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• Many Oklahoma Employees Get Raises Despite Salary Freeze

  07-02-2016 23:47
  
  Thousands of state employees received pay raises last year and thousands more were hired despite warnings of an approaching budget shortfall and a personnel freeze ordered by Gov. Fallin.
  
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• Sheriff: Texas teen kills mom, 2 neighbors, then himself

  07-02-2016 23:26
  
  McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A 19-year-old killed his mother and two neighbors before turning his gun on himself in a shooting that brought SWAT and various emergency vehicles to a rural area in Texas, autho
  
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• After Rubio stumbles, rivals see opening in New Hampshire

  07-02-2016 23:25
  
  BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Marco Rubio's uneven debate performance just days before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary has emboldened a trio of governors seeking to stem his rise in the Republican race for pre
  
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• Man In Serious Condition Following 'Vicious' Dog Attack In NW OKC

  07-02-2016 23:16
  
  One man is in the hospital following what officers are calling a vicious dog attack Sunday afternoon.
  
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• UN condemns NKorea launch, pledges significant new sanctions

  07-02-2016 23:11
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket that world leaders denounced as a banned test of dangerous ballistic missil
  
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• Clinton calls Flint water crisis 'immoral' in break from NH

  07-02-2016 23:04
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Taking a detour from New Hampshire's campaign trail, Hillary Clinton said Sunday that a water crisis in a Michigan city was "immoral" and demanded that Congress approve $200 millio
  
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• Mourners pay respects to Buddy Cianci for second day

  07-02-2016 22:45
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Mourners for the second day in a row paid their respects to former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci (see-AN'-see) at the building where he worked for more than 21 years.
  
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• Turkey: Reaching limits but will keep taking in refugees

  07-02-2016 22:34
  
  KILIS, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has reached the end of its "capacity to absorb" refugees but will continue to take them in, the deputy premier said Sunday, as his country faced mounting pressure to open i
  
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• Cruz embraces supporters on fringe of GOP

  07-02-2016 22:28
  
  PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — Some politicians run from polarizing endorsements. Ted Cruz seeks them out.
  
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• OHP investigating fatality on Turner Turnpike

  07-02-2016 22:00
  Troopers received the call of a fatality collision just before 9:30 p.m. Saturday at mile-marker 218 near West 96th Street South in Sapulpa, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
  
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• Tulsa Church On The Move To Sell Dry Gulch USA

  07-02-2016 21:46
  
  Church on the Move is selling the facilities at Dry Gulch USA, home of the popular Christmas train experience. 
  
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• Tulsa County Sheriff Candidate Forum Addresses Mental Health Issues

  07-02-2016 21:25
  
  Candidates for the officer of Tulsa County Sheriff are at Hardesty Library for a forum on mental health. All nine candidates have arrived with about 60 to 70 people in the audience.  
  
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• Victim Dies After Shooting At Tulsa Bar, Suspect In Custody

  07-02-2016 21:11
  
  TPD says the charges against Watani Phinnes Gleason will be upgraded to murder after a shooting victim died Sunday.
  
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• Multiple people, pets escape overnight fire

  07-02-2016 21:10
  
  Tulsa crews battled an early Sunday morning garage apartment fire. The call went out around 12:08 a.m., near East Apache and North Harvard.
  
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• German police search homes of suspected extremists

  07-02-2016 20:42
  BERLIN (AP) — German police on Sunday searched the homes of two men suspected of being part of an extremist organization, prosecutors said.
  
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• The Latest: Clinton: Crisis in Flint, Michigan, is immoral

  07-02-2016 20:24
  
  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the race for president in the window between the Republican and Democratic debates and the 2016 New Hampshire presidential primary on Tuesday: (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Funeral held for victim of NYC crane collapse

  07-02-2016 20:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the collapse of a construction crane, which killed a pedestrian (all times local):
  
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• Man shoots Ohio police officer before he's found dead in car

  07-02-2016 19:28
  KENTON, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a man shot an Ohio police officer before he was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound.
  
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• Stacia Knight Weather Blog: High Winds Bring Fire Danger To NE Oklahoma

  07-02-2016 19:18
  
  Howling winds and dry air will increase our fire danger for the next couple days. 
  
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• The Latest: UN Security Council strongly condemns NKorea

  07-02-2016 19:08
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local):
  
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• What Happened To Terral? Family Questions Ottawa County Jail Death

  07-02-2016 18:59
  
  In October 2015, Terral Ellis turned himself in on an Ottawa County warrant on a DUI charge. He knew it meant heading straight to jail. No one expected him to die there.
  
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• 3 remain missing following mid-air crash off Los Angeles

  07-02-2016 18:38
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheriff's divers continue searching the water just outside Los Angeles Harbor as part of an ongoing recovery effort following Friday's mid-air collision of two small planes.
  
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• Update: Arrest made after man shot; victim dies, is city's third homicide of 2016

  07-02-2016 18:30
  
  The victim apparently got into an argument with another man about 2:10 a.m. outside Momma T's Big Easy Lounge, 6533 S. Peoria Ave., homicide Sgt. Dave Walker said.
  
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• S. Africa: Search continues for 3 missing in mine collapse

  07-02-2016 18:22
  
  BARBERTON, South Africa (AP) — A mine manager says rescue teams have removed 3,500 tons of debris in their search for three people still trapped underground after a collapse at a South African mine.
  
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• Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail back in court

  07-02-2016 18:19
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters embraced the idea of building the nation's first real high-speed rail system, which promised to whisk travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under t
  
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• Oklahoma National Guard Brings In Water For Barnsdall Residents

  07-02-2016 18:02
  
  The Oklahoma National Guard has brought in a 2,000-gallon water tanker for Barnsdall residents under a boil order, the mayor states.
  
