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Junior exec tired of loose-lipped colleagues

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Junior exec tired of loose-lipped colleagues

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

DEAR HARRIETTE: I realize that even when I say things to co-workers in confidence, they often tell other people. I suppose I should remember that from elementary school, but I am an adult, and in my professional life, I expect people to follow protocol.

Woman’s parents stew over her May-December romance

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Woman’s parents stew over her May-December romance

Saturday, November 2, 2019

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have a 22-year-old daughter, “Cara,” who is having a relationship with a 65-year-old man, “Gary.” We do not approve of the relationship. Gary is going through a divorce, and Cara has moved into his rented condo with him. She just graduated from college.

Rare auto-brewery syndrome makes sober people drunk

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Rare auto-brewery syndrome makes sober people drunk

Saturday, November 2, 2019

ASK THE DOCTORS Dear Doctor: I heard about a guy who tested as drunk but hadn’t had any alcohol. Is that really even possible, or is it some kind of urban legend? Dear Reader: It certainly sounds like the product of an overactive imagination, but the scenario you’re referring to did happen.

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Helping our town without raising taxes

Saturday, November 2, 2019

CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL Clinton voters will go to the polls on Nov. 12 to decide a pair of important issues. One has to do with changing how a current half- percent sales tax can be used, the other with renewing the electric utility franchise with Public Service Company.

Throwing water balloons at Mr. Meget

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Throwing water balloons at Mr. Meget

Saturday, November 2, 2019

At recess we had bunch of indoor recess because it was cold outside. At P.E. we played hockey, drag and tell, sharks and minnows. At music we worked on our lines and spaces. The people who met their A.R. reading goals got to throw water balloons at Mr. Meget. That was fun.

My plan to get out of the traditional Thanksgiving rut

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My plan to get out of the traditional Thanksgiving rut

Saturday, November 2, 2019

After decades of doing the same old thing, I've decided to host an Alternative Thanksgiving this year.

New poll poses serious questions on impeachment

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New poll poses serious questions on impeachment

Saturday, November 2, 2019

There's no doubt Democrats in Washington are hell-bent on impeaching President Trump over the Ukraine matter. But after weeks of polling, it is still unclear precisely what Americans outside the Beltway think. Much depends on how pollsters ask their questions.

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Rep. Harold Wright holds second-hand smoke study

Saturday, November 2, 2019

House Speaker Pro Tempore Harold Wright (R-Weatherford) held an interim study before the House Health Services and Long-Term Care Committee to examine modernization to the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act, as a way to address second-hand smoke exposure and related illnesses in...

Moore selected as ‘Rising Star’

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Moore selected as ‘Rising Star’

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Anthony S. Moore, managing attorney at Christensen Law Group, PLLC in Clinton, has been selected to the 2019 Oklahoma Rising Stars list in the practice areas of Energy & Natural Resources, Civil Litigation, and Real Estate.

Concern for grandma’s health keeps grandson from visiting

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Concern for grandma’s health keeps grandson from visiting

Friday, November 1, 2019

DEAR ABBY: I work and have a family and live five hours from where I grew up. My mom isn’t in the best health and neither is her husband. While I try to visit as often as I can, she always wants me to visit more often, which I understand.