Daily Oklahoman: Living
- Preview: What to expect from ‘Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas,’ premiering tonight
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 06:31 PMBy Brandy McDonnell“America’s Got Talent” Season 12 winner Darci Lynne Farmer, the popular and talented teenage singer and ventriloquist from Oklahoma City, is marking another milestone by starring in her first televised holiday special.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vince Gill, St. Vincent, Charlie Wilson among Grammy nominees with Oklahoma ties
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 02:22 PMBy Brandy McDonnellAn abbreviated version of this story appears in Saturday's The Oklahoman.Oklahoma talent among Grammy nomineesA Country Music Hall of Famer with an opportunity to add to his record-setting total, an R&B icon with a shot at a long-awaited win and an alternative rocker with multiple chances to add to her trophy collection are among several nominees with Oklahoma ties for the 61st Grammy Awards.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch: 'The Voice' coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Levine mash up their hits with Jimmy Fallon a
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 10:40 AMBy Brandy McDonnell
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Oklahoma!' royalties: A gift that keeps on giving at OMRF
Friday - 12/07/2018 - 03:56 PMBy Ryan Stewart For The OklahomanThe Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has received its share of interesting donations over the years.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Savvy Senior: Does Medicare cover dental care?
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 10:51 AMDEAR SAVVY SENIOR: I will turn 65 in a few months and will be enrolling in Medicare, but I am concerned about Medicare's coverage of dental care.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stephen Curry Doubts Moon Landings. NASA Offers to Show Him the Rocks.
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 06:47 AMIt has been a big 24 hours for Stephen Curry. His team was named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year,” he was named the Western Conference’s player of the week, and his comments denying the moon landing happened made him the enemy of science teachers everywhere.
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Monday - 12/10/2018 - 02:28 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — Following its postponement last week, Winterfest at Legacy Park is now scheduled for Friday.
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The family friendly holiday event is planned from 5:30 to 7 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Norman holiday event set for Friday
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 04:47 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — Following its postponement last week, Winterfest at Legacy Park is now scheduled for Friday.
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The family friendly holiday event is planned from 5:30 to 7 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Preview: 'Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night' airs tonight
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 12:14 PMBy Brandy McDonnellGrammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix, which recently released its fourth holiday album, "Christmas is Here!," returns to NBC for its third holiday special with “Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night,” airing at 9 tonight
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Friday - 12/07/2018 - 11:55 AMBy Jim Priest NewsOK ContributorEvery family approaches Christmas lists a little differently. Some families never make lists and whatever presents are received on Christmas morning are a surprise (and often returned!).Read more on NewsOK.com
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- Ron Howard visits Oklahoma birthplace
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 02:50 PMBy Brandy McDonnellTwo-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard recently visited his Oklahoma birthplace in Duncan - quite literally.Howard has posted on Instagram a new photo of himself standing in front of the now-shuttered building that was the Duncan hospital where he was born March 1, 1954.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As U.S. suicides rates rise, Hispanics show relative immunity
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 11:39 AMOvertaken by feelings of anxiety and despair, and increasingly lonely after the last of her older sisters left for college, Sarai had been cutting her arms.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stephen Curry Doubts Moon Landings. NASA Offers to Show Him the Rocks.
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 05:56 AMIt has been a big 24 hours for Stephen Curry. His team was named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year,” he was named the Western Conference’s player of the week, and his comments denying the moon landing happened made him the enemy of science teachers everywhere.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Bodywork: Do we need his and hers multivitamins?
Friday - 12/07/2018 - 04:35 PMBY STEPHEN PRESCOTT AND ADAM COHEN For The OklahomanAdam's journal
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My ever-curious girlfriend, Mary, was scratching her head the other day.Read more on NewsOK.com - For many, the joy of Christmas can turn to despair
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 10:26 PMBY CHARLOTTE LANKARD For The OklahomanThe music of Christmas speaks of joy, peace and good cheer with families feasting on favorite foods and finding beautifully wrapped gifts under the tree.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ancient, unknown strain of plague found in 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 05:57 AMIn a nearly 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden, researchers have discovered the oldest-known strain of the notorious bacterium Yersinia pestis — the microbe responsible for humanity's perhaps most-feared contagion: the plague.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video: Olivia Munn serves as virtual assistant on today's 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 03:29 PMBy Brandy McDonnell
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oklahoma book signings
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 03:07 PMBEST OF BOOKS
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Edmond author Gary D. Conrad will sign "Murder at Stonehenge" from 6 to 7:30 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Preview: Reba McEntire returns as host of 'CMA Country Christmas,' airing tonight
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 11:18 AMBy Brandy McDonnellOklahoma native and Country Music Hall of Famer Reba McEntire returns tonight as host and performer during “CMA Country Christmas,” airing at 7 tonight on ABC Television Network.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Needs & Deeds: Oklahoma City 12-year-old wins national competition for community service
Friday - 12/07/2018 - 12:59 PMBY MELISSA HOWELL Staff Writer mhowell@oklahoman.comThe efforts of a 12-year-old Moore youth have warmed the feet of hundreds of foster children and homeless adults.
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Now she's being recognized for it.
- Infinite Danger Room #107: Christmas Movie Game
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 05:32 PMInfinite Danger RoomInfinite Danger Room panelists Matthew Price, Kade Poulson and Anthony Brown play the "movie game" to determine what holiday film to view.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What to do in Oklahoma on Dec. 11, 2018: Catch Grammy-nominated singer/pianist Jim Brickman's 'A Joyful Christmas' concert
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 10:15 AMBy Brandy McDonnellToday's featured event:Spend "A Joyful Christmas" with Grammy-nominated songwriter and pianist Jim Brickman at 7:30 tonight at Oklahoma City Community Colleges' Visual and Performing Arts Center Theater, 7777 S May.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nuns misappropriated $500K in school funds, spending some on gambling: Church
Tuesday - 12/11/2018 - 09:33 AMTwo nuns at a Catholic church in Southern California are suspected of embezzling up to $500,000 in school funds, allegedly using some of the money to go on trips and gamble at casinos, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told ABC News.
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Monday - 12/10/2018 - 10:37 AMOklahoma City — Diabetes center announces director
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Strange but true: Why do trees lose their leaves?
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 12:17 PMWhy do trees lose their leaves?
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Q. Why don't deciduous trees ― maples, oaks, birches, etc.Read more on NewsOK.com - $3.9M project to address obesity in rural eastern Oklahoma
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 11:16 AMSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State University has a $3.9 million plan to address obesity in two rural counties, one of which includes the town with the lowest life expectancy in the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- UCO student radio station playing nonstop holiday music
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 03:17 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSEDMOND — The University of Central Oklahoma's student-operated radio station, KZUC 99.3 FM, known as UCentral Radio, is playing nonstop, commercial-free holiday music throughout December.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Video: Yes, Blake Shelton has a Hallmark Christmas movie - and here's how you can watch 'It's Time for Me to Come Home for Chris
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 12:53 PMBy Brandy McDonnellCountry music superstar, television personality, Grammy Award nominee and Oklahoma native Blake Shelton can add another achievement to his list of show-biz accomplishments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What to do in Oklahoma on Dec. 10, 2018: Hear The Mistletones sing Christmas carols at lunchtime in downtown OKC
Monday - 12/10/2018 - 10:30 AMBy Brandy McDonnellToday's featured events:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nature & You: This water bird is not waterproof
Friday - 12/07/2018 - 02:39 PMBy Neil Garrison NewsOK ContributorThis water bird is not waterproof
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