Job mixes science with culinary skill 8 hr ago | Add a comment Americans’ interest in food today goes far beyond cooking and eating the results. The bigger selection of natural and home-grown products now sitting on grocery store shelves and specialty...

To CNG or not to CNG 5 hr ago | Add a comment Will your next car be powered by natural gas? That’s up to you. More and more people are making that choice, proponents of using the fuel to power our nation’s transportation system...

EAGLE & BEAGLE 8 hr ago | Add a comment EagleOnly two state-based stocks, XETA Technologies and Pre-Paid Legal Services, posted gains over the past five trading days. Shares of XETA, a Tulsa company that sells, installs and services...

In Brief: Delta will reduce seats 8 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...

Supply rises, demand falls, pushing Oklahoma gas below $2 mark 7 hr ago | Add a comment Many perhaps thought hell would freeze over before the price of fuel fell below $2 a gallon again. No one has checked in with Hades, but as for the price of gas — it’s happened....

Financial cold spell may heat up music 14 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...

Source: Obama likely to name Geithner at Treasury 15 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...

Stocks jump on report of Geithner nomination 14 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...

Oil prices continue to drop Yesterday | Comments 4 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oil prices Thursday hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports...

In Brief: Harold’s sales final Yesterday | Add a comment Harold’s sales final Harold’s stores, which has announced going out of business sales — with prices reduced 30 to 50 percent — will accept returns on merchandise through...

OKLAHOMA BRIEFS: Politics aim at Medicaid Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment HEALTH CARE POLICIES AIM AT MEDICAID National life and health insurer Bankers Life and Casualty Co. has begun selling policies in Oklahoma aimed at helping consumers pay for long-term care without...

Financial meltdown update: Congress tells Big Three to come back with a plan Yesterday | Add a comment Congress tells Big Three to come back with a plan WASHINGTON — Show us the plan and we’ll show you the money. That’s the message the Democratic-led Congress gave Detroit’s...

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...

Bridge near Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City to re-open lanes for holiday season Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 3 All four lanes of the bridge at the intersection of NW 43 and Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City will be open Friday until Jan. 12 to accommodate an increase in traffic expected during the...

Q&A with Roy Peters Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Strong manufacturing outlook owed to flexible companies Q: Despite the dismal economy, what is the good news now about the manufacturing industry? A: The good news is manufacturing in Oklahoma...

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...

Thanksgiving day drivers will feast closer to home Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment For the first time in six years, fewer Americans will travel during the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend, industry experts said this week. About 41 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more...

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...

Consumer prices drop record 1 percent in October Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount. The Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer...

IN Brief: Home market fears persist Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Home market fears persist Homebuilders’ confidence in housing recovery sank to a new low this month, reflecting worries over the U.S. financial crisis. The National Association of Home...