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A man was in critical condition late Monday after being shot in the head by his wife, police said. The man, whose name was not released but who police said is 44, was shot once during an alcohol-fueled fight with his wife about 10:30 p.m., Tulsa Police Capt. Jonathan Brooks said. The 58-year-old woman, whose name also was withheld, told police that she had taken the handgun away from her husband and fired in self-defense, Brooks said. She and her 30-year-old daughter were taken to police headquarters for questioning along with a third person who had information about the attack,...

Abundant tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team. These nanodiamonds, which are produced under high-temperature, high-pressure conditions created by cosmic impacts and have been found in meteorites, are concentrated in similarly aged sediments at Murray Springs, Ariz., Bull Creek, Okla., Gainey, Mich., and Topper, S.C., as well as Lake Hind, Manitoba, and Chobot, Alberta, in Canada. Nanodiamonds can be produced on Earth, but only through high-explosive detonations or...

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently told supporters that he plans to run for Governor in 2010. So voters might be interested in how the AG has treated critics of government while serving as the state's top law enforcer. The case of Paul Jacob is instructive. A veteran political activist, Mr. Jacob is the former head of U.S. Term Limits and the current head of Citizens in Charge. A year ago, he and two fellow grassroots organizers, Rick Carpenter and Susan Johnson, were indicted on criminal conspiracy charges. Mr. Edmondson's office alleges that they attempted to defraud the state by...

Ada — A Baptist preacher told the Pontotoc County undersheriff he did not know why he had been molesting two young boys for several months, but it might have something to do with his numerous blood pressure medications.

Video: Bomb Squad Scours Metro Home For Explosives House Searched After Man Found Near Mall With Bomb Steven Jordal, 24, Arrested On Suspicion Of Making Explosive Device With Intent To Sell POSTED: 6:53 pm CST December 23, 2008 UPDATED: 7:13 pm CST December 23, 2008 OKLAHOMA CITY -- A robot has been combing a metro home for explosives since Tuesday morning after finding a man near Penn Square Mall with a bomb on Monday, police said. VIDEO: Bomb Squad Scours Metro Home For Explosives Officers said an anonymous tip led police to Steven Andrew Jordal, 24, who has been accused...

Senator Tom Coburn has released an end of the year report profiling some of the most egregious examples of wasteful government spending. As we continue to hear a clamor for bigger government and more spending to stimulate the economy, take a look at what your government spent your hard-earned tax dollars on this year. The spending problem extends far beyond earmarks. It reaches into programs and departments across government in the form of wasteful grants, contracts and agreements that receive little notice. Whatever the form of government waste, it is clear that there is plenty of room to trim the...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Tulsa lawmaker said Tuesday he will file legislation to repeal the sales tax on the purchase of guns or ammunition in Oklahoma. "As Americans, we should not have to pay a tax to exercise our constitutional rights — especially our Second Amendment rights," said Rep. Eric Proctor, D-Tulsa. The measure, by Proctor and state Sen. Kenneth Corn, D-Howe, D-Poteau, will not affect any dedicated revenue stream for wildlife or other programs, Proctor said, adding it would have minimal impact on the state treasury. "In Oklahoma, we have a long tradition of sportsmanship and hunting that precedes...

Seven Republican senators signed a letter sent to President Bush on Tuesday, urging him not to use Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds in a bailout of U.S. automakers. The senators wrote that absent restructuring, they "do not believe any amount of money will succeed in saving these companies." The letter was sent by Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina), Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), John Ensign (R-Nevada), Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia).

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger holds up a document during a news conference in Detroit, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. A relieved Gettelfinger said he's happy that the White House appears poised to step in and rescue the beleaguered auto industry, and he accused GOP senators who blocked emergency loans of trying to "pierce the heart" of organized labor. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)(CNSNews.com) - The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is “solely” to blame for the collapse of negotiations on a $14-billion auto bailout deal that stalled in the Senate Thursday, Sen. Tom Colburn (R-Okla.) told CNSNews.com on Friday. But UAW...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Friday a White House suggestion that part of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout now will go to automakers means Washington might be "completely out of control." "I've been a U.S. senator for some time, and I have never seen anything like this," the Oklahoma Republican said. . . . . . "As the Bush administration changes course once again, it is becoming clear to me that Washington, D.C. might be completely out of control," he said. "How have we come to a point that Congress—the institution that represents the will of the...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Friday a White House suggestion that part of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout now will go to automakers means Washington might be "completely out of control.'' "I've been a U.S. senator for some time, and I have never seen anything like this,'' the Oklahoma Republican said. Inhofe was responding to a statement by White House press secretary Dana Perino that the administration might use part of so-called TARP money to prevent a collapse of troubled automakers. "A precipitous collapse of this industry would have a severe impact on our economy, and it...

