Wed Nov 18, 2009 11:28 AM EST
Gov. Brad Henry said a special session of the Legislature could be held in January because of continued uncertainty in Oklahoma's economic forecasts.
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Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:15 PM EST
Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement.
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Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:46 PM EST
Baron Davis scored 24 points, including a key 3-pointer in the final minute, to help the Los Angeles Clippers snap a three-game losing streak with a 101-93 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
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Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:27 PM EST
Steven Pledger scored 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting and No. 17 Oklahoma's much-heralded freshman class lifted the Sooners to a 95-71 victory over Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.
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Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:46 AM EST
Oklahoma's revenues came in below expectations for the 10th straight month in October, but Treasurer Scott Meacham said there is hope that economic conditions in the state could soon improve.
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:41 PM EDT
Landry Jones passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns and DeMarco Murray scored three times to help No. 22 Oklahoma hold off Kansas State for a 42-30 win Saturday night.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:11 PM EDT
Quarterback Connor Babcock rushed for 162 yards and three touchdowns as Shattuck set a national 8-man high school football record with its 91st straight win, beating Goodwell 40-14 on Friday.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:01 PM EDT
With demand growing for ethanol produced from sources other than corn, researchers at Oklahoma State University said Wednesday that state agriculture producers could someday grow sweet sorghum or switchgrass as cash crops.
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Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:47 PM EDT
Kevin Durant scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to help the Oklahoma City Thunder rally for a 96-91 preseason win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night.
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Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:10 PM EDT
Rookie James Harden scored six of his 11 points in overtime, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder salvage a 30-point outing by Kevin Durant and win their preseason home opener by beating the Phoenix Suns 110-105 on Monday night.
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Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:11 PM EDT
Fiddlers Afleet held off the hard-charging Massone by a half-length on Sunday to win the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park.
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Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:10 PM EDT
Despite the recession, plans for the new 50-story headquarters for Devon Energy Corp. took another step toward reality Tuesday as company officials and civic leaders gathered for a formal groundbreaking ceremony.
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:17 PM EDT
Investors trying to bring a WNBA franchise to Tulsa said Tuesday that they have hired Nolan Richardson to be the coach — if the city is able to secure a team.
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Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:39 PM EDT
Zac Robinson rushed for one touchdown and threw for two others — both to Dez Bryant — as No. 16 Oklahoma State rebounded from its first loss to beat Rice 41-24 Saturday night.
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Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:27 PM EDT
Freshman quarterback Landry Jones threw three touchdown passes in his first career start and No. 13 Oklahoma routed Idaho State 64-0 on Saturday night.
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Wed Sep 9, 2009 3:01 AM EDT
Watching grass grow is tedious, but researchers in the Oklahoma Panhandle say they'll stare at their switchgrass — all 1,000 acres of it — until they know whether they've found a commercially viable source of biofuel.
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Tue Sep 8, 2009 5:54 PM EDT
Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon remains so convinced of the fuel's future that he's even converted his personal vehicle to run on it.
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Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
An Oklahoma judge ruled Thursday that Chesapeake Energy Corp. won't have to open its books to a shareholders' group, a victory for the company in its defense of a $75 million bonus awarded to CEO Aubrey McClendon last December.
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Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:10 AM EDT
For five years, Chris Schaefer worked as a disc jockey and he'd studied nightlife enough to know he wanted a career in the music industry.
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Wed Aug 5, 2009 2:53 PM EDT
Devon Energy Corp. reported record production levels for the second quarter on Wednesday but expects those numbers to fall later this year — in part because lower commodity prices have led it to cut back on drilling.
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Sat Jul 4, 2009 2:36 PM EDT
Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in a rural Oklahoma rodeo arena that the U.S. was "the greatest nation on the face of the earth."
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Thu Jul 2, 2009 4:35 PM EDT
When the middle-of-nowhere town of Woodward invited George W. Bush to its Fourth of July celebration, no one really expected the former president to accept. But he did.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:24 PM EDT
A $20 million health clinic that will be built in Oklahoma will be named after former Sooners basketball star Wayman Tisdale.
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Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:34 PM EDT
Devon Energy Corp. CEO Larry Nichols said Wednesday the company is reducing its natural gas drilling in the short-term until gas prices start to rebound.
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Sun May 31, 2009 4:38 PM EDT
Aaron Baker's first career grand slam highlighted a five-run seventh inning, and Oklahoma beat Washington State 7-2 on Sunday in the NCAA tournament.
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