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• Oklahoma Autism Insurance Deadline Looms

  22-12-2015 23:57
  
  Families of children with Autism in Oklahoma are watching the clock tick down this holiday season to the end of the year when their children's insurance runs out. 
  
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• Tulsa Man And Woman Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

  22-12-2015 23:15
  
  A Tulsa man and woman have been charged in the sexual abuse of an 8-year-old girl, according to Tulsa Police.
  
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• Muskogee Children Shop With A Cop

  22-12-2015 22:51
  
  Muskogee-area kids got to Shop With A Cop this Christmas. Muskogee police took 25 kids shopping, spending a total of about $4,500.
  
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• Stanley Christian Jr., a Vietnam veteran, had an aggressive

  22-12-2015 21:48
  
  So it was for Charles Hand and George Washington Purifoy, two men who served their country but whose country failed them. Both sought care at Veterans' Affairs medical facilities in Oklahoma.
  
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• Tulsa Police: Sister Shoots Brother During Fight

  22-12-2015 21:03
  
  Tulsa police are at the Windsong Apartments after a domestic shooting. Authorities tell News On 6 a brother and sister got into a quarrel, and the sister shot her brother.
  
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• Bethany Man Arrested For Soliciting Sex From Officer Posing As 14-Year-Old Girl

  22-12-2015 20:53
  
  A Bethany man is behind bars, accused of soliciting sex with a minor online. That “minor” turned out to be an undercover officer working with the Canadian County Sheriff’s office (CCSO).
  
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• Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Arraigned In Military Court

  22-12-2015 20:25
  
  U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl made his first appearance before a military judge to face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl was arraigned Tuesday during a short hearing. 
  
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• Christmas Donors Help Tulsa Family Struggling After House Fire

  22-12-2015 19:42
  
  A Tulsa family of five who lost everything in a house fire is trying to rebuild their lives. They weren't going to have much of a Christmas until a police officer and his family stepped in to help.  
  
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• Suspect's face tattoo didn't win him any sympathy with cops

  22-12-2015 19:41
  
  Paul Terry, 27, of Tulsa, Okla., was arrested Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, on a charge of robbery with a firearm. His distinctive facial tattoos aided in his identification.
  
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• Popular Tulsa Store Stays Open 35 Straight Hours

  22-12-2015 19:26
  
  One Tulsa store had folks waiting in line to shop early Tuesday. 
  
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• AAA Oklahoma Says Gas Prices To Remain Low For The Holidays

  22-12-2015 19:14
  
  Oklahomans planning to drive during the holiday season will be greeted by some of the lowest pump prices of the year.
  
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• Rogers County Traffic Stop Nets 8.5 Pounds Of Crystal Meth

  22-12-2015 19:07
  
  Rogers County deputies found over eight pounds of methamphetamine after stopping a car on the Will Rogers Turnpike. 
  
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• Back Taxes Paid, Tulsa's Sinclair Building Taken Off The Auction Block

  22-12-2015 18:53
  
  A downtown Tulsa building scheduled to be sold Tuesday morning at a sheriff's auction has been taken off the auction list.
  
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• Man with horns, obscene forehead tattoos arrested in Tulsa

  22-12-2015 18:36
  
  It's not just a junkyard - or even a really big junkyard - but a living, breathing monument to Los Angeles pop culture. And now it's headed for the dustbin of history itself.
  
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• Mike Grogan Weather Blog: Rain In The Forecast After Christmas

  22-12-2015 18:16
  
  El Niño is also driving an active storm pattern for us this Christmas week.  It drives moisture-laden storm systems along a conveyer belt from the Pacific Ocean thanks to the strong jet stream.  The first system races into Oklahoma tonight.
  
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• Earthquake, 3.5, Rumbles In Logan County

  22-12-2015 18:14
  
  A 3.5 magnitude earthquake rattled residents in Logan County, Tuesday morning.
  
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• Cushing man accused of sending, receiving lewd pictures

  22-12-2015 17:36
  
  Multiple agencies recently arrested a Cushing man, for allegedly sending and receiving lewd pictures of underage girls on Facebook. Tulsa World reports OSBI received several tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a Facebook user.
  
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• Oklahoma Watch: State's classrooms have racial divide between students, teachers

  22-12-2015 17:14
  
  Only 11 percent of Tulsa Public Schools teachers were black, Hispanic, Asian or American Indian during the 2012-2013 school year. About 73 percent of the students were people of color.
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl defers entering plea at arraignment

  22-12-2015 17:14
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, appeared Tuesday before a military judge on charges of desertio
  
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• Taxes: What You Need To Know For 2016

  22-12-2015 17:11
  
  But as we get ready to start a new tax year, what changes are in store that you should be thinking about?
  
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• Danish "Graceland" museum changes name after lawsuit

  22-12-2015 17:09
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's Elvis museum, a replica of Presley's Graceland Mansion home in Memphis, is changing its name after a lawsuit for infringement of the "Graceland" trademark.
  
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• Questions mount over failure to prevent China mudslide

  22-12-2015 17:08
  
  SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Questions mounted Tuesday about why leaders in southern China's most prominent manufacturing city didn't act to prevent the collapse of a mountain of construction waste that lef
  
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• ODOT Unveils New Interactive Map, Phone Number For Highway Conditions

  22-12-2015 16:53
  
  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has debuted a new interactive map on its website to show highway conditions and closures. 
  