Hostile Green Takeover: The Auto Industry Faces Environmental Thuggery Senate Floor Speech - November 20, 2008   Contacts: Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797Elizabeth French 202-224-8260 November 20, 2008 Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) – Ranking Member, Environment and Public Works Committee:   Mr. President, Americans are once again being asked to foot the bill for yet another “urgent” bailout.  In October, Congress voted for an unprecedented $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, and now much of the same alarmist rhetoric is being employed to pressure members to act quickly.    The latest bailout demand making the rounds in Washington is for the Big Three auto...

WASHINGTON -- Environmental Protection Agency officials didn't violate anti-lobbying laws amid a high-stakes campaign over California's request for permission to strictly regulate greenhouse gas emissions in vehicles, federal investigators have concluded. Rejecting charges by conservatives, the investigators said two top agency officials acted legally when they conveyed information to former EPA Administrator William Reilly, who supported California's clean-air waiver request. Reilly, a moderate Republican, was EPA administrator under former President George H.W. Bush. "EPA staff did not engage in any effort to influence a member of Congress or other covered official," the EPA's Office of Inspector General concluded in a...

Abstract: Partisan Environmental Groups: Beware of Wolves Dressed in Sheep’s Clothing. These wolves should be seen for what they really are: massive democratic political machines, disguised as environmental causes. These wolves disguised in sheep's clothing are deceiving the America people. When an individual gives their hard-earned money to one of these organizations, most expect it to be used for the environmental cause they support, not political campaigning. It seems that it is more important to these groups to turn their once laudable movement into a political machine misleading the American public regarding their purely politically partisan agenda under the guise...

Re: Many environmental groups are using their tax-exempt IRS registered 501(c)(3) charitable organizations as fraudulent front operations for the Democrats-Soros Shadow Party~FlA. Environmental groups are simply Democrat political machines with millions of dollars in contributions and expenditures each year for the purpose of raising more money to pursue their agenda. ~ Sen. James Inhofe Mr./Madam President, I rise today to shed some light on a subject that is very important to me in my oversight duties as Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Earlier this year, the Environment and Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing where the...

"It was one of those deals of being in the right place at the right time," Robinson said. "I believe he would have loaded up that gun and gone to town because he was praying for Allah to help him carry out his mission." Jerome Norvell Denson, 24, of Tulsa was arrested on charges of attempting to perform an act of violence and possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony. He remains in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing....

I'm flying solo for Championship Week. Rose is a Big 10 guy...so are we really surprised he's not picking conference championship games? Update from Rose: Ummm, no. I'm here. My picks are added below: No. 17 Boston College vs. No. 25 Virginia Tech (even odds), 1 p.m. I am inclined to go with Virginia Tech here. Boston College hasn't forgotten last year -- you know, when the Eagles beat Virginia Tech during the regular season only to miss the BCS at the hands of the Hokies in the ACC title game. Expect a hard-nosed game, low scoring, tough defense and...

Monday morning Tulsa Today posted an analysis by veteran New York journalist and the recipient of seven Long Island Press Awards, Joan Swirsky, titled, “The Great Birth Certificate Scandal/Cover-Up of ‘08” questioning the missing Barack Obama birth certificate and his eligibility to serve as President of the United States. ImageTwo hours and 10,000 page views later, our local Internet Service Provider and domain hosting service, Tulsa Connect locked us off the Internet. This action was taken without warning or formal notice, but after several telephone conversations the picture became clear. Our agreement with Tulsa Connect was for “shared hosting” service....

