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• Oklahoma Slips As Most States Show Increase In High School Graduation Rates

  19-10-2015 22:19
  
  The Education Department says, while some states slipped, high school graduation rates for most continue to improve.
  
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• Judge Sets New Trial Date For Man Accused In Quadruple Tulsa Murder

  19-10-2015 21:48
  
  A Tulsa County judge set a new trial date for James Poore, one of two brothers accused in the deaths of four Tulsa women at a Fairmont Terrace apartment in 2013. 
  
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• Oklahoman Arrested For Having Loaded Gun At Pittsburgh Airport

  19-10-2015 21:14
  
  Authorities say an Oklahoma teen was arrested at Pittsburgh International Airport Saturday for having a loaded firearm in her carry-on luggage.
  
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• Judge Sets New Trial For Man Accused In Quadruple Tulsa Murder

  19-10-2015 20:27
  
  A Tulsa County judge set a new trial date for James Poore, one of two brothers accused in the deaths of four Tulsa women at a Fairmont Terrace apartment in 2013. The new date for his trial is February 29, 2016.
  
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• Sheriff Releases Name Of Beggs Woman Shot, Killed At Her Home

  19-10-2015 19:24
  
  The Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office said a woman killed when she apparently surprised an intruder in her home late Saturday has been identified.
  
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• Tulsa Man Shot After Getting A Ride Home

  19-10-2015 18:32
  
  A man told Tulsa police he got a ride from two men who ended up robbing and shooting him.
  
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• High Fire Danger Continues In Oklahoma

  19-10-2015 18:11
  
  Oklahoma continues to be under a fire threat thanks to dry vegetation and breezy winds. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
  
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• Oral Roberts University Celebrating Its Golden Anniversary In Tulsa

  19-10-2015 17:49
  
  Oral Roberts was the founder of the school which held its first classes in the fall of 1965. Just over 300 students were enrolled at ORU in its first year.  Those students came from 39 states and eight countries.
  
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• OKC Police Investigate Homicide After Shooting Victim Dies

  19-10-2015 17:19
  
  Police are now investigating a homicide, after one of the two men shot at an apartment in southwest Oklahoma City died from his injuries Monday morning. 
  
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• Small Earthquakes Recorded In North-Central Oklahoma

  19-10-2015 16:27
  
  The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded three small earthquakes in north-central Oklahoma.
  
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• City Of TulsaWater Plant Cuts Annual Energy Bill By $22K, Saves $10K...

  19-10-2015 16:26
  
  City Of TulsaWater Plant Cuts Annual Energy Bill By $22K, Saves $10K Per Year On Maintenance With Upgrade To DialightLED Lighting The Challenge At the A.B. Jewell Water Treatment Plant in Tulsa, Okla., Facility management had grown tired of the headache and expense of never-ending lighting maintenance. With 350 fixtures, including metal halides, high-pressure sodium and T12 fluorescent lamps, the staff felt as though they were continuously "chasing our own tails trying to keep up with the lights
  
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• Energy Company Donates $5M To A Gathering Place For Tulsa

  19-10-2015 15:42
  
  Cimarex Energy Company announced a $5 million donation earmarked for programming at A Gathering Place for Tulsa. 
  
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• Typhoon leaves 11 dead, Filipino villagers saved from flood

  19-10-2015 13:51
  
  CABANATUAN, Philippines (AP) — Army, police and civilian volunteers rushed Monday to rescue hundreds of villagers trapped in their flooded homes and on rooftops in a northern Philippine province batte
  
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• Motorcyclist Arrested In Okmulgee County After High-Speed Pursuit

  19-10-2015 13:50
  
  Sand Springs police chased a motorcyclist through three counties before arresting him Monday morning. 
  
