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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt throws against Savannah State during an NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla. Lunt will return to his home state and transfer to Illinois, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Former Oklahoma St QB Lunt joining Illinois

Former Oklahoma State starting quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring to Illinois, returning to his home state after giving the Illini little consideration out of high school. Lunt is from Rochester, Ill., and started five games last season as a freshman for the Cowboys but was sidelined by an injury. He ...

WikiLeaks trial focuses Army email list

A huge database of troop names and email addresses an Army private allegedly downloaded to a personal computer could be used by foreign adversaries to launch cyberattacks on service members, a government witness said Monday as the trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning entered its third week. Manning, a 25-year-old Oklahoma ...

Visitor and convention reps to meet in Stillwater

A convention planned in Stillwater is attracting people who know a thing or two about how to put on an event. Representatives from visitor and convention bureaus from Oklahoma and surrounding states are to meet on June 25. The event is sponsored by the Texas Association of Convention and Visitor's ...

ADVANCE FOR MONDAY JUNE 17 -  This photo made Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Cincinnati, shows Dr. Frank Wright, a forensic dentist, displaying a cast of a suspects' teeth used in a bite mark analysis, which he practices on a regular basis in between seeing patients at his office and conducting research on different ways of photographing bite marks. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

AP IMPACT: Bites derided as unreliable in court

At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison. Now a judge's ruling later this month in New York could help end the practice for ...

Okla. Rep. files bill for native veterans memorial

An Oklahoma congressman has introduced legislation to build a memorial to Native American veterans in Washington, D.C. Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin said his bill would amend existing law to allow the National Museum of the American Indian to build the memorial on the museum's grounds on the National Mall. Current ...

Okla. health department urges rabies precautions

Health officials in Oklahoma are urging residents to take precautions to protect themselves and their pets from rabies by having their pets vaccinated. Oklahoma rules and regulations require that a veterinarian vaccinate dogs, cats and ferrets against rabies by the time the animal is 4 months old. Rabies vaccines are ...

NM Indian arts museum hires new director

The New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture has hired a member of Oklahoma's Otoe-Missouria Tribe as its new director. The museum announced the appointment of Della Warrior on Thursday. Her selection was the result of a national search. Warrior served as president of the Institute of American Indian ...

FILE -  In this Oct. 30, 2012, file photo Toby Keith performs at the 60th Annual BMI Country Awards on in Nashville, Tenn. Keith, whose hometown was hit by a massive tornado on Monday, said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, the people of Moore, Okla., are resilient and he has fielded calls about putting together a benefit for tornado victims. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)

Toby Keith, Garth Brooks plan Okla. relief concert

Another star-studded country music concert is planned to benefit victims of the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma last month. Toby Keith announced Thursday that his Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert will be held July 6 at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. Joining Keith is fellow Oklahoman Garth ...

No new disease cases in Tulsa health scare

No new cases of hepatitis or HIV have been found in a health scare involving patients of a Tulsa oral surgeon whose clinics were found to be unsanitary. The Tulsa Health Department announced the latest results Thursday and said that June 28 will be the final day patients can receive ...

Court sides with Oklahoma in Red River dispute

The Supreme Court on Thursday decisively sided with Oklahoma and rejected Texas' claim that it has a right under a 30-year-old agreement to cross their common border for water to serve the fast-growing Fort Worth area. The justices unanimously said that the Red River Compact "creates no cross-border rights in ...

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