Retirement can begin at 62 2 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 18 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 20 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 20 hr ago | Comments 25 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 Yesterday | 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,...

Adopt a pet Yesterday | Add a comment Spider is a friendly 3-year-old brown and black tabby that likes everyone, cats and dogs included. His number at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is 6595. The adoption fee for cats and dogs is $25....

My calendar Yesterday | 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...

Adopt a pet Yesterday | Add a comment Spider is a friendly 3-year-old brown and black tabby that likes everyone, cats and dogs included. His number at the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter is 6595. The adoption fee for cats and dogs is $25....

Oklahoma lacks oversight of puppy mill industry Yesterday | Comments 4 With no state oversight, animal welfare groups say Oklahoma has become a haven for unscrupulous puppy breeding operations. They describe puppy mills where dogs are packed into cramped, unsanitary...

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...

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...

Man survives shooting in Oklahoma City Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment By Staff Reports A man told police he doesn't know why a man shot him Tuesday afternoon in an apartment complex parking lot. A man identified as Francisco Lopez, 44, said he was approached by...

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...

Poultry legal motion is hardly just a ploy Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 2 Regarding "Poultry legal motion is just another ploy” (Opinion, Nov. 8): This motion is not an 11th-hour tactical maneuver. The poultry companies have maintained from the start that the...

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...

Tobacco pact: Nontribal retailers feel the pinch Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 10 Vance McSpadden, head of the Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association, wrote in The Oklahoman recently that tobacco compacts with some Indian tribes weren’t working as...

CAMPUS BRIEFS Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Add a comment OKLAHOMA CITY Rally is for free tuition Oklahoma City Community College is kicking off this year’s free tuition program with a pep rally Wednesday at Southeast High School. The rally starts...

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...