Recipe and thoughts to have a wild thanksgiving 21 hr ago | Add a comment As Girl vs. Wild I have spent many a meal in the great outdoors. Many meals have been shared over hot coals, campfires and mini stoves. Sometimes with utensils and sometimes not. Whether it has...

Cultural gifts give a lifetime Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment One of the best Christmas gifts I ever received, I had to wait six months to use. On Christmas Eve 2005, my mother-in-law presented our whole family with tickets to see "The Lion King”...

Oklahoma libraries to move some topics Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 3 Books in metro-area libraries’ family talk sections now will be shelved no lower than five feet off the floor. Members of the Metropolitan Library Commission voted Thursday to revise the way...

Same-sex marriage vote faces fight in Calif. Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 3 SAN FRANCISCO — California’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear legal challenges to the state’s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to let gay couples resume marrying...

Women empowered by friendship Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment "Shoulds” are typically something I encourage people to avoid. Perhaps it is because the "should” word always makes us feel like we’re being shamed into doing something...

Allegations of Whispering Pines Nursing Center in Norman Tue, Nov 18, 2008 factbox_subhead_lead Inspectors with the state Health Department targeted allegations that an aide at Whispering Pines Nursing Center forced a patient into a shower with his clothing on, and...

Country singer Mindy McCready speaks on Roger Clemens Tue, Nov 18, 2008 NEW YORK — Country singer Mindy McCready claims she broke off her relationship with Roger Clemens when the former baseball star wouldn’t marry her, according to an interview broadcast...

Divorce may not reduce spousal benefits Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Add a comment Q: I am a 62-year-old woman who was married for almost 30 years before my divorce several years ago. I expect a relatively small Social Security retirement check, since I mostly worked part-time...

Pastor will urge couples to have sex for a week Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Comments 3 GRAPEVINE, Texas — Marriage is the only right place for sex, says Ed Young, senior pastor of Fellowship Church in Grapevine. So, he’s encouraging married couples to celebrate by having...

TODAY’S TOP TV PICKS: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment →"Wedding Crashers,” 7 p.m., KWTV-9. This 2005 comedy casts Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as lawyers who attend weddings to which they haven’t been invited — so they can...

Oscar contenders may be shunned Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment LOS ANGELES — Not long before he’s assassinated, Sean Penn’s Harvey Milk proclaims his key precept for social change: "You gotta give ‘em hope.” Hope is often...

Shamed pastor claims abuse Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Disgraced evangelical pastor Ted Haggard says he was sexually abused as a child and that the experience "started to rage in my mind and in my heart” when...

Connecticut court ruling allows gay couples to wed Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 1 WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Same-sex couples exchanged vows Wednesday for the first time in Connecticut amid cheers and tears of joy. Surrounded by red roses and smiles, Jody Mock and Elizabeth...

California gay activists point fingers over loss Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 8 SAN FRANCISCO — California’s gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the...

It’s wrong to keep a police badge, even if it’s useful Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 1 Finders keepers, losers weepers. Or maybe finders weepers if the finder goes to jail. Jennifer Goff Campbell, 33, of Midwest City has been charged with misdemeanor larceny of lost property in...

New York lawmaker power swap could change gay marriage stance Sun, Nov 9, 2008 ALBANY, N.Y. — Even as voters in California banned same-sex marriage in a tight referendum, Tuesday’s election opened the door for the same debate in New York. The pending shift in...

Easy questions: Voters spared divisive issues Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma has had its share of controversial state questions: cockfighting, same-sex marriage ban, a state lottery — twice. The questions on last week’s ballot were hardly juicy or...

Rev. Billy Graham to stop advising leaders Sat, Nov 8, 2008 | Comments 2 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Billy Graham’s work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for President-elect Barack Obama, Graham’s son said Friday on the ailing...

Son: Billy Graham's work with presidents is ending Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 22 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Billy Graham's work as a pastor to presidents is coming to an end, but he is praying for Barack Obama as the nation's next leader begins his work, Graham's son said Friday on the...

Gay marriage ban draws challenges Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Comments 1 SAN FRANCISCO — An estimated 1,000 protesters took to the streets over California’s new ban on gay marriage Thursday as the political turmoil and legal confusion over who should have...