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• 98-Year-Old Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies In Osage County Crash

  30-03-2016 23:58
  
  A 98-year-old man died after crashing his vehicle off U.S. Highway 60 near Zyder Hill on Wednesday morning, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol says.
  
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• Michael Grogan's Weather Blog: Severe Potential Growing Wednesday Afternoon

  30-03-2016 21:21
  
  Several rounds of strong to severe storms are affecting Green Country today.  The culprit is a multifaceted storm system that will be in our area through Wednesday night.  
  
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• Development Planned For Former Downtown Tulsa NORDAM Site

  30-03-2016 21:03
  
  Brickhugger LLC is planning a new development for the East Village near downtown Tulsa with commercial, residential and retail purposes. 
  
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• SandRidge Energy Considering Bankruptcy

  30-03-2016 20:00
  
  SandRidge Energy, Inc. is considering filing for bankruptcy.
  
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• Tulsa Police: Man Shot In Head During Fight Over Stolen Money

  30-03-2016 19:45
  
  Tulsa police say a man was shot in the head during an argument about stolen money - but he's expected to recover.
  
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• Storms Push Through Oklahoma; Hail, Damaging Winds Possible

  30-03-2016 19:12
  
  The potential for storms across Oklahoma is present on Wednesday, with storms and small hail already moving through Pawnee and Creek counties before noon.
  
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• The Criterion impresses with debut concert, aims to improve before grand opening

  30-03-2016 18:59
  
  Ben Rector performing live at The Criterion. He's the first musician to headline the venue which will have its official grand opening Saturday night with Third Eye Blind.
  
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• Tulsa Church To Fill Gap For Those Released From Jail

  30-03-2016 18:55
  
  A Tulsa church says it is addressing a crucial need for those being released from the Tulsa County jail with its Gap Pack program.
  
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• Magazine: Four Oklahoma Cities Named To Top 100 Micropolitans List

  30-03-2016 18:55
  
  A national magazine has released its top 100 micropolitans communities for 2015. Site Selection magazine says four Oklahoma cities, Bartlesville, Durant, Enid and Miami made the list. Coffeyville, Kansas was also on the list. 
  
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• $25 million gift to fund world-class performances at OSU

  30-03-2016 18:35
  
  The 93,000-square-foot McKnight Center for the Performing Arts at Oklahoma State University is expected to open in fall 2019.
  
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• Stillwater Elementary School Evacuated Due To Bomb Threat

  30-03-2016 18:07
  
  Westwood Elementary School in Stillwater, Oklahoma, was evacuated Wednesday morning after a woman showed up at the school and made threatening comments. 
  
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• Oklahoma Inmate's Sentence Commuted By President Obama

  30-03-2016 18:07
  
  President Obama commuted the sentences of 61 inmates on Wednesday, including a man from Okmulgee. 
  
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• Teen gets 6 months in jail for part in Freddie Gray unrest

  30-03-2016 18:02
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A teen who smashed a traffic cone through a windshield of a city police car during the unrest following Freddie Gray's death last year in Baltimore will spend six months in jail.
  
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• Live weather updates: Thunderstorm warning issued for Creek, Osage, Pawnee counties

  30-03-2016 18:00
  
  Some of these storms could be strong to severe, with large hail possible, the weather service forecasts.
  
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• Several 3.5, 3.6 magnitude Oklahoma earthquakes record Tuesday after 4.2

  30-03-2016 17:46
  
  During the past seven days, Oklahoma recorded 54 earthquakes, according to the USGS. During the past 30 days, Oklahoma recorded 113 earthquakes of at least 2.5 magnitude.
  
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• Obama shortens prison sentences for 61 drug offenders

  30-03-2016 17:26
  
  An Oklahoman is among those whose sentences were commuted by the the president on Wednesday.
  
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• Prius Crashes Through Tulsa Funeral Home

  30-03-2016 17:20
  
  A car went completely through the Moore Funeral Home at 25th and South Harvard Wednesday morning. 
  
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• The Latest: Stewardess: Hijacker 'wanted the foreigners'

  30-03-2016 17:14
  
  LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — The Latest on the plane hijacking from Alexandria, Egypt, to Cyprus. (all times local):
  
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• Stillwater elementary school evacuated after reported bomb threat; suspect arrested

  30-03-2016 17:12
  The suspect was apprehended at Westwood Elementary School, which evacuated Wednesday morning.
  
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• Obama commutes sentences of 61 prisoners serving time for drug-related offenses

  30-03-2016 17:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Obama commutes sentences of 61 prisoners serving time for drug-related offenses.
  
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• Teen pepper-sprayed as Trump protesters, supporters clash

  30-03-2016 16:44
  
  JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Police are looking for a man who pepper-sprayed a 15-year-old girl as opponents and supporters of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump clashed outside a Wisconsin
  
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• Rap song allegedly recorded by inmate sparks probe

  30-03-2016 16:37
  
  ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana believe rapper C-Murder recorded and released a rap song while in prison.
  
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• Joplin woman: No more fight for son's seat at graduation

  30-03-2016 16:30
  
  Zachary Williams was a 12 years old and a student at East Middle School when he was killed by the tornado that struck Joplin on May 22, 2011.
  
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• 2 lions escape from parks in Kenya and South Africa

  30-03-2016 16:17
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A lion was shot dead in Kenya on Wednesday after attacking a man, while trackers in South Africa searched for a lion whose own escape from a park prompted appeals to wildlife offic
  
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• Improved California spring snowpack won't end drought

  30-03-2016 16:16
  
  FRESNO, California (AP) — State drought surveyors will trudge through deep snow Wednesday to manually measure what could be close to a normal Sierra Nevada snowpack for this time of year.
  
