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• 2 apparently unrelated inmate deaths reported at Oklahoma prison

  12-09-2018 23:50 via kfor.com
  MCALESTER, Okla. – Two apparently unrelated inmate deaths have been reported at an Oklahoma prison.
  According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, the two inmates died in separate incidents Wednesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
  DOC said the first death was discovered after midnight in the maximum-security prison for men’s infirmary. The inmate was found dead in his bed inside the unit.
  The second death was discovered around 11:30 a.m. OSP correctional offic
  
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• Bass boat, motor, or trailer are no problem for this growing number of anglers on Oklahoma lakes.

  12-09-2018 23:46 via kfor.com
  ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA -- A couple of times every week, maybe three or four, if he's lucky, Caleb Johnson launches his boat near one of the many lakes around this city in south central Oklahoma.
  For the past three years he hasn't needed any gas, no trailer either, not even a trolling motor, just a kayak and paddle, tackle and shallow water.
  "It's easier for me," he says of fishing from a kayak. "I think just being closer to the water and being able to reach down and just grab a fish."
  He's on Ardmor
  
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• Tropical Storm Olivia makes landfall in Hawaii

  12-09-2018 23:26 via kfor.com
  (CNN) – Tropical Storm Olivia made landfall Wednesday morning on Hawaii’s island of Maui, bringing with it flooding, rains and 45-mph winds as it moves over the state’s main islands.
  A tropical storm warning was in effect for the island of Oahu and Maui County.
  The storm was moving west at 10 mph, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center said.
  “Tropical storm #Olivia continues to weaken but we’re not out of the woods,” Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell tweeted Tue
  
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• Pregnant mom of 3 killed in head-on crash with boxer suspected of driving drunk

  12-09-2018 23:06 via kfor.com
  HEMET, Calif. – A family is mourning a 29-year-old mother of three, who died along with her unborn child after colliding head-on with a suspected DUI driver over the weekend.
  Krystil Kincaid was driving her Chrysler minivan north on Warren Road around 8:30 p.m. Sunday when a BMW heading southbound veered into her lane and struck her between Devonshire and Esplanade avenues in the Southern California city of Hemet, according to Hemet police.
  Krystil Kincaid is seen in a photo posted to her
  
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• Son ‘horrified’ when cryogenic firm cuts off his father’s head

  12-09-2018 23:03 via kfor.com
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – If medical science someday gains the ability to bring frozen dead people back to life, scientist Laurence Pilgeram is in for a nasty surprise.
  According to a lawsuit filed by his son, Kurt Pilgeram, cryogenics company Alcor froze only the elder Pilgeram’s head after his death, when he had signed a contract to have his entire body preserved. The lawsuit states that Kurt Pilgeram was “shocked, horrified, and extremely distressed” when Alcor sent him a p
  
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• FDA takes ‘historic action’ on youth e-cigarette ‘epidemic’

  12-09-2018 22:49 via kfor.com
  (CNN) – Concerned with an “epidemic” surge in teen use of e-cigarettes, the head of the US Food and Drug Administration announced today a “historic action” against more than 1,300 retailers and five major manufacturers for their roles in perpetuating youth access to the devices in the US.
  “I use the word epidemic with great care,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. “E-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous — and dangerous — trend
  
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• One person dead, another injured after stabbing in Carnegie, FBI says 

  12-09-2018 19:07 via kfor.com
  CARNEGIE, Okla. – One person is dead and another is injured after a stabbing in Carnegie.
  Officials with the FBI, along with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and local law enforcement, are investigating the incident that is believed to have happened on Indian Country land Wednesday morning.
  The FBI says a man with multiple stab wounds was found dead near an abandoned residence. A female victim was also found with multiple stab wounds. She was taken to the hospital to be treated. Her condition
  
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• Vote For Your Favorite Toy

  12-09-2018 18:58 via kfor.com
  12 Toys Nominated For This Year’s Toy Hall Of Fame Class
  To Vote:
  http://www.toyhalloffame.org/
  
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• Finance officials report Oklahoma collections top estimate

  12-09-2018 18:22 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Collections to Oklahoma’s main state operating fund exceeded the official estimate by nearly 7 percent in August, buoyed mostly by better-than-expected individual income tax collections.
  The Office of Management and Enterprise Services released figures on Tuesday that show collections to the General Revenue Fund totaled $455 million last month. That’s an increase of 6.6 percent from the monthly estimate and nearly 10 percent over collections during the same mont
  
