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• Lawsuit Calls New Oklahoma Liquor Amendment Unconstitutional

  28-12-2016 23:35
  
  In the weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's, liquor stores like Byron's Liquor Warehouse, are packed. 
  
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• Disturbing new details surface after mother, son murdered inside Oklahoma City home

  28-12-2016 23:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY - The search continues for the person who killed an Oklahoma mother and her son, then set their house on fire.
  A memorial full of teddy bears and toys grows each day outside the home of 41-year-old Julie Mason and 7-year-old Keagon Bruce.
  On Dec. 17, crews battled a fire at their home near N.W.  80th and Western.
  As heavy flames were coming from the front of the house, firefighters found two victims inside the home. They brought them out through a back window, but quickl
  
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• Thursday will be cooler and windy

  28-12-2016 23:27 via kfor.com
  
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  Winds will be breezy, changing from south to north as a dry cold front sweeps across the state.
  Fire danger will be a concern this week due to dry conditions and breezy winds.
  New Year’s Eve day will be mild in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Rain or drizzle will be possible to ring in th
  
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• Reports: Debbie Reynolds rushed to California hospital after suffering stroke

  28-12-2016 23:21 via kfor.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Just one day after the loss of her daughter, TMZ is reporting that Debbie Reynolds was rushed to a California hospital.
  The site claims that Reynolds has been rushed to a hospital after suffering a possible stroke.
  The 84-year-old was reportedly at her son’s home in Beverly Hills when someone from the home called 911 to report that she had suffered from a possible stroke, TMZ reports.
  Reynolds’ daughter, Carrie Fisher, died on Tuesday after going into ca
  
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• Reports: Debbie Reynolds rushed to California hospital after suffering possible stroke

  28-12-2016 23:21 via kfor.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Just one day after the loss of her daughter, TMZ is reporting that Debbie Reynolds was rushed to a California hospital.
  The site claims that Reynolds has been rushed to a hospital after suffering a possible stroke.
  The 84-year-old was reportedly at her son’s home in Beverly Hills when someone from the home called 911 to report that she had suffered from a possible stroke, TMZ reports.
  NBC News reports that Reynolds was taken to Cedar Sinai Medical Center after
  
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• Debbie Reynolds pronounced dead at 84

  28-12-2016 23:21 via kfor.com
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Just one day after the loss of her daughter, family officials say the actress Debbie Reynolds has died.
  The site TMZ reported on Wednesday afternoon that Reynolds had been rushed to a hospital after suffering a possible stroke.
  The 84-year-old was reportedly at her son’s home in Beverly Hills when someone from the home called 911 to report that she had suffered from a possible stroke.
  NBC News reports that Reynolds was taken to Cedar Sinai Medical Ce
  
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• New study shows Oklahoma prison among the most dangerous

  28-12-2016 23:06 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – A new federal study shows state and federal prisoners in Oklahoma are among the most likely to be killed or die accidentally behind bars.
  The figures released this month by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics show Oklahoma has the second highest prison homicide rate in the country, with 13 killings per 100,000 state and federal inmates from 2001 to 2014.
  Oklahoma’s homicide rate was more than double the national average of five per 100,000 inmates and second only to
  
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• Tulsa Police Search Woods For Remains Of Missing Woman

  28-12-2016 23:05
  
  Investigators have gone from holding out hope of finding a missing Tulsa woman alive to searching for her remains. Samantha Puckett, 29, has been missing for more than seven weeks.
  
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• Neighbor's Surveillance Cameras Capture Man's Death In NW OKC

  28-12-2016 23:04
  
  A NW OKC neighbor is frustrated at the lack of answers seven months after surveillance cameras captured a man’s death. 
  
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• OKC Metro To See Clear Skies Wednesday Night

  28-12-2016 22:52
  
  Skies will stay mostly clear Wednesday night temperatures will drop to the low 30s. 
  
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• Country singer Randy Travis surprises officer who lost everything in house fire

  28-12-2016 22:52 via kfor.com
  
  GAINESVILLE, Texas – A police officers in Gainesville, Texas got the Christmas surprise of a lifetime after being hit with tragedy.
  Two weeks ago, Officer Keith Bartlett and his family lost their home and nearly all their possessions to a fire.
  The community rallied around Bartlett, making sure his five children had gifts to open on Christmas Day.
  However, a country music singer also wanted to help the public servant.
  According to KXII, music is Bartlett’s passion and he was devasta
  
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• Crews Battling Wildfire South Of Mustang

