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Jury convicts inmate of killing Okla. couple

The leader of a self-styled Bonnie and Clyde couple who staged a brazen prison escape and a three-week crime spree was convicted Monday of murder in the killings of a retired Oklahoma couple who crossed their path on an eastern New Mexico highway. John McCluskey was found guilty of murder, ...

  • Updated: 7:04 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Report: Okla. has high drug overdose death rate

Oklahoma continues to have one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country, due mostly to an explosion in prescription drug abuse, but the state is doing more than most to help curb the trend, according to a national report released on Monday. Oklahoma had 19.4 drug overdose ...

  • Updated: 4:37 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Car rental company Hertz begins move to SW Florida

Executives at car rental company Hertz are moving to new headquarters in southwest Florida. Hertz Chairman and CEO Mark Frissora will be among the company executives starting work Monday at temporary offices in Naples. Richard Broome, the company's vice president of corporate affairs, told The News-Press (http://newspr.es/GCKXqn) about 25 company ...

  • Updated: 11:33 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
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OSU Museum of Art Postal Plaza Gallery to open

Oklahoma State University's Postal Plaza Gallery is planning a community open house where the public can get an inside look at the downtown Stillwater gallery as finishing touches are made to the OSU Museum of Art's first location. Thursday's open house will kick off a three-month "soft opening" period as ...

  • Updated: 5:02 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Oklahoma health officials to launch flu clinics

Oklahoma health officials plan to begin offering flu shots at county health departments throughout the state. The flu clinics will begin on Monday. The state Department of Health says getting vaccinated against the flu is the single best way to prevent it. Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone over the ...

  • Updated: 5:02 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Cooler weather, rain good for Okla. fall foliage

Cooler nights, shorter days and lots of rainfall. Those are the ingredients that climatologists and foresters say are likely to create a spectacularly colorful fall foliage season in Oklahoma. The brilliant orange and red hues that adorn hardwood trees in autumn usually peak in the state in late October and ...

  • Updated: 7:12 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo law enforcement officers set up a perimeter controls in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the eve of the expected ruling on whether or not the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality in Washington. The Supreme Court new term, which starts on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, may be short on the sort of high-profile battles over health care and gay marriage that marked the past two years. But several cases ask the court to overrule prior decisions, bold action in an institution that relies on the power of precedent. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics

The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with controversial issues that offer the court's conservative majority the chance to move aggressively to undo limits on campaign contributions, undermine claims of discrimination in housing and mortgage lending, and allow for more government-sanctioned prayer. Assuming the government shutdown doesn't get in ...

  • Updated: 2:55 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
Oklahoma quarterback Blake Bell (10) runs for a first down in front of TCU's Michael Mosharrafa during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

No. 11 Oklahoma holds off TCU 20-17

Having broken free into the TCU secondary, Brennan Clay took a glance at one of the big screens atop Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, just to see if anybody might catch him. No one did and Clay finished off a 76-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter, providing the necessary ...

  • Updated: 12:12 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013
Several buildings sit damaged Saturday Oct 5 2013 in Wayne, Neb after what witnesses said was tornadoes swept through the southeast corner of Wayne, Neb. A deadly storm system that buried parts of Wyoming and South Dakota in heavy, wet snow also brought powerful thunderstorms packing tornadoes to the Great Plains that caused millions of dollars in damage. Some of the greatest damage from tornadoes seemed to be in Wayne, Neb., a town of 9,600 where witnesses said at least four homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

Great Plains digs out of heavy snow, storm debris

Breaking nearly century-old early autumn snowfall records, a storm system smothered South Dakota's scenic Black Hills in South Dakota with up to 3½ feet of wet, heavy snow, leaving residents the challenge of digging out. But wintry weather wasn't the only thing delivered by the powerful cold front that crossed ...

  • Updated: 11:44 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013
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The NBA team Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant drives the ball to basket during a preseason basketball game in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2-13. Oklahoma City Thunder has opened the preseason schedule with a game against the five-time Turkish champions at the Ulker Sports Arena. (AP Photo)

Durant, Thunder win exhibition opener in Turkey

Kevin Durant scored 24 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 95-82 victory over Fenerbahce Ulker of Turkey on Saturday in the first game of the NBA exhibition season. Durant added eight rebounds in Istanbul, the city where he was MVP of the world basketball championship in 2010 ...

  • Updated: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013
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