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Oklahoma Abortion Laws Forcing Women To Reveal Their Race And Relationships Spark Court Battles

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Abortion Laws, Abortion Protests, Abortion Rights, Right to Choice, Anti-Abortion, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Abortion, New Abortion Laws, Pro-Life, Abortion Court Cases, Pro-Choice, Oklahoma Abortion Laws, Politics News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Abortion rights supporters have challenged two new Oklahoma laws that would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws i...

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Strict Oklahoma Abortion Laws Spark Court Battles

AP | SEAN MURPHY | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Oklahoma Abortion Rights, Oklahoma, Abortion Rights, Politics News

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two new laws being challenged in the Oklahoma courts would give the state some of the strictest abortion laws in the country by ...

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Tantalizing Tunes: A Fall Handful of Hit Performances

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

From Tchaikovsky to Broadway, Butterfly to Frankie Valli and Shalom, Toronto is truly alive with The Sound of Music!

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Joe Foote's Plan to Save Journalism

Al Eisele | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: University of Oklahoma, Journalism School, Old Media, New Media, Carl Albert, Oklahoma, Journalism, Joe Foote, Gaylord College, Media News

While we ink-stained wretches agonize over the uncertain future of journalism, Joe Foote and the University of Oklahoma are trying to make sure that it survives and thrives in the 21st century.

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Josh Crescenzi: Ex-Bush, Cheney Aide In $2 Million Stolen Fuel Probe

San Antonio Express-News | Guillermo Contreras | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Petro Salum, Oil Investigation, Immigrations, Customs, Mexico, Cheney, Josh Crescenzi, Oil, Stolen Oil, Bush, Stolen Fuel, Los Zetas, Oklahoma, Petroleos Mexicanos, Trammo, Basf, Murphy, Crescenzi, Basfo, Politics News

A man who was a news liaison for former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is at the center of a case involving $2 million in ...

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Two More Exonerations Stress the Need for Credible Evidence

John Terzano | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Exoneration, The Justice Project, Oklahoma, Death Row, Jailhouse Informants, Jailhouse Snitch, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News

Two new exonerations reveal the very real threat of false testimony, and the strong need for corroborating evidence to ensure that credible testimony is presented to juries in criminal trials.

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Dr. Coburn's Peculiar Privilege

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Law, Marriage, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Oklahoma, Sex, Doctors, John Ensign Affair, Health Care, Bioethics, Medicine, Extra-Marital-Affairs, Physician-Patient Privilege, Politics News

Senator Coburn claims physician-patient privilege to avoid testifying against Ensign. But this is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card for physicians who acquire knowledge outside of their work as doctors.

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Diebold's Demise Bad For Elections Administration

David Segal | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Xe, Elections Systems and Software, Chuck Hagel, Oklahoma, Blackwater, Premier Elections Systems, George W. Bush, Diebold, Politics News

That Diebold might be on the verge of disappearing from the political landscape could be mistaken for reason to celebrate. Its successor would manage elections for 70% of voters.

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77 Percent Of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name The First President Of The U.S.

News9.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Oklahoma, United States, George Washington, Home News

Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today....

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Media Blind to GOP Hypocrisy in Health Care Debate

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emergency Contraception, Tom Coburn, Ultrasound, Charles Grassley, Oklahoma, Npr, Health Care Reform, Reproductive Health, Meet the Press, Birth Control, Republicans, Democrats, Gang of Six, Politics News

The Republicans protesting health care reform are the same people who have brought us an avalanche of governmental regulations dictating the availability of women's reproductive health care.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Takes on Big Poultry, Highlighting Unsustainability of Industrial Agriculture

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Farming, Waterways, Oklahoma, Agricultural Pollution, Drew Edmondson, Food Safety, Runoff, Pollution, Industrial Agriculture, Cafos, Dead Zones, Green News

I needn't remind you that Oklahoma is a stronghold for climate change deniers like Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe. But Oklahoma could be poised to redeem itself, taking on the unsustainability of industrial agriculture.

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Is the Republican Jihad Making the Party More Popular and Electable?

Howie Klein | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Oklahoma, Gallup, Birthers, Republican Mob, Democrats, Oklahoma City Bombing, Town Hall Meetings, Republicans, Politics News

The Republican playbook on disinformation, obstruction and disruption hasn't been working. In fact, the newest state by state polling data from Gallup, shows it's been backfiring.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Country Joe McDonald, Third Eye Blind, Melanie, Martin Scorsese, John Sebastian, Mountain, Paul Kingsbury, Ravi Shankar, Chip Monck, Joan Baez, The Butterfield Blues Band, Bee Gees, Rober Altman, Sha Na Na, Pete Townshend, The Flaming Lips, Andy Zax, The Who, Abbie Hopffman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & the Family Stone, Oklahoma, Woodstock, Kimya Dawson, Michael Lang, Incredible String Band, Bruce Pollock, Oklahoma Central University, John Morris, Jerry Garcia, Max Yasgur, Crosby Stills & Nash, Scott Booker, Andy Gibb, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Canned Heat, Michael Wadleigh, Jeffrey Shurtleff, Yasgur's Farm, Tim Hardin, Country Joe & the Fish, Grace Slick, Holly George-Warren, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mike Evans, Entertainment News, Rolling Stone, Blood Sweat & Tears, Itunes, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Academy of Contemporary Music, Quill, Sweetwater, Entertainment News

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

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Bush Takes Oklahoma: Six Standing Ovations For Ex-President

AP | MURRAY EVANS | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oklahoma, Bush Oklahoma, George W. Bush, Politics News

WOODWARD, Okla. — Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in...

