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		<title>Councilors approve trash rate increases</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residential trash rates will jump from about $13 to up to $34 a month according to a new rate schedule approved by the Tulsa City Council last Thursday.
Most Tulsans will have their service reduced from twice a week pick up to once a week and will see their rates increase dramatically in October. Customers can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personhood advocates vow to fight ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizers of a petition drive to establish personhood for unborn babies have vowed to fight a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to squash the initiative.
On April 30, repeatedly citing Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court denied Personhood Oklahoma’s right to petition, ruling the ballot measure “unconstitutional.”
It is believed to be only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointing officials prompted Kevin McDugle to run</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More “conservative” Republicans are drawing primary opponents because they run on the party platform but operate as a moderate or liberal.
That’s the view of businessman Kevin McDugle, a conservative candidate for the Oklahoma Senate. McDugle faces Sen. Brian Crain in the Republican primary.
“I am not a politician,” McDugle said. “I have never had aspirations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public schools will get an A-F report card under new law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Mary Fallin approved rules submitted by the Oklahoma State Department of Education (SDE) establishing an A-F report card system to grade school performance. 
The rules were adopted by the State Board of Education in March, based on a law (HB 1456) enacted by the Legislature and signed by Governor Fallin in 2011.
Fallin said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug dealers can be facing first-degree murder charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under legislation approved by House lawmakers, synthetic drug manufacturers and dealers could face first-degree murder charges for fatal overdoses.  The bill also allows first degree murder charges if someone dies as a result of the manufacturing of an illegal substance.
Senate Bill 987, by Sen. Susan Paddack and Rep. Tom Newell, expands the definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s time to vote for Gantz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time for Republicans to act like Republicans.
That’s why Tulsa businessman Darren Gantz is running against another Republican for the District 68 seat in the Oklahoma House.
In the past year, Republican legislative leaders have tried to facilitate single-pay health care (Obamacare), prevented a vote on the pro-life personhood bill and failed to eliminate uneven tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Pro-life’ GOP kills pro-life legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent articles in The Tulsa Beacon were disturbing. One was the tabling of the pro-life Personhood bill by the Republican Caucus on which some say there was not even a vote.  The State Chamber of Commerce lobbied against the bill because they said it would look bad to other states? 
So, what?
Nine other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to grab the kids and start a garden in the back yard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a mild winter, Tulsa is enjoying a wonderful Spring and that means it’s time to plant your garden.
I am no expert gardener but each year I learn a bit more and have a tad bit more success. I get help from Stan Bunnel, owner of Stringer Nursery (on 41st Street between Sheridan Road and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida’s The Story of Noah looks for financial assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year for the last five years, my wife and I have gone to Florida to see the Story of Jesus Passion Play.  For over twenty years, Mike Graham of the non-profit company Power and Light Productions, along with hundreds of volunteers, has produced the play, typically doing two performances per weekend for five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living the Good Life</title>
		<link>http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=5950</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education is becoming such a tedium.  Almost daily the education community - through the written word or broadcast - is exhorting the public to pony up more funds for this or that program that they can’t live without.  
If the drumbeat wasn’t enough to fray your nerves, the poor score results for all [...]]]></description>
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