http://www.mail.com/people/15664-mary-fallin.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/15664-mary-fallin.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2160642-oklahoma-executes-inmate-couples-2000-deaths.html McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago. James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, becoming the state's second inmate executed this year. At a clemency hearing last month, DeRosa took responsibilit... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:08:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2160642-oklahoma-executes-inmate-couples-2000-deaths.html 2013-06-19T03:08:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124196-damaging-storms-moving-through-east-south.html PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Damaging winds flattened trees and utility poles and knocked out power in parts of northern New England on Sunday, flights were delayed in New York City and a tornado touched down in South Carolina as the East Coast weathered the remnants of violent storms that claimed 13 lives in Oklahoma. Heavy rain, thunderstorms, high winds and ... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124196-damaging-storms-moving-through-east-south.html 2013-06-03T05:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2122860-threats-test-gop-small-government.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One major principle of Barack Obama's presidency that his foes love to hate — that government, when it works right, can be best-equipped to aid and protect Americans — is finding fresh currency among some Republicans. Their doctrine that smaller government is better government is being tested by pressing needs in storm-battered states, s... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:11:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2122860-threats-test-gop-small-government.html 2013-06-01T07:11:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2110816-obama-govt-with-oklahoma-every-step-way.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way." "I'm just a messenger here," the president said, saying "folks are behind you" across America. He offered moral and monetary s... Mon, 27 May 2013 00:51:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2110816-obama-govt-with-oklahoma-every-step-way.html 2013-05-27T00:51:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery — for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tor... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107354-safe-room-mandates-remain-rare-tornado.html 2013-05-24T11:30:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104620-kids-teachers-devastated-school-reunite.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Students from a suburban Oklahoma City elementary school destroyed by this week's tornado reunited with their teachers Thursday and collected whatever could be salvaged from the ruins. Some children carried thank-you cards. A first-grader was eager to see her favorite gym teacher and for a chance to say goodbye for the school year. It ... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2104620-kids-teachers-devastated-school-reunite.html 2013-05-23T22:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students. Unlike several other schools in the Oklahoma City are... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2103932-school-storm-protection-spotty-tornado-zones.html 2013-05-22T21:31:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives, including those of nine children. Scientists concluded the storm was a rare and extraordinarily powerful type of... Wed, 22 May 2013 02:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2099550-search-okla-tornado-survivors-complete.html 2013-05-22T02:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099724-obama-pledges-urgent-aid-to-oklahoma-town.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the most destructive" storms in the nation's history. "In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives, many more were injured," Obama said from the White House State Dining Room. "Among the victims were young ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099724-obama-pledges-urgent-aid-to-oklahoma-town.html 2013-05-21T17:33:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097408-huge-tornado-hits-oklahoma-city-suburb-kills-51.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:13:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2097408-huge-tornado-hits-oklahoma-city-suburb-kills-51.html 2013-05-21T06:13:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099068-oklahoma-officials-tornado-search-rescue-ongoing.html MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says "hearts are broken" for parents wondering about the fate of their children after a tornado devastated suburban Oklahoma City and officials say the search and rescue effort will continue throughout the night. Fallin told a Monday news conference that a center for those seeking loved ones has been set up at... Tue, 21 May 2013 01:10:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2099068-oklahoma-officials-tornado-search-rescue-ongoing.html 2013-05-21T01:10:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie Cou... Mon, 20 May 2013 05:01:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2096730-tornadoes-level-homes-okla-1-dead.html 2013-05-20T05:01:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032230-oklahoma-city-marks-18th-anniversary-bombing.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It's been 18 years since a truck bomb detonated outside Oklahoma City's federal building, but family members of the 168 people killed in the attack said Friday their memories of the carnage and their sense of loss are as vivid as ever following the Boston Marathon explosions. "It opens that wound," said Dawn DeArmon, whose mother, Fed... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2032230-oklahoma-city-marks-18th-anniversary-bombing.html 2013-04-19T20:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2016944-flaming-lips-tune-pulled-oklahomas-rock-song.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's governor has taken The Flaming Lips' "Do You Realize??" out of rotation, pulling the tune as the state's official rock song in a move her office says has more to do with priorities than musical taste. Republican Mary Fallin passed on renewing an executive order that gave the Oklahoma rockers' song the designation when takin... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:24:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2016944-flaming-lips-tune-pulled-oklahomas-rock-song.html 2013-04-13T00:24:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007400-okla-bill-check-here-fund-fight-vs-fed-laws.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma residents might soon be able to direct a portion of their state income tax refunds to defend its laws against federal constitutional challenges, an ironic and unintended consequence of a lawmaker's tongue-in-cheek skewering of the cost of such court fights. Rep. Joe Dorman, a Democrat from Rush Springs, said he had grown tire... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:32:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2007400-okla-bill-check-here-fund-fight-vs-fed-laws.html 2013-04-09T11:32:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986188-risk-reward-dawn-civilian-drone-age.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapon of choice against terrorists. The unmanned, generally small aircraft can steer water and pesticides to crops with precision, saving farmers money while reducing environmental risk. ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986188-risk-reward-dawn-civilian-drone-age.html 2013-03-30T07:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987702-okla-governor-signs-horse-slaughter-legislation.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export horse meat, despite bitter opposition by animal rights activists. Supporters argue that a horse slaughtering facility in Oklahoma will provide a humane alternative for aging or starving... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:29:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987702-okla-governor-signs-horse-slaughter-legislation.html 2013-03-30T00:29:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1909930-governors-looming-cuts-threaten-economic-gains.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's protracted budget stalemate could seriously undermine the economy and stall gains made since the recession, exasperated governors said Saturday as they tried to gauge the fallout from impending federal spending cuts. At the annual National Governors Association meeting, both Democrat and Republican chief executives expressed... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:53:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1909930-governors-looming-cuts-threaten-economic-gains.html 2013-02-23T22:53:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-turn in 2013 after last year's shooting rampages by two mentally disturbed gunmen. The reversal is especially jar... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1841054-shootings-rethink-mental-health-cuts.html 2013-01-23T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808826-governors-warn-congress-debt-limit.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors warned Congress Wednesday that lingering uncertainty over raising the nation's borrowing capacity could hinder their budgets and their ability to foster job growth in their states. Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin outlined states' agendas in 2013 on behalf of the National Governors Association, urging la... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1808826-governors-warn-congress-debt-limit.html 2013-01-09T16:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1805578-tax-cut-plans-tempered-caution-2013.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emboldened by big majorities and eager to lure businesses, Republican legislators and governors across the Midwest and South are planning to pursue hundreds of millions of dollars of tax cuts in the new year. Oh yeah, they might raise some taxes, too. In many states, the exuberance to cut taxes during the 2013 legislative sessio... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1805578-tax-cut-plans-tempered-caution-2013.html 2013-01-08T11:36:00Z