Main Page | Thursday, November 27, 2008 Why we went dark By David Arnett, Publisher    Thursday, 27 November 2008 Monday morning Tulsa Today posted an analysis by veteran New York journalist and the recipient of seven Long Island Press Awards, Joan Swirsky, titled, “The Great Birth Certificate Scandal/Cover-Up of ‘08” questioning the missing Barack Obama birth certificate and his eligibility to serve as President of the United States.  Two hours and 10,000 page views later, our local Internet Service Provider and domain hosting service, Tulsa Connect locked us off the Internet. This action was taken without warning or...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, amid fire from lawmakers and other critics, continued Thursday to defend the Troubled Asset Relief Program and its new focus of injecting capital into banks and insurers as “necessary steps to prevent a financial collapse.” “Although we are not proceeding with direct asset purchase programs, we plan on using our resources aggressively to support the normalization of credit markets and the expansion of credit to support economic recovery,” Paulson said Thursday. Paulson’s dramatic shift from his original strategy of buying up toxic loans and other troubled assets from financial institutions with the allocated TARP funds...

- - The government must begin the process of extricating itself from the financial sector of our economy. The events which have occurred since passage of the financial “rescue program” last month should concern every American who cares about the integrity of our system of government and how it does its business. Congress entrusted one unelected official with the unprecedented power to distribute $700 billion-no strings attached. This Congress has set an extremely dangerous precedent, but it also has a chance for redemption. Treasury Secretary Paulson recently came before Congress and said that if he wasn’t immediately empowered with his...

DENVER — A lawyer who represents the National Rifle Association represented Oklahoma's governor and attorney general Wednesday in support of a controversial state gun-rights law. The law requires employers to allow workers to have guns in locked vehicles where they work. It was struck down 13 months ago by U.S. District Judge Terence Kern in Tulsa. In arguments Wednesday at the federal appeals court in Denver, lawyer Charles Cooper argued on behalf of Gov. Brad Henry and Attorney General Drew Edmondson that Kern was wrong. Cooper said his Washington, D.C., law firm earlier this year also supported the state law...

- - Oklahoma senator reveals details of conference call and is set to push legislation to make bailout spending transparent. At the time of the votes on the $700-billion bailout bill, which finally passed Oct. 4, there were dire warnings of calamity if the bill failed. Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., said martial law would have to be enacted to keep public order if it didn’t pass. Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala. said the aftermath would be comparable to the scenes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., revealed on “The Pat Campbell Show” on 1170 KFAQ, a talk...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) should cut off outreach efforts with organizations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood or other Islamist extremist groups, a report from a ranking Senate subcommittee member recommends. "Justice Denied: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice," is an 86-page report issued in October by the office of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), the ranking Republican on the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and

Sen. James Inhofe Official Site:Sen. Inhofe Introduces Bill to Halt Handout of Bailout Funds (S. 3683) - - 11.17.08 ABSTRACT, Washington DC: Today, U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced legislation to amend Section 115 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) to require an affirmative vote on the part of Congress to approve Treasury's plan for the remaining $350 billion and require a freeze on any remaining funds of the first $350 billion, stating, "It is imperative that we not allow that amount of money to be added to a deficit approaching $1 trillion this year without any input from...

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe said Saturday that Congress was not told the truth about the bailout of the nation's financial system and should take back what is left of the $700 billion "blank check'' it gave the Bush administration. "It is just outrageous that the American people don't know that Congress doesn't know how much money he (Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson) has given away to anyone,'' the Oklahoma Republican told the Tulsa World. "It could be to his friends. It could be to anybody else. We don't know. There is no way of knowing.'' (snip) Last week the Treasury secretary...

When asked how it felt to be home from Iraq, Jeff Scorse turned and looked at his wife Leslie and said: "Words can't describe it." Scorse was one of nine soldiers with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, C-12 unit, Detachment 46, to return home Friday after seven months' deployment in Iraq. The Guardsmen touched down minutes after noon at Westheimer Airfield, flying from Fort Benning, Ga., in a C-23 Sherpa. The Guardsmen -- six pilots and two non-commissioned officers -- were deployed to Balad, Iraq, where they flew intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The transport plane landed just outside the...

