Oklahoma news

• City revenues decline around the state

  18-10-2016 23:55
  
  Oklahoma City Hall is preparing for midyear budget cuts in response to continuing low sales tax revenues.
  
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• Assistance League Of Tulsa Helping Students In Need

  18-10-2016 23:34
  
  A lot of students in Tulsa go to school every day without everything they need, and the Assistance League of Tulsa and its Operation School Bell are trying to help.
  
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• Jail audit reveals financial management problems

  18-10-2016 23:23
  
  The state auditor’s review of Oklahoma County jail operations found the sheriff’s financial obligations from previous fiscal years were paid with subsequent years’ funds in violation of state law.
  
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• Leaders Break Ground On Largest Park Renovation Ever In Sand Springs

  18-10-2016 23:14
  
  Crews are working on the largest park renovation project ever in Sand Springs, and it’s happening thanks to a generous private gift.
  
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• U.S. stocks rebound on strong company earnings; oil rises

  18-10-2016 23:03
  
  Surprisingly strong earnings from Netflix, UnitedHealth Group and other companies put investors in a buying mood Tuesday, driving U.S. stocks solidly higher.
  
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• Harley-Davidson 3rd-quarter profit falls on lower sales

  18-10-2016 22:54
  
  Harley-Davidson Inc. on Tuesday reported a decline in third-quarter profit on lower sales and said it will cut costs.
  
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• Employees Sue University Of Tulsa Over Radioactive Spill

  18-10-2016 22:45
  
  A group of employees and neighbors is suing the University of Tulsa and others for a radioactive spill that happened in 2014.
  
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• Social Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits

  18-10-2016 22:27
  
  Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3-percent increase in monthly benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to settle for historically low raises.
  
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• Trading gains drive Goldman Sachs’ profits sharply higher

  18-10-2016 21:56
  
  Goldman Sachs' earnings soared in the third quarter, driven largely by trading and investment gains. The results easily surpassed analysts' estimates.
  
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• Stillwater Police Arrest One, Seek One More In Connection To Burglary

  18-10-2016 21:40
  
  Stillwater police arrested a woman and are looking for another person of interest in connection to a burglary. The victim's trail camera captured images of the two at the time of the crime. 
  
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• Obama shakes mind-controlled robot hand wired to sense touch

  18-10-2016 21:37
  
  A paralyzed man shared a handshake with President Barack Obama last week by using a mind-controlled robotic arm that, in a first for medical research, is helping to restore his sense of touch.
  
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• Army and Tufts study how people think, respond under stress

  18-10-2016 21:15
  
  The U.S. Army and Tufts University are working together to learn more about how people think and respond under stress.
  
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• Tiny Belgian region holds up EU-Canada trade deal

  18-10-2016 20:51
  
  A small region in Belgium will be standing up to the united might of the 28 European Union leaders this week, knowing its decision to reject a huge trade deal between the EU and Canada will bring the whole trans-Atlantic agreement down.
  
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• OSBI Completes Report On Tulsa County Sheriff's Office

  18-10-2016 20:50
  
  An OSBI probe into allegations of misconduct at the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is in the hands of Okmulgee County District Attorney Rob Barris. Prosecutors will now decide if any charges should be filed. 
  
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• Contaminated machines linked to heart surgery infections

  18-10-2016 20:34
  
  Health officials are warning that small outbreaks of infections spread by contaminated operating room machinery during open-heart surgery could be more widespread than first thought.
  
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• U.S. consumer prices rise in September on higher oil costs

  18-10-2016 20:27
  
  Higher energy costs fueled U.S. consumer prices in September, but overall inflation remained in check as it has for the past several years.
  
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• No-brainer: $300K campaign to rescue Dorothy’s ruby slippers

  18-10-2016 20:22
  
  It will take more than three clicks of the heels to restore the ruby slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at the end of The Wizard of Oz.
  
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• UnitedHealth raises 2016 forecast, again

  18-10-2016 20:17
  
  UnitedHealth Group has hiked its 2016 earnings forecast again after its profit swelled 23 percent to nearly $2 billion in the third quarter, helped by gains both in and outside its core insurance business.
  
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• Airport Plans To Fix Tulsa Traffic Sign Error

  18-10-2016 20:11
  
  There is a traffic sign directing travelers leaving Tulsa International Airport to Interstate 75, but the problem is, that highway runs from Michigan to Florida, not through Oklahoma.
  
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• Kansas Gov. Brownback wary of tax hike but won’t rule it out

  18-10-2016 19:57
  
  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said that he's not ruling out a tax increase next year to keep the state's budget balanced, even though he believes it would be harmful to raise taxes with agriculture in a slump.
  
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• Tulsa Most Wanted Murder Suspect Captured

  18-10-2016 19:55
  
  A Tulsa man wanted by the Tulsa Police Department for first-degree murder has been arrested.
  
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• Pfizer to launch cheaper version of J&J immune drug Remicade

  18-10-2016 19:44
  
  Drugmaker Pfizer said Monday that it will launch a less-expensive version of rival Johnson & Johnson's blockbuster immune disorder drug, Remicade.
  
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• WH report seeks to curtail natural gas blowouts

  18-10-2016 19:36
  
  A year after a leaking well near Los Angeles spewed natural gas for nearly four months and drove thousands from their homes, a White House task force is recommending dozens of safety changes for the nation's 400 underground natural gas storage wells.
  