  28-12-2016 22:35
  
  Crews have successfully contained a wildfire that flared up along a highway just south of the town of Mustang, Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Man charged with driving under the influence after testing positive for caffeine

  28-12-2016 22:14 via kfor.com
  
  FAIRFIELD, Calif. – Joseph Schwab says he couldn’t believe it when he was told that he was being charged with driving under the influence.
  In 2015, Schwab says he was heading home from work when he was pulled over by an Alcohol Beverage Control agent.
  Court documents show the agent claimed Schwab was “weaving in and out of traffic almost causing several collisions.” She also wrote that she believed he was under the influence of drugs.
  The agent reportedly found several l
  
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• New Study Shows Oklahoma Prisons Among The Most Dangerous

  28-12-2016 21:48
  
  A new federal study shows state and federal prisoners in Oklahoma are among the most likely to be killed or die accidentally behind bars.
  
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• Ariana Grande speaks out after she says she was ‘objectified’ by male fan

  28-12-2016 21:47 via kfor.com
  
  Ariana Grande says she was sexually objectified by a male fan, and she’s speaking out about it.
  The 23-year-old pop star took to Twitter late Tuesday night to express her “hurt” over an incident that she says took place while she was out with her boyfriend, Mac Miller.
  Grande told her over 42 million Twitter followers that there was a “young boy” who followed them to their car and appeared to just want a chance to meet her. That was, she said, until he looked over a
  
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• Oklahoma City, Tulsa make list of Top 15 cities where retirement savings will go furthest

  28-12-2016 21:37 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Many Americans are worried about just how far their money will go when they retire.
  According to CNBC, most U.S. families have about $100,000 saved away for their retirement.
  Experts say $100,000 may seem like a good safety net, but it may not stretch as far as you would like in some cities.
  That’s why GOBanking Rates created a list of the American cities where $100,000 will stretch the furthest.
  Oklahoma City and Tulsa both made the list of the Top 15 cities because
  
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• Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes near Fairview

  28-12-2016 21:22
  The U.S. Geological Survey reports the temblor occurred at 10:14 p.m. at a depth of just under 7 miles. Fairview is about 100 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
  
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• 8-year-old transgender boy banned from Cub Scout pack

  28-12-2016 21:03 via kfor.com
  
  SECAUCUS, N.J. -- The Boy Scouts of America banned an 8-year-old boy because he is transgender, his family says.
  Joe Maldonado, who was initially born a girl named Jody, now identifies as a boy, according to WCBS.
  Like many parents, mother Kristie Maldonado signed Joe up for the Cub Scouts in New Jersey. She says she made it clear that he was transgender when she signed him up.
  A month later, Kristie received a call from the Boy Scouts' head counsel saying Joe could no longer be a par
  
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• 13-year-old boy dies following crash; dirt bike stolen from accident scene

  28-12-2016 21:03 via kfor.com
  
  DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – A 13-year-old boy has died from his injuries after crashing his dirt bike into a box truck on Tuesday.
  Authorities say 13-year-old Jyquez Evans ran a red light and crashed into the back of a truck.
  Witnesses say as bystanders tended to Evans, another man stole his dirt bike.
  “I saw him laying there. I look up, and I see the other guy starting the dirt bike as that poor kid was on the ground hurt, and he just got on it like it was nothing and started going down t
  
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• List of celebrity deaths in 2016

  28-12-2016 20:40 via kfor.com
  
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  From the death of music icon David Bowie in January to the loss of Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher on Tuesday, there were many shocking deaths in the entertainment world in 2016.
  From sports icons like Arnold Palmer to music legends like Prince and TV icons like Alan Thicke and Florence Henderson. The world paid tribute to the talented stars that left us this year.
  Below is a list of all the celebrities that passed away in 2016.
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  4 – Robert Stigwood, Entertainment Manager
  
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• Full list of celebrity deaths in 2016

  28-12-2016 20:40 via kfor.com
  
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  From the death of music icon David Bowie in January to the loss of Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher on Tuesday, there were many shocking deaths in the entertainment world in 2016.
  From sports icons like Arnold Palmer to music legends like Prince and TV icons like Alan Thicke and Florence Henderson. The world paid tribute to the talented stars that left us this year.
  Below is a list of all the celebrities that passed away in 2016.
  JANUARY
  4 – Robert Stigwood, Entertainment Manager
  
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• 10 tips to building better financial resolutions

  28-12-2016 20:29 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – With 2017 fast approaching, now is the perfect time to make some financial resolutions to help you ring in the New Year with confidence. According to a recent study of  more than 5,000 American adults from GoBankingRates, the top three resolutions were saving more, paying down debt and increasing income, in that order.
  While increasing savings and decreasing spending are always important goals and a great place to start, don’t feel like you have to stop there, sa
  
