Gulf countries looking overseas for food needs 4 hr ago | Add a comment NAHEL, United Arab Emirates — In the dunes around this sun-scorched desert village, where camels still plod along dusty roads an hour south of Dubai’s skyscrapers, they’re making...

Kentucky tracks battle economy, slots 10 hr ago | Add a comment LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Ron Geary thought he’d made it through the worst of it. The owner of tiny Ellis Park in western Kentucky salvaged the racetrack’s summer 2008 meet with a bit of...

Soldiers’ rampages haunt Congo refugees 6 hr ago KIBATI, Congo — Looting soldiers tried to rape one woman and fatally shot another at a refugee camp, witnesses said Friday. Meanwhile, the United Nations prepared to send more peacekeepers to...

In Brief: Delta will reduce seats 7 hr ago | Add a comment Delta will reduce seats Nine days after announcing new overseas routes for 2009, Delta Air Lines Inc., the world’s biggest carrier, said in a regulatory filing Friday it plans to reduce...

Stress carries big risks 8 hr ago | Add a comment With the recent and tragic death of 3-year-old Ryan Weeks and the many other children who have fallen victim to abuse, the outcomes of unchecked mental stress are real and apparent. The economic...

Financial cold spell may heat up music 13 hr ago | Add a comment No one likes an economic downturn, but the music is amazing. This is not a call for continued fiscal crisis, but history points to a correlation between cold economies and hot music. Let’s...

Oklahoma City Planning Commission approves plat 12 hr ago | Add a comment The Oklahoma City Planning Commission approved the final plat of Ponderosa Estates, Phase 2, east of N County Line Road and north of NW 122, at its Nov. 13 meeting. Other items approvedApplication...

Source: Obama likely to name Geithner at Treasury 14 hr ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Federal Reserve Governor Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary next week. An official close to the senator says the New York Federal...

Trammell Crow shutting down Oklahoma City, Tulsa offices 16 hr ago | Comments 5 Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co., citing the evaporation of credit for new real estate development projects, is shutting down its offices in Oklahoma and Tulsa as part of a national reduction in...

Stocks jump on report of Geithner nomination 13 hr ago | Add a comment NEW YORK -- Wall Street found some relief Friday from a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect, along with the possibility that low prices will draw...

Movie Review: Film shows world of break-dancers Yesterday | Add a comment The first head-spinning revelation "Planet B-Boy” offers up is that break dancing didn’t die back in the mid-’80s — it just went underground and spread worldwide....

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...

Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 6 WASHINGTON -- With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide...

Jobless claims across the United States jump unexpectedly to 16-year high Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 8 WASHINGTON -- New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get...

With money to spend, big oil looks at small companies Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment HOUSTON — Big Oil is set to spend billions on new exploration in 2009, but in addition to ocean beds thousands of feet below the water’s surface, major producers are surveying the...

Biotech startups may get a head start Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment The Oklahoma City Redevelopment Authority and the Presbyterian Health Foundation are negotiating a plan that would create a "mobile incubator” to attract and then retain startup biotech...

Oklahoma employer health care costs rising, survey shows Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 Oklahoma employers, like those across the nation, are dealing with higher health care bills by boosting deductibles and shifting costs to employees, according to a survey issued Wednesday by...

Dow plummets again amid automaker woes Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment NEW YORK — Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003 on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging below the 8,000 mark amid a dour economic outlook from the Federal Reserve...

Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 9 NEW YORK - Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened...

Fed sharply lowers forecasts, hints of rate cut Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday sharply lowered its projection for economic activity this year and next, and signaled that additional interest rate reductions may be needed to...