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• Four Family Members Including Two Children Killed In Ketchum Fire

  07-02-2016 17:48
  
  The State Fire Marshall's Office confirms that there has been a fatal fire near Ketchum. A family member says two children were staying with a grandmother and uncle when the fire broke out.
  
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• Meet The Young And The Restless Stars And Support LIFE Senior Services

  07-02-2016 17:29
  
  LIFE Senior Services in Tulsa is hosting a series of special events with stars of The Young and the Restless on February 20. Find out how you can get tickets.
  
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• Earthquake Shakes Near Langston, OK

  07-02-2016 17:24
  
  Sunday morning, an earthquake shook up resident near Langston, Oklahoma. 
  
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• Three dead in home fire in Ketchum

  07-02-2016 17:16
  
  KETCHUM — A late night fire on Grand Lake has taken three lives, according to Vinita Fire Chief Kevin Wofford.
  
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• Fire marshal: Four dead in mobile home fire in Ketchum, including two children

  07-02-2016 17:16
  
  KETCHUM — A late night fire has taken the lives of three generations of one family, said Sam Schaffnitt, assistant State Marshal on Sunday.
  
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• Senior falls 4 stories to death at Massachusetts university

  07-02-2016 17:06
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Authorities say a student has fallen to his death from a fourth-floor window at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
  
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• 2 dead, others wounded, during Orlando nightclub shooting

  07-02-2016 16:42
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Orlando police say two people are dead and 10 others have been injured following a shooting inside a nightclub in the tourist district.
  
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• Two People Forced Out Of Home In Tulsa Fire

  07-02-2016 16:25
  
  Two people were forced out of their home after an overnight fire. Crews responded to the house near North Sheridan and Apache just after midnight. 
  
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• Slain Italian student in Egypt suffered 'inhuman' violence

  07-02-2016 16:25
  
  ROME (AP) — A second autopsy on the body of an Italian found slain in Egypt reveals that the doctoral student suffered "inhuman, animal-like" violence, Italy's interior minister said Sunday as he pres
  
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• Two Juveniles, One Man Arrested In Tulsa Police Pursuit

  07-02-2016 16:11
  
  A Tulsa police officer was assaulted following a pursuit late Saturday night, authorities say.
  
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• Crane that collapsed, killing 1, is removed from NYC street

  07-02-2016 16:08
  NEW YORK (AP) — A construction crane has been removed from the New York City street where it collapsed, killing a pedestrian.
  
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• Costs of closing, cleaning toxic coal ash pits grows clearer

  07-02-2016 15:44
  EDEN, N.C. (AP) — Giant earthmoving machines beep and grind as they drop 17-ton scoops of coal ash and dirt into dozens of railroad cars lined up for two-thirds of a mile at a site along the Virginia-
  
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• Afghanistan hopes for talks with Taliban this month

  07-02-2016 15:14
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan expects to hold direct talks with the Taliban by the end of this month, an official said Sunday.
  
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• OHP: Woman Hit Twice, Killed On Turner Turnpike In Sapulpa

  07-02-2016 14:39
  
  Troopers are investigating after a woman walking on the Turner Turnpike was hit and killed. Her boyfriend called Tulsa police from his home after she got out of his car on the interstate.
  
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• The Latest: NATO chief strongly condemns N. Korea rocket

  07-02-2016 13:33
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket (all times local):
  
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• UAE says it's prepared to send ground forces to Syria

  07-02-2016 13:27
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top official in the United Arab Emirates said Sunday that his country is prepared to send ground troops to Syria to fight Islamic State militants as part of an
  
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• Bosnian first-graders reach out to deaf schoolmate

  07-02-2016 12:44
  
  SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — When Mirzana Coralic asked the primary school in her Sarajevo neighborhood whether they would enroll her deaf son, teacher Sanela Ljumanovic volunteered without thi
  
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• N. Korea praises rocket; others view as covert missile test

  07-02-2016 12:25
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For North Korea's propaganda machine, the long-range rocket launch Sunday carved a glorious trail of "fascinating vapor" through the clear blue sky. For South Korea's preside
  
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• Stolen vehicle call turns up drugs, stolen identities

  07-02-2016 10:48
  
  Multiple people were taken into custody Friday afternoon, after a victim spotted his stolen vehicle parked in front of a motel room. Tulsa police say while investigating the stolen vehicle report, they recovered meth, marijuana, a credit card reader, stolen identities, and evidence of credit card fraud inside the motel room.
  
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• Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubble

  07-02-2016 10:24
  TAINAN, Taiwan (AP) — With anxious families waiting nearby, rescuers painstakingly pulled more survivors from the remains of a collapsed high-rise apartment building Sunday, a day after a powerful ear
  
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• Divisive Polish party leader Kaczynski pulls the strings

  07-02-2016 08:45
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had a secret five-hour meeting in a secluded mountain resort with the most powerful person in Poland, he didn't convene with his counte
  
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• Weathering the cuts: Two biggest factors in local schools' ability to sink or swim

  07-02-2016 07:00
  
  Find out the districts which will be most hurt by the state budget shortfall and how it will impact classrooms.
  
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• Thousands of Oklahoma state employees given raises despite budget woes

  07-02-2016 07:00
  
  State agencies also promoted more than 1,000 employees and hired several thousand to fill vacancies, even though those types of employment actions were included in a hiring freeze — with notable exceptions.
  
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• Scientists confirm humans caused spread of virus that's killing honeybees

  07-02-2016 07:00
  
  The global spread of a virus that deforms the wings of honeybees and kills them in droves was caused by humans, new research has found.
  
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