Precinct by precinct results 15 hr ago | Add a comment The Oklahoman tied precinct voting results for the presidential race to a statewide map of precincts. The results on each map don’t include absentee voting, which isn’t tied to...

Blue votes dotted state Nov. 4 15 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma voters bucked the national trend in the presidential election, but there are islands of blue among the sea of red that colors the state electoral map. That’s according to The...

U.S. CASUALTIES 15 hr ago | Add a comment The U.S. Defense Department has announced that these American service personnel died in Iraq or Afghanistan: →Marine Gunnery Sgt. Marcelo R. Velasco, 40, of Miami, Fla.; died Wednesday from...

Askins still planning to lead Senate at times 16 hr ago | Add a comment She may no longer be on standby to break ties, but Democratic Lt. Gov. Jari Askins says her role as president of the Senate hasn’t changed and she expects to preside occasionally over the...

Tulsa hospital’s fate debated 16 hr ago | Add a comment A mix of public and private funds might be what it takes to keep the Oklahoma State Medical Center in Tulsa afloat, officials said. But finding that right mix seems to be a challenge for state...

Palestinians’ expectations for Obama are mixed 16 hr ago | Add a comment JERUSALEM — Palestinians hold mixed expectations that Barack Obama will be able to bring them a state of their own, though both moderates and hard-liners greeted his election with optimistic...

Conservatives have no need to despair 1 hr ago | Add a comment Every few years there’s an effort to pronounce the conservative movement dead. The American left would like to bury alive its opposition, or at least demoralize it into surrendering. After...

Supreme Court and Constitution 1 hr ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Of conservatives’ few victories this year, the most cherished came when the Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller, held for the first time that the Second...

What change? Obama lineup has familiar feel 1 hr ago | Add a comment John McCain may have missed a big opening in his race against Barack Obama. Obama spent millions asserting that a vote for McCain would be a vote for a third term for President George W. Bush....

Travel: Thanksgiving trip tips Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Thanksgiving trip tips An estimated 100 million people travel during Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. Whelan Security, which handles security efforts for Lambert Airport in St. Louis, Mo.,...

Obama fills out White House communications team 1 min ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his inner circle for the post of White House...

Investor fear remains deep despite 1-day rally 47 min ago | Add a comment NEW YORK - Since the Nov. 4 election, investors have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that experts say underlines just how anxious they are about what is likely to be a long...

Obama outlines plans to create US jobs 6 hr ago | Comments 16 WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday outlined his plan to create 2.5 million jobs with public works programs that will rebuild roads and bridges, modernize schools and create...

Oklahoma House panel says documents are private 17 hr ago Psychological and medical records of juvenile offenders or children in state custody who are abused or killed should be confidential and not released to the public, a House committee recommended...

Oklahoma GOP senators name spokesman 9 hr ago | Add a comment GOP senators name spokesman The head of the committee to get Republicans elected to the state Senate has been named communications director for the Senate Republicans. Friday, Randy Swanson was...

Afghan elections may need U.S. surge 16 hr ago | Add a comment CORNWALLIS, Nova Scotia — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next...

Accord may push Iraq into turmoil 16 hr ago | Add a comment BAGHDAD — A towering statue of Saddam Hussein. A giant effigy of George W. Bush. Two targets, one central square in Baghdad. It was Saddam in 2003, but on Friday it was a likeness of Bush...

Amsterdam will close more cafes selling pot 17 hr ago AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Amsterdam will close almost a fifth of its marijuana cafes to comply with a national ban on having them near schools, the mayor said Friday. Another city, Eindhoven,...

IN BRIEF: Pope considers change in mass 17 hr ago | Add a comment EUROPE POPE CONSIDERS CHANGe in MASS VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is considering a change to the Mass liturgy, said Cardinal Francis Arinze, who heads the Vatican office for sacraments....

Soldiers’ rampages haunt Congo refugees 17 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...