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• Additional Child Porn Charges Added Against Tulsa Man

  13-11-2015 23:51
  
  Charges have been added against a former respite care provider for foster children who was busted in an undercover child pornography sting in September.
  
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• Mizzou Coach Gary Pinkel Has Lymphoma, Will Retire At Year's End

  13-11-2015 23:04
  
  Missouri coach Gary Pinkel will retire due to health reasons at the end of the 2015 season. Pinkel will remain the coach through Dec. 31 or until a new coach is in place.
  
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• Almost 50 Years Of Tulsa Living Arts Archives Damaged In U-Haul Fire

  13-11-2015 20:54
  
  Staff members at Living Arts of Tulsa are going through more than 46 years of archives damaged by a fire at a U-Haul storage facility two weeks ago. 
  
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• Victim witness center to honor former Tulsa DA Tim Harris

  13-11-2015 20:37
  
  Prosecutors are planning to honor former Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris by naming the agency's victim witness center after him. The Tim Harris Victim Witness Center for Tulsa County will be dedicated Nov. 24 during a reception at the county courthouse downtown.
  
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• Correction: California Death Penalty story

  13-11-2015 19:50
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story Nov. 12 about California's death penalty surviving a major legal challenge, The Associated Press erroneously reported the title of the judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour
  
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• California Police Pull Over Google Self-Driving Car For Driving Too Slow

  13-11-2015 19:48
  
  It's a pet peeve for many drivers and a source of much road rage -- traffic slows to an agonizing crawl due to one slow vehicle in the front.
  
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• Yukon police officer arrested on assault and battery complaint in Oklahoma City

  13-11-2015 19:42
  
  About 4 a.m. Nov. 7, an Oklahoma City police officer responded to an assault report in the 18000 block of Carriage House Road in northwest Oklahoma City.
  
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• Lebanon mourns victims of deadly blasts in Shiite district

  13-11-2015 19:42
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A three-year-old Lebanese boy orphaned in the deadly twin suicide blasts that ripped through a southern Shiite neighborhood of Beirut is not likely to remember much of the explosion that
  
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• IAAF poised to suspend Russian federation in doping scandal

  13-11-2015 19:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — IAAF leaders are set to suspend the Russian federation on Friday, keeping the country's track and field athletes out of international competition for an indefinite period that could incl
  
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• APNewsBreak: Medicare spending $9B on hepatitis C drugs

  13-11-2015 19:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — New government figures show Medicare spending on breakthrough medications for hepatitis C will nearly double this year, passing $9 billion.
  
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• Ruling gives Sandusky back $4,900-a-month Penn State pension

  13-11-2015 19:16
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state must restore the $4,900-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away three years ago when he was sentenced to decad
  
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• American terror suspect in Yemen loses appeal over records

  13-11-2015 19:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court says a U.S. citizen detained in Yemen since 2010 on suspicion of having links to al-Qaida can't get access to more documents about his arrest from the FBI or
  
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• The Latest: Labour chief says Emwazi should have stood trial

  13-11-2015 19:14
  
  LONDON (AP) — The latest news after officials say a U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John."
  
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• NY woman sentenced to 12 years in death of disabled daughter

  13-11-2015 19:13
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A suburban New York woman who admitted killing her 8-year-old disabled daughter on the day she was to be a flower girl has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  
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• Vice President Biden To Attend DNC Event In Tulsa

  13-11-2015 19:12
  
  The White House says Vice President Joe Biden will attend a Democratic National Committee (DNC) event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, November 17.
  
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• Single Moms Celebrated At Free Jenks Event

  13-11-2015 19:12
  
  Oklahoma single moms will be celebrated at a holiday event in Jenks Saturday, November 21 at Newspring Family Church. Sign up by Saturday to arrange child care.
  
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• Utah judge's reverses order to take baby from lesbian couple

  13-11-2015 18:58
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge reversed his decision to take a baby away from her lesbian foster parents and place her with a heterosexual couple after the ruling led to widespread backlash.
  
