Beauty, fashion products great idea for women’s gifts Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment For the beauty junkie on your list, "Cosmo’s Sexiest Beauty Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Looking Gorgeous,” $19.95, serves up insider tips and tricks on everything from alluring...

Insect-like robotic spy could join war effort 4 hr ago | Add a comment DAYTON, Ohio — If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record video and even fire tiny weapons? That kind of James...

'Superhero' recycles; do you? 10 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Like most caped crusaders, Sue Madole has two sides. She spends her days as a Norman elementary school teacher. But, she’s also an environmental warrior, and when she starts...

Energy efficiency can differ house to house 12 hr ago | Add a comment Q: What really makes one home energy-efficient and another one not? We’ve done a few things over the years to save energy in our home. Just how much has to be done before a home can really be...

Broken Arrow wildlife sanctuary to reopen 22 hr ago | Add a comment BROKEN ARROW -- The owner of a wildlife sanctuary that closed after a big-cat handler was fatally mauled last month plans to reopen the facility next week. Lori Ensign had said she likely would...

With help, butterfly migrates Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. — A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species’ famed migration to Mexico, thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker...

Oklahoma's deer gun season to open 17 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma’s 16-day deer gun season opens Saturday and state wildlife officials say it’s just in time for the rut in much of the state. "The rut seems to be in full swing, and...

DVD Review: "Encounters at the End of the World” 22 hr ago | Add a comment "Encounters at the End of the World” William Jirsa, a linguist living on a continent without language, aptly describes the people who Werner Herzog follows in his nervy documentary,...

Energy tips for homes in the winter Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. offers these energy-saving tips for the winter: Make sure that air vents are clear of furniture or other objects that might slow down the flow of air. Shut...

Using programmable thermostats Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment While millions of programmable thermostats are purchased each year by homeowners hoping to cut their utility bills, representatives of the EPA’s Energy Star program have said that many consumers...

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...

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...

Broken Arrow sanctuary will keep liger after killing Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment BROKEN ARROW — Federal officials are still investigating last month’s fatal liger attack at a wildlife sanctuary east of Broken Arrow. Peter Getz, 32, was attacked while feeding the...

Road infuriates Harrah landowners Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 29 Some Harrah landowners are furious with embattled Oklahoma County Commissioner Brent Rinehart for rushing to build a controversial stretch of a section line road through scenic woodlands before he...

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...

Cheers & Jeers: OU, Davidson star power Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 21 Cheers →To OU-Davidson; a whale of a November game, with that element we’ve been missing in college hoops: star power. →To the Titans and the Buccaneers. Tennessee hosts the Jets...

Daughter gives her aging mom KISS of reality Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Life just moves too fast nowadays. For example, take that wonderful window of time during which your children idolize you and think you’re the bee’s knees. That golden period used to...

Liger that fatally mauled Broken Arrow worker allowed to live Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment BROKEN ARROW (AP) - A big cat that fatally mauled a worker at a wildlife sanctuary won't be euthanized. Thirty-two-year-old Peter Getz was mauled by Rocky the liger -- a cross between a male...

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....

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...