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  November 06, 2009
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Ersland to Stand Trial!
The pharmacist who fatally shot a teenage robber at a local drug store will be tried for first-degree murder.

Oklahoma County Special Judge Greg Ryan said at yesterday’s preliminary hearing that prosecutors had sufficient evidence against Jerome Jay Ersland, 58, and ruled that he must ...
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New Books
Barack Obama, then a senator from Illinois, after a town hall-type meeting with veterans in San Antonio in March 2008. Two new books look back at the campaign.


Washington High Principal Reprimanded, Reassigned
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TULSA--A scandal over the ineligibility of athletes at Booker T. Washington High School continues to worsen as the principal there was first reprimanded and then reassigned.

Yesterday, school district officials announced that the number of ineligible athletes has exceeded 40 and that even more game forfeitures are anticipated.

Supt. Keith Ballard said during a news conference yesterday that Michael Johnson, Washington High’s principal, has been reassigned.

Earlier, it was announced that the principal and others at the high school had been reprimanded over the ...
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Benjamin Confirmed as Surgeon General
Dr. Regina Benjamin was confirmed last week by the U.S. Senate to become surgeon general.
WASHINGTON--The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin to be surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation’s top doctor.

Dr. Benjamin, 53, was approved by voice vote.

She was the first Black woman to head a state medical society and received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights.

Just last autumn, Dr. Benjamin received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” fellowship, but she made headlines in the wake of Hurricane Katrina with her determination to rebuild her rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala., ...
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1+1=1?
SPENCER--Oklahoma City school district officials said Tuesday that Green Pastures and Parker Elementary Schools will merge beginning at the end of the month.

Starting Nov. 30, students from Green Pastures will attend school at Parker.

Both sets of students will eventually move into Green ...
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Multiple Grammy® Award-Winning Contemporary Gospel Artist Kirk Franklin Brings “Fight of Our Life Health Tour” to Raise Awareness about Stroke
(Oklahoma City) –In an effort to increase awareness and educate the African American community about their risk for stroke, Grammy award-winning Gospel artist Kirk Franklin has teamed up with The American Heart Association’s Power to End Stroke Movement to bring the “Fight of ...
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Religion

  • Gospel Hit Makes It As a Crossover Success  
  • Past Sexual Abuse?  
  • Episcopal Vote Reopens A Door to Homosexuals  
  • Prosperity vs. Prophetic Preachers  
  • Jehovah’s Witnesses Set District Convention  
  • Marriage Bill Tests Leader’s  
     
    Opinions

  • A Hatchet Job  
  • Combat and Community  
  • Soak the Rich?  
  • Averting the Worst  
  • Safety Nets for the Rich  
  • Misguided Monetary Mentalities  
     
     
    Editorials

  • Baucus and the Threshold  
  • Missile Sense  
  • Don’t Bankrupt Stations  
  • A Caring America? LETTER to the Editor  
  • News Worth Noting: The Professor, the Cop and the President  
  • Firefighters and Race  
     
    Front Page

  • Mayors Say Revitalization Due to Public Improvements  
     

    Sports

  • Opinion: Kansas in crosshairs to start season  
  • Men’s college basketball 2008-09 preview  
  • NFL midseason report card: 3 teams earn A's  
  • Silva: Our midseason All-Pro team has stars, suprises  
  • Hill: LeBron, Kobe joining forces? It’s believable  
  • Tiger surges into a share of lead at HSBC  
  • Stars Lackey, Holliday file for free agency  
  • DeMarco: World Series rematch? Don’t count it out  
  • Celizic: Winning for the Boss? Times have changed  
  • McCourt’s bid to get Dodgers job back denied  
     

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