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• In Iowa, establishment GOP candidates play expectations game

  07-01-2016 23:58
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa — Jeb Bush and Chris Christie won’t win Iowa. Marco Rubio probably won’t either.
  
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• WATCH: Dashcam Video Shows Dramatic Turner Turnpike Chase

  07-01-2016 23:50
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol released dashcam video of a wild chase through Creek County that shows just how dangerous a trooper's job can be. 
  
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• The Latest: US urges China to shift approach on NKorea

  07-01-2016 23:47
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times local):
  
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• Former Tulsa police officer's murder trial delayed as defense seeks new judge

  07-01-2016 23:38
  
  Shannon James Kepler, 55, was scheduled to begin trial Monday but was granted the delay to allow time to challenge a judge's refusal to step down from the case.
  
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• Tulsa Man Claims He Was Put On Hold During 911 Call

  07-01-2016 23:35
  
  A Tulsa man said a group of men followed and harassed him Saturday night in the Riverview neighborhood just south of downtown. He claims he called the police and got put on hold.
  
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• Libya truck bombing kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200

  07-01-2016 23:34
  
  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a police base in the western Libyan town of Zliten on Thursday, killing at least 60 policemen and wounding around 200 others, officials said.
  
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• City has plans to fix street lights vandalized citywide by thieves

  07-01-2016 23:34
  
  The thefts have been extensive during the past year with about 30 miles in copper wiring taken from underground connections along highways.
  
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• All the winter's a weird weather stage; Here are the players

  07-01-2016 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready for weather whiplash as powerful climatic forces elbow each other for starring roles in a weird winter show.
  
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• Oklahoma Attorney General Supports Keystone XL Lawsuit Over Obama's Rejection

  07-01-2016 23:24
  
  Attorney General Scott Pruitt announced his support of TransCanada’s federal lawsuit over President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, which runs through Oklahoma.
  
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• China's market turmoil: Worry, but don't panic

  07-01-2016 23:19
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — There's no reason for panic. Worry, yes, but not panic.
  
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• Sandra Bland's mother: Trooper perjury charge 'not justice'

  07-01-2016 23:06
  CHICAGO (AP) — A video showing a white Texas state trooper shouting "I will light you up" while pulling a black woman from her car brought national outrage, troubling the woman's family, the trooper's
  
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• Few ways to improve your odds for record $700M Powerball

  07-01-2016 22:49
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The record-breaking $700 million Powerball jackpot is the stuff of dreams, but it all boils down to math. From the huge prize to the enormous odds against winning it, Saturday
  
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• Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty To Bomb Threat In Arkansas

  07-01-2016 22:26
  
  A Muskogee man has pleaded guilty to falsely reporting that a bomb was planted in Rogers, Arkansas church in 2012. 
  
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• Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty To Fake Bomb Threat In Arkansas

  07-01-2016 21:23
  
  A Muskogee man has pleaded guilty to falsely reporting that a bomb was planted in Rogers, Arkansas church in 2012. 
  
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• Bristow School Board President Charged With Embezzlement Of Local Business

  07-01-2016 20:40
  
  The Bristow school board president has been charged with funneling more than $20,000 to herself during her tenure as the director of a local learning center for children, documents show.
  
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• December Rains Damage Bacone College's Oldest Building

  07-01-2016 20:00
  
  Extensive storm damage at Muskogee's Bacone College oldest building has caused the school to relocate classes.
  
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• South Tulsa neighborhood seeing more break-ins, vandalism

  07-01-2016 19:09
  
  Neighbors living at the Southfield Estates near 81st and Memorial are fed up over a recent uptick in crime. A homeowner we spoke to says since November, there has been a rise in break-ins and vandalism.
  
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• Flood Assessments Underway In LeFlore County

  07-01-2016 18:00
  
  LeFlore County residents are finding out how much damage was done to their homes by December's flooding.
  
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• Collections By Oklahoma Treasury Drop Below Prior Year In 2015

  07-01-2016 17:15
  
  Oklahoma's treasurer says gross receipts to the state treasury in 2015 were less than the prior calendar year, the first time that has happened since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. 
  
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• Norman Police: Victim Hides In Closet While Man Burglarizes Her Home

  07-01-2016 17:14
  
  Norman police released a sketch of a man wanted in connection to a home burglary that happened back in November, 2015.
  
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• Suspect cries after reportedly assaulting woman

  07-01-2016 17:04
  
  A couple of drinks with a neighbor reportedly turned into a dangerous situation for a woman this week. We're told the woman returned to a Tulsa apartment complex and ran into Mark Rice.
  
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• Pride Of Broken Arrow To March In 2017 Tournament Of Roses Parade

  07-01-2016 17:04
  
  The Pride of Broken Arrow says it has been invited to participate in the 2017 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California. 
  
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• Earthquakes Rock Northern Oklahoma Overnight

  07-01-2016 16:18
  
  Almost a dozen earthquakes rocked northern Oklahoma Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. 
  
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• Multiple Earthquakes, Including Magnitude 4.8, 4.3, Rock Oklahoma

  07-01-2016 16:13
  
  Three earthquakes rocked northern Oklahoma Wednesday night. 
  
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• Some Pittsburg County Residents Still Without Running Water

  07-01-2016 15:44
  
  Hundreds of Pittsburg County residents are without water and most of them haven't had it for more than a week. 
  
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• Pittsburg County Emergency Management Shows Off New Search Drones

  07-01-2016 15:44
  
  Pittsburg County showed off some brand-new technology this week.  A new drone will serve as the eyes and ears for emergency responders in the county.  
  