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• Emergency responders in Cleveland County holding fundraiser for two families in need

  12-09-2018 17:21 via kfor.com
  MOORE, Okla. – Emergency responders in Cleveland County are raising money at a fundraiser this weekend for two families in need.
  Responders with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, Moore Police and Fire Departments and Norman Police and Fire Departments will be participating in the softball fundraiser, First Responder Softball Round Robin, on Saturday at Buck Thomas Park.
  Proceeds made at the fundraiser will benefit the families of Anthony Beuchaw and Taylor Mosmeyer.
  Beuchaw, who
  
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• Woman jumps from moving car to escape fake Uber driver

  12-09-2018 16:58 via kfor.com
  LAS VEGAS -- Complaints about fake rideshare drivers victimizing customers are on the rise in big cities across the country.
  When a man posing as an Uber driver allegedly abducted a local woman from the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, she made a brave escape from a moving car.
  Elizabeth Suarez' traumatic experience began on a mid-July night at Park MGM. She booked an Uber to take her home after a night out with a childhood friend, according to KTNV.
  “So I get the notification from my phone sa
  
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• Convicted killer sentenced in Oklahoma inmate drug operation

  12-09-2018 16:40 via kfor.com
  TULSA, Okla. – A convicted killer already serving life in prison in Oklahoma has been sentenced to an additional 20 years in federal prison for running a drug ring from inside the prison.
  Court records show 36-year-old Slint Kenneth Tate was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tulsa after pleading guilty in June to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
  Tate admitted in a plea agreement that he used cellphones that were smuggled to him in prison to run the
  
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• Woman arrested after fleeing police, crashing stolen vehicle in Oklahoma City

  12-09-2018 16:35 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – A woman who led police on a chase last week in a stolen vehicle was arrested.
  On September 4, at around 5:30 p.m., an officer witnessed a truck run a stop sign at NE 28th and Creston.
  When the officer ran the vehicle’s tag, they received a stolen car notification.
  The officer attempted to stop the vehicle near NE 36th and MLK, but the driver, identified as Rachel Ladd, 26, “accelerated and began passing vehicles in an attempt to elude.”
  Ladd continued to d
  
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• Cougar blamed for fatal attack on woman in Oregon park

  12-09-2018 16:22 via kfor.com
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  A cougar is likely to have killed a woman whose body was found in an Oregon park on Monday in the state’s first-ever confirmed fatal attack by a wild cougar, authorities said Tuesday.
  Diana Bober, 55, of Gresham, Oregon, was last heard from on August 29 and was reported missing by out-of-state relatives on Friday, Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said.
  Sheriff’s deputies found Bober’s car at the Zigzag Ranger Station in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Fores
  
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• Hurricane Florence’s damage will be widespread no matter where it strikes

  12-09-2018 15:56 via kfor.com
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  Forecasts generally have Wilmington, North Carolina, as the city most likely to bear the brunt of powerful Hurricane Florence as it makes landfall.
  But no matter where the monster storm ultimately crosses the southern East Coast of the US, Florence’s high winds and heavy rains will hit communities for miles north, south — and even west. Damaging effects from the storm are expected to be felt far inland, particularly as it’s projected to stall once it crosses the coa
  
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• Body cam video shows Creek County deputies arrest man for drugs, loaded firearms

  12-09-2018 15:35 via kfor.com
  CREEK COUNTY, Okla. – A man was arrested following a traffic stop in Creek County.
  It started when deputies pulled over a vehicle after watching the driver, Bobby Joe Hurt III, make a turn with no signal.
  Deputies asked Hurt to step out of the vehicle after he continued to make movements to the center console.
  A check of Hurt’s records showed he had a revoked driver’s license.
  “As he was getting the driver out, he noticed the driver had something in his pocket and starte
  
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• Cherokee Nation official: Medical marijuana possession still illegal

  12-09-2018 15:11 via kfor.com
  TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A Cherokee Nation official says medical marijuana won’t be legal on the Oklahoma-based tribe’s property even though the state’s voters approved use of the plant.
  The Cherokee Phoenix reports Cherokee Nation Assistant Attorney General Chrissi Nimmo says the tribe must adhere to its own laws as well as federal regulations, and that Oklahoma law does not apply. Nimmo says possession and sale of cannabis remain illegal under tribal and federal law.
  Nimmo sa
  
