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...

Askins still planning to lead Senate at times 15 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...

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....

Investor fear remains deep despite 1-day rally 36 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 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...

Dow leaps as possible treasury boss named 8 hr ago | Add a comment NEW YORK — Wall Street put a stop to a terrifying decline and stormed higher Friday as President-elect Barack Obama appeared ready to name the chief of the New York Federal Reserve as the...

T. Boone Pickens to speak at wind energy conference 17 hr ago | Add a comment There’s something in the wind. It’s news, and the news is this: T. Boone Pickens, celebrated author of the Pickens Plan, is coming to Oklahoma City next month to deliver a keynote...

Obama selects Treasury’s boss, Democrats say 10 hr ago | Add a comment WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation’s economic...

IN BRIEF: Obamas pick girls' school 10 hr ago | Add a comment TRANSITION Obamas pick girls’ school WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters, opting for a private institution...

Patience is Republicans’ best medicine 19 hr ago | Add a comment It was the aftermath of the presidential election and everyone was explaining why the losing party lost. It was out of step with ordinary people. Its voters were too old. It was too identified with...

Scissor Tales: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 19 hr ago | Comments 5 In Huntington, W.Va., the residents don’t talk much about living in the fattest city in America. Most of them probably don’t even realize it, according to health officials. Most people,...

How low will interest rates on homes go? Yesterday | Add a comment WASHINGTON — What will it take to get consumers off the sidelines to buy more houses and help stimulate the economy? How about a mortgage at 2.

Source: Obama likely to name Geithner at Treasury Yesterday | Add a comment WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Federal Reserve Governor Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary next week. An official close to the senator says the New York Federal...

Stocks jump on report of Geithner nomination Yesterday | Add a comment NEW YORK -- Wall Street found some relief Friday from a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect, along with the possibility that low prices will draw...

Bush signs jobless benefits extension Yesterday | Comments 2 WASHINGTON -- With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end...

Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat Yesterday | Comments 8 WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two...