Gulf countries looking overseas for food needs 7 hr ago | Add a comment NAHEL, United Arab Emirates — In the dunes around this sun-scorched desert village, where camels still plod along dusty roads an hour south of Dubai’s skyscrapers, they’re making...

Retirement can begin at 62 10 hr ago | Add a comment Q: I have planned on retiring at 62, but I hear the retirement age is rising to 67. A: While the full retirement age is gradually rising to 67, early retirement remains at age 62. If you retire...

Gifts, money sought to aid needy Oklahoma seniors Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment "Be a Santa to a Senior,” a popular campaign that provides gifts to local needy seniors, is being held again this season. Area retailers, along with agencies that serve older adults,...

OU women upends No. 18 ASU 9 hr ago | Comments 1 NORMAN — The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s basketball team beat 18th-ranked Arizona State, 70-57, Friday night in the semifinals of the Preseason Women’s NIT. Senior center...

Movement needed on elder justice bill 11 hr ago | Add a comment The number of older Americans and Oklahomans is growing at a rapid pace, and so is the national problem of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. We all know the reports; we see the headlines every...

Letters to the Editor: Friday, Nov. 22, 2008 11 hr ago | Comments 9 What was it about?Since the election I’ve heard many African-Americans say, "We made it!” If this election wasn’t about race, what are they talking about? If John McCain had...

My calendar 20 hr ago | Add a comment TodaySingle Again, 8 a.m., Cattlemen’s Steakhouse, 1309 Agnew Ave., 942-7355. SundaySpirit of ’76 Square Dance Club, 8 p.m., Oklahoma City Swing Dance Club, 4361 NW 50, Suite 400,...

My calendar 20 hr ago | Add a comment TODAY"Juried Student Exhibition,” juried by Cletus Smith, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Nov. 30, fourth flour of Donna Nigh Gallery at University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N University...

Man found dead after Mayes County house fire Yesterday STRANG — An elderly man was found dead after a house fire near this Mayes County town late Thursday, a Tulsa television station reported. The man's name has not been released. He's believed...

IN BRIEF: Mom testifies in Missouri girl’s death Thu, Nov 20, 2008 COURTS Mom testifies in girl’s death LOS ANGELES — The mother of a Missouri girl who committed suicide after being targeted by a Net hoax testified Thursday she was unaware daughter had...

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...

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...

Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message Wed, Nov 19, 2008 CAIRO,Egypt -- Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a...

Edmond Community Events Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment TODAY"Juried Student Exhibition,” juried by Cletus Smith, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Nov. 30, fourth flour of Donna Nigh Gallery at University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N University...

Oklahoma Community Events Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment TodayJudo, OKC Southside, 6 p.m., Sellers Community Center, 8301 S Villa, 685-3311. Wannabiz Business Owners Club, 8 a.m., Caffe Pranzo, 9622 N May Ave., 670-1733. Computer Club of OKC, free...

Hunger rising among children Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — About 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves even before this year’s sharp economic...

Jury in Tulsa selects death in ’99 killings Tue, Nov 18, 2008 TULSA — A jury delivered a death penalty for Victor Cornell Miller on each of two counts of first-degree murder Monday. Miller received the death penalty at an earlier trial for the Aug. 31,...

Tulsa jury sentences man to death for 1999 killings Mon, Nov 17, 2008 TULSA — A jury delivered a death penalty for Victor Cornell Miller on each of two counts of first-degree murder Monday. Miller received the death penalty at an earlier trial for the Aug. 31,...

Monday Morning Quarterbacks Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment No stone left unturnedThe incoming Obama administration is busy screening top-level job applicants, a process that caught the eye of blogger Ben Wolfson at unfogged.com. Wolfson noted only the...

Is the KKK making a comeback? Sun, Nov 16, 2008 MIAMI, OK — Johnny Lee Clary read about Cynthia C. Lynch’s death at a Ku Klux Klan initiation in the Louisiana bayous with a unique perspective. He viewed the tragedy through the eyes...