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• Orcas chase fisherman off of Baja California coast

  12-09-2018 15:05 via kfor.com
  SAN DIEGO – Four San Diego fishermen got the show of a lifetime over the weekend when they were fishing in Mexican waters south of the Coronado Islands.
  Tyler Bartholomew was celebrating his 40th birthday with his friends by trolling for tuna. The group had launched early from Coronado and spent the morning fishing in Mexican waters. They caught several skipjack and a couple of yellowfin tuna, but overall the fishing was disappointing, Bartholomew said.
  Around 2 p.m., things got a lot mor
  
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• Video shows police cruiser taking up two lanes on the interstate

  12-09-2018 14:59 via kfor.com
  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Social media has been buzzing about a video posted by a truck driver showing a Cleveland police cruiser hogging two lanes on Interstate 90, according to WJW.
  Joe Gerhart said he was traveling east on I-90 towards downtown Cleveland on Sept. 7 when he noticed a police car get onto the highway and jumped into the center lane of traffic and almost immediately began straddling two lanes of traffic while traveling at 10 mph below the posted speed limit of 60.
  Gerhart recorded video
  
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• Helicopter Search and Rescue Team of Oklahoma Task Force 1 requested to assist with Hurricane Florence

  12-09-2018 14:55 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Members of Oklahoma Task Force 1 – Helicopter Search and Rescue Team – have been requested to assist with the expected arrival of Hurricane Florence.
  The HSART is a new component of the Oklahoma Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and is a partnership between the Oklahoma Air National Guard, Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security and the Oklahoma Urban Search and Rescue Task Force.
  The team is comprised of rescue swimme
  
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• Frankie Valli set to perform at River Spirit Casino in Tulsa

  12-09-2018 14:26 via kfor.com
  TULSA, Okla. – Frankie Valli is set to perform at the River Spirit Casino in Tulsa in November.
  Valli came to fame in 1962 as the lead singer of the Four Seasons.
  The successful Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys chronicles the life and times of Valli and his group with classic songs such as “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.”
  The play is entering its third sold-out year.
  His first
  
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• Pennsylvania teacher’s Harry Potter-themed room inspires students to read

  12-09-2018 13:14 via kfor.com
  ARCHBALD, Pa. - A Pennsylvania teacher is getting international attention for her Harry Potter-themed classroom.
  But she's only interested in grabbing the attention of her third-graders, according to WNEP.
  Tressa Bargella's third-grade classroom looks like it belongs at Hogwarts, not Valley View Intermediate School in Archbald, Pennsylvania.
  It's an immersion into JK Rowling's much-loved world from the "Harry Potter" series.
  "When they came in, they all had their tickets, and their eyes were bi
  
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• One person injured after shooting in NE Oklahoma City

  12-09-2018 13:06 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – One person was injured Tuesday night after a shooting in northeast Oklahoma City.
  Police responded to an apartment complex near NE 36th St. and Hiwassee Rd. around 10:15 p.m.
  Oklahoma City police say one man was transported to the hospital with at least one gunshot wound to the torso area.
  Authorities believe the victim possibly knew the suspect, and was shot when he opened his door.
  Officials describe the suspect as a black male, and have not released any other details due
  
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• One person dead after auto-pedestrian accident in NW Oklahoma City

  12-09-2018 12:42 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Police responded to the scene of a fatal auto-pedestrian accident in northwest Oklahoma City Wednesday morning.
  Oklahoma City police say someone called them around 5:15 a.m. about a man lying in the street near NW Expressway and May.
  When police arrived, they found a man who “appeared to have been struck by a vehicle and was deceased.”
  Police say the man was already in the street when he was hit by the vehicle.
  The driver stayed at the scene, police say, and is
  
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• Emergency crews respond to fatal auto-pedestrian accident in NW Oklahoma City

  12-09-2018 12:42 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Police are on the scene of a fatal auto-pedestrian accident in northwest Oklahoma City.
  Oklahoma City police say someone called them Wednesday around 5:15 a.m. about a man lying in the street near NW Expressway and May.
  When police arrived, they found a man who “appeared to have been struck by a vehicle and was deceased.”
  Police say the man was already in the street when he was hit by the vehicle.
  The driver is at the scene, police say, and is cooperating with t
  
