Lawton Bat-mania

An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, making it the largest outbreak of this strain of E. coli in U.S. history, according to health officials.

They got married. At a Sonic. I am not joking

Many families have moved away to escape the lead pollution, taking advantage of state and federal buyouts in recent years. Piles of mine waste, or chat, have long towered over the town across a highway from the devastated neighborhood...

Investigators say the boy thought the 45-caliber gun he found was a toy when he pulled the trigger. Welcome to Lawton, Oklahoma.

A former senior accountant at Oral Roberts University alleges that more than $1 billion annually was inappropriately funneled through the school.

Attorney General Drew Edmonson says MySpace.com agreed to work with nearly all 50 US States to protect children from internet predators.

Mick Cornett has challenged the city to shed 1 million pounds as its New Year's resolution. Prompted in part by his own struggle to lose weight, Cornett wants to end Oklahoma City's dubious distinction as one of America's fattest cities...

A doctor and nurse were held hostage at the Lawton Correctional Facility Monday afternoon. Police reported that an inmate stood between the pair and a door holding a homemade weapon...

A man accused of taking pictures of a woman while she was naked in an Oklahoma tanning salon was arrested at the Super Video store in Lawton...

Killer zombies, guitar players & alien invasions are themes of the hottest selling games this Christmas season. The ESRB more than half of the video games sold all year are bought during this time of year...

The Dark Knight has whipped up such a hype frenzy that we wouldn't be surprised if it cured the blind and healed the terminally ill. In fact, people are going so potty over The Dark Knight that they've started to pretend that they've already seen it

Batman proved to the world that every object can be improved by making it black and bat-shaped. We wondered what everyday household objects would look like if Batman was put in charge of the design.

See images of the hero from his origins to campy TV to dark night.

In "Batman: Gotham Knight," the new direct-to-DVD animated film that takes place between "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," Batman is all that and more, thanks to six different interpretations of the character from highly renowned Japanese directors.

It is no surprise that with the release of the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight, only days away, the number of stories focusing on Gotham’s hero is increasing. The latest concerns a book written concerning the likelihood that Batman could actually ex.

Apparently, Michael Bay wrote unsolicited script Dark Knight ultimately rejected by Warner Bros

If you consider yourself a fan of the movies, you should first read the books. The level of detail surpasses them tenfold.

"The Dark Knight" is pure adrenaline. Director Christopher Nolan, having dispensed with the introspective, moody origin story of 2005's "Batman Begins," now puts the Caped Crusader through a decathlon of explosions, vehicle flips, and hand-to-hand combat

Despite fierce competition from a colorful Rogues Gallery that is arguably the best in comics, The Joker will continue to stand alone as Batman's No. 1 adversary.

A Warner Bros. executive says the Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" has taken in $155.34 million to top "Spider-Man 3" for best opening weekend ever at the box office.

Batman is just a gadget geek at heart. A very, very wealthy gadget geek. But until recently, he's employed some tech that's, well, pretty unbelievable. Ice skates popping out of boots? Come on! Not so in The Dark Knight.

The biggest superhero mistakes that Hollywood seems to finally be avoiding this Summer. Don't worry - we mention the rubber nipples.

There are only a few movies that break the norms and become something special because they didn't do what everyone else did before them. The latest Batman movie The Dark Knight is just one of those movies.

It’s a near-certainly that “Dark Knight” won’t be the final installment in Nolan’s series. Here’s a look at which villains in Batman’s roster would fit Nolan’s un-whimsical vision — and which wouldn’t.

Finding another villian or two to ably face off against the caped crusader, while staying true to Christopher Nolan's darker tone won't be an easy task. Here's 8 villains that may be able to pull it off...

The film is scheduled to earn more in its first week than any other film in history. The movie is a flat-out cultural phenomenon earning comparisons to Titanic.

The latest edition of Social Blend sees us joined by special Mark Dykeman from Broadcasting-Brain.com – and also welcomes Joshua aka Honest_Ape as one of our regular commentators and co-hosts. Josh will be joining us on future episodes...

Think this summer was overloaded with superhero movies? You ain't seen nothing yet. Thanks to advances in CGI and comic books' ready-for-the-big-screen stories, superhero stories are all the rage in Hollywood...

 Warner Bros' The Dark Knight continues to power drive the North American box office and grossed a whopping $23.2 million Friday and $28.2 million Saturday from 4,366 theaters. That's down only 65% and 41% respectively from its record-smashing debut

Pundits (that's schmucks like us) are predicting that by the end of next weekend, THE DARK KNIGHT will have grossed over $300M in its first 10 days of release. So let's start predicting whether or not you believe that it will beat TITANIC...

As a sidelight, I’d like to embrace these numbers as a triumph for non-marketing-driven movie titles. Look, everybody, the top-grossing “Batman” film of all time is the only one that doesn’t have “Batman” in the title!

For Warner Bros., the mission was to keep "The Dark Knight" from seeing the light of day.

Kevin Smith announced that he is co-writing a new Batman miniseries with pal Walt Flanagan. The three issue mini-series will re-introduce Onomatopoeia, a villain Smith created on his Green Arrow run.

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Johnny Depp is reportedly going to be a part of the next Batman installment playing the Riddler. And not only that, but execs want Philip Seymour Hoffman to play the Penguin.

Christopher Nolan didn’t major in philosophy in college (or “read philosophy at University,” as the case may be), but he evidently has some familiarity with the subject.

Even an army of the undead could not dislodge Batman from his box-office perch.

Another tragedy for the Dark Knight cast...

We await the opinion of Messrs. Jokerasdfgh and Robinqwerty

A man accused of trying to steal a large Batman movie poster from a cinema lobby while dressed as the Joker has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property.

"Batman” star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister at the Dorchester Hotel on July 20, British prosecutors said Thursday.

This has been a bumper year for silver-screen superheroics. From Iron Man to The Dark Knight, Hancock to Hulk, Hollywood has been pouring money into tales of comic-book derring-do, and audiences have been lapping them up...

Now the second-highest grossing movie of all time!

The 62-year-old singer and actress is reported to be in talks to play Catwoman opposite Christian Bale in the third Batman film from British director Christopher Nolan. The Oscar-winner will join a cast that includes Johnny Depp as The Riddler...

It's finally happened: The Dark Knight broke the $500 million barrier this weekend like a giant man in a well-armored, bat-themed outfit smashing through a skylight that just happens to be well-placed above a crime in progress. But what does that mean?