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Associated Press

Candidates campaign with guns blazing

Candidates campaign with guns blazing BYLINE: By BOBBY ROSS JR., Associated Press Writer SECTION: Political News LENGTH: 957 words DATELINE: KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. Tennessee’s nominees for U.S. Senate donned camouflage, armed themselves with shotguns and scoped out doves – not to mention voters – on Monday. Democrat Bob Clement and Republican Lamar Alexander marked Labor Day, the unofficial start of the general election campaign, by joining hunters on the first day of … Continue reading Candidates campaign with guns blazing

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Oklahoman

Marriage and divorce in Oklahoma: an in-depth series

Headline: Divorce rate stays steady, study shows Byline: Bobby Ross Jr. Source: Publication Date: February 10, 2002 Page: 1-A Three years after Gov. Frank Keating declared war on the state’s No. 2-in-the-nation divorce rate, the enemy shows little sign of retreating. Oklahoma’s number of failed marriages – about 20,000 a year – has remained fairly steady, state records show. For every 100 marriage licenses issued in 2001, the state granted 76 divorce … Continue reading Marriage and divorce in Oklahoma: an in-depth series

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Oklahoman

Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) June 28, 1998, Sunday CITY EDITION Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2604 words DATELINE: CASTLE ROCK, Colo. At a supermarket-turned-schoolhouse just off Interstate 25, moms and dads wage war in a 1990s-style American revolution. Like many parents in this booming Rocky Mountain town, rebel mom Jill Hendrix Denton grew frustrated with public education – at … Continue reading Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try

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