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• Sapulpa Woman Hurt Trying To Save Pets From Fire

  12-04-2016 23:56
  
  A woman suffered smoke inhalation after she ran into her burning house several times to save her pets. 
  
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• Giant 'Spider' Helps Remove Tulsa Storm Debris

  12-04-2016 23:41
  
  The City of Tulsa is using a cool piece of equipment to remove storm debris from North Tulsa. 
  
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• Tulsa Woman Charged With Abusing 4-Year-Old Son

  12-04-2016 23:26
  
  Prosecutors charged a Tulsa woman with abusing her son. 
  
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• Safety Group Releases Crash Test Results For Pickup Trucks

  12-04-2016 23:12
  
  A leading consumer auto safety organization recently conducted crash tests on large pickup trucks and found some aren’t as tough as they look.   
  
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• Tulsa woman takes alternate route after city stalls light installation

  12-04-2016 22:48
  
  Tory Conner said she had to go to PSO to have a security light installed. She said Tulsa took to long to install the light.
  
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• Oologah Teacher Uses Video To Inspire Students Taking State Tests

  12-04-2016 22:18
  
  An Oologah teacher got some special help to inspire her students as they take state tests. 
  
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• Douglass HS Teacher Arrested On Indecent Exposure Complaints

  12-04-2016 21:02
  
  Oklahoma City police confirmed with News 9 Tuesday morning that a teacher at Douglass High School was arrested on two counts of indecent exposure. 
  
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• Drug Case Against Hartshorne Police Chief Dismissed

  12-04-2016 20:24
  
  Prosecutors dropped the drug case against the Hartshorne police chief. 
  
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• Oklahoma Native Witnesses Wild Texas Hail Storm

  12-04-2016 19:43
  
  A Tulsa native survived Monday's wild hail storm in a Dallas suburb and has the photos to prove it. 
  
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• Bristow School Board Adopts Four-Day Week

  12-04-2016 18:59
  
  The Bristow school district became the latest district in the state to move to a four-day week in order to save money. 
  
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• Judge: No Delay In Trial For Former TCSO Reserve Deputy Bob Bates

  12-04-2016 18:42
  
  A judge denied the prosecution's request to delay the manslaughter trial of former Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Bob Bates. 
  
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• Oklahoma General Revenue Fund Collections Beat Estimate

  12-04-2016 18:10
  
  General Revenue Fund collections for the state of Oklahoma in March exceeded the estimate for the first time since July 2015. 
  
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• Police Arrest Woman Found Lying On Broken Arrow Highway Ramp

  12-04-2016 16:02
  
  Broken Arrow Police arrested a woman they found lying on a highway on ramp. 
  
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• Former Tulsa Dentist At Center Of Health Scare Charged With Money Laundering

  12-04-2016 15:19
  
  A former Tulsa dentist accused of exposing thousands of patients to hepatitis and HIV now faces a federal charge. 
  
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• City Crews To Pick Up Storm Debris In North Tulsa

  12-04-2016 14:24
  
  City of Tulsa crews are picking up storm debris Tuesday from the areas affected by the March tornado.  
  
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• Construction Site Mistake Leads To Tulsa Water Line Breaks

  12-04-2016 13:57
  
  City of Tulsa crews are working to repair water lines that broke yesterday after a big mistake at a construction site.
  
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• Deputies: Wife set sleeping husband on fire

  12-04-2016 13:31
  
  UNION, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman has been accused of trying to kill her husband by setting him on fire while he was asleep.
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Pleasant Tuesday Weather

  12-04-2016 13:13
  
  Very nice weather is likely today across most of eastern OK with some morning clouds giving way to sunshine and light northeast winds around 10 mph.   Highs will be in the upper 60s to near 70.   
  
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• 2 more suspects charged in Brussels bombings

  12-04-2016 12:57
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities said Tuesday two more men had been charged with offenses related to the Brussels bombings.
  
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• US, India militaries to improve disaster coordination

  12-04-2016 12:56
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. and India have reached a preliminary agreement that will make it easier for the two countries' militaries to work together in disasters or other emergencies, Defense Secretar
  
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• India police say 7 connected to temple surrender after fire

  12-04-2016 12:44
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Seven people who fled after a weekend fire killed at least 116 people at the southern Indian temple where they are board members have surrendered to authorities to face prosecution, p
  
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• Spain king to meet with parties in last bid to snap deadlock

  12-04-2016 12:39
  MADRID (AP) — Spain's king will meet again with the country's political parties in a late bid to break a near four-month stalemate in finding a candidate capable of forming a government and avoiding a
  
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• The Latest: Video shows anti-migrant vigilantes in Bulgaria

  12-04-2016 12:33
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to mass migration (all times local):
  
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• British royal couple lunches with Indian prime minister

  12-04-2016 11:43
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a private lunch Tuesday at a former palace in New Delhi.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Navy flyer describes spotting island castaways

  12-04-2016 09:50
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy officer in charge of a flight crew that located three castaways on a remote Pacific island said Monday he has never seen or heard of another rescue quite like it.
  
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• New Tulsa sheriff takes oath, announces staff members

  12-04-2016 09:40
  
  Tulsa County Sheriff Vic Regalado took the oath of office Monday morning and as promised, he got right to work, naming three people to key positions in the Sheriff's Office. Brown has 20 years' experience in law enforcement, is a combat veteran, and has also served as a statewide Public Affairs Manager for OHP and the Department of Public Safety.
  
