Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Obama vows future budget restraint By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Reader comments (0) To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with ...		Councilors balk at deal for hospital By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer Reader comments (2) It's unclear whether the City Council will take action Thursday on the creation of a public ...
Jobless payments might set record By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer Reader comments (2) Jobless benefit payments to Oklahoma residents are likely to reach record levels this week, ...		Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks By ANN SANNER Associated Press Reader comments (0) Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris ...
Obama choice for surgeon general is CNN correspondent, sources say By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press Reader comments (0) President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent ...		City revises project list for stimulus package By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (1) The city of Tulsa has completely revamped its project list to be submitted to the U.S. Conference ...
Burris turned away from Senate By Associated Press Reader comments (1) Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a ...		State helm falls to superintendent By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (0) State Superintendent Sandy Garrett will be running the state for part of the week.
State delegation cautious on plan By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau Reader comments (0) As local and state officials push wish lists of projects, Oklahoma's congressional delegation ...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Off to a slick start By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Reader comments (16) The BOK Center's inaugural Winterfest came to a close last week after hosting 12,042 ice skaters ...		Senate rule changes due vote By MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (24) The Senate's new president pro tem, Glenn Coffee, is proposing Senate rules to be considered ...
Oklahoma readies road package By TOM LINDLEY World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (8) OKLAHOMA CITY Director Gary Ridley gave assurances Monday that both the Department of Transportation ...		Tighter rules on funeral pickets urged By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (26) A state senator has filed a bill to increase restrictions on picketing at funerals, especially ...
Panetta, ex-admiral due spy posts By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Reader comments (19) President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the country's top intelligence jobs with two ...		Quick economy aid vowed By STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Reader comments (9) President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional ...
County officials are sworn in By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer Reader comments (3) The Tulsa County Commission received a bit of a makeover Monday.		Recount final: Franken on top By Associated Press Reader comments (24) A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's ...
Bush to establish 3 marine monuments By AP Wire Services Reader comments (9) Parts of three remote and uninhabited Pacific island chains are being set aside by President ...		Capitol rally urges killing halt By MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau Reader comments (7) About 200 Palestinian supporters marched in front of the state Capitol at noon Monday urging ...
Monday, January 05, 2009
Illinois Senate appointee goes to DC, fate uncertain By RUPA SHENOY Associated Press Reader comments (4) llinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris is leaving for Washington on Monday afternoon for ...

Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline....

CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama''s reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn''t had that much clout in decades....

Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer....

Former Australian leader has Blair House reserved
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It''s a D.C. property so exclusive that even the president-elect couldn''t reserve it. So who''s staying at Blair House, the White House''s guest quarters across Pennsylvania Avenue?...

Detainees in Afghanistan seeking right for release
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four men being held as terror suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan are asking a federal judge for the right to sue for their release - a right already given to detainees at Guantanamo Bay....

WH adviser: Iran poses top challenge for Obama
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel and militant Palestinians are locked in deadly battle in the Middle East, but Iran poses the biggest challenge in the region to the incoming Obama administration, President George W. Bush''s national security adviser says....

Experts: Crosswinds a factor in Denver air crash
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was very windy when a Continental Airlines jet was destroyed while trying to take off in Denver last month, leading aviation safety experts to cite crosswinds as a likely factor in the accident....

A rare gathering: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An entire generation has gone by since the nation last saw this tableau of American history: every living U.S. president together at the White House....

New Congress opens pledging to rescue economy
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. 'We need action and we need action now,' said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Republicans agreed, and pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elect Barack Obama - to a point....

Obama's CIA pick unlikely to face Senate challenge
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama had to do a little fence-mending Tuesday with the new Congress controlled by his own party - apologizing to a key Senate Democrat for failing to consult on his decision to name veteran Washington hand Leon Panetta CIA director....