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"...The ability to adapt rapidly remains one of America's competitive advantages. And since the onset of the financial crisis, both consumers and businesses have embraced the new reality. After digging themselves out of $20,000 in debt in 2007, Susannah Fater, her husband, David—a district manager at Staples—and their four children did something radical: they became an all-cash household. "Bills like groceries, gas, and allowance are taken out every month and put into envelopes so that we know exactly where we are financially," says Susannah..."

<p>TULSA, OK -- Dr. Oral Roberts died Tuesday in Newport Beach, California due to complications from pneumonia.</p> <p>According to a news release from the family, his son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side. The founder of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University was 91.</p>

Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?Alexandra Alter on the toll one man's virtual marriage is taking on his real one and what researchers are discovering about the surprising power of synthetic identity. By ALEXANDRA ALTER August 10, 2007; Page W1 On a scorching July afternoon, as the temperature creeps toward 118 degrees in a quiet suburb east of Phoenix, Ric Hoogestraat sits at his computer with the blinds drawn, smoking a cigarette. While his wife, Sue, watches television in the living room, Mr. Hoogestraat chats online with what appears on the screen to be a tall, slim redhead.

Memorial to honor Virginia Tech shooting victims. The Tower at the University of Texas at Austin will be darkened tonight and will remain dark through Thursday night in remembrance of the victims of the shooting incident Monday at Virginia Tech. Campus flags will fly at half-staff through Sunday "as the university symbolizes its compassion and concern for the members of the Virginia Tech community," officials said in a statement. "The University of Texas at Austin extends its profound sympathy and compassion to the members of the Virginia Tech community," UT President William Powers Jr. said in an e-mail to members...

Home-schooled students successful at A&M Julie Weddle Posted: 8/30/06 For Ian Martinez, coming to Texas A&M and attending classes with hundreds of students was a big shock. "Last semester I had a class with 300 people," he said. "In junior college the biggest class I had was about 10 people." Martinez, a sophomore biomedical engineering major, was home-schooled with his family every day of his schooling except for one science class in junior high and his freshman year of college. "It made the family feel more closely knit," he said. "They're basically my best friends." Statistically, home-schooled students are academically...

Freepers, I value your opinion. I need a cell phone. Not one to use every day, one that I only use in case of emergency, like if I get lost or my car breaks down. I am considering one of those kinds in a package at Walmart with a pay as you go deal. I know they're more expensive per minute, but I will hardly ever use it. The other day I got lost on the way to a friend's house. I had no AC in my car and it was 101 degrees outside. I had to stop and get...

Can anyone tell me why I can't access this webpage? I know there are some pretty smart people here on FR that know how to figure stuff like this out and I'm just curious... Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma For me, it says: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005' [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied. /Includes/Common.asp, line 12

For Immediate Release: September 12, 2005 Ray Sanders, BGCO Spokesman Falls Creek Relief Efforts Called Off Oklahoma City, OK -- September 12, 2005 - After having anticipated the arrival of survivors from Hurricane Katrina for nearly two weeks, Governor Henry announced Tuesday that at the request of FEMA, relief efforts at Falls Creek are no longer needed. In a letter to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, the Governor offered heartfelt thanks to the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma and its member churches for their recent mobilization to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. "In the midst of horrific devastation along...

My dear fellow homeschoolers and homeschool supporters. Over the last few years, I have been honored to have known you and have you as part of my homeschool ping list. However, over the last year or so, I have not been as faithful to ping you to news and information as I should have been. I've got two kids I'm homeschooling now and have been very busy. Someone has offered to take over the list and I'm so appreciative. DaveLoneRanger has graciously offered to assume the task. DLR, perhaps you could tell you a bit about himself? My friends, I...

FRiends, As many of you know, The Hobbit Hole has been following the story of Andy, a young Marine that was injured in Fallujah on Thanksgiving Day. You can read about our initial introduction to Andy here... Initial introduction. I’ve posted periodic updates from his mother and the Hobbit Hole has sent cards and even sent him a couple of our knives, one especially fine knife with his name engraved on it, as a token of our appreciation. Andy is doing well, although he had to make the decision not long ago to have his wounded leg removed. Since then,...