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• Judge donates kidney to fellow judge

  28-12-2016 20:25 via kfor.com
  
  MILWAUKEE -- A pair of Milwaukee judges will soon serve as the national faces of organ donation. Over the summer, one judge gave up her kidney to save her long-time friend and colleague. Soon they'll be in Pasadena, California with the "Donate Life" float at the Rose Parade.
  Before they march in the Rose Parade, Judge Derek Mosely and Judge JoAnn Eiring met with Neja Towns, who will receive a new kidney next week.
  "Honestly, there`s a whole range of emotions that comes with it," Towns told
  
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• Watch: Car loses control, narrowly misses hitting trooper on side of roadway

  28-12-2016 20:00 via kfor.com
  
  BOISE, Idaho – While Oklahoma is experiencing unusually warm temperatures, many Americans are dealing with winter weather.
  The Idaho State Police Department is warning drivers to be cautious while driving on snow and ice after a close call with a trooper.
  A trooper was walking along the shoulder of a roadway when a vehicle lost control and narrowly missed hitting him. The car slid into a patrol car that was parked on the shoulder.
  According to KBOI, five patrol cars have been hit while on
  
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• Tulsa police search for missing woman near boyfriend’s home

  28-12-2016 19:59 via kfor.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. – Tulsa police are searching near the home of a missing woman’s boyfriend for the woman.
  Sgt. Dave Walker says officers using search dogs on Wednesday were in a wooded area of north Tulsa looking for the body of 29-year-old Samantha Puckett.
  Puckett was last heard from by her family on Nov. 7.
  Walker says there is no credible evidence that Puckett’s body is in the area being searched, but it is a location that was readily accessible to the boyfriend.
  Police say the
  
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• Mother finds thumb tack in 2-year-old’s Snickers candy

  28-12-2016 19:42 via kfor.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A mother in Utah says she is keeping her children away from candy after finding an extra ingredient in a bite size Snickers.
  Kassidy Maxfield was hungry, so she grabbed a few Snickers candies from her 2-year-old's stocking.
  The first couple of pieces of candy were fine, but when she began to eat the third piece, she knew something was wrong.
  "I bit down and there was a thumb tack in it. It was hard and I spit it out and a little gold thumb tack right in the midd
  
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• Former student charged with murder of ex-teacher and their child

  28-12-2016 19:35 via kfor.com
  
  A 23-year-old man who as a high school student fathered a child with his teacher is facing two counts of murder after his former lover and their son were found dead, according to New York police.
  The bodies of Felicia Barahona, 36, and her 4-year-old son Miguel were found Monday in Barahona's Upper Manhattan apartment.
  Barahona, unconscious and unresponsive on her living room floor, had a telephone cord wrapped around her neck. The child was discovered underwater in a bathtub. Both were pronoun
  
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• Man facing third DUI charge in crash that killed father of two

  28-12-2016 19:25 via kfor.com
  
  CHESTERFIELD, Va. - A community is mourning the loss of a 46-year-old father of two, who was killed while headed home from his second job.
  Authorities say Alonza Jefferson was killed just after midnight when a truck, driven by 27-year-old Matthew Pernell, crossed lanes of traffic and ran into his car.
  Investigators say that even though Jefferson was wearing his seat belt, he was killed in the crash.
  Pernell, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life thre
  
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• Eskimo Joe’s Teacher Contest

  28-12-2016 19:10 via kfor.com
  
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• Fire Continues To Smolder At Cleveland Aerospace Facility

  28-12-2016 19:08
  
  Cleveland firefighters are spending another day at the scene of Tuesday's explosion and fire at the ICES Corporation plant just south of town. 
  
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• Southwest Florida Eagle Cam

  28-12-2016 19:06 via kfor.com
  
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• Giant Donald Trump rooster statue takes China by storm

  28-12-2016 18:42 via kfor.com
  
  BEIJING — What do you get when you cross the year of the rooster with the year of Trump?
  A “yuge” statue.
  A giant rooster sculpture, sporting the President-elect’s signature hairdo and hand gestures, has been erected outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, in China’s northern Shanxi Province.
  The sculpture was commissioned by the company that owns the mall and will be its mascot, Cao Mingliang, the deputy director of planning department from N1 ArtWalk Mall, told CNN.
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• Cinnabon deletes, apologizes for Carrie Fisher tweet after backlash

