piñata has sparked a minor outcry, the Huffington Post reports. Published in the right-leaning Oklahoman yesterday, it shows Obama in a sombrero inviting the GOP to take a whack at the Supreme Court nom. “She’s of... More »

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racism • editorial cartoons • Oklahoma • controversy • Sonia Sotomayor

 911 Tape Captures Last 
 Pleas of Drowning Woman 

Tries to direct rescuers to her car in 10-minute call

May 19, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 911 tape released yesterday reveals the last moments of a woman desperately trying to direct rescuers to her car as it submerged in floodwaters, the AP reports. The 49-year-old Oklahoma woman told operators she had her nose against the car’s roof. “Please hurry, because I'm running out... More »

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car accident • 911 call • flooding • drowning • Oklahoma • tape • audiotape

OBITUARY

 Hoops Star Wayman 
 Tisdale Dead at 44 


May 15, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - College basketball Hall of Famer Wayman Tisdale died today at 44, ESPN reports. Tisdale was diagnosed with bone cancer last year, and his right leg was amputated. The 6-foot-9 forward was an All-American all 3 years at Oklahoma, and went on to spend 12 years in the NBA. He was... More »

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NBA • Phoenix Suns • Indiana Pacers • Sacramento Kings • Oklahoma Sooners • Hall of Fame • Oklahoma • jazz • University of Oklahoma • college basketball • Jay-ZTV • Wayman Tisdale • bass guitar

 2 Dead in Texas Wildfires; 
 Flames Recede 

But blazes seem to be dying down: firefighters

Apr 10, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two people have died after wildfires in Texas engulfed their property, CNN reports. Matt and Cathy Quinn are so far the only fatalities reported from fires that burned parts of Texas and Oklahoma yesterday. Matt Quinn was a former reporter for WFAA-TV, a local news station. The wildfires are petering... More »

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Texas • firefighters • wildfires • Oklahoma • fire • fatality

 Wildfires Sear 
 Texas, Oklahoma 

Blazes fanned by hurricane-force winds destroy dozens of homes

Apr 10, 09 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters are struggling to contain several raging blazes fanned by hurricane-force winds in Texas and Oklahoma, CNN reports. Dozens of homes have been destroyed and the winds—up to 76 mph—are making it hard for firefighting aircraft to get off the ground. At least 13 people have been injured,... More »

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Texas • firefighters • wildfires • Oklahoma • brush fires

Iconic Depression Setting Makes Do Amid Recession

Could things get as bad for Sallisaw, Okla., as they did in the 1930s?

Mar 24, 09 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many have made the parallel between the current economic slump and the Great Depression. Interested in pursuing the connection, Rafael Alvarez visited Sallisaw, Okla., an icon of the troubled 1930s as the setting of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, he writes for the Christian Science Monitor. The downturn... More »

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Oklahoma • Great Depression • downturn • economic downturn • John Steinbeck • recession depression • The Grapes of Wrath

Man Faces Murder Charge After 'Deathbed' Confession

Stroke victim recovered after admitting shooting

Mar 24, 09 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Oklahoma man's effort to leave the world with a clear conscience has left him facing a murder charge after his premature "deathbed" confession, the Independent reports. The man, believing he he was moments from death after suffering a stroke, called police from the hospital and confessed to killing... More »

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murder • Tennessee • Oklahoma • stroke • deathbed • confession • oops

 Geronimo's Heirs Sue 
 Yale to Get Skull Back 

Descendants of Geronimo allege students robbed his grave

Feb 18, 09 5:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Descendants of the legendary Apache chief Geronimo are suing Yale and its secretive Skull and Bones Society for the return of his skull and other remains, reports the Hartford Courant. The suit alleges that members of Skull and Bones—including Prescott Bush, father and grandfather of a pair of presidents—... More »

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Yale University • Oklahoma • Native American • civil lawsuits • Federal government • Geronimo

Tornadoes Kill 8 in Oklahoma; at Least 14 Injured

An unusual flurry of February twisters prove deadly in Midwest

Feb 11, 09 6:34 AM CST
(AP) - Eight people died and 14 more were injured in a small Oklahoma town as a flurry of tornadoes touched down across the state, ripping off roofs and knocking out power, reports the AP. Rescue workers in Lone Grove, about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City, were to resume searching this... More »

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weather • tornado • severe weather • Oklahoma

Storm Kills 19, Cuts Power
to 600K in South, Midwest

Winter bears down (again) on Northeast, trigger travel troubles, and worse

Jan 28, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A storm sweeping from the middle of the country into the Northeast today has left at least 19 dead and cut power to 600,000 people, the AP reports. In hard-hit states like Arkansas, where power companies warned service might not return for days, 3 inches of ice weighed down... More »

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Northeast • Arkansas • United States • Oklahoma • power outage • winter storm • ice storm • winter weather • East Coast • traffic fatalities

 Liger Mauls Handler to Death 

Volunteer entered lion-tiger hybrid's cage during feeding

Oct 31, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - An animal handler at an Oklahoma refuge died yesterday after being attacked by a liger—a hybrid of a lion and a tiger—during the animal’s feeding Wednesday, the Tulsa World reports. Safari’s Animal Sanctuary in suburban Broken Arrow will launch an investigation into whether volunteer Peter Getz,... More »

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zoo • lion • Oklahoma • animal attack • tiger • animal • neck wound • liger

Chilling 911 Tape Bared in Bid for Clues to Girls' Murder

Investigators hope call from anguished family member will inspire tip-off

Jul 22, 08 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities struggling to crack the case of two Oklahoma girls found murdered last month have released an emotional tape of a 911 call made by a family member who discovered the bodies, reports CNN. Investigators hope the heart-rending tape will spur somebody to identify the killer or killers who left... More »

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murder • 911 call • Oklahoma • unsolved crimes • Weleetka

Sketch Released in Schoolgirl Sleepover Murders

2 guns used may mean 2 killers, police say 

Jun 15, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police have released a sketch of a “person of interest” being sought for questioning in the mysterious shooting deaths of two young schoolgirls that have stunned a small rural community in Oklahoma. The man was seen on the same isolated dirt road where the bullet-riddled bodies of two friends... More »

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crime • murder • Oklahoma • suspect • shooting • Weleetka

Girls' Sleepover Killings Stump Okla. Cops

No suspect in murder
of girls, aged 11 and 13, on rural road

Jun 11, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in rural Oklahoma have no suspects in Sunday's slaying of two girls aged 11 and 13, ABC News reports. The best friends were found with multiple gunshot wounds in a ditch by a country road. They had gone for a stroll after a sleepover at one girl's house. Police... More »

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murder • Oklahoma • shooting • unsolved crimes

ANALYSIS

Dems Find Going Green
Can Turn Red States Blue

Oklahoma Senate race, with incumbent Inhofe in trouble, echoes Montana, others

Jun 5, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - How is a 35-year-old, pro-choice, pro-civil-unions Democrat considered a serious challenge to Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe? It just might be the environment, the New Republic reports. "These people are out in the natural environment and they are seeing a lot of changes in the ecosystem, and they're concerned,"... More »

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Senate • Oklahoma • James Inhofe • evangelicals • Andrew Rice

 Tornadoes
 Leave 2 Dead
 in Midwest 

More than 20 twisters strike Kan., Okla.

May 24, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas authorities uncovered two bodies from a crumpled car today after nearly 20 tornadoes whipped through the state yesterday, the AP reports. Several more twisters landed in the countryside of northwestern Oklahoma, leveling a few barns, and Colorado residents are returning to the town of Windsor today after twisters damaged... More »

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tornado • Kansas • twister • Oklahoma • disaster

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