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HOLDENVILLE, Okla., July 14 (UPI) -- An Oklahoma man who owns a house bearing the signature of T. Boone Pickens on its driveway said a crew working for the oil tycoon removed the concrete slab.

MCALESTER, Okla., May 13 (UPI) -- Oklahoma authorities say Donald Lee Gilson is on schedule to be executed this week for the 1995 beating death of an 8-year-old boy.

SNYDER, Okla., March 11 (UPI) -- A new Internet bank, the Redneck Bank, was created for people with banking needs and a sense of humor, an Oklahoma banking official says.

WEWOKA, Okla., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A teenage Oklahoma girl claims she woke up in the home of Seminole County's sheriff after drinking a soda he gave her in a restaurant.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The surgeon who successfully separated a pair of conjoined twins in Oklahoma City says he is cautious about the infants' chances of survival.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court is considering a legal battle between a Catholic preschool and the operators of a pit bull kennel next door.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Doctors in Oklahoma said they are hopeful they can successfully separate the first conjoined twins born in the state in 22 years.

DENVER, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A defamation lawsuit that named author John Grisham as a co-defendant should be reinstated, three former Oklahoma law enforcement officials say.