  28-12-2016 18:36 via kfor.com
  
  Cinnabon is apologizing for a tweet it sent out after the death of Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher.
  The original tweet showed a picture of Princess Leia drawn with cinnamon powder and cinnamon rolls as hair.
  The caption read, "RIP Carrie Fisher. You'll always have the best buns in the galaxy."
  There was immediate backlash and the post was deleted.And the award for "Most Tasteless Brand Reaction To A Celebrity Death" goes to @Cinnabon. #fox5dc pic.twitter.com/XCraFJTZX2
  — Jim Lokay #fox5dc (@
  
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• Pioneer Pies to closing its doors after 33 years in Oklahoma City

  28-12-2016 18:31 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY –  A well-known fixture in Oklahoma City’s restaurant scene is closing its doors later this week.
  After 33 years, Pioneer Pies will be closing its doors for good.
  Employees posted to Facebook to announce that the restaurant will close its final time on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.
  Business owners say they decided not to renew their lease, adding that it is time for many of their long time employees to take a break.
  In the Facebook post, Linda Morris thanked the community for
  
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• Pioneer Pies closing its doors after 33 years in Oklahoma City

  28-12-2016 18:31 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY –  A well-known fixture in Oklahoma City’s restaurant scene is closing its doors later this week.
  After 33 years, Pioneer Pies will be closing its doors for good.
  Employees posted to Facebook to announce that the restaurant will close its final time on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.
  Business owners say they decided not to renew their lease, adding that it is time for many of their long time employees to take a break.
  In the Facebook post, Linda Morris thanked the community for
  
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• Oklahoma City man arrested for burglary after allegedly getting locked inside truck

  28-12-2016 18:12 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City man is facing several charges after allegedly breaking into a truck and getting locked inside.
  On Tuesday, officers were called to a car burglary at Whittaker’s Foods. The caller told dispatchers that a man broke into his truck and was locked inside of it.
  When officers arrived, they spotted a man sitting in the driver’s seat of the truck and the truck’s owner standing nearby.
  According to the arrest affidavit, the victim told officers tha
  
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• Police identify father, son injured in double-shooting in N.W. Oklahoma City

  28-12-2016 17:59 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Police have identified the father and the son injured in the double-shooting in northwest Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon.
  Around 1:40 p.m., police were called to reports of a shooting at the Greenvale apartment complex, near N.W. 10th and Rockwell.
  Witnesses said there was a group of men arguing outside the complex when the gunshots rang out.
  When officers arrived they located two shooting victims in the parking lot.
  Both men were transported to a local hospital to be trea
  
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• “I’m totally dead in the water,” Thieves make off with $5,000 worth of tattoo equipment, donations for soldiers

  28-12-2016 17:53 via kfor.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. – A business in Tulsa says they were wiped out by thieves, but employees say they weren’t the only ones targeted.
  Employees at Anchor and Rose Tattoo Company came back to work from the holiday weekend to discover that a thief stole their equipment.
  “I’m totally dead in the water,” Marceau Hicks, co-owner of Anchor and Rose Tattoo Company, told FOX 23.
  Hicks says the business was ransacked after a thief removed the store’s air conditioning unit to
  
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• Republican leaders in Oklahoma rethinking income tax cut

  28-12-2016 17:41 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Facing a budget hole of nearly $870 million and declining revenue collections, Republican legislative leaders in Oklahoma are reconsidering whether to keep in place an income tax cut that could be triggered as early as next year.
  Currently, the state’s individual income tax rate would drop from 5 percent to 4.85 percent once revenue collections increase by about $100 million annually.
  The Oklahoma Tax Commission predicts that reduction in the income tax rate would cos
  
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• ‘You don’t deserve to have a son’: Mother kills herself, baby after posting suicide note on Facebook

  28-12-2016 17:30 via kfor.com
  
  GLEN ROCK, Pa. – Authorities in Pennsylvania believe a woman posted a suicide note on Facebook, telling her husband “you don’t deserve to have a son,” shortly before suffocating her 1-year-old and fatally shooting herself.
  State police said they found the bodies of 40-year-old Sheri Shermeyer and her son inside their home Mnday afternoon after being alerted by a friend who saw the Facebook post.
  A portion of the post says:
  “I’m confused, just torn down, hardl
  
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• Explosion at Oklahoma aerospace manufacturer injures two employees

  28-12-2016 17:21 via kfor.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Okla. – An explosion in one Oklahoma town has caused serious damage to a business and left two people injured.
  Firefighters say flames consumed ICES Corporation, an aerospace equipment manufacturer, on Tuesday afternoon.
  Investigators told FOX 23 that only two employees were inside the building at the time of the explosion.
  The men were repairing the floor when the explosion occurred, sending smoke and flames throughout the structure.
  “They were both awake and they were b
  
