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As part of a new series called "My Big Break," All Things Considered is collecting stories of triumph, big and small.

Camano Island resident Marc Hennemann said as county commissioner he would keep taxes down and make public safety a priority.

Through its ninth annual National Pancake Day fundraiser on March 4, IHOP Restaurants in Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Norman have reported a total of $25,741 raised to benefit Children's Hospital Foundation.

A New York developer has submitted a plan for a 270-unit student housing complex at the end of Washburn Drive, and if it's approved by the Orono planning board, shovels could hit the ground in the next two months.

Surviving the Elements: Land & Water Issues of the West March 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2014 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Through a grant provided by the Coca-Cola Foundation, the museum offers a four-part symposium on water and land issues consecutive Fridays in March 2014.

Allan Houser , Apache Ga'an Dancer, 1939. Pen and ink, 13 1 2 x 11 3 4 in. Courtesy of Allan Houser, Inc. One of Oklahoma's beloved artists is getting statewide appreciation during the centennial of his birth.

Research linking Oklahoma's 2011 magnitude 5.7 earthquake to the state's oil and natural gas activity was published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine's Wichita campus participate in a remote lecture being delivered through interactive TV.

Some of the nation's biggest corporations - including Google, Facebook, Starbucks and Pfizer - say laws in Oklahoma and other states banning same-sex marriage pose administrative burdens and force them to violate their principles.

A recent study of five decades of satellite data, model simulations and in situ observations suggests the impact of seasonal diurnal or daily warming varies between global regions affecting many ecosystem functions and services, such as food production, carbon sequestration and climate regulation.

Legendary sportswriter Dan Jenkins, who covered college football for Sports Illustrated for decades, offered several sharp opinions on Big 12 football, among other topics, in an interview with Texas Monthly magazine .

A bill authorizing the use of $40 million from the state's Unclaimed Property Fund to help complete Oklahoma City's American Indian Cultural Center and Museum cleared the state Senate on Tuesday despite stiff opposition.

Award-winning poet Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, an English professor and creative writing director at the University of Oklahoma, has been named the recipient of the Witter Bynner Fellowship, the Library of Congress announced Tuesday.

A story was published on the front page of The Journal Record's Feb. 21 issues with the headline: "Deathtrap - Moore tornado debris reveals construction flaws, code violations."

The Oklahoma City School Board voted Monday to move ahead with an inspection of a school building remodeled by the same firm criticized for its design of a Moore school, which was heavily damaged in a tornado last year.

Gray, the Rockies' top pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, didn't bother dialing up the triple-figures velocity in his -- a scoreless two-inning run near the end of the team's 8-1 loss Monday to the Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex.

After a layer of ice covered roadways this weekend, several area schools canceled classes and activities for today.

Heavily-armed troops displaying no identifying insignia and who were mingling with local pro-Russian militants stand guard outside a local government building on March 3, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine.

A wind chill advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Monday for the entire state. Forecasters say wind chill values of minus 5 degrees to 15 degrees below zero will be widespread.

I am advised by those who should know that Thomas Sowell has declared the Claremont Review of Books to be the best book review around, by far.