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• Powerball Jackpot Climbs To $675M

  07-01-2016 15:40
  
  No winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's estimated $500 million Powerball jackpot, so Saturday's will be an estimated $675 million -- the biggest jackpot in U.S. history. 
  
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• Fire Damages Garage At Tulsa Condominium

  07-01-2016 14:34
  
  The Tulsa Fire Department says no one was hurt in a fire at a condominium at 24th and Boston Thursday morning.    
  
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• Armed Man Killed At Paris Police Station

  07-01-2016 13:38
  
  French officials said a man armed with a knife was shot to death by officers at a police station in northern Paris on Thursday.
  
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• No Winners For Powerball Jackpot Worth Over $500 Million

  07-01-2016 13:22
  
  No winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's estimated $500 million Powerball jackpot, so Saturday's will be an estimated $675 million -- the biggest jackpot in U.S. history. 
  
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• Egypt official says no injuries in attack on hotel

  07-01-2016 12:24
  CAIRO (AP) — An individual fired birdshot Thursday morning at a security post stationed outside a hotel near the Giza pyramids, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.
  
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• Eurozone jobless rate falls to lowest level in over 4 years

  07-01-2016 12:11
  LONDON (AP) — Unemployment across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest rate in a little more than four years, official figures showed Thursday in the latest sign that the economic recovery
  
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• Throwback Tulsa: Weather Teller beamed color-coded forecast over downtown

  07-01-2016 12:00
  
  Although the system gave residents only a general idea of the forecast, many people recall the Weather Teller with fondness and nostalgia.
  
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• The Latest: 30 Polish border guards in Slovenia

  07-01-2016 11:56
  
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — The latest on the stream of refugees and other migrants crossing Europe. All times local:
  
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• 4.3, 4.8 Magnitude Earthquakes Rock Northern Oklahoma

  07-01-2016 11:53
  
  Almost a dozen earthquakes rocked northern Oklahoma Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. 
  
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• Man Arrested, Charged In New Year's Day Shooting Of Pryor Teen

  07-01-2016 11:48
  
  Derek Morgan, the man who shot a Pryor teen "pulling a neighborhood prank" could face life in prison if convicted.
  
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• Hollande: Threat continues year after attacks in France

  07-01-2016 11:35
  
  PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says what he calls a "terrorist threat" will continue to weigh on the country, which was struck a year ago by Islamic extremists.
  
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• Germany: minister says deportations possible in Cologne case

  07-01-2016 11:32
  
  COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Asylum-seekers could be deported if they're found to have participated in a string of New Year sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany's justice minister said Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: N. Koreans happy with country's nuclear test

  07-01-2016 11:30
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The latest on North Korea's announcement that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test Wednesday (all times local):
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Rain Moving Out Soon

  07-01-2016 10:42
  
  Another disturbance is now moving across part of the southern and central plains and is producing pockets of light to moderate rainfall across eastern OK.   
  
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• Pakistan asks Bangladesh to withdraw senior diplomat

  07-01-2016 10:33
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan asked Bangladesh to withdraw its senior diplomat, Moushumi Rahman, in an apparent tit-for-tat move after Dhaka asked Islamabad to withdraw a Pakistani diplomat last month, of
  
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• Survey: US progress on health insurance stalled in 2015

  07-01-2016 09:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into President Barack Obama's last year in office, progress has stalled on reducing the number of uninsured Americans under his signature health care law, according to a major
  
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• Britain's Cameron in Germany to pursue quest for EU changes

  07-01-2016 09:20
  
  BERLIN (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to push forward his campaign for changes to the European Union during a visit to Germany Thursday, arguing that his proposals would benefit th
  
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• Egypt Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security

  07-01-2016 09:03
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to churches Wednesday night to attend Masses on Christmas Eve across the predominantly Muslim country, as the government continues to battle a b
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Wintry Mix Moves Across NE Oklahoma

  07-01-2016 08:43
  
  The first disturbance of three is lifting out across northern OK into southeastern Kansas this morning with an area of wintry mix underway. Winter weather advisory is underway for a small area of northern OK this morning for the possibility of slick roadways, in some locations, across far northern OK.
  
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• Sen. James Lankford takes on federal education officials for 'threatening' letters to colleges, universities

  07-01-2016 08:00
  
  In a letter being sent Thursday, Lankford said he wants the education department to prove its new mandates for "sweeping policy changes" on bullying, harassment and sexual violence at the nation's colleges and universities are actually rooted in federal statutes and regulation.
  
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• Asian stocks fall as China halted after market plunge

  07-01-2016 07:34
  
  HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese stocks nosedived on Thursday, triggering the second daylong trading halt of the week and sending share markets, currencies and oil prices lower as investor jitters rippled acr
  
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• Border quiet as China weighs N. Korea nuke test response

  07-01-2016 07:33
  
  DANDONG, China (AP) — Trucks rumbled across the Chinese-North Korean border Thursday in a sign that trade was continuing despite Beijing's anger over the North's avowed hydrogen bomb test, which could
  
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• Rhetoric heats up on proposed civil assett forfeiture changes

  07-01-2016 07:00
  
  Sen. Kyle Loveless, R-Oklahoma City, has authored a bill to  make significant changes to the process of letting law enforcement keep property it has seized. District attorneys strongly oppose the measure and have authored a letter to all lawmakers pointing out their concerns.
  
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• Refiled civil suits allege Robert Bates used excessive force amid atmosphere of cronyism fostered by Stanley Glanz

  07-01-2016 07:00
  One of the suits alleges that Bates was improperly trained and supervised and accuses former Sheriff Stanley Glanz of turning a "blind eye to these dangers … to allow his friend and financial benefactor to 'play cop' in the streets of Tulsa County."
  
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