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• Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard to be set free after 30 years

  13-11-2015 18:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Pollard, the Navy intelligence analyst whose 1985 arrest for selling secrets to Israel set off a sensational spy saga, is scheduled to be released from federal prison next w
  
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• Trump questions Carson's 'pathological temper', faith

  13-11-2015 18:52
  FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn't let up his blistering critique of rival Ben Carson, issuing a new online video ad that calls him a "violent criminal" or "
  
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• Postal Service tallies $5.1B loss in 2015 budget year

  13-11-2015 18:52
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service on Friday reported a $5.1 billion loss for the just-completed 2015 fiscal cycle — but that's a slight improvement over 2014.
  
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• AP News Guide: A look at the University of Missouri's issues

  13-11-2015 18:47
  
  COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Efforts are underway at the University of Missouri to address the racial issues that led to demonstrations by students, a strike by members of the school's football team and the r
  
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• The Latest: Mutko accuses IAAF of concealing positive tests

  13-11-2015 18:41
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local):
  
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• Police say video shows suspect in slaying of pastor's wife

  13-11-2015 18:37
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Home video surveillance cameras caught images of the man who investigators believe broke into an Indianapolis home and fatally shot a pastor's pregnant wife, police said Friday.
  
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• Amid battle for Iraq's Sinjar, Syria rebels take IS town

  13-11-2015 18:18
  
  SINJAR, Iraq (AP) — Dealing a double blow to the Islamic State group, Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed into the key town of Sinjar on Friday as a Syrian rebel coalition captured an IS-held border town in n
  
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• Egypt's woes erode el-Sissi's image of invincibility

  13-11-2015 18:16
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The criticism was blunt — and startling, since it came from a TV presenter on a state-owned station that, like most other media in Egypt, usually has nothing but praise for Abdel-Fattah e
  
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• Suspect in Albuquerque road rage killing pleads not guilty

  13-11-2015 18:06
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque man accused of opening fire during a road rage dispute and killing a 4-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Friday to first-degree murder and other charges.
  
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• Kerry offers support to struggling Tunisia

  13-11-2015 18:04
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday pledged expanded economic and security support for Tunisia to help it cement democratic gains made since its revolution heralded the
  
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• 6 In the Morning Honors Oklahoma Veteran Michael Dunning

  13-11-2015 18:01
  
  Michael Dunning is a retired Air Force Specialist with nearly 22 years of service.  Dunning was deployed overseas in Germany, Italy and Desert Storm.
  
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• Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry seeks to help Syrian refugees to the U.S.

  13-11-2015 18:00
  
  Civil war in Syria has displaced some 12 million people, half of them children. A local task force will work with host families, congregations and faith communities to provide points of connection and hospitality for refugees.
  
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• Inasmuch Foundation announces $830,000 to Tulsa-area agencies

  13-11-2015 18:00
  The grants are part of nearly $6.7 million to agencies across the state. Among recipients: Mental Health Association Oklahoma got $500,000 for OKC expansion, and The Oklahoma Chapter of the Nature Conservancy received $200,000.
  
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• Erdogan hosting world leaders for G-20 after election boost

  13-11-2015 17:50
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — As leaders from the world's 20 biggest economies gather for a summit in Turkey, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be taking a victory lap.
  
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• Palestinian kills 2 Israelis in West Bank shooting attack

  13-11-2015 17:48
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Friday, killing an Israeli father and son as they were driving in the West Bank and wounding at least one other person in the car, Israeli official
  
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• Boats sit idle as algae threatens Dungeness crab season

  13-11-2015 17:48
  
  San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradition at Thanksgiving and other holiday meals.
  
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• Tulsa woman arrested for 104 counts of second-degree forgery

  13-11-2015 16:32
  
  There is new information regarding a large forgery bust at a Motel 6 in Tulsa earlier this month. Multiple people were busted inside the motel room after deputies located forgery equipment, stolen mail, and drugs.
  
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• Tulsa investigators arrest two in connection with brutal kidnapping

  13-11-2015 16:32
  
  We've learned two people were arrested this week, in connection with a violent Tulsa kidnapping back in September. We're told Jeremy Harp and William McHenry were both taken to the Tulsa County Jail.
  
