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Police fight ‘pharm’ parties in Oklahoma 5 hr ago | Comments 1 NORMAN — Acting on a tip from a Pauls Valley parent, Garvin County deputies last month busted a "pharm” party, a gathering of young people exchanging and taking prescription drugs...

Family organizes Oklahoma City blood drive in memory of daughter 7 hr ago | Add a comment The family of a young girl who died of liver cancer will host a blood drive in her honor from 2 to 7 p.m. Monday. The blood drive at Northwest Baptist Church, 3030 NW 23, honors the memory of Anna...

Social progress is Oklahoma City school’s goal 10 hr ago | Add a comment Kevin McPherson bears a lot of social responsibility. He initiated a drug treatment program called CARE for Change in northeast Oklahoma City with the help of a fellow graduate student. He started...

Tulsa hospital’s fate debated 11 hr ago | Add a comment A mix of public and private funds might be what it takes to keep the Oklahoma State Medical Center in Tulsa afloat, officials said. But finding that right mix seems to be a challenge for state...

UPDATE: Tobacco settlement, 10 years in 11 hr ago | Add a comment Tobacco settlement, 10 years in A decade ago when states sued big tobacco companies, officials were hoping the result would be a decrease in the number of youth who begin smoking. In Oklahoma, that...

Deer Creek gets FEMA grant 22 hr ago | Add a comment The Deer Creek Fire Protection District has been awarded a $40,942 grant from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant will be used to upgrade personal...

Attorney General Michael Mukasey rebounds 23 hr ago | Comments 1 WASHINGTON — With briefcase in hand and a smile on his face, Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work Friday after collapsing during a speech the night before and spurring a 14-hour...

Family slams suicide viewers Yesterday MIAMI, Fla. — A college student killed himself by taking a drug overdose in front of a webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and others messaged in...

Oklahoma House panel says documents are private Fri, Nov 21, 2008 Psychological and medical records of juvenile offenders or children in state custody who are abused or killed should be confidential and not released to the public, a House committee recommended...

Mad cow ruling could bring germs Fri, Nov 21, 2008 LITITZ, Pa. — A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on...

Penalizing the uninsured in Oklahoma Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 312 Oklahoma must take drastic steps to improve its dismal ranking in the number of residents who have no health insurance, state Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said Thursday during her...

Marrow donation saves sister's life Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment NOBLE — Makenzie Driever, 8, is a "rough-and-tumble girl.” When bruises started showing up on Makenzie’s body last May, her parents didn’t think much about it at first....

Deer Creek fire district gets FEMA grant Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment The Deer Creek Fire Protection District has been awarded a $40,942 grant from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant will be used to upgrade personal...

Oklahoma officials clear Locust Grove eatery to open Fri, Nov 21, 2008 LOCUST GROVE — State health officials have decided a restaurant blamed for a food-poisoning outbreak can reopen, but its owners still face an uncertain future because some customers plan to...

Oklahoma infant’s fight for life offers wealth of hope Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 4 If you ask 4-year-old Dylan why his baby sister Madalin is in the hospital, he’ll tell you, "She has a broken heart.” If you ask Madalin’s grandmother, Vicky Norris, why she...

Mukasey doing better after collapse Fri, Nov 21, 2008 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness. "Oh, no, no!” people in the audience...

AT A GLANCE: Addressing problem of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment Addressing problem St. John Medical Center has proposed taking over the operation of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa and maintaining its residency program. The future of the...

IN BRIEF: Bills needed to flood funds in Oklahoma Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS NEEDED FOR FLOOD FUNDS Legislators will have to pass new bills if financing is to be approved for $25 million in flood control measures across the state and for $25 million in...

Need for indigent care in Oklahoma is a source of accord Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 2 State leaders may not agree on a solution to save the Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa, but they do agree that a plan to care for the indigent is necessary. A public-private...

Study touts chemo pill Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment LONDON — Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill, a study suggests....