Men and women in the western half of the United States tend to marry younger than their counterparts in the Northeast, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
A 61-year-old pastor who was killed in a rural Oklahoma church was found lying behind the altar with her arms outstretched, a source close to the investigation told CNN.
A 61-year-old Oklahoma pastor likely died from "multiple sharp force injuries," according to an autopsy report CNN obtained Friday.
Investigators have offered a $10,000 reward in the killing of a pastor at an Oklahoma church, a crime the local prosecutor described as "horrific."
U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, of Oklahoma, checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California on Thursday night for treatment for alcohol addiction, according to a written statement from his office.
Violent thunderstorms and at least one tornado ripped through the Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least three people, damaging many homes and causing widespread power outages, officials said.
It sounds like something from the movie "Twister" -- teams of scientists in vans, armed with high-tech measuring equipment, barreling across the Oklahoma plains in search of tornadoes.
Relief could be coming in the form of rain to stop raging wildfires in Oklahoma that have destroyed nearly 200 structures over a two-day span.
If Roger Goodell gets his wish, the draft will make its prime-time debut next year. The big question is, will there be limits on rookie pay? Here's an absurdly early look at how the 2010 first round could shape up (*denotes underclassmen):
Heavy rains swamped the Gulf Coast and a blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of the Plains on Saturday.
Men and women in the western half of the United States tend to marry younger than their counterparts in the Northeast, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
A 61-year-old pastor who was killed in a rural Oklahoma church was found lying behind the altar with her arms outstretched, a source close to the investigation told CNN.
A 61-year-old Oklahoma pastor likely died from "multiple sharp force injuries," according to an autopsy report CNN obtained Friday.
Investigators have offered a $10,000 reward in the killing of a pastor at an Oklahoma church, a crime the local prosecutor described as "horrific."
U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, of Oklahoma, checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California on Thursday night for treatment for alcohol addiction, according to a written statement from his office.
Violent thunderstorms and at least one tornado ripped through the Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least three people, damaging many homes and causing widespread power outages, officials said.
It sounds like something from the movie "Twister" -- teams of scientists in vans, armed with high-tech measuring equipment, barreling across the Oklahoma plains in search of tornadoes.
Relief could be coming in the form of rain to stop raging wildfires in Oklahoma that have destroyed nearly 200 structures over a two-day span.
If Roger Goodell gets his wish, the draft will make its prime-time debut next year. The big question is, will there be limits on rookie pay? Here's an absurdly early look at how the 2010 first round could shape up (*denotes underclassmen):
Heavy rains swamped the Gulf Coast and a blizzard dumped more than 2 feet of snow in parts of the Plains on Saturday.
The entire population of Taloga, Oklahoma, was evacuated Thursday because of a raging fire that has burned tens of thousands of acres, officials said Friday.
Oklahoma health officials said Friday they are searching for the source of a rare form of E. coli that has killed one person and sickened 116 others in the northeastern part of the state.
Flooding receded Tuesday in southern Texas and main highways reopened after a deluge of as much as 13 inches of rain, as the drenching weather shifted to the northern end of the state and Oklahoma
Retail gasoline prices fell, on average, a penny overnight, extending declines for the 23rd straight day, a survey of gas station credit card swipes showed Saturday.
Powerful storms killed 22 people in three states over the weekend, including an Oklahoma mother who died while huddling over her child, authorities said. Her son survived with facial injuries.
For many people in Oklahoma, life is built around the car.
Tornadoes formed Saturday over northern Oklahoma, skipping across the rural landscape and vaporizing a hog farm about an hour northwest of Oklahoma City, officials said.
Another round of storms headed toward tornado-ravaged areas of Missouri, Arkansas and several other states early Tuesday
This year is on pace to see the most deaths since 130 people were killed in 1998, the eighth highest total since 1950
At least 20 people were killed as tornadoes and severe weather swept the Midwest before rumbling into the Southeast on Sunday morning, according to emergency management agencies.
Recognizing the treatment potential of stem cells harvested from discarded umbilical cords, some states are pushing to expand cord-blood donation
As much as I'd like to believe our entire readership has been with this college hoops season from its basic-cable opener (Gardner-Webb over Kentucky, Nov. 8!) and its Pay-Per-View debut (Florida over North Dakota State, Nov. 9!), I am aware that is not the case. As bowl season fades away, casual hoop fans come trickling in with dire need of a catch-up course. The Power Rankings are here to provide it, tuition-free, in three parts per team:
Here's how SI.com's playoff worked. Using the final BCS rankings, we seeded the top 16 teams in order. To avoid inter-conference matchups in the first round, we made two simple adjustments (swapping Arizona State and Florida in the seeding process, as well as Illinois and Boston College). For the purpose of this simulation, we assumed that all "banged up" players (Tim Tebow, Glenn Dorsey, etc.) would take part in the action.
Weeks of protests, rallies, lawsuits and candlelight vigils failed to stop a new state immigration bill -- HB 1804 -- from becoming the law in Oklahoma.
Gas prices rose a nickel during the past two weeks, to an average of $2.80 per gallon of self-serve regular, a national survey said Sunday.
Just when Union (Tulsa, Okla.) athletic director Steve Dunlap thought he had seen it all in the rivalry between his school and the Jenks (Okla.) Trojans, a Jenks student streaked across the field during the fourth quarter of last year's tense game like a quarterback running an extended naked bootleg.
Water-weary residents across the Midwest began counting their losses Tuesday as damage estimates from this weekend's deadly flash floods climbed into the tens of millions. The rain moved into Ohio, where roads flooded, schools canceled classes and residents were rescued from flooded homes by boats.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin turned central Oklahoma into a wash basin Sunday, with rescuers on helicopters plucking people from flood waters and rooftops and ferrying them to safety.