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• Beverage initiative targets Mississippi Delta

  18-10-2016 19:27
  
  The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, in conjunction with major beverage companies, announced in Clarksdale recently they will make a four-county area of northwest Mississippi the newest target of the Balance Calories Community Initiative to reduce the amount of calories and sugar people get from beverages.
  
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• Tulsa Election Workers Preparing For November's General Election

  18-10-2016 19:05
  
  With just three weeks to the November general election, Tulsa precinct workers are busy getting ready for what is expected to be a large turnout. 
  
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• Ammonia Leak Kills Nebraska Man, Tulsa Pipeline Operator Says

  18-10-2016 17:46
  
   A Tulsa-based pipeline operator reports a Nebraska man died in an accident involving anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.
  
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• Results From Audit On Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office Released

  18-10-2016 17:31
  
  Tuesday morning, officials released results from an investigative audit into the Oklahoma County Sheriff and his administrative staff over alleged mismanagement of funds. 
  
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• Two Atoka Men Charged With Theft Of Over 150 Head Of Cattle

  18-10-2016 15:30
  
  Agents with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture say two men have been arrested in connection with a theft of 153 head of cattle from a Atoka County rancher. 
  
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• Social Security Recipients To See Tiny Increase In 2017

  18-10-2016 15:14
  
  Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a monthly increase in benefits of just 0.3 percent next year.
  
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• Police Investigate Another Broken Arrow Bank Robbery

  18-10-2016 14:46
  
  Broken Arrow Police are trying to determine if a man who robbed a bank Monday is the same man who robbed another BA bank Friday, October 14th.
  
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• Fourth Person Arrested In Murder At Tulsa's Mohawk Park

  18-10-2016 14:15
  
  Authorities said Adan Banuelos took part in kidnapping a man from his apartment at gunpoint and taking him to Mohawk Park where he was shot to death.
  
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• Tulsa SUV Burglary Caught On Video

  18-10-2016 14:06
  
  Home surveillance video given to News On 6 shows a suspect breaking into an SUV parked in a south Tulsa home's driveway.
  
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• Power Restored After Large Tulsa Outage

  18-10-2016 13:44
  
  Public Service Company of Oklahoma says power has been restored after a large outage covering midtown Tulsa early Tuesday.
  
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• Police Shoot, Kill Suspect In Tulsa Standoff

  18-10-2016 13:42
  
  Police shot and killed a man early Tuesday who they said was holding a two-year-old child hostage in a south Tulsa home.
  
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• Viral Facebook Privacy Hoax Is Back

  18-10-2016 10:18
  
  If you felt a sense of déjà vu over the weekend while scrolling through your Facebook News Feed, you’re not alone. Those dreaded paragraph-long privacy hoaxes that have been circulating on Facebook for years are resurfacing.
  
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• Fall Weather Returning To Eastern Oklahoma

  18-10-2016 10:15
  
  Another unseasonably warm day is expected for most locations across eastern OK but a front will enter the area today and bring some slightly cooler air to part of northern OK later today. 
  
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• Educational Development earnings drop

  18-10-2016 06:36
  
  Educational Development Corp. reported net income for the second fiscal quarter ended Aug. 31 of $318,500, or 8 cents per diluted share, down from $644,400, or 16 cents per diluted share, for the second fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year.
  
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• Carter Healthcare buys Blessed Trinity

  18-10-2016 06:30
  
  Carter Healthcare has purchased Blessed Trinity Home Health Care Inc., based in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
  
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• Capital Perspectives: Billy Beane’s Rules of Trading

  18-10-2016 06:30
  
  Billy Bean's “Rules of Trading” are interesting, and while he applies them to trading ballplayers, they can apply to just about anyone, including investors and leaders of any type.
  
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• Analyst Day set at Chesapeake Energy

  18-10-2016 06:29
  
  Chesapeake Energy’s 2016 Analyst Day is scheduled at 9 a.m. Thursday at the corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City.
  
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• Gulfport Energy production increases

  18-10-2016 06:28
  
  Gulfport Energy Corp. reported net production for the third quarter of 734.1 million cubic feet equivalent per day, up 13 percent from the third quarter of 2015.
  
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• Mock stock exchange competition set

  18-10-2016 06:18
  
  Junior Achievement of Oklahoma expected 400 high school students to participate in the 16th annual JA Investor Challenge.
  
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• Rural fire departments awarded grants

  18-10-2016 05:44
  
  The Oklahoma Forestry Services has awarded grants to 18 rural fire departments.
  
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• Foreign policy roundtable set

  18-10-2016 05:43
  
  The University of Oklahoma has scheduled a roundtable on the foreign policies of the presidential candidates.
  
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• NGL Energy to offer senior notes

  18-10-2016 05:40
  
  NGL Energy Partners plans to offer $400 million of senior notes due 2023.
  
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• Village South Shopping Center sold

  18-10-2016 05:39
  
  Precision Equity purchased Village South Shopping Center, 10115 S. Sheridan Rd. in Tulsa, for $7.6 million.
  
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• Career Point College closes over student aid

  18-10-2016 05:37
  
  A vocational school operating in Texas and Oklahoma has closed amid what administrators say was a federal dispute over inappropriately received student aid funds.
  
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