Breaking news from Beijing: the Olympics aren’t over yet. You wouldn’t know it from how quickly people flipped off their televisions.

The gold isn’t in question anymore. It never really was, unless Kobe Bryant ate some bad Beijing duck or Dwyane Wade got lost at the Great Wall.

Sanya Richards led in the stretch but was outrun to the finish in the 400 meters, Lolo Jones clipped the ninth of 10 barriers in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday night — and just like that, two of America’s top runners let Olympic gold medals slip away.

Must be pretty discouraging to race Usain Bolt. Not only are you likely to lose — he’ll beat you without even trying.

Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony.

Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson’s very own.

You stand outside an empty classroom with about 20 other sleepy students. It’s early in the morning, and you already miss the warm comfort of your bed. The clock reads 8:25 a.m. and the professor is five minutes late.

Lights on Stillwater has been postponed until Aug. 27.

For the sixth consecutive year, students can expect less elbow room on The Bus when they hop on to come to campus or go home.

LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he claims would lower the cost of food and heating homes.

A few months ago, during the OSU presidential search, The O’Collegian Editorial Board placed our own “want” ad for the position in this space. As far as we can tell, we would probably have hired OSU President Burns Hargis, too.

The U.S. is a competitive nation. If we aren’t competing against someone else, we are competing against ourselves. Each individual wants to be better than the other. Our athletes are some of our greatest heros, and we like to think our world-class athletes are better than the rest of the world.

The debate about using less, more, or alternative energy is not something new, but it seems to resurface every time gas jumps up a bit or whenever a national election is on the horizon.

A Tulsa County judge has denied a request for a protective order in the case of an English teacher accused of killing his wife.

An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and caught a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said.

Gov. Brad Henry says there is “still a good chance” that Barack Obama will visit Oklahoma before the Nov. 4 general election, despite the fact that the state will likely vote Republican in the presidential race.

College can take a huge toll: physically, mentally and especially economically. Even if you have saved up tips and checks from a summer job, school expenses can still hurt your pocketbook.

A question and answer session with OSU President Burns Hargis.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa County judge has denied a request for a protective order in the case of an English teacher accused of killing his wife.
John Robert Kastner, 50, is charged with the first-degree murder of his wife, Lori Kastner, 44.
Assistant Public Defender Marny Hill, representing Kastner, maintained that “much of the media [...]

An 85-year-old woman boldly went for her gun and caught a would-be burglar inside her home, then forced him to call police while she kept him in her sights, police said.

Thought Arthur Fonzarelli couldn’t get any cooler? Meet the bronze Fonz.

Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer — the really long view.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have called it quits after a brief relationship that began in April.
Mayer refrained from trash talk on Saturday, telling reporters Aniston was “the smartest, most sophisticated” person he had ever met.

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