Obama selects Treasury’s boss, Democrats say 6 hr ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation’s economic...

Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat 20 hr ago | Comments 8 WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two...

Will Hillary Clinton join Obama’s team? Yesterday | Comments 1 WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide said Thursday. The transition aide said the two...

Libya fulfills payments for ’88 plane bombing 23 hr ago Nearly two decades after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the families of the 180 Americans aboard the plane said Thursday they had received compensation from Libya for...

Palestinian president offers peace assurances Yesterday RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis Thursday. He assured them in Hebrew-language newspaper ads that a...

Press Release: OSDH Situation Update 17: Outbreak of Severe Diarrheal Illness in Northeastern Oklahoma Thu, Nov 20, 2008 Oklahoma State Department of Health: Situation Update No. 17 Outbreak of Severe Diarrheal Illness in Northeastern Oklahoma The Oklahoma State Department of Health...

Israel will spurn anti-racism event Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 1 JERUSALEM — Israel will boycott a U.N. conference on racism next year, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday. He said it would be biased against Israel and would aim to delegitimize the...

In brief: Clinton to ID his donors Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Clinton to ID his donors CHICAGO — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library. The concession is aimed at...

Adding Hillary to team brings risks for Obama Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 10 SEN. Hillary Clinton as America’s next secretary of state? President-elect Barack Obama apparently is considering it. According to one report, he already has offered the post to his...

Sources: Bill Clinton to help Hillary get State job Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 4 CHICAGO -- Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack...

Oklahoma volunteers make 100-plus blankets for kids Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Volunteers with Project Linus made more than 100 blankets for children during their recent Make-A-Blanket Day. The blankets will go to local charities, hospitals and state Department of Human...

IN BRIEF: ‘Don’t tell’ policy chided Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 2 MILITARY ‘Don’t tell’ policy chided ANNAPOLIS, Md. — More than 100 retired generals and admirals called Monday for repeal of the military’s "don’t ask,...

Volunteers make blankets for kids in OKC Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment Volunteers with Project Linus made more than 100 blankets for children during their recent Make-A-Blanket Day. The blankets will go to local charities, hospitals and state Department of Human...

Oklahoma veteran fighting hospital release Sun, Nov 16, 2008 NORMAN — A former Marine with advancing multiple sclerosis must leave the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Norman by Thanksgiving Day. Mike Simmons, 61, is being discharged Nov. 27, according to a...

HEALTH NOTES: Oklahoma state Capitol hosts flu shot clinic Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Capitol hosts flu shot clinic The Oklahoma State Medical Association, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association and the Oklahoma State Department of Health will offer the public free flu shots from 10 a.m....

Will Obama name ex-foe as secretary of state? Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has interviewed primary election rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Richardson for secretary of state, according to Democratic officials who...

Quote of the Day: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment There’s a new rumor that Hillary Clinton may end up being secretary of state. Which means she would have to spend the next four years traveling all around the world.

Officials: Sen. Clinton eyed as secretary of state Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Comments 15 CHICAGO -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is among the candidates that President-elect Barack Obama is considering for secretary of state, according to two Democratic officials in close contact with...

WORLD LEADERS: New Castro photo surfaces Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment New Castro photo surfaces Fidel Castro, left above, looks thin and frail but alert in a photograph made available Thursday by the Russian Orthodox Church. The 82-year-old former president of Cuba...

Obama to mark Veterans Day with wreath-laying Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 3 Ceremonial Wreath-lay for Obama on Veterans Day WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama, mindful of his role as next American commander in chief, places a wreath Tuesday at a Chicago memorial...