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• Union Students Refurbish Old Bikes To Giveaway For Families In Need

  16-12-2015 23:36
  
  Tulsa students are getting a lesson in mechanics while also providing gifts for other students this holiday.
  
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• Tulsa's Bill Hader Helped Provide Voice For 'Star Wars' Droid

  16-12-2015 23:27
  
  Tulsa native Bill Hader says he worked as a voice consultant for the new movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
  
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• Local hospital, university come together to help fight child abuse

  16-12-2015 23:19
  
  We've been reporting on a lot of child abuse cases in the Tulsa area recently. District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler tells us the Child Abuse Center is referring more and more cases to his office.
  
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• Human Remains Found In Okmulgee; Police Name Person Of Interest

  16-12-2015 23:16
  
  Okmulgee police named a person of interest they believe may have information connected to human remains found in the area.
  
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• Hung Jury In First Freddie Gray Trial

  16-12-2015 21:44
  
  A Baltimore jury declared a mistrial in the case of the first police officer to stand trial over the death of Freddie Gray.
  
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• Former Okmulgee Caretaker Charged With Abuse

  16-12-2015 21:31
  
  Wednesday, Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced 27-year-old Whitney Symone Brown is being charged with abuse by a caretaker.
  
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• Fed Raises Interest Rates For First Time In Nearly A Decade

  16-12-2015 21:15
  
  It's official: The Federal Reserve thinks the U.S. economy is ready to walk under its own power. In a move that ends an unprecedented period of easy monetary policy, the central bank on Wednesday delivered its first interest rate hike since 2006, with the decision a unanimous one.
  
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• Obamacare Deadline Extended Due To High Demand

  16-12-2015 20:36
  
  The Obama administration has extended the deadline to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act by two days because of a extremely high demand.
  
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• Father Of Tulsa Child Who Died Wants To Stop All Child Abuse

  16-12-2015 18:56
  
  The father of a child abuse victim hopes to stop another child from ever being abused. Anthony Rolden's one-year-old daughter Neveah was killed two weeks ago after Tulsa Police detectives say the mother's boyfriend violently shook the baby. 
  
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• Welcome-Home Ceremony Planned For Tulsa National Guard Soldiers

  16-12-2015 18:43
  
  The Oklahoma National Guard is planning a welcome home ceremony for some Tulsa soldiers who have been in Kuwait since June.  
  
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• Trial For Former Tulsa Reserve Deputy Bob Bates Moved To April

  16-12-2015 18:38
  
  A judge moved the trial for former Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Bob Bates from February to April 2016.
  
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• Man Arrested In Los Angeles In Connection To Pauls Valley Homicide

  16-12-2015 18:36
  
  A man, wanted in connection to a homicide in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, was arrested Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, California.
  
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• In All Oklahoma Cases, Police Find No Proof Of Racial Profiling

  16-12-2015 17:42
  
  Over a four-year period, Oklahoma’s two largest police departments and two state agencies received about 60 complaints alleging unlawful racial profiling by officers.
  
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• Suspect Arrested After Shooting, Tulsa Police Standoff

  16-12-2015 17:22
  
  Tulsa Police say a 27-year-old man was arrested following a standoff and shooting early Wednesday.  
  
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• Santa Stops By Tulsa's The Little Lighthouse

  16-12-2015 17:07
  
  The Santa who visits the Christmas Train made a stop at The Little Lighthouse with a special guest, Mavis Pearl from Joy in the Cause. They had on matching Santa suits for the school's annual Christmas event which is sponsored by Rich and Cartmill Insurance.
  
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• Must Watch: News On 6 Meteorologists Tag Team During Coughing Attack

  16-12-2015 15:58
  
  News On 6 meteorologist Stephen Nehrenz jumps in finish to the weather forecast during the News On 6 at 6 p.m. Tuesday when chief meteorologist Travis Meyer can't stop coughing. 
  
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• Live Report On Bank Robbery Interrupted By Another Robbery

  16-12-2015 15:56
  
  Reporter Adam Sallet from CBS affiliate KIMT-TV of Mason City, Iowa, was beginning a live report Tuesday morning about a string of robberies in Rochester, Minnesota.
  
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• The Latest: UK says no civilian casualties in Syria strikes

  16-12-2015 15:55
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local:
  
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• The Latest: Rescue operation off Greece for migrants

  16-12-2015 15:28
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The latest news on the mass movement of asylum-seekers and migrants to Europe. All times local:
  
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• Sheriff: Survivor of medical copter crash signaled searchers

  16-12-2015 15:19
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A medical helicopter crashed in rugged terrain east of Phoenix, killing two crew members and seriously injuring a third, who was still able to use a flashlight to signal search aircraft
  
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• Cuban baseball defectors made triumphant return

  16-12-2015 15:17
  
  HAVANA (AP) — A lineup of Cuban-born baseball stars, including some of the most famous defectors in recent memory, have made a triumphant return to the island as part of the first Major League Basebal
  
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• Police Officer's SUV Kills 8-Point Buck On Tulsa Street

  16-12-2015 15:15
  
  Police said an officer responding to a Tulsa shooting scene hit a deer with his SUV.
  
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• Amazon warns UK hoverboard owners over unsafe plugs

  16-12-2015 15:06
  
  LONDON (AP) — Amazon is warning British customers that their hoverboards may be unsafe, the latest in a string of warnings about the popular scooters.
  
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• Panda cub in Washington is thriving ahead of public debut

  16-12-2015 15:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If the youngest giant panda cub at the National Zoo is stressed out about appearing in front of crowds for the first time, he isn't showing it.
  