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• Pickup, Motorcycle Reported Stolen In Bartlesville, Recovered In Langley

  13-11-2015 15:49
  
  Washington County authorities say the GRDA Police have recovered a U-Haul pickup and motorcycle stolen earlier this week in Bartlesville. 
  
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• Doctors Warn Parents Of Risks Of Co-Sleeping

  13-11-2015 15:32
  
  A baby's death in the United Kingdom has prompted doctors to remind parents the risks of co-sleeping.
  
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• Backhoe Stolen From Oklahoma Highway Project Recovered In Kansas

  13-11-2015 15:26
  
  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says an anonymous tip led to the recovery of a stolen Caterpillar backhoe near Topeka, Kansas earlier this month.
  
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• U.S., Britain Target 'Jihadi John' With Air Strike In Syria

  13-11-2015 14:43
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that Britain "can't yet be certain" an airstrike in Syria had killed the British man known as "Jihadi John," who participated in the beheading videos of two American journalists and the slayings of several other captives, according to the Pentagon.
  
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• Victim Sleeps Through Burglary, Tulsa Police Say

  13-11-2015 14:38
  
  Police say two burglars stole several items from a west Tulsa apartment early Friday but the victim slept through it.
  
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• Police: Resident Sleeps During Tulsa Apartment Burglary

  13-11-2015 14:27
  
  Police believe a pair of burglars broke into a west Tulsa apartment early Friday taking several items before running away. Officers were patrolling the Westport On The River Apartments in the 1700 block of South Jackson when shortly before 4:30 a.m. they spotted two males attempting to break into a parked car.
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Cold Start To Nice Weather Day

  13-11-2015 13:36
  
  Temperatures are near freezing this morning and slightly below in some locations across northern OK and southeastern Kansas.   A freeze warning is posted for a few counties early this morning.   A surface ridge of high pressure will quickly move across the area today allowing for sunny and nice weather across eastern OK.   Daytime highs in the mid-60s along with light winds will be likely for the day.   Friday night Oklahoma high school football ...
  
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• U.S. Sure Air Strike Hit 'Jihadi John' In Syria

  13-11-2015 13:33
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that Britain "can't yet be certain" an airstrike in Syria had killed the British man known as "Jihadi John," who participated in the beheading videos of two American journalists and the slayings of several other captives, according to the Pentagon.
  
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• Oklahoma Tax Amnesty Program Ends At Midnight

  13-11-2015 12:25
  
  Friday is the last day you can pay back your past-due state taxes without any penalties or interest.
  
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• Firefighters Respond To Muskogee Apartment Complex

  13-11-2015 06:11
  
  A Muskogee apartment complex caught fire Thursday night.Video taken from News On 6 storm chaser Von Castor  shows a fire at the Oak Park Apartments near South York and Hancock.At this time it appears only one unit is actually on fire, but video shows flames shooting out of the window.We’re told firefighters quickly got to the scene and extinguished the flames.This is a developing story and we’ll update this story as information becomes available.
  
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• Oklahoma Psychiatrist, State Senator Debate Vaccinations

  13-11-2015 05:34
  
  Things got heated Thursday night during a discussion between and Tulsa doctor and a state senator about whether or not to vaccinate children.
  
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• US airstrike targets 'Jihadi John' from IS slaying videos

  13-11-2015 05:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John" on Thursday, according to American officials. Whe
  
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• Two Arrested After Stolen Cars, Property Recovered At Jenks Home

  13-11-2015 05:23
  
  Police found stolen cars, motorcycles and much more during the search of a Jenks home Thursday. Now, two men are behind bars.
  
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• Collinsville Businesses Say Kids' After School Fun Becoming A Nuisance

  13-11-2015 05:19
  
  Police said kids are causing a problem in Collinsville, and community members said something needs to be done before someone gets hurt, or killed.
  
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• Tulsa man jailed on kidnapping, assault complaints

  13-11-2015 05:15
  
  Jeremy Wesley Harp, 26, of Tulsa was booked into the Tulsa Jail on complaints of robbery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, assault and battery with intent to kill, and larceny of a motor vehicle.
  
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