The South, Now With More Racism! (according to the NY Times) And, once again, the South is labeled racist. The New York Times has once again labeled the South racist, crediting the shocking tendency of the South to vote Republican. This time, it’s obvious because the South voted as much as 10% more in favor of the Republican party than in ’04’s election. The title of the article is “For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics,” but it should have been “The South, Now With More Racism!” because it was nothing more than a thinly-guised attack on the South,...

A gay anarchist group infiltrated the Mt. Hope Church in Eaton County Sunday morning, disrupting a service by pulling a fire alarm, dropping leaflets and yelling at parishioners, a pastor said. The group, Bash Back, was simultaneously picketing outside the church, beating on buckets and using a megaphone to shout “Jesus was a homo” and other slogans as confused churchgoers continued to enter the building.

I see the following states trending away from Republicans: AZ NM TX CO NV (all because of immigration) FL NH The only state I see which has trended towards us is WV. What do you think?

The FBI is appealing an order that allows a Utah attorney to conduct taped depositions of Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols and a death-row inmate. Salt Lake City lawyer Jesse Trentadue believes that the two inmates have valuable information about his brother's death in a federal prison - and about the FBI's alleged withholding of many of the relevant documents requested in his Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit. Authorities say the August 1995 death of Kenneth Trentadue in a cell at an Oklahoma City federal prison was a suicide, but the inmate's family believes he was mistaken for...

Mapping the election results county-by-county across America, most states reveal a quilted pattern of red and blue, with a few solid blue patches in the Northeast. Only one state turns solid red. "Inside the room, the noise was all positive" at the Republican watch party on election night in Oklahoma City, state GOP chairman Gary Jones said Wednesday. "Outside of Oklahoma, things were different." Oklahoma was the only place in the whole country where every single county voted for John McCain, making it the reddest of the red states. McCain took 65.6 percent of the total vote in Oklahoma —...

Among Oklahomans, Mr. Cook and Mr. White are hardly alone. Though the state’s Democrats still outnumber its Republicans, you would never know it by looking at the election results. Oklahoma voters went for Senator John McCain by almost two to one, bucking the tide that swept Mr. Obama to the presidency. Not a single one of the state’s 77 counties backed Mr. Obama, despite his endorsement by the popular Democratic governor, Brad Henry. ... Indeed, the state has a political landscape closely resembling that of the old solidly Democratic South, especially in its southeastern corner, known as Little Dixie, where...

Barack Obama's election was a historic victory for America's aspiration to be a country where anything is possible, and where all men are created equal. His election also was a victory for democracy. Even if many Americans don't like the electoral results, his campaign proved that when the American people are inspired and mobilize, they can seize the reins of government and demand change.

ConocoPhillips officials are confirming they’re looking at possibly eliminating or moving 700 jobs at the company’s Ponca City, Okla., refinery. Company spokeswoman Tracy Harlow says Houston-based ConocoPhillips is always looking for ways to be more efficient.

Change swept through state legislatures as well as the campaign for presidency this year, with the biggest upset being the end of 40 years of GOP rule in the New York state Senate that put Democrats in charge of the entire legislature. Change also cut the other way, putting Republicans in control of legislatures in Oklahoma and Tennessee, each for the first time ever.

NewsChannel 8 - Share Republicans Take Control Of State Senate NewsChannel 8 - Print Republicans Take Control Of State Senate NewsChannel 8 - Email Republicans Take Control Of State Senate NewsChannel 8 - RSS Feeds NewsChannel 8 - Send Republicans Take Control Of State Senate via Instant Messager NewsChannel 8 - Share This Article Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for NewsChannel 8 e-mail alerts. Your Email: Oklahoma City - Republicans took control of the Oklahoma Senate for the first time in state history in legislative races today. The GOP also increased its majority in the state House...

Republican Jim Inhofe, Oklahoma's blunt-speaking conservative senator, won a third full term Tuesday as he cruised past Democrat Andrew Rice, a state senator and former missionary. Inhofe was elected in 1994 to replace Democrat David Boren, who resigned to become a university president. Rice, 35, campaigned aggressively for the post, but it was an uphill fight from the start against Inhofe, a fixture in Oklahoma politics for five decades. The 73-year-old Inhofe spent $6 million in his re-election bid, more than twice as much as Rice, a freshman state senator from Oklahoma City. Inhofe, a former mayor of Tulsa and...