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• The Latest: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arraigned on charges

  22-12-2015 16:45
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — The latest on the case of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who disappeared in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years (all times local):
  
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• Deadline looms for supporters of medical marijuana petition

  22-12-2015 16:45
  
  The deadline for submitting the required 123,725 signatures is Dec. 29. So far, Green the Vote volunteers have collected nearly 60,000 signatures.
  
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• AP Interview: Haiti president defends questioned elections

  22-12-2015 16:43
  
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly is defending much-criticized elections in his divided country and asserts that the opposition has spread unsubstantiated allegations abou
  
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• Records show Hitler enjoyed special treatment in prison

  22-12-2015 16:41
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time at Landsberg prison in Germany following a coup attempt ten years before he successfully cam
  
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• Tulsa woman gets new kidney from childhood friend

  22-12-2015 16:31
  
  A Tulsa woman received an early Christmas present this year, from an old classmate. Claudia Smith tells us she hadn't spoken to Belinda Ball since losing touch after high school.
  
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• IOM: Over 1 million refugees, migrants enter Europe in 2015

  22-12-2015 16:31
  
  GENEVA (AP) — More than 1 million people driven out of their countries by war, poverty and persecution entered Europe in this record-breaking year, migration experts said Tuesday, a symbolic milestone
  
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• El Gordo giveth: Beach town hits jackpot in Spain's lottery

  22-12-2015 16:24
  
  MADRID (AP) — With wide smiles, elated lottery winners popped corks on bottles of sparkling wine Tuesday in the southern beach city of Roquetas de Mar, where tickets bearing the top prize number in Sp
  
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• Weather worsens seasonal air pollution in Italian cities

  22-12-2015 16:11
  
  ROME (AP) — Rome is limiting auto circulation, and other Italian cities have been offering free bus rides to encourage public transport use as the country battles seasonal air pollution that has been
  
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• British troops deploy to Afghan province amid Taliban battle

  22-12-2015 16:09
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani took office, he ushered in a period of hope for the country's traumatized and war-weary people that decades of violence would soon e
  
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• Chipotle: 3 Oklahomans Sickened By E. Coli Ate At Norman Location

  22-12-2015 16:02
  
  Chipotle confirmed that three Oklahomans sickened by E.Coli ate at the restaurant’s Norman location on Campus Corner. 
  
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• Thousands descend on Stonehenge to mark Winter Solstice

  22-12-2015 15:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people — including many in druid and animal costumes — have descended on Britain's Stonehenge to see the sun rise on the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the
  
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• OHP: One Dead In Crash Near Foyil On Highway 66

  22-12-2015 15:42
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says one person died in a crash on Highway 66 south of Foyil.  
  
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• Winter heat wave, of a sort, envelops usually frigid Moscow

  22-12-2015 15:29
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — It's usually the cold that's bitter in Moscow in December, but this year it's the humor that bites during an unusual warm spell.
  
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• Multi-Car Wreck On Interstate-49 In Arkansas Kills Three

  22-12-2015 15:29
  
  A multi-car wreck on I-49 near Texarkana killed at least three people and shut down the interstate on both sides just after midnight on Tuesday. 
  
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• Final curtain coming down on LA's giant Hollywood junkyard

  22-12-2015 15:27
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's not just a junkyard — or even a really big junkyard — but a living, breathing monument to Los Angeles pop culture. And now it's headed for the dustbin of history itself.
  
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• Iraqi troops advance in battle for IS-held city of Ramadi

  22-12-2015 15:20
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces on Tuesday reported some progress in the military operation to retake from the Islamic State group the city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, saying they have made the most signi
  
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• Masked burglars steal ATM from south Tulsa Walgreens, police say

  22-12-2015 15:18
  
  Police said the suspects forced their way inside the Walgreens at 81st Street and South Yale Avenue and stole an ATM about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
  
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• Garage Fire Heavily Damages Tulsa Home

  22-12-2015 15:16
  
  Tulsa firefighters have extinguished a house fire in the 4600 block of North Iroquois Tuesday morning. 
  
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• UPDATE: Claremore woman killed in Rogers County crash

  22-12-2015 14:55
  Dayla Owen, 65, was killed after a two-vehicle crash on Oklahoma 66 at 420 Road just south of Foyil on Tuesday morning, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
  
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• Cypress Energy Partners LP (CELP) Upgraded at Zacks Investment Research

  22-12-2015 14:26
  
  The firm presently has a $8.50 price target on the stock. Zacks Investment Research 's price objective would indicate a potential upside of 9.68% from the company's current price.
  
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• Syria talks to resume in Geneva next month, UN official says

  22-12-2015 14:15
  GENEVA (AP) — Diplomats will meet in Geneva in January to press ahead with talks aimed to help end the Syrian conflict, a top U.N. official said Tuesday.
  
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• Israeli police say Palestinian home in West Bank attacked

  22-12-2015 14:07
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Suspected Jewish extremists fired a pair of tear gas canisters into the home of a Palestinian family in the West Bank early on Tuesday and sprawled the word "revenge" in Hebrew on the
  
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• Egypt hires UK risk consultancy to help airport security

  22-12-2015 14:04
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has hired British consultancy Control Risks to help boost airport security, almost two months after a Russian airliner crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, killing 224 people. Moscow bla
  
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• Thieves Steal Cash From ATM Machine Inside Tulsa Store

  22-12-2015 14:00
  
  Police are investigating the attempted theft of an ATM machine from a Tulsa Walgreens store early Tuesday. 
  
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