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Oklahoma health-care workers split on 'right of conscience' rule


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma health care workers are divided along familiar lines with respect to a new federal rule. The "right of conscience" rule, signed by President George W. Bush on Dec. 18, extends federal protect...
 
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Vietnamese refugees have made a home in Oklahoma City


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Greg Horton
Hoa Tran left Vietnam on a U.S. Navy ship the day Saigon fell, April 30, 1975. He would not see his family again for four years. Tran was one of more than 700,000 Vietnamese refugees who fled in the...
 
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Some Oklahoma churches split from U.S. Episcopal Church


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma City Anglican and Episcopalian congregations are taking different directions in response to the news recently that a new Anglican province, or group, is being formed in the United States. Rep...
 
Thursday, December 18, 2008

State motto 'Labor conquers all things' has a history with socialism


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Greg Horton
Socialists in Oklahoma are not necessarily celebrating Barack Obama's recent victory in the presidential election, despite the claims of many conservatives that President-elect Obama is a socialist. O...
 
Thursday, December 4, 2008

American Muslim Association of Oklahoma City finishes a new mosque


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Greg Horton
The American Muslim Association of Oklahoma City completed work on their new mosque, 3201 N.W. 48th. Saleem Quraishi, the president of the association's board, said plans are in the works for an openi...
 
Thursday, December 4, 2008

Oklahoma liquor wholesalers, winemakers compromise


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Greg Horton
On Nov. 4, more than one million Oklahomans " nearly 79 percent of voters " voted in favor of State Question 743, a ballot initiative that proponents hope will bolster Oklahoma's growing wine industry...
 
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Asian District launches diverse festival to celebrate culture with food, music


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Greg Horton
Chris Vannarath, a chiropractor in the Asian District and president of the Asian District Association, said Saturday's inaugural Asian Festival will be a cultural celebration and an introduction to ...
 
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Congregation uses innovative nonprofit ministry to build new church


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Greg Horton
Westside Christian Church, an Oklahoma City congregation, has teamed with an Enid nonprofit ministry to build a new facility by using an innovative construction partnership. Howard Faerber, Westside's...
 
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Oklahoma City-area churches may face IRS investigations


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Greg Horton
Two metro churches are facing possible Internal Revenue Service investigations because their pastors endorsed Sen. John McCain during the Sunday worship service on Sept. 28. Fairview Baptist Churc...
 
Thursday, October 9, 2008

OCU's Meinders School of Business hosts buddhist conference


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Greg Horton
Buddhists from around Oklahoma will gather at Meinders School of Business on the Oklahoma City University campus Friday evening and all-day Saturday for the 10th annual Oklahoma Buddhist Conference. T...
 
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Former Oklahoma governor co-chairs Catholics for McCain


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Greg Horton
Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, along with U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., chairs Catholics for McCain, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying and grassroots-organizing group. According to Keating, ...
 
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Oklahoma City siblings create Bluetooth motorcycle helmet


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Greg Horton
Three Oklahoma City siblings are bringing Bluetooth to motorcyclists by integrating the technology into the helmet, freeing riders from clumsy cell phone calls and cumbersome headpieces. Blutek, the s...
 
Thursday, September 11, 2008

A Kindertransport kid found his way to Oklahoma


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Greg Horton
On Sept. 1, 1939, the last Kindertransport departed Nazi-occupied territory bound for England. From December 1938 to September 1939, an estimated 10,000 Jewish children " from infants to age 17 " were...
 
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Oklahoma college presidents not signing drinking-age petition


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Greg Horton
Presidents at more than 100 American universities, including some very prominent schools, are calling on elected officials to "support an informed and dispassionate debate" concerning the impact of th...
 
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Two metro men head to Canada to say vows


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Greg Horton
David McClendon and Matthew Haire will be flying to Vancouver, British Columbia, to be married on Aug. 29. The Norman couple will celebrate their eighth anniversary as partners by marrying in spite of...
 
Thursday, August 21, 2008
 
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