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Three days before last Christmas, police arrested Steven Jordal as he prepared to enter the Elephant Bar Restaurant in the Penn Square Mall parking lot. The Iraq War veteran had a bag concealing an explosive device and a loaded semi-automatic pistol in his possession. Jordal, of Forest City, Iowa, was charged with 10 counts of […]

Pond scum used to be an unsightly, nasty inconvenience. But lowly algae are now being touted by some as the crop that can completely replace the world’s need for fossil fuel. The single-celled plant that uses lots and lots of carbon dioxide, or CO2, and sunlight is the hottest development in the race to produce […]

The tort reform movement took a step backwards April 22 as the state Senate voted down one law suit reform bill while passing another which will be tweaked. House Bill 1602 failed to get the required 25 votes to pass out the Senate, falling short with 23 votes. The bill would have put to a […]

Celebrated rock critic Chuck Klosterman will be in Norman next week to speak about his experiences working in the media and share his observations on pop culture. STUDENT-ONLY PROGRAMS RIGID FOCUS After graduating from the University of North Dakota in 1994, Klosterman worked as a journalist in Fargo, N.D., and later served as an arts […]

When the subject is Midtown, the City Council can expect to have a habit-wearing nun sitting in the gallery. Even when she doesn’t speak up, which is often, Sister Veronica Higgins attends the meetings to support new businesses in Midtown and to petition the council for safety measures for the area and for Villa Teresa […]

Having a hard time selling Mom on the idea that video games are a legitimate use of time? Want to show that the hours spent pouring attention over every detail in “Halo” or perfecting technique in “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” will pay off in the job market? RICH CAREER FIELD CONVERT PAPER DESIGNS Head to […]

The University of Central Oklahoma Mass Communication Department presents “The Press in Crisis”Reinventing America’s News Business,” a media conference and panel discussion, Wednesday and Thursday at the Nigh University Center on the UCO Campus, 100 N. University in Edmond. The conference brings together media professionals and journalists from across the state to discuss the future […]

The new chair of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education is still uncertain if a problem exists with the 2007 bond issue. “I really don’t know if there is a problem,” said board chairwoman Angela Monson. Before her election to the board chairman position in February, district officials were warning of serious issues […]

The University of Oklahoma is celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday, along with the 150th anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of Species,” with a full year’s worth of events. OU professor Barry Weaver said it all adds up to arguably the biggest and best Darwin celebration taking place this year. Dawkins will speak in […]

On a recent Tuesday, a small crowd gathered to mark the groundbreaking of MAPS for Kids construction at Wilson Elementary, 2215 N. Walker. It was the culmination of years of work to turn the school into a successful, vibrant core of the surrounding community. CRUCIAL FIRST STEPS CURRICULUM When Beverly Story became principal at Wilson […]