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• Authorities searching for man accused of robbing Ponca City bank

  28-12-2016 17:09 via kfor.com
  
  PONCA CITY, Okla. – Authorities across Oklahoma are searching for a man accused of robbing a bank in Ponca City.
  On Tuesday, officials with the Oklahoma City FBI say a man walked into the RCB Bank in Ponca City and handed a note to a teller, demanding money.
  The man is described as a white man, standing about 6’0″ tall with a thin build. He is approximately 40-years-old and was last seen wearing a light-colored jacket and a dark baseball cap.
  Authorities say no one was hurt dur
  
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• Oklahoma woman says road rage incident ended with racial slurs, broken window

  28-12-2016 16:58 via kfor.com
  
  MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Police are investigating after an Oklahoma couple says they were targeted in a violent road rage incident.
  On Monday afternoon, Rhonda Johnson says she was driving home on the Muskogee Turnpike when she noticed a truck following her.
  “He was in the left lane, the fast lane, and we were just trying to get around,” she said.
  The driver of a maroon Nissan Frontier truck followed her for miles, ending up in the Walgreens parking lot in Muskogee.
  “He’s
  
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• Edmond releases plan to recycle Christmas trees for residents

  28-12-2016 16:47 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. – With Christmas behind us, many families are now taking down those holiday decorations.
  The City of Edmond says that real Christmas trees can be recycled by dropping them off at either Hafer Park or Mitch Park by Jan. 15, 2017.
  Officials say the trees are chipped, and free mulch will be available to residents after Jan. 27 at Mitch Park.
  If you can’t drop your tree off, residential customers can schedule a special collection of trees before Jan. 9.
  In order to be place
  
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• Girl uses mom’s thumbprint to unlock phone and buy $250 in Pokemon items from Amazon

  28-12-2016 16:26 via kfor.com
  
  Some Pokemon fans will do anything to catch ‘em all.
  A 6-year-old girl made $250 in Pokemon purchases despite the fact that her mother has a fingerprint-ID locked phone.
  According to the Wall Street Journal, Arkansas mother Bethany Howell was taking a nap when her 6-year-old daughter, Ashlynd, used Howell’s thumbprint to unlock the phone and gain access to the Amazon app.
  Ashlynd proceeded to buy 13 Pokemon items totaling $250. She fessed up when her parents thought their account had
  
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• Carrie Fisher’s unique obituary request was full of her humor

  28-12-2016 16:26 via kfor.com
  
  Carrie Fisher’s obituary request was as full of humor as the rest of her life.
  “Forty-three years ago, George Lucas ruined my life,” she wrote in her book, “Wishful Drinking.” “And I mean that in the nicest possible way.”
  In her book, Fisher reveals an anecdote about her relationship with Lucas, which led to a unique request of her own obituary. The story begins with Lucas on the set of the first Star Wars making a demand of her character’s c
  
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• Firefighters Battle Large Blaze In South OKC

  28-12-2016 15:55
  
  Oklahoma City firefighters are responding to a large house fire near SE 30th and Santa Fe.
  
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• Dear. Mr. Thief: Cops leave epic note to shoplifter

  28-12-2016 15:42 via kfor.com
  
  It just might be the best police note ever.
  Police in Marietta, Georgia, put up a humorous post on Facebook, addressed to a shoplifter at a pawn shop who apparently still has a lot to learn about the theft game. Like, not leaving your ID. Or fingerprints. Or not doing your dirty work in full view of the cameras.“Sir, you must have forgot that you gave the clerk your driver’s license with ALL of your personal information as well as providing him with your fingerprint when completing t
  
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• 15-year-old Oklahoma boy saves neighbors from burning home

  28-12-2016 15:27 via kfor.com
  
  LAWTON, Okla. – A 15-year-old Oklahoma boy jumped into action when he saw his neighbors’ home on fire.
  The Lawton home had just caught fire when 15-year-old Jordan Bland ran over to help get his neighbors out of the burning home.
  “I was panicking honestly,”  Bland told KSWO. “It got really close to other peoples homes. I didn’t want anyone else’s homes to go up in flames. It got really far in the backyard.”
  The family of five was able to escap
  
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• Ribbon Cutting Scheduled For Tulsa's River Spirit Casino Resort Hotel

  28-12-2016 15:25
  
  There is a special ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday at Tulsa's River Spirit Casino Resort's new hotel and conference center. 
  
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