Saturday 19th May, 2012
Commercial space vehicle launch aborted
SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday at the last second because of a rocket engine ...
Failure to launch: SpaceX rocket sputters
The commercial company SpaceX was hoping to become the first to launch a vehicle and berth it to the International Space Station. No commercial company and only a handful of nations in the world ...
NBA: LA Lakers 99, Oklahoma City 96
Kobe Bryant and Metta World Peace combined to hit six free throws down the stretch Friday to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 99-96 win over Oklahoma City. Los Angeles handed the Thunder their first ...
Chen says he is set to leave China for U.S.
KOCO Oklahoma City's Channel 5Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese human rights activist who ignited a diplomatic frenzy when he escaped house arrest last month, says he is at Beijing airport Saturday and is getting ready to fly to New ...
Real Expectations: Webster Middle School
News OKOklahoman reporter Carrie Coppernoll is spending time inside Oklahoma City elementary, middle and high schools to report on the real expectations inside the school district. Part Two features ...
Woman found slain in NW Oklahoma City
KOCO Oklahoma City's Channel 5The body of a crime reporter who had been abducted Thursday in northwest Sonora State was found Friday inside a plastic bag south of Sonora, Notimex ...
Oklahoma City Community College sets summer clinics for would-be filmmakers
News OKday clinics will be held in the OCCC Visual and Performing Arts Center, Thursdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., except for the cinematography clinic, which will be held June ...
Thunder fall to Lakers 99-96 in Game 3
KOCO Oklahoma City's Channel 5Kobe Bryant didn't miss on 18 free throws and scored 14 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied late for a 99-96 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 3 on ...
Oklahoma City ties Western Conference finals with a 5-1 victory over Toronto
Edmonton Journal';I’m passing over you like a satellite,'; Tim McIlrath rasps on Rise Against’s latest single (and digital EP), Satellite. And, like an orbiting space object, the Chicago punks ...
Oklahoma veteran grateful to the corpsmen who saved his life in 1969
News OKSaturday is Armed Forces Day, and Jerry Compton, of Tulsa, is still most grateful to the U.S. Navy corpsmen who saved his life during a 1969 battle in ...
Measure to allow Oklahoma attorney general to carry firearms advances
News OKThe state attorney general and his assistant attorneys would be allowed to carry a firearm in most places in the state, under a bill approved Friday by a ...
GOP lawmakers in Oklahoma hope to finalize budget deal by Monday
News OKLawmakers are talking about whether to issue bonds to repair and restore the state Capitol, build a state veterans office, finish the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City and ...
Spokies bike sharing program launches in Oklahoma City
News OKSpokies, Oklahoma City's new bicycle sharing program, launched Friday on national Bike to Work Day. Memberships for one day up to one year allow people to check out bikes from six stations ...
Look down, not up, for commercial realty stats in Oklahoma
News OKOklahoma 's gross domestic product -- and mining here mostly means oil and gas extraction -- doubled from nearly 7 percent to nearly 14 percent in 2003-2008 before settling to just under 10 ...
60-day stay not enough to settle Oklahoma water rights lawsuit, officials say
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Oklahoma medical examiner's cooler fixed, bodies moved from refrigerated trucks
News OKA cooler at the Oklahoma state medical examiner's office that broke down earlier this week has been fixed, officials said Friday. The problem forced workers to move bodies from the cooler to ...
Distinctive Oklahoma City projects rise on more than money
News OKSome 500 people from all facets of commercial real estate, from passionate folks driving some of the city's most distinctive commercial districts to those who see a building as a transaction ...
Bakery, bistro to open as first tenant in renovated Braniff Building in Oklahoma City
News OKSandRidge Energy and Good Egg Dining Group are teaming up to open a bakery and bistro that will be open seven days a week and will be the "cornerstone" tenant of a renovated Braniff ...
Oklahoma sixth-grader expelled after reported bullying
News OKTUTTLE -- A Tuttle school administrator said he took swift action this week when an incident of bullying was reported to him. A sixth-grader was expelled for dunking another sixth-grader's head ...
Pub run to raise money for injured Oklahoma City police officer
News OKMCKADE PEERY / MORGAN PEERY: Oklahoma City police officer Chad Peery and sons McKade, 6, background, and Morgan, 4, foreground, round the bases after the third inning as part of the "Home Run ...
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