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Former Vice President Al Gore denied he's running for president again, at a March appearance at the University of Oklahoma.   Former Senate colleague David Boren, now OU president, said, "Well, I am g...

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Cherokee Principal Chief Chad Smith calls "desperate" an attempt by the descendants of former tribal slaves to link their ouster to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.   However, an attorney for ...

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Writer Ben Fenwick's selected questions and answers from the print edition's follow-up article on OKC's swingers.   "Derek" "James" "LeeAnn"   "Derek"What activities do you underta...

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Governor Brad Henry today vetoed a measure that would have restricted abortions in Oklahoma, citing that the measure did not provide exceptions for instances of rape and incest, stating it would hav...

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Participants in the swingers scene don't call themselves "swingers." They just call it "the lifestyle," according to LeeAnn (not her real name), a local woman who pursues this alternative sexual lif...

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The Oklahoma State Senate passed Senate Bill 507 by a vote of 23-25. The 119-page would-be lawsuit "reform" legislation would place restrictions on average citizens filing lawsuits and require c...

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E.W. Marland's mansion in Ponca City is an astonishing display of wealth and extravagance. It was here that Marland sunk much of his fortune building a home that estate officials say would now be wort...

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Police last week arrested a woman accused of being involved in gymnasium theft cases around the country " including two here in Oklahoma City, first reported in Oklahoma Gazette last fall. ...

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The descendants of Oklahoma Cherokee slaves filed an injunction in federal court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday asking a judge to throw out the tribe's recent decision to remove their citizenship ...

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Governor Brad Henry announced today he has appointed Oklahoma County Commissioner Jim Roth to the state Corporation Commission.   With the appointment, Roth becomes the sta...