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• Authorities Investigate After Body Found In Nicoma Park

  31-03-2016 23:59
  
  Authorities are investigating after a body was found in Nicoma Park, Oklahoma, Thursday morning. 
  
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• Tulsa Company Sets Goal To Use New Technology To Help Kids With Disabilities

  31-03-2016 23:02
  
  A Tulsa man has started a new company with one goal - using new technology to help kids with disabilities.
  
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• Miss Seiter, Mr. Smith to exchange vows in Tulsa

  31-03-2016 22:12
  
  Kara Seiter of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Dru Smith of Guthrie, Oklahoma are pleased to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Mark and Mrs. Terri Seiter of Conway.
  
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• Oklahoma Family Shocked At Plea In Fatal DUI Crash

  31-03-2016 21:56
  
  A family is in shock after a hearing in Mayes County ended with a different plea than expected.
  
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• Video: Possible tornado spotted near Tulsa airport

  31-03-2016 21:08
  
  A video discovered by the Florida State Attorney's Office shows a Seminole County sheriff's deputy grabbing a suspect while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car and punching him across the face. A video discovered by the Florida State Attorney's Office shows a Seminole County sheriff's deputy grabbing a suspect while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car and punching him across the face.
  
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• Claremore Residents Cleaning Up After Tornado

  31-03-2016 19:52
  
  Folks in the Claremore area are wasting no time starting the cleanup process after a tornado blew through the area. 
  
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• Jenks Public Schools: No Threat Found At JHS Music Building

  31-03-2016 19:50
  
  School officials say Tulsa Police have investigated a suspicious bag found at the high school music building and given the all clear.
  
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• Woman Snaps Photos Of Tulsa Tornado From Jet

  31-03-2016 19:39
  
  A woman captured dramatic photos of the tornado that tore across Tulsa and nearby communities as she took off in a jetliner. 
  
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• No One Hurt When Tornado Slams Into Tulsa Church

  31-03-2016 19:39
  
  The pastor says everyone inside Tulsa's Bethel Seventh-Day Adventist Church Wednesday evening when a tornado hit were not injured.  
  
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• Radar Data Shows How Long Tulsa Tornado Was On The Ground

  31-03-2016 19:37
  
  Radar data from the News On 6 WARN team indicates Wednesday's tornado was on the ground for a long time. 
  
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• Turkish agencies: Bomb in Diyarbakir kills 6 police officers

  31-03-2016 19:00
  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AP) — Six police officers were killed Thursday in an explosion caused by a bomb-laden car in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, Turkish news agencies reported. The explosives d
  
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• Nobel literature laureate Imre Kertesz dies at 86

  31-03-2016 18:58
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teenage prisoner in Nazi concentrat
  
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• Chicago teachers to strike over contract, budget

  31-03-2016 18:58
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of Chicago teachers plan to walk off the job for one day on Friday, shutting down schools in the nation's third-largest district.
  
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• Oklahoma County authorities investigating after body found near Nicoma Park

  31-03-2016 18:35
  Sheriff's spokesman Mark Opgrande said a person found the body near NE 32 and Westminster Road about 7:40 a.m. and called 911.
  
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• Sheriff: 3 dead after fleeing car plunges into Florida pond

  31-03-2016 18:17
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Police say a man fleeing sheriff's deputies in a stolen car drove into a pond in Florida, killing himself and two passengers.
  
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• The Latest: Strong storms could spawn tornadoes in Alabama

  31-03-2016 18:11
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest on severe weather in the southern U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Foundation defends award to Palestinian teacher

  31-03-2016 18:03
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.K.-based foundation that awarded a Palestinian schoolteacher a $1 million prize for preaching nonviolence is sticking by its choice following revelations that the woman's husban
  
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• Suspicious Bag Leads To Evacuation At Jenks High School Music Building

  31-03-2016 17:59
  
  School officials say the Jenks High School's music building was evacuated Thursday morning.
  
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• Owasso Residents Assessing Storm Damage After Tornado

  31-03-2016 17:49
  
  Fire crews and the sheriff have been surveying tornado damage throughout the morning in Owasso's storm-toss neighborhoods. 
  
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• Tornadoes Rip Through Northeastern Oklahoma

  31-03-2016 17:46
  
  Tornadoes ripped through north Tulsa, Owasso and the Claremore area, causing damage and throwing debris as it went. 
  
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• Carrie Underwood To Bring 'The Storyteller Tour' To OKC

  31-03-2016 17:46
  
  Country music super star and Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood is bringing her “The Storyteller Tour -- Stories In The Round” to Oklahoma City this fall.
  
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• Mali special forces arrest jihadi leader

  31-03-2016 17:44
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Mali intelligence spokesman says special forces have arrested a jihadi leader close to Islamic extremist group Ansar Dine in southern Mali.
  
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• Weather World: Preliminary data shows six U.S. tornadoes recorded Wednesday

  31-03-2016 17:43
  
  I must emphasize that this information is preliminary. Tornado reports change as new information on damage is reported to authorities.
  
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• Fiancee of man killed by police says he was shot in the back

  31-03-2016 17:41
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee woman says her fiance was shot in the back by an officer as he was surrendering a rifle to her during a confrontation with police — and then again in the chest as he
  
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• 3.8 magnitude Oklahoma quake recorded late Wednesday

  31-03-2016 17:37
  
  Wednesday's 3.8 was the third-largest quake in the past 30 days, behind Monday's 4.2 and a 3.9 quake recorded March 2 near Fairview, according to the USGS.
  
