Ford may discard jets after lawmaker slam 4 hr ago | Add a comment DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. may sell its fleet of corporate jets after top executives of three Detroit automakers were harshly criticized by members of Congress this week for their travel...

Bush signs jobless benefits extension 19 hr ago | Comments 1 WASHINGTON -- With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end...

Going out in winter weather Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Here are some helpful tips for when you have to venture out into winter conditions: * Check weather conditions in areas you will be driving. * Choose major routes. * Allow extra time. * Carry an...

Stocks tumble for second day; Treasurys surge Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 2 NEW YORK - Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to a ranges not seen in six years as financial and energy stocks tumbled and as demand for the safety of government debt spiked...

Congress rushing to extend jobless benefits Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress rushed Thursday toward keeping unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for Americans whose benefits are...

Crucial auto bailout vote in US Congress postponed Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 19 WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional officials say Democratic leaders have decided to put off a bailout vote for the auto industry until December and will insist that the Detroit Three first come up...

Bipartisan group works to revive auto bailout Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON - Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators say they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit's Big Three car makers. Republicans and Democrats plan to...

High water makes its mark Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 Fertilizer is offloaded from a barge at the Catoosa Fertilizer facility at the Port of Catoosa in this archive photo. High waters on the McClellan-Kerr Navigation system this year and the...

Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 4 WASHINGTON -- A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's...

Oklahoma Senator opposes high pay in auto industry bailout Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 4 WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn said Wednesday that Congress shouldn’t help domestic carmakers until they renegotiate their labor agreements. Coburn, R-Muskogee, said the so-called Big...

Auto aid plan heads for defeat as Big Three teeter Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 9 WASHINGTON - A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president....

Hard sell: Detroit links bailout, national defense Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON - In an increasingly anxious campaign for a $25 billion government rescue, Detroit's Big Three car makers and their allies in Washington are warning the demise of the auto industry will...

Democrats seek to lower expectations for auto bailout Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 3 WASHINGTON - Congressional backers of $25 billion in emergency loans to the domestic auto industry are urging colleagues not to punish the Detroit's Big Three automakers for past mistakes. But the...

Big 3 carmakers beg for bailout Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Detroit’s Big Three automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, warning of a national economic...

Lawmakers press Paulson on bailout plan changes Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 24 WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government's $700 billion financial bailout fund for a $25...

Detriot 3 automakers beg for $25 billion lifeline Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 10 WASHINGTON-- The Detroit Three automakers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support on Capitol Hill and top lawmakers and the White...

Driver sought in Oklahoma City hit-and-run accident Tue, Nov 18, 2008 Authorities are looking for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident in northwest Oklahoma City early Sunday. Police think the driver was in a black 2003 to 2005 Dodge extended...

Prospects dimming for auto industry bailout Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 45 WASHINGTON (AP) - Prospects dimmed Monday for enactment of a $25 billion bailout for the faltering auto industry before year's end, as congressional Democrats and the Bush administration seemed...

U.S. stocks fall on more economic woes Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment NEW YORK -- The selling on Wall Street continued Monday as investors digested more signs of economic weakness, including a huge round of layoffs in the financial sector. After a turbulent week...

UNA CONVERSACIÓN CON EDWARD PULIDO Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment El Mayor retirado Edward Pulido, oficial de infantería en la reserva y residente en Oklahoma City, yacía sangrante en una solitaria extensión de la autopista entre Baqubah y Balad Ruz en Iraq....