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• Police investigating fatal crash in Midwest City

  12-09-2018 12:38 via kfor.com
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. – Emergency crews are investigating a fatal accident in Midwest City Wednesday.
  Officials responded to the area near NE 23rd St. and Air Depot around 3:45 a.m.
  Midwest City police say a truck traveling eastbound crossed over the center line, hitting an SUV traveling westbound.
  The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital in an unknown condition.
  Authorities are still investigating and have not released any oth
  
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• Cowboys Step Up vs. Broncos Saturday

  12-09-2018 06:22 via kfor.com
  Oklahoma State's football team steps up in competition this Saturday when the Cowboys host 17th-ranked Boise State at 2:30.
  It's OSU's first ranked opponent of the season, and it should be a game that produces a lot of offense.
  The two teams both rank in the top four in the nation in total offense.
  
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• Riley Sees Defense Improving

  12-09-2018 06:20 via kfor.com
  Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley likes the progress he's seen from his defense through two games this season.
  OU held UCLA to just seven points through the first three quarters last  Saturday.
  Riley said the Sooners' play vs. the Bruins isn't as unusual as some people think, and he expects more performances like that as the season goes on.
  
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• Man arrested, accused of encouraging sexual relationship with 15-year-old girl, fellow church member

  12-09-2018 05:19 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City man is accused of allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old girl at the church they attend.
  Steven Ramon Mason, 47, was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail Monday on one felony count of facilitating or encouraging sexual conduct with a minor. His bond was set at $20,000 and released after posting bail. Mason has not been formally charged in the case. No one answered the door at his listed address Tuesday evening.
  According to an arrest warrant a
  
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• Norman Asks for Scooters to be Removed

  12-09-2018 05:09 via kfor.com
  NORMAN - A lot of cities across the country and here in Oklahoma have been struggling with exactly what to do with dockless, motorized scooters. Bird Scooters have been in Norman for over a month...Wednesday night, Normanites might have to quit cold turkey.
  Being a college town the Bird scooters are popular in Norman. City officials estimate as many as 50 to 100 are in town at any given time, but now the motorized scooters are starting to cause problems.
  "We began receiving some complaints for
  
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• OSU apartment complex terminates leases

  12-09-2018 05:00 via kfor.com
  STILLWATER, Okla. - Some OSU students are trying to find another place to live after an apartment complex cancelled their leases.
  One on 4th was supposed to be open and move in ready by mid-August, but after weeks of postponing move in's, students got an email on Thursday saying their leases are terminated.
  “It was very frustrating, said Grant, a student at OSU. “It was disheartening."
  Grant just moved from Ohio to Oklahoma to get his Doctorate from OSU.
  He says he signed a lease wi
  
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• Oklahoma man on death row seeks new trial

  12-09-2018 04:49 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma man sentenced to death in 1999 for killing an Arkansas family in a plot to set up a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest wants a new trial.
  Danny Lee’s attorneys say in documents filed Monday in Little Rock federal court that prosecutors illegally failed to tell defense attorneys that a witness who testified that Lee admitted to the murders also told investigators he believed Lee was lying.
  Danny Lee was convicted of murder in the aid of racket
  
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• FDA warns against ‘nitro puffs’ and other foods made with liquid nitrogen

  12-09-2018 04:14 via kfor.com
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning people to avoid eating, drinking or handling foods prepared with liquid nitrogen just before they are sold.
  According to the FDA, liquid nitrogen can cause severe damage to skin and internal organs if mishandled or accidentally ingested due to the extremely low temperatures it can maintain.
  “When you eat something that is extremely cold, I'm talking much colder than ice cream, you're going to get a frostbite-type inj
  
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• Cardinal Wuerl to discuss possible resignation with Pope Francis

  12-09-2018 03:36 via kfor.com
  (CNN) – Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the embattled archbishop of Washington, said Tuesday that he expects to meet soon with Pope Francis to discuss the possibility of resigning.
  In a letter to priests in the diocese, Wuerl mentioned a recent meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. He said the Pope asked him to consider the best course of action “as we face new revelations of the extent of the horror of the clergy abuse of children and the failures in episcopal oversight.”
  Wuerl said h
  