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• UN court acquits Serb nationalist Seselj; Croatia shocked

  31-03-2016 17:36
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a rare courtroom victory for a Serb defendant, a U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday acquitted ultranationalist politician Vojislav Seselj of atrocities and pronounce
  
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• Syrian activists: Airstrikes hit east of Damascus, kill 23

  31-03-2016 17:16
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes hit near a school and a hospital east of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people in one of the deadliest incidents involving civilians since a
  
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• Florida man pleads not guilty in $4.8M gold truck heist

  31-03-2016 17:16
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal firearms and robbery charges in the theft of $4.8 million in gold bars from a truck along a remote stretch of North Carolina highway a
  
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• All-clear given at Jenks High School music building after suspicious package deemed not dangerous

  31-03-2016 17:06
  A suspicious person was reportedly seen dropping off a package at the west door of the music building before leaving.
  
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• Tulsa tornado tracks for nearly 20 miles

  31-03-2016 17:05
  
  TODAY WAS CERTAINLY OUR FIRST TASTE OF BL WHAT WE WILL WEATHER. THESE STORMS FROM NOT GOOD, PARTS OF THE STATE.
  
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• Historic papers behind walls of Asheville home

  31-03-2016 16:53
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — An electrician helping to renovate a home in North Carolina accidentally unearthed a box that contained a trove of historic documents, some of which were signed by U.S. presiden
  
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• Pecan Porch owner surveying storm damage: 'I don't know whether it's a complete loss ... but probably'

  31-03-2016 16:43
  
  A large tree was lying on top of the Pecan Porch restaurant, and the walls seemed to be bowing out, with wreckage strewn across the parking lot and nearby fields.
  
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• 21 killed, many trapped in overpass collapse in India

  31-03-2016 16:38
  
  KOLKATA, India (AP) — A long section of a road overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, with tons of concrete and steel slamming into midday traffic, leaving a
  
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• Canadian County judge accepts sex sting plea, putting prosecutors, sheriff's office at odds

  31-03-2016 16:27
  
  Undersheriff Chris West said he was disappointed by a plea agreement offered by prosecutors to an Oklahoma City man accused of soliciting sex from an undercover sheriff's lieutenant posing as a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• Oklahoma County clerk incumbent wants arrest records sealed

  31-03-2016 16:25
  She was charged in Oklahoma City Municipal Court with driving under the influence and entered into a plea agreement in May 2014. The DUI charge was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2014.
  
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• Officials searching for CIA, FBI badge counterfeiter

  31-03-2016 16:20
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Officials are searching for a man they say made and distributed counterfeit badges for the CIA, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations.
  
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• Stables At Claremore's Will Rogers Downs Damaged By Tornado

  31-03-2016 16:00
  
  Several stables at the Cherokee Casino-Will Rogers Downs east of Claremore were damaged by a tornado Wednesday evening.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Ohio proposes speeding up lead-water alerts

  31-03-2016 15:47
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's environmental regulators are proposing an overhaul of how the state and its cities deal with lead in drinking water, including speeding up notifications when lead is found a
  
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• Catoosa's Pecan Porch Chapel Standing Despite Tornado Damage To Restaurant

  31-03-2016 15:44
  
  The Pecan Porch, a local favorite catering service and wedding venue, received heavy tornado damage. Weddings can go on this weekend, though, since the owners say its intact.
  
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• Hearing scheduled in slain Virginia teen case

  31-03-2016 15:17
  BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor says a new preliminary hearing date has been set for two former Virginia Tech students charged in the slaying of a 13-year-old girl.
  
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• Early Warning Helped People Stay Safe In Tulsa Tornado, Mayor Says

  31-03-2016 15:17
  
  Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett said early warning help prevent more devastation to the city and its residents as a tornado touched down Wednesday night.
  
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• The Morning Brew: Twister drops on Tulsa, injures 7

  31-03-2016 14:54
  
  A storm system spun a tornado that injured at least seven people and left 5,000 without power in Tulsa Wednesday. A number of north Tulsa schools are closed due to the outages.
  
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• Poland's top political leaders support total ban on abortion

  31-03-2016 14:52
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Both Poland's prime minister and the powerful leader of the conservative ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, say they support a total ban on abortion.
  
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• Row house fire in Brooklyn killed hundreds of homing pigeons

  31-03-2016 14:43
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of trained homing pigeons were among the victims of a roaring fire that destroyed five residential buildings in Brooklyn.
  
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• Authorities: Seven Injured As Tornado Moves Across Tulsa, Owasso and Claremore

  31-03-2016 14:20
  
  Authorities say at least seven people were injured - one critically - after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma Wednesday, damaging homes and businesses.
  
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• Four Tulsa Public Schools Closed Thursday

  31-03-2016 14:00
  
  Four Tulsa Public Schools are without power Thursday after a tornado touch down Wednesday night.
  
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• Day Trips & Beyond: April Monthly Planner

  31-03-2016 13:49
  
  The Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Okla. , celebrates its third anniversary April 28-May 1 with free concerts and special events.
  
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• Red Cross Disaster Teams Begin Tulsa Area Tornado Assessments

  31-03-2016 13:36
  
  The Red Cross is asking residents in need of emergency help after Wednesday's tornadoes and storms to call them. 
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Calming And Cooling Down

  31-03-2016 13:11
  
  By the time most folks read this post, the cold front will be located to the east of the state.  
  
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• One Dead In Midtown Tulsa Apartment Complex Fire

  31-03-2016 12:54
  
  Tulsa Fire says one person is dead, another is in critical condition after a fire at an apartment complex early Thursday. 
  
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