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• US officials: The more we know about Zika, the scarier it is

  12-04-2016 09:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The more researchers learn about the Zika virus, the scarier it appears, federal health officials say, as they urge more money for mosquito control and development of vaccines and tr
  
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• Democrats look for political advantage on Equal Pay Day

  12-04-2016 09:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks Equal Pay Day, a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man — and an annual opportunity for Democrats to lambast Republicans f
  
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• N. Koreans: Brutal work abroad better than life back home

  12-04-2016 09:17
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — One North Korean who worked abroad says that as a waitress in China, she was forced to put up with male customers who groped her and tried to get her drunk. Two others recall
  
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• Navy secretary to discuss women in combat at Camp Pendleton

  12-04-2016 08:32
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has squared off against Marine Corps leaders who resisted recruiting women for all combat jobs. On Tuesday, he takes his case to a broader audience at Camp Pe
  
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• As attacks subside, Jerusalem tries to return to normal

  12-04-2016 08:17
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — One of Jerusalem's most popular Palestinian hummus joints, Lina, used to serve about 100 Israeli diners a day — the majority of its clientele. But after the outbreak of Israeli-Palest
  
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• Health workers get lead-test help from Flint student nurses

  12-04-2016 07:58
  
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A nurse volunteering at the free lead-testing clinic at a Flint school sensed immediately that the boy was nervous about being poked in the finger. Veronica Robinson explained to 7
  
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• North Korea resurrects Abraham Lincoln to criticize Obama

  12-04-2016 07:16
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has tried warnings of nuclear attack and racist diatribes to criticize U.S. President Barack Obama. Now it's turning to Abraham Lincoln.
  
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• Sapulpa City Council denies appeal of zoning change ruling for topsoil company

  12-04-2016 07:15
  In February, the Sapulpa Zoning Committee voted 9-0 to deny GEM Dirt a Specific Use Permit that would turn Clary Fields into an industrial dirt pit. On Monday, the City Council denied GEM’s appeal.
  
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• Supporters of medical marijuana file papers for third petition drive

  12-04-2016 07:01
  
  Oklahomans for Health, which failed to get enough signatures on an earlier attempt, will try again. The group plans to begin collecting signatures in early May.
  
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• Sources say OKC schools superintendent to step down

  12-04-2016 07:01
  Oklahoma City Public Schools Superintendent Rob Neu told board members over the weekend he’s going to resign, sources told The Oklahoman.
  
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• Muskogee couple sentenced to life in prison for sexual abuse of child family members

  12-04-2016 07:01
  
  William Thomas Franklin Dugan, 30, and Valerie Ojo, 33, were charged in March 2015 with four counts of child sexual abuse and a count of child sexual exploitation, according to court records.
  
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• Former dentist accused of potentially exposing patients to HIV, hepatitis, now charged with Medicaid fraud

  12-04-2016 07:01
  
  Dr. W. Scott Harrington's legal counsel appeared before a federal judge Monday in connection with the charge, which alleges Harrington acquired over $10,000 through Medicaid fraud, according to court documents.
  
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• Democrats call for Republican leadership disaster declaration

  12-04-2016 07:01
  
  The call came Monday during a press conference at the Capitol. House Minority Leader Scott Inman, D-Del City, used the occasion as an opportunity to encourage those upset with the funding crisis to file for office.
  
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• 21-year-old flown to OKC hospital after Stillwater shooting

  12-04-2016 07:01
  James Elbert Thomas was shot in the chest at the Stonegate at Stillwater apartment complex, 1815 N. Boomer Road, just after 7 p.m.
  
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• With U.N. envoy in Damascus, IS takes Syrian town from rebels

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura’s plea came amid stepped-up fighting around the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest, and elsewhere in the country’s northern and western provinces.
  
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• Tulsa, Sand Springs, 84 more districts losing more through vehicle tax collections than state aid cuts

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  Last year's change in the law that sought to cap the amount of motor vehicle tax money that education receives has led to some unintended consequences, including more than $9 million "changing hands" between districts — creating winners and losers for those disbursements.
  
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• Tulsa Jail budget unanimously approved; $4.3 million shortfall still to be hammered out by county

  12-04-2016 07:00
  The Criminal Justice Authority on Monday unanimously approved the next fiscal year’s Tulsa Jail budget, which leaves an approximately $4.3 million crater to be hashed out by the county Budget Board.
  
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• Tulsa GOP chairman, sheriff candidate apologize for controversy

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  Tulsa Police Sgt. Luke Sherman and Tulsa County Republican Party Chairman Mike Ford issued a joint news release Monday indicating they wished to retract statements made about each other last week, which included accusations of unprofessional behavior on both sides.
  
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• Robert Bates' prosecutors seek delay to prep for defense that gunshot might not be what killed Eric Harris

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  Defense expert witness testimony could include opinions on whether a medical condition or meth use contributed to Eric Harris' death.
  
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• Police increase patrols at Owasso QuikTrip following fight; store institutes no-loitering policy

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  Five cars staked out the QuikTrip at 12902 E. 86th St. North, which is across the street from Owasso High School, in the wake of an altercation outside the store.
  
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• Police hunt suspects in India temple fire that killed 110

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed at least 110 people, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze at a Hindu temple in southern India.
  
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• No students injured after Union Public Schools bus involved in four-vehicle crash

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  The crash occurred about 7:50 a.m. on 31st Street near U.S. 169 and involved four vehicles.
  
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• Navy officer accused of espionage; now held in Navy brig

  12-04-2016 07:00
  
  The U.S. military has charged a Taiwan-born Navy officer with espionage for allegedly passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, U.S. defense officials said Monday.
  
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• Marriages published April 12, 2016

  12-04-2016 07:00
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