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• Video shows Washington teens robbing store, stepping over clerk as he suffers heart attack

  12-09-2018 03:33 via kfor.com
  AUBURN, Wash. – A gas station clerk who suffered a heart attack and then was robbed by two teenage suspects is clinging to life at a Washington state hospital, his co-workers said Tuesday.
  Video surveillance shows 34-year-old Zarif Kelada collapse after telling two teens that they needed to pay for pepperoni sticks they opened and were eating in the store. But instead of calling for help for the collapsed man, the teens nearly walk by while he’s unconscious on the floor, steal
  
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• Elizabeth Smart upset her kidnapper to be freed

  12-09-2018 03:20 via kfor.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Elizabeth Smart says it is “incomprehensible” that a woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap her will be released from prison next week.
  A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart as a teenager from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and hold her captive will be released from prison next week.
  The surprise move announced Tuesday comes after authorities determined they had miscalculated the time 72-year-o
  
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•  First strong beer deliveries arrive in Oklahoma

  12-09-2018 03:10 via kfor.com
  The first deliveries of strong beer have arrived at distributors across the state for the October 1 law change.Strong beer and new beer brands will be available cold in grocery, convenience, and liquor stores across the state on October 1.
  The distributions laws changed September 1, so distributors and retailers could have strong beer available as soon as the first.
  “As the new strong beer brands and varieties arrive in Oklahoma, Prohibition-era laws are officially on their way out,”
  
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• Cowboys Face Rare Ranked Non-Conference Team at Home

  12-09-2018 02:53 via kfor.com
  Oklahoma State's home game against 17th-ranked Boise State this Saturday at 2:30 pm will be something of a rare treat for Cowboys fans.
  Since OSU joined the Big Eight Conference in 1960, OSU has hosted a non-conference opponent ranked as high as the Broncos are just three times.
  The Cowboys beat #11 Houston in 1970, lost to #2 Arkansas in 1978, and beat #13 Georgia in 2009 in the other instances.
  It's a definite opportunity early in the season to get a big win.
  
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• Sooners Relish Challenge of Road Games

  12-09-2018 02:50 via kfor.com
  Oklahoma's football team faces their first road game of the season this Saturday at 11:00 am at Iowa State.
  But road games are not something the Sooners have shied away from and their success against the  Cyclones on the road goes back for decades.
  OU enters this weekend having won 16 straight true road games, the second longest streak in school  history.
  Oklahoma has also won 23 straight games in Ames, the longest road winning streak in one series in the nation.
  Iowa State's last hom
  
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• Young Sooner Linebacker Has Bright Future

  12-09-2018 02:47 via kfor.com
  Oklahoma sophomore linebacker Kenneth Murray had what head coach Lincoln Riley thought was his best game as a Sooner against UCLA.
  Murray was highly touted as a freshman last season, but Riley says he's coming into his own now in his second season, and seems primed to continue to improve.
   
  
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• EPA assessing vulnerability of at least 9 toxic sites in Florence’s projected path

  12-09-2018 02:42 via kfor.com
  (CNN) – Hurricane Florence, with its strong winds and massive storm surge, threatens to release toxic chemicals from hazardous waste sites that the Environmental Protection Agency has designated contaminated Superfund sites.
  The EPA told CNN it is monitoring about nine of these contaminated sites in the hurricane’s path.
  An EPA official, who spoke on the condition that their name not be used, said the agency is performing vulnerability assessments of nine Superfund sites along the co
  
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• Police: Louisiana woman escapes knife-wielding man by biting his genitals during rape, barricading herself for hours

  12-09-2018 02:38 via kfor.com
  John Wesley Patton
  WESTWEGO, La. – Police say a 50-year-old woman spent the night fending off a man who attempted to stab her after she bit his penis while he was allegedly forcing her to have oral sex with him.
  The victim met 54-year-old John Wesley Patton on the dating app “Plenty of Fish,” according to the Westwego Police Department.
  Patton met the victim, who had been chatting with him on the app for about a week, at a daiquiri shop on September 7.
  The victim agreed to
  
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• Massachusetts man allegedly buried dog alive after it didn’t get along with new kitten