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• Suspect In Custody After Tulsa Police Standoff, Shooting

  16-12-2015 15:02
  
  Police Sgt. Dave Walker says the pair are being questioned in connection with a shooting in the 1300 block of North Birmingham Place near Lewis late Tuesday.
  
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• German denies supplying murder weapon to neo-Nazi gang

  16-12-2015 15:02
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A German man accused of helping a neo-Nazi gang carry out a string of murders has denied supplying the weapon allegedly used in nine of the killings.
  
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• 2 Greek men convicted for causing Danish airport evacuation

  16-12-2015 14:48
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court has sentenced two Greek businessmen to three months each in prison — two of which are suspended — for making remarks that sparked an hour-long evacuation of C
  
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• OK Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Penny Tax Increase

  16-12-2015 14:45
  
  On Wednesday, all nine state supreme court justices will hear arguments and decide if O.U. President David Boren's one-cent sales tax increase is constitutional.
  
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• Russia says Turkey should pay compensation for downed jet

  16-12-2015 14:22
  MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that Turkey should pay compensation for the Russian warplane it shot down near the Syrian border last month, a call Turkey has promptly rejected.
  
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• Suspect In Custody After Shooting, Tulsa Police Standoff

  16-12-2015 14:19
  
  Tulsa Police say two men are in custody following a standoff and shooting early Wednesday.  Police Sgt. Dave Walker says the pair are being questioned in connection with a shooting in the 1300 block of North Birmingham Place near Lewis late Tuesday. 
  
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• South Sudan: Devastation of civil war continues, 2 years on

  16-12-2015 14:14
  LEER, South Sudan (AP) — Mary Nyak Chot has been left with nothing; South Sudan's civil war took everything.
  
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• Syrian troops capture strategic mountain in coastal province

  16-12-2015 13:49
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces captured a strategic mountain in the country's northwest on Wednesday, inching closer to a rebel-held stronghold in the coastal province of Latakia, state media
  
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• Austria: 2 men arrested, possibly connected to Paris attacks

  16-12-2015 13:32
  VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities say two men have been arrested and are being investigated for possible links to last month's attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.
  
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• Carter in Iraq to seek new ways to battle Islamic State

  16-12-2015 13:22
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter met with Iraqi leaders and his commanders Wednesday on an unannounced war zone visit aimed at broadening U.S. assistance to Iraq to defeat the Islamic State
  
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• Pair linked to deaths of 2 children in Calif. storage unit

  16-12-2015 13:09
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 39-year-old woman and a teenage boy are suspected in the deaths of two children whose bodies were found inside a storage unit in Northern California, in a case that came to ligh
  
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• Suspect taken into custody after standoff related to north Tulsa shooting; victim in 'extremely critical condition'

  16-12-2015 13:00
  
  The suspect allegedly shot a man in the head with a shotgun Tuesday night and was captured at his home near East Woodrow Street and North Evanston Place the following morning, police said.
  
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• Suspect arrested in standoff after north Tulsa shooting; victim in 'extremely critical condition'

  16-12-2015 13:00
  
  The suspect allegedly shot a man in the head with a shotgun Tuesday night and was captured at his home near East Woodrow Street and North Evanston Place the following morning, police said.
  
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• Calls for investigation after "massacre" in Nigeria

  16-12-2015 12:54
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights advocates have called for an investigation following the Nigerian army's raid on a Shiite sect in which hundreds of people were reportedly killed.
  
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• Cat calendar shows unexpected side of Russian Church

  16-12-2015 12:53
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Christian enthusiasts has released a calendar showing an unexpected face of the Russian Orthodox Church: cat-loving priests.
  
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• Police: 2 Palestinians dead after attacking Israeli forces

  16-12-2015 12:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians Wednesday who had attacked Israeli security forces during an overnight raid in the West Bank, police said.
  
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• The Latest: Activists say Syrian government forces advance

  16-12-2015 12:12
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest news on developments in the Syrian conflict. All times local:
  
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• UK Supreme Court rules against Trump over wind farm

  16-12-2015 11:18
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Supreme Court has ruled against Donald Trump in his battle to stop an offshore wind farm near his Scottish golf resort.
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Colder Temps Ahead

  16-12-2015 10:56
  
  The cold front is positioned to the southeast of the state this morning and will continue to quickly move away from the region.  This will allow northwest winds at 20 mph this morning before wind speeds will diminish later this afternoon to the 10 mph range.   Cooler temperatures are expected today with highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s for northeastern OK and some lower 50s across the southeastern third of the state.   A re-enforcing shot of colder air will...
  
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• Romania: government removes sheepdog restrictions

  16-12-2015 10:53
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A day after thousands of shepherds protested in the capital, Romania's government has lifted a ban on sheep grazing in the winter months and regulations limiting the number o
  
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• Pakistan schools close on anniversary of deadly school siege

  16-12-2015 10:36
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has closed schools across the country for a day on the anniversary of last year's Taliban attack that killed over 150 people, 144 of them schoolchildren.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Republican debaters go astray

  16-12-2015 10:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast complexities of a dangerous world were cast in too-simple terms in the latest Republican presidential debate.
  
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• Debate takeaways: Cruz, Rubio mix it up, as do Bush, Trump

  16-12-2015 10:16
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nine Republican presidential candidates took the stage Tuesday night for a debate that focused almost exclusively on foreign policy.
  
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• Cruz, Rubio clash sharply on national security, immigration

  16-12-2015 10:00
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio clashed sharply over national security and immigration in Tuesday's Republican presidential debate, thrusting their evolving feud to the forefront of th
  
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• Famed investor Buffett to give stamp of approval to Clinton

  16-12-2015 09:44
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Like many Americans, Warren Buffett can write a maximum $2,700 check to support his favorite presidential candidate.
  
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