Charges dismissed in OU-Texas football fight Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Comments 15 Allen Beckett said he was just enjoying a beer at his favorite Oklahoma City bar in June 2007 when a young man wearing a University of Texas T-shirt strolled in. Beckett, a 54-year-old federal...

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...

Charges dropped in Oklahoma City bar fight Wed, Nov 19, 2008 Charges dropped in fightProsecutors plan to dismiss a felony assault charge against a University of Oklahoma football fan accused of nearly castrating a University of Texas fan during a bar fight...

Charges could be dismissed in OU fan bar fight case Tue, Nov 18, 2008 OKLAHOMA CITY - The attorney for a University of Oklahoma football fan accused of nearly castrating a Texas fan during a bar fight in Oklahoma City says prosecutors have agreed to dismiss the...

Mark Schwartz, a public servant, succumbs to cancer Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Just a few weeks before Mark Schwartz died following a two-year battle with prostate cancer, he seemed to be at peace with the possibility of his life coming to an end. “This cancer is no...

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...

Memorial to be Sunday for former Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Schwartz Fri, Nov 14, 2008 Former Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Schwartz, 58, died about 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mercy Health Center following a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He represented the city’s second...

Wart vaccine sees success in men Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Add a comment ATLANTA — For the first time, an expensive vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer in women has proven successful at preventing a disease in men, according to a study released Thursday by...

Was man cured of AIDS? Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment BERLIN — An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his...

Surrogate grandmother recovering from triplets Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment CLEVELAND — A woman who gave birth to her triplet granddaughters a month ago is recovering from a Caesarean section and hopeful that one of the girls will be home from the hospital by...

Papillomavirus vaccine required for immigrants Mon, Nov 3, 2008 | Add a comment U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services recently added five shots to the list of vaccinations required for immigrants — one of which is only for certain female immigrants. As of Aug. 1, females...

HIV-positive woman faces felony for bite Wed, Oct 8, 2008 An Oklahoma City woman was charged today with trying to pass the virus that causes AIDS to a security guard who caught her shoplifting last month. Franchette Elizabeth Wilson allegedly bit the...

Administration urged to end HIV travel ban Sat, Sep 20, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Experts at an early August international AIDS conference in Mexico City were full of praise for the United States for having reversed a 15-year-old law banning...

Elizabeth Taylor visits hospital, to return home Fri, Aug 1, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason but was expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday. A...

For many minorities suffering addiction, it’s a long road back Thu, Oct 2, 2008 | Add a comment Treatment for addiction can vary depending on how each culture views addiction, and upon the issues that lead people to abuse drugs and alcohol. In Oklahoma City, there are dozens of treatment...

Alcoholism and alcohol-related problems Thu, Oct 2, 2008 | Add a comment About 60 percent of Americans are alcohol consumers, according to a national institute that researches alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. And 9.7 million Americans are considered alcohol...

Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects Thu, Jul 3, 2008 | Comments 2 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A slice of cool, fresh watermelon is a juicy way to top off a Fourth of July cookout and one that researchers say has effects similar to Viagra - but don't...

Principal in pregnancy pact story defends comments Mon, Jun 23, 2008 BOSTON (AP) -- The principal of a Massachusetts high school who said a group of students intentionally got pregnant stood by his comments Thursday, saying his information "was and is...

Obama seeking to divorce himself from former pastor Wed, Apr 30, 2008 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Barack Obama angrily denounced his former pastor for "divisive and destructive" remarks on race, seeking to divorce himself from the incendiary speaker and a...

Peter Walker Thu, Oct 9, 2008 | Add a comment Peter Walker is an Oklahoma City police lieutenant who is used to danger. He almost died when a drunken driver struck him in 1993. He was initially thought to be dead at the scene, but was revived...