  12-09-2018 01:26 via kfor.com
  UXBRIDGE, Mass. – Kaylee Belanger’s Facebook post begins with a trigger warning: What follows is the lengthy tale of a dog that was allegedly buried alive, rescued, and euthanized in Massachusetts.
  The post was made Sunday night, hours after Belanger called the Northbridge Police Department to report that she found the elderly Shih Tzu buried alive in the woods.
  She ended up there thanks to Richard Piquard, the 24-year-old Whitinsville man who has been charged with animal
  
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• Teen featured on “A Place to Call Home” speaks to governors from around the country about foster care

  12-09-2018 01:00 via kfor.com
  Demarco Davis looks at life through the lens of a camera most days. Photography a big part of his life.
  But his first years of life were not a pretty picture.
  "I witnessed drug abuse, neglect, physical abuse and mental abuse from my biological father," Demarco Davis said.
  Already taken away from his mother, Demarco endured a lot by the time he was 9 years old. DHS custody would hopefully give him a new chance at a normal life. Sadly, that never happened.
  "I really want a family and someone that
  
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• “You’re not a lineman if you don’t live for storm work,” OG&E crews head to East Coast before arrival of Hurricane Florence

  12-09-2018 01:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - As the East Coast braces for Hurricane Florence, some Oklahomans are headed to one of the areas expected to be hit the hardest.
  Tuesday, linemen from OG&E said goodbye to their loved ones and hit the road for North Carolina. It's a long trip involving 42 trucks and 79 volunteers not knowing what lies ahead.
  "We know a final destination is all we really know right now," said storm lead Kenny McKinzie.
  That destination - Raleigh, North Carolina - which is expected to be in the
  
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• City ends lawsuit against U-Haul

  12-09-2018 01:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - The iconic Bricktown U-Haul building will live to see another day, this despite pending litigation against the owners from the city.
  Oklahoma City council voted Tuesday to drop the eminent domain against the owners of the Bricktown U-Haul.
  “Eminent domain is why we have straight roads, it`s a necessary power of the state to be able to take the land that it needs for a public use,” said Kevin Taylor.
  Attorney Kevin Taylor doesn't represent the City or U-Haul in this c
  
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• More fallout from scathing audit of Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs

  12-09-2018 00:22 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Executive Director, Doug Elliott, fired back at state auditors during a commissioner’s meeting Tuesday morning.
  The meeting was called to address allegations contained in the state audit report released last month.
  That audit found what they called a toxic environment at ODVA and it also said there is a culture of fear and intimidation there.
  “I don’t know what to do with this audit,” said Elliott, who expressed fru
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’: Eagle lands on 9/11 flag display

  12-09-2018 00:13 via kfor.com
  ANDOVER, Minn. - A Minnesota fire department's video of a bald eagle that landed on top of a 9/11 display is going viral.
  The Andover Fire Department was flying a flag over a highway Tuesday to mark the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
  That's when something amazing happened.
  Andover Fire Chief Jerry Streich showed during a Facebook Live video that a bald eagle had landed on top of the aerial truck helping to hold the American flag.
  "This eagle just landed on the aerial while we're doi
  
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• Oklahoma boy still smiling despite battling brain tumor for the second time

  12-09-2018 00:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - Eight-year-old Jaxon Dugger from Hollis, Oklahoma, is all smiles. You'd never know from the outside the real pain he's endured since a toddler.
  "When Jaxon was two, we started noticing that he was having trouble walking and he started falling," explained his mother J'Cinda.
  An MRI revealed a rare and dangerous brain tumor pressing on the part of his brain that controls motor functions. Further tests confirmed the tumor was Ewing's Sarcoma.
  Dr. Rene Mcnall-Knapp with Jimmy Everes
  
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• Man injured after officer-involved shooting in northwest Oklahoma City

  12-09-2018 00:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - One man was shot and is recovering after an officer-involved shooting near NW 36th and MacArthur.
  It happened late Monday night around 11:30 p.m. at the corner of NW 36th and St. Charles, near Warr Acres.
  "We heard a couple gunshots," said Nicholas Adcock.
  Adcock said he heard the gunshots just a few feet away from his bedroom.
  "We could see the flashing through the window. You know, if we hear gunshots over here, I just try to stay inside and stay out of it you know," Adcock sa
  
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