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain picked up a trio of red states early in the night Tuesday, with multiple media outlets projecting a GOP victory in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Oklahoma. All three were polling fairly strongly for McCain, although there was some indication that the race had been tightening in South Carolina. The states are mid-weights in the Electoral College, with Oklahoma adding 7, Tennessee 11, and South Carolina 8, adding 26 votes to McCain's total. McCain's victory in South Carolina eliminates the possibility that rival Democrat Barack Obama could sweep the Atlantic seaboard. Obama was down by 10...

OK, SC called for McCain by FoxNews.com

During October, the Tulsa World Opinion section was dedicated to an interesting project. The best and the brightest from Oklahoma Democratic and Republican parties were invited to write op-ed pieces on why they thought John McCain or Barack Obama was the best candidate for president of the United States. We asked U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and former U.S. Rep. James R. Jones to discuss foreign affairs in the election. Former Gov. Frank Keating and former U.S. Rep. Brad Carson debated the two candidates on economic issues. U.S. Rep. Tom Cole and Gov. Brad Henry discussed why they thought their candidate...

A popular professor of environmental geology seems to be under attack by the University of Oklahoma because of his skepticism over global warming this month. In October Dr. David Deming, a teacher for the U of OK for over a decade, was informed that his "general education" certification was being revoked for his class. This will result in many students passing over his class when they choose their classes in the future. Deming says that he has a consistent record of outstanding student evaluations and has no idea why the university has decided to punish him like this unless it...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Recalling a run-in 25 years ago with a group accused of voter registration irregularities, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says protesters scattered when he warned them to leave his home in one minute or "I'll kill all of you." The Tulsa Republican made the comment in an interview published Thursday by the Alva Review-Courier.

One flaw of the political campaigning process is that it tends focus too much on current events, today’s votes and today’s international crisis. Yet the person we select as president will lead our nation for the next four years through national and international turmoil that we cannot yet envision. Our next president needs to have more than quick, glib answers to the question of the day. Our next president needs experience and values that will lead him, and our nation, through the challenges ahead. John McCain is the best choice to lead our nation. McCain offers the depth of experience...

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Facing several angry constituents at a town hall meeting, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn defended his vote for the economic rescue plan by saying Monday it was critical to restart the country’s flow of credit. Advertisement Failure to pass the $700 billion bailout could have had dire consequences, Coburn said, predicting unemployment rates would have skyrocketed without the move. "I would vote that way again and again because the innocent in our society shouldn’t be paying for all these mistakes,” said Coburn, R-Muskogee. Those who disagreed with Coburn’s vote said they are concerned the Wall Street bailout is an unacceptable federal...

October 17- A Tulsa homeowner shoots a man police say was causing all sorts of problems near 34th & Riverside. Shortly before midnight, police were called to Riverside Drive because a man was seen screaming and shouting at cars driving by. About 10 minutes later, police received another call from a homeowner about the man trying to break into his house. The homeowner was on the phone with a 911 operator and told police he had a gun. He left the phone off the hook and the operator heard several shots fired. The homeowner told police the man had to...

I just heard on KTOK that Obama is paying for advertising here in the Sooner State. He hasn't any chance AT ALL here. So..the radio announcer said it was probably because they want to boost his overall national vote.

Spokesman suggests Obama better get his facts straight A Wednesday night presidential debate claim by Barack Obama has stirred up car dealers in Oklahoma City who dispute his claim that car dealerships are closing everywhere and people cannot get car loans. "I was surprised to hear it," admitted Peter Hodges, Executive Director of the Oklahoma City Metro Auto Dealers Association. "The facts of the matter are, about 500 dealerships out of 20,000 could close this year because of economic conditions." But what angered Hodges was Obama's claim that car loans are not available. "That's completely untrue," professed Hodges. "And I...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline)-Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are at odds over whether the state's anti-illegal immigration law can be enforced. The Democratic attorney general has asked the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow him to enforce a new state law that requires employers to verify the immigration status of their employees and contractors or subcontractors. The Oklahoma law requires that businesses that have state contracts withhold income taxes of contractors and subcontractors if they do not use the federal verification system.