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• Pope rallies bishops to press climate call before Paris meet

  19-10-2015 13:38
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking to reinforce Pope Francis' environmental message by encouraging bishops from around the world to sign an appeal to world leaders meeting in Paris next month
  
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• Bigger bite for health law penalty on uninsured

  19-10-2015 13:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The math is harsh: The federal penalty for having no health insurance is set to jump to $695, and the Obama administration is being urged to highlight that cold fact to help drive it
  
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• 'Whitey' Bulger's lover heads to court on contempt charge

  19-10-2015 13:34
  BOSTON (AP) — The longtime girlfriend and fugitive companion of James "Whitey" Bulger is expected in federal court to face a contempt charge for refusing to tell whether other people helped the Boston
  
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• Kerry: Foreign presence not needed at Jerusalem holy site

  19-10-2015 13:32
  
  MADRID (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that a proposed international presence at the Jerusalem holy site at the center of escalating Israeli, Palestinian tension and violence is
  
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• Oprah paying $43.2M for Weight Watchers stake, joining board

  19-10-2015 13:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is taking a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers for about $43.2 million and is joining the weight management company's board.
  
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• The Latest: Gaza doctors head to West Bank

  19-10-2015 13:30
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).
  
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• Swiss election results confirm nationalist party victory

  19-10-2015 12:24
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss federal government has confirmed a dominant performance in legislative elections by a nationalist party that seized on widespread concerns about mass migration in Europe, marki
  
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• Man robbed, shot outside his mother's house in east Tulsa late Sunday

  19-10-2015 12:21
  Police found the victim lying on a porch in the 2400 block of South 130th East Avenue with a gunshot wound to his left leg.
  
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• Iran, 6 nations meet in Vienna on implementing nuclear deal

  19-10-2015 12:17
  VIENNA (AP) — With their milestone nuclear deal now in effect, Iran and six world powers are focusing on coordinating who needs to do what first for the agreement to be fully implemented.
  
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• Eritrean dies after Israeli guard shoots him, mob attacks

  19-10-2015 12:16
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Eritrean migrant shot by an Israeli security guard and then attacked by bystanders who mistook him for an assailant in a deadly bus station attack has died of his wounds, Israeli h
  
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• Costs tied to shooting of unarmed Oklahoma man exceed $143K

  19-10-2015 12:13
  
  Costs to Tulsa County taxpayers associated with former reserve deputy Robert Bates fatal shooting of an unnamed man now exceed $143,000. The Tulsa World reported Sunday that the county has spent $143,400 in legal fees for Bates; legal fees for Sheriff Stanley Glanz's unsuccessful effort to block a grand jury investigation; the cost of conducting the grand jury inquiry; and for an outside agency to review the sheriff's office.
  
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• The Latest: Slovenia denounces Croatia for migrant surge

  19-10-2015 12:07
  
  TRNOVEC, Slovenia (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All times local.
  
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• Spain, US sign new accord on nuclear accident cleanup plan

  19-10-2015 11:50
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain and the United States signed an agreement Monday to further discuss the cleanup and removal of land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.
  
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• Thousands stranded on borders of new European migrant route

  19-10-2015 11:27
  
  TRNOVEC, Slovenia (AP) — Thousands of beleaguered migrants, including many women and children, have spent a night in rain and cold in the Balkans as the countries quarrel over how to handle the large
  
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• Afghan defense minister says Taliban hid in bombed hospital

  19-10-2015 11:23
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's acting defense minister says the hospital that was bombed by U.S. forces was being used by insurgents who were fighting government forces.
  
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• Democrats embrace Obama legacy despite risks in 2016 race

  19-10-2015 11:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If the recent Republican presidential debates have revealed hobbling breaks in the party, the Democrats' first political X-ray showed a couple of hairline fractures.
  
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• Billionaire Trump attracts enthusiasm of small-dollar donors

  19-10-2015 11:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump likes to boast about his enormous wealth and how he doesn't need anyone else's money to pay for his presidential campaign. That hasn't stopped tens of thousands of peopl
  
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• Democrats bring gun debate back to presidential campaign

  19-10-2015 11:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After 15 years of a virtual gag order on guns in presidential politics, Democrats are talking again.
  