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Oklahoma Republicans Ready To Blame The Recession On 'Debauchery'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oklahoma Republicans, Economic Crisis, Sally Kern, Oklahoma, Recession, Sally Kern Debauchery, Politics News

Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent catches a bizarre resolution introduced by Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (R) in Oklahoma, whose state legis...

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Sen. Inhofe: EPA Should Be Investigated For "Cooking" Climate Change Science

The Hill | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Inhofe, White House, Oklahoma, James Inhofe, President Obama, Epa-Report, Obama, Politics News

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deliberately withheld facts from a report on global warming in order to bolster the Obama administration's c...

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Trooper Fights Paramedics With Patient Still In Ambulance (VIDEO)

Posted 07.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Video, Cops Fight Paramedics, Police Fight Emt, Oklahoma, Cops Fight Emts, Tulsa Oklahoma, Police Fight Paramedics, Emt, Home News

Oklahoma's Tulsa World newspaper reports on a bizarre scuffle this past week after a highway patrol officer pulled over an ambulance that was carrying...

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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Dear Rick Perry, If You Don't Like This Country, Leave

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secession, Georgia, Oklahoma, Teabagging, South Dakota, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Politics News

You know what? Leave! Reactionary, white supremacists have been yelling this line to minorities forever: "If you don't like this country, leave." Time to flip the script.

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New Tunes On Monday: Little Walter, Prince, James Taylor, John Wesley Harding, Paul Carrack, and Matthew Barber

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ace, The Drifters, Prince, Dionne Warwick, The Eagles, Squeeze, Scott Dirks, Mike + the Mechanics, Harvard Square, Breaking Dawn, Target, Juno Award, Xtc, Whitesnake, Oklahoma, Folk, Paul Carrack, Tony Glover, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cajun, Philly, Reggae, Traditional, Checker Records, Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Stephanie Meyer, Marvin Gayes, Timothy B. Schmit, John Wesley Harding, Sam & Dave, Michael McDonald, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Johnny Cash, Ron Sexsmith, Stan Lewis, Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist, High Fidelity, Billy Davis Jr., Singer-Songwriter, Philly International Records, Hip-O Select, Bill Withers, Entertainment News, Al Green, Aaron Neville, Lawrence Stern, Ray Charles, Pop, Americana, Dobie Gray, Jill Barber, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bria Valente, Broadway, Canada, Grammy, The Kinks, Stax, Motown Records, Livingston Taylor, The Beatles, Matthew Barber, Nick Heyward, Harmonica, Don Henley, Phil Collins, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Little Walter Story, Hear Music, Arthur Crudup, Stax Records, R&b, Motown, Sam Moore, Chess Records, Harry Nilsson, Johnny Nash, Gospel, Bobby Womack, David Gray, Wesley Stace, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Blues, The 5th Dimension, David Seitz, Tom Waits, Juno, Washington Square Park, Grammy Awards, Don McLean, John Wesley Hardin, A Mighty Wind, Roots, Randy Newman, Ward Gaines, Ben E. King, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Rupert Holmes, Bruce Springsteen, Listerine, Nilsson, Atlantis, Misfortune, Rumpelstiltskins, Josh Ritter, Entertainment News

Blues harmonica player and singer Little Walter died over forty years ago, but his influences still can be heard in many blues-rock recordings that employ the instrument.

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Not in Kansas

David Horton | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evolution, Creationism, Richard Dawkins, Darwin, Oklahoma, Greg Lukianoff, Politics News

Why can't I be banned in Oklahoma? Look, I know I haven't actually been invited to give a talk there, but that's not the point. I've tried to get ban...

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Oklahoma Legislature Investigates Richard Dawkins' Free Speech

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Campus Liberty, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Legislature, Fire, Oklahoma University, Greg Lukianoff, Richard Dawkins, Politics News

Well, it's official: Oklahoma's state legislature is investigating the University of Oklahoma for hosting a speech by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

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Religio-Conservative Red States Secretly Love Their Blue Movies

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Arkansas, West Virginia, xxxchurch.com, Deputy Attorney General, Sami Harb, Movies by Mail, David Ogden, Utah, Utah Child Protection Registry, Benjamin Edelman, Pornography, Mississippi, Michael Harb, Harvard Business School, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Alaska, North Dakota, Media News

The most porn-loving state in the country appears to be Utah -- you know, the state with the anti-porn "child protection registry" law and a burning, bleeding loathing for same-sex marriage.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

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