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• Decision on charges in Minneapolis police shooting Wednesday

  30-03-2016 16:13
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis prosecutor will announce on Wednesday whether two officers will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black man in November that prompted protests and an 18-day encamp
  
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• Central African Republic's new president is sworn in

  30-03-2016 16:06
  
  BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic's newly elected president Faustin Archange Touadera took the oath of office Wednesday, ushering in the first elected leader since Musli
  
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• 49 vultures electrocuted by power lines in South Africa

  30-03-2016 15:55
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African conservation group says 49 endangered vultures were electrocuted by power lines over the past weekend.
  
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• Crews monitor largely contained Oklahoma, Kansas wildfire

  30-03-2016 15:52
  
  The fire started last week in Oklahoma and spread to southern Kansas. The most damage occurred in Kansas' Barber County, where several homes were destroyed. No serious injuries were reported.
  
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• Charge against Trump campaign manager eclipses Wis. Race

  30-03-2016 15:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2016 presidential race may have descended on Wisconsin — but most of the campaign buzz surrounds an incident that happened nearly a month ago in Florida.
  
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• Myanmar democracy takes momentous step with new president

  30-03-2016 15:42
  
  NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's slow transition to democracy took a momentous step Wednesday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung San Suu Kyi took over as the country's president, officia
  
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• British Man Snaps Selfie With Hijacker

  30-03-2016 15:34
  
  A British man who was pictured with a man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane says he's not sure why he posed for the bizarre photo. Ben Innes, a health and safety auditor who lives in Scotland, told The Sun newspaper he wanted to take "the selfie of a lifetime" while the hijack was unfolding at a Cyprus airport.
  
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• Moore teacher charged with felony sodomy

  30-03-2016 15:28
  
  According to a court affidavit, the student met the teacher on the evening of Feb. 27 and drove around with her until they ended up at the park.
  
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• Ada man dies in McClain County crash in no-passing zone, Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports

  30-03-2016 15:24
  The man was driving east on SH 59 when a sport utility vehicle driven west on SH 59 by Jeffrey Chaiet, 35, of Stratford, attempted to pass several vehicles in a marked no-passing zone, the patrol reports.
  
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• Five Arrested In LeFlore County Drug Raid

  30-03-2016 15:20
  
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation arrested five people Tuesday morning in Pocola and agents seized 60 pounds of Meth.
  
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• Soft opening planned for Route 66 auto museum in Sapulpa

  30-03-2016 15:17
  The 10,000-square-foot interactive facility will feature vintage cars and a variety of exhibits about Route 66. A 66-foot-tall gas pump will be erected outside the museum.
  
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• Man shot in head during confrontation over stolen cash; suspect arrested

  30-03-2016 15:07
  
  Tulsa Police officers responded to a call in the 200 block of East 55th Street North about 8 a.m. and found a man shot in the head. The bullet appeared to have exited the victim, who was walking around and talking when police arrived.
  
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• Afghan official: Fight with Taliban kills 15 security troops

  30-03-2016 14:20
  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A late night gunbattle with the Taliban killed at least 15 members of the Afghan security forces in the volatile southern Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday.
  
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• Glenpool man accused of sexually assaulting girlfriend

  30-03-2016 14:16
  
  The woman told police her boyfriend sexually assaulted her because her job as a dancer made him jealous.
  
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• Tulsa Firefighters Respond To House Fire

  30-03-2016 13:56
  
  Tulsa firefighters are responding to an apparent structure fire in the 5300 block of West 8th Street. 
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Severe Storms Possible Today

  30-03-2016 12:58
  
  A strong storm system will move across the central plains today allowing a dry line and cold front to move across the state this afternoon and late tonight.  
  
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• Supreme Court asks for more arguments on birth control mandate

  30-03-2016 07:01
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be searching on Tuesday for a way to resolve a religious challenge to the birth control mandate that could satisfy both sides.
  
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• Opponents of Vision Tulsa host news conference a week before vote on tax

  30-03-2016 07:01
  
  North Tulsa community activists detailed opposition to the Vision Tulsa tax proposal and pointed criticisms at City Councilor Jack Henderson, who supports the Vision proposals.
  
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• 'Drop Everything and Create' gives TPS students a unique Youth Art Month activity

  30-03-2016 07:01
  
  Mayo Demonstration School art teacher Richard Wills thought it would be nice to involve students in an art project they might not have tried before, so his students and others spent at least 15 minutes on Tuesday on a creative endeavor.
  
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• State employees group criticizes lack of leadership on budget crisis

  30-03-2016 07:00
  
  The Oklahoma Public Employees Association suggests a variety of revenue-raising measures in lieu of employee layoffs and program cuts.
  
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• Sen. James Lankford gives TCC students insider's view of Congress

  30-03-2016 07:00
  
  Broadly speaking, most of Tuesday's questions dealt with the practical compared to the theoretical workings of government. "In real life, it's relational," Lankford said. "It's a behind-the-scenes, how-can-we-build-consensus type of thing."
  
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• Police deploy Taser on assault suspect at north Tulsa bar

  30-03-2016 07:00
  
  The suspect reportedly shouted profanities at police and told them he was old-school gangster before the Taser was deployed.
  
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• North Carolina governor's race intensifying over LGBT rights

  30-03-2016 07:00
  
  The North Carolina governor’s race has suddenly become a referendum on discrimination.
  
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• No outlet mall on Horizon in east Tulsa, city confirms

  30-03-2016 07:00
  
  Horizon Group Properties had said it was planning the project near Interstate 44 and 129th East Avenue.
  
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