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• Spain, US sign new accord on nuclear accident clean-up plan

  19-10-2015 10:55
  
  MADRID (AP) — Spain and the United States have agreed to discuss further cleaning up and removing land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs
  
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• First lady aims to get more students to continue education

  19-10-2015 10:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama is unveiling a new phase of her initiative encouraging students to continue education after high school, a public awareness campaign and matching website to provide pr
  
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• Chinese cyberattacks on US companies continue, report says

  19-10-2015 10:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese hacking attempts on American corporate intellectual property have occurred with regularity over the past three weeks, suggesting that China almost immediately began violating
  
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• AP Enterprise: Under Clinton, State's cybersecurity suffered

  19-10-2015 10:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situat
  
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• Chinese president to begin busy state visit to Britain

  19-10-2015 10:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to begin a four-day state visit to Britain to emphasize growing trade ties between the two countries.
  
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• Police seek clues after deadly shooting at ZombiCon

  19-10-2015 10:22
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — When the gunshots rang out, Jill Stancel watched as a crowd of face painted, fake blood-spattered ZombiCon revelers ran through the streets in terror. She quickly gathered her
  
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• Kerry: Foreign presence not needed at Jerusalem site

  19-10-2015 10:19
  
  MADRID (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that a proposed international presence at the Jerusalem holy site at the center of escalating Israeli, Palestinian tension and violence is
  
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• The Latest: Migrants waiting in mud at Serbia-Croatia border

  19-10-2015 10:18
  
  TRN0VEC, Slovenia (AP) — The latest news as migrants fleeing war or seeking a better life make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands. All times local.
  
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• Egypt attempts to boost election turnout with a half-day off

  19-10-2015 10:04
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have granted given government workers a half-day off in an attempt to bolster low turnout in the country's parliamentary election.
  
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• The Latest: Police say attacker was Arab citizen of Israel

  19-10-2015 09:04
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).
  
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• Clash of narratives drives events in Holy Land

  19-10-2015 08:31
  
  The clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land are not just physical; the two sides cannot agree on what they see, how they got here, who is to blame or where they should go.
  
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• Prescription overdose deaths fall in Oklahoma

  19-10-2015 07:15
  Oklahoma saw the number of residents dying from unintentional overdoses drop last year, and that’s prompting cautious optimism that efforts to curb abuse could be taking hold in a state plagued by pre
  
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• Police arrest alleged beer thieves after series of weekend QuikTrip armed robberies

  19-10-2015 07:00
  Enrique Escarsego, 17, and Abel Morales, 19, were booked on complaints of robbery with a dangerous weapon, pointing deadly weapon with intent and petit larceny, according to their arrest reports.
  
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• Man charged after calling TV news on girl missing since 1982

  19-10-2015 07:00
  
  Authorities have charged a man with second-degree murder after he called a Milwaukee television news station and discussed details of a cold case involving a Milwaukee seventh-grade girl whose body was found more than 30 years ago.
  
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• Fall Harvest Festival & Feast

  19-10-2015 07:00
  
  The second annual Fall Harvest Festival & Feast on Sunday featured lots of activities for kids, including three moonbounces, a pumpkin patch, a mini-pumpkin decorating station and a face-painting station.
  
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• GPS Leads OHP To Stolen Missouri Truck In Tulsa

  19-10-2015 04:39
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol arrested a Webb City, Missouri man after he ran from a stolen flatbed truck in Tulsa Sunday afternoon.  
  
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• Fundraiser Held For Therapetics Service Dogs Of Oklahoma

  19-10-2015 04:20
  
  A little music and a lot of fun Sunday afternoon in Tulsa at a fundraiser to benefit a group that trains service dogs for veterans.  
  
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• Tulsa Restaurant Group Hold Fall Festival For A Good Cause

  19-10-2015 03:31
  
  Justin Thompson Restaurants hosted its second annual Fall Harvest and Feast Sunday. The festival featured family-friendly events including a pumpkin patch, face painting station and pumpkin decorating station.
  
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