Tornado Warning OKC109-102300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 436 PM CST WED NOV 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 436 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR NEAR SPENCER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 150. TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO...

Dear Supporters, We've been told demonstrations are being organized TODAY at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Carson headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Lawton, Ada and Muskogee. The protests are "How Low Will Brad Go?" in response to Carson's latest false ads against Dr. Coburn. The Carson hotline is 1-866-897-2723 The Carson campaign offices are located at: Tulsa 4:30pm 1404 S. Utica Ave. Oklahoma City 4:30pm 4100 N. Lincoln Blvd. Muskogee 4:30pm 431 Broadway Ada 4:30pm 734 Arlington Rd., Ada Lawton 4:30pm 1011 C Ave. Thanks, Aaron Cooper CoburnForSenate.com

  photo by K. Kassens/ParaglideStaff Sgt. Daniel Metzdorf, infantryman, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, inspects his prosthetic leg, which can turn 360 degrees, outside the XVIII Airborne Corps Headquarters building yesterday. Wounded 82nd Soldier awaits Army medical board decision...by Janice Burton USAJFKSWCS Directorate of Training and Doctrine While some Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division are gearing up for another deployment, one paratrooper is bracing himself for the fight of his life. For Staff Sgt. Dan Metzdorf, squad leader, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, that battle will take place in the safe confines of Walter...

Disaster Relief Update August 16, 2004 Disaster Relief Update Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God? (2 Cor. 1:3-4, NIV). Hurricane Seventy-one disaster relief units/teams have been activated from 11 state Baptist conventions (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Ala., Miss., La., VBMB, SBCV, Tex.) and NAMB as of 2 p.m. Monday, August 16, with more to come as additional sites...

My neighbor was telling me about this and it really sounds ideal...does anyone know anything about it? I would love to know if this is legit, what the pros and cons are...

Al-Qaida puts price on Sooner soldier But Maj. Wes Parker's main concern is getting a water well drilled in an impoverished Afghan village. HAJI TUTI, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army Maj. Wes Parker is a man with a bounty on his head. The al-Qaida is supposedly offering $50,000 for the capture of the Oklahoman alive; $25,000, if he is killed. But, right now, Parker isn't too worried about that. He's trying to figure out how to get a well dug to the proper depth for the struggling village of Haji Tuti. "Well, if the reward stories are true, it's just another...

Tecumseh (OK) School Principal Under Investigation For Missing Funds TECUMSEH, Okla. -- A Tecumseh school principal is under investigation after $27,000 came up missing from a fund established to pay for new playground equipment, Eyewitness News 5 reported Wednesday. Secretary Ellen Standridge told state authorities about the money missing from the Cross Timbers Elementary School's Activities Fund. Standridge said students raised the money. "Sometimes they would sell cookie dough to the people around town," she said. "One time, we had a brochure sale where they sold like candles things like that." As secretary of the activities fund, Standridge kept the...

Students Left On Bus While Chaperones Gambled In Casino The Oklahoma City School Board said it is investigating after several Capitol Hill High School students were allegedly left in a casino parking lot during a non-sanctioned field trip while the adult chaperones gambled inside, Eyewitness News 5 reported Wednesday. The students were left with a bus driver in a casino parking lot on two occasions, said Brittany Taylor, who paid $250 for the field trip, which was promoted as a six-day college recruitment and recreational outing. The trip's itinerary included a professional basketball game, a New York Yankee's baseball game,...

Oklahoma soldier killed in Afghanistan (Bagram, Afghanistan-AP) -- An Oklahoma soldier has been killed in fighting in Afghanistan. Military officials say Private Jerod R-Dennis of Oklahoma died today from wounds he suffered during a gun battle yesterday with rebel fighters in eastern Afghanistan. Dennis was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Thirty coalition soldiers have died in combat since the war in Afghanistan began in October 2001. There are 11-thousand 500 soldiers from 23 countries still in Afghanistan. Dennis is Oklahoma's fifth causality.