"I write two checks a year to one organization that delivers meals to the terminally ill." —Peter Skillings, Philadelphia
To understand how much gay life in the United States has changed -- and how challenging it remains -- consider the story of the Dillards, Sharon and Tanya, who describe themselves as "a typical family with soccer, brand new puppies, church, choir and not enough time in the day."
Here at the Mailbag, we take pride in always being a step ahead of the curve. Studies show that Mailbag readers tend to be far-more informed than their peers when it comes to a wide variety of topics integral to their daily lives.
The tornados that devastated parts of Kansas and Oklahoma could happen anywhere. And while there is generally little to no warning at all when these storms strike, there are some things you can do to protect your family and your home from disaster.
Rescue crews Sunday resumed sifting through the rubble of a small Kansas town destroyed by tornadoes Friday night.
AUSTIN, Texas -- It's been nearly two weeks since LSU played its last game. That loss to Vanderbilt isn't the reason the Tigers are so anxious to get back on the court.
Courtney Paris or Candace Parker. Nothing seemed to prompt more arguments last season than the debate of who was the best freshman in women's college basketball.
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has declared a statewide state of emergency as a brutal ice storm moves into the U.S. heartland.
Frigid arctic air is forecast to move across the southern Plains, causing a "significant ice storm" this weekend in Oklahoma and parts of Texas and Arkansas, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
State Farm acted "recklessly" and "with malice" in handling insurance claims from dozens of families whose homes were damaged when a wave of tornadoes, including the strongest in recorded history, swept through Oklahoma in 1999, a jury has decided.
Oklahoma prepares to mark its centennial in 2007, but you don't have to wait that long to enjoy a good time in the capital.
Firefighters early Thursday were able to contain a rash of wildfires that charred as much as 8,000 acres of grasslands and destroyed up to 40 homes across southern Oklahoma.
New grassland wildfires spread across the prairies of southern Oklahoma on Wednesday, destroying numerous homes and forcing more than 500 people to evacuate, authorities said.
Firefighters in Texas and Oklahoma got an unexpected helping hand from the weather Monday, as calmer winds allowed aircraft to join the struggle against raging grassland blazes.
Oklahoma City firefighters contained a grassland wildfire that destroyed several houses in a neighborhood on the city's northeast side late Sunday, a spokesman said.
A dry and windy weather forecast Friday prompted fears of more wildfires in Texas and Oklahoma, where flames have blackened thousands of acres and are blamed in five deaths.
Another swath of grasslands caught fire Thursday on the edge of Oklahoma City, as firefighters from two states tried desperately to douse a dozen major blazes fueled by dry, windy conditions.
C-Murder lost his latest attempt to get his second-degree murder conviction thrown out when a state court of appeal refused to reconsider the case.
The untold story from last week's Republican victory was the ineffectiveness of the left's attacks on right-wing reform.
CNN is projecting that former Rep. Tom Coburn will win the Senate seat vacated by Republican Don Nickles in Oklahoma.
Six months after gay and lesbian couples won the right to marry in Massachusetts, opponents of same-sex marriage struck back Tuesday, with voters in 11 states approving constitutional amendments codifying marriage as an exclusively heterosexual institution.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma tourism officials have recalled about 200,000 brochures with images of activities that may have seemed uninviting to some travelers, such as cow manure tossing and re-enacting Confederate battles, officials said on Wednesday.
A string of unsolved slayings across six states has prompted dozens of state investigators to consider whether a serial killer is responsible for the deaths of at least seven women.
What a difference a court date makes. Bernie Ebbers's beaten-down demeanor at his Sept. 3 Oklahoma arraignment got us wondering how other deposed executives are looking these days. While some of th...
Last April 16, some friends and I went up to Boston to watch a Red Sox game at Fenway Park. But it wasn't just an ordinary ball game. It began at 11 a.m., making it the only morning game on Major League Baseball's entire 2001 schedule, the novelty of which lent a giddy air of escapism to the proceedings, sort of like playing hooky or getting a snow day.
Behind your faulty memories or bad record keeping may lie a pleasant surprise. One in eight Americans has forgotten about an asset--a bank account, IRA or stock, or an uncollected paycheck or utili...
In Washington, you can never have too much of a good thing. Take empowerment zones. In 1993 these targeted tax breaks were a way to lure businesses back to inner cities. But rural lawmakers cried, ...
Anadarko, Oklahoma, isn't exactly the sort of place you'd expect to find an offshore bank. For starters, this small Western town is landlocked in the middle of farm and cattle country--in other wor...
As MONEY advised readers last July, many state parks feature extensive resorts with amenities matching those of private hotels, at a fraction of the cost. For example, National Bridge State Park in...
Can't decide which of the Two Big and One Wee contenders is the lesser evil? There are others to choose from. Some 260 Oval Office wannabes have filed statements of candidacy or organization to get...
You know about rescuing S&Ls and commercial banks. Rescuing state unemployment insurance funds may be next. Connecticut, hit by a 66% surge in benefit claims, has already asked the federal governme...
-- Galveston Island (Travel Smart, June) is 50 miles from Houston. -- Contrary to what was stated in ''Tax-Exempt Muni Funds Offer Zippy Yields'' (Fund Watch, May), there are five states -- each wi...
With 43 states and more than 700 cities and counties imposing income taxes on top of the federal government's take, it's more important than ever to know your total combined tax bracket. Then you c...
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