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• Glenpool Teen Charged With Molestation Of Elementary School Girls

  14-04-2016 23:53
  
  A Glenpool High School student officially has been charged with lewd molestation for touching two elementary girls in a classroom.
  
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• Kerry says Cuba should let anyone visit via cruise lines

  14-04-2016 23:03
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says a Cuban law barring people born on the island from returning by sea discriminates against Americans and Cubans living in the United States and should be
  
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• The Latest: Ex-cop's lawyer upset by stairwell case ruling

  14-04-2016 23:02
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the case of a New York City police officer charged with fatally shooting a man in a darkened stairwell of a Brooklyn public housing complex (all times local):
  
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• Trump campaign manager won't face battery charges

  14-04-2016 23:01
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign manager won't be prosecuted for battery after briefly grabbing a female reporter's arm at a campaign event, but prosecutors said Thursday the situa
  
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• Ginnie Graham: I like my job writing for a newspaper

  14-04-2016 23:00
  
  A national ranking knocking journalism is wrong, and there is a room full of enthusiastic reporters in Tulsa to prove it.
  
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• France following 9,000 tips on Islamic extremism

  14-04-2016 22:56
  
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities have received 9,000 tips related to Islamic extremism through a dedicated hotline and a website, President Francois Hollande said Thursday.
  
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• Kerry says Navy ship could have fired on Russian planes

  14-04-2016 22:48
  MIAMI (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says that under U.S. military rules of engagement, the Navy ship that was buzzed by Russian military jets in the Baltic Sea this week could have opened fire.
  
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• Ukrainian president's ally is elected as new prime minister

  14-04-2016 22:42
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament was elected the country's new prime minister Thursday in a vote that the government hopes will end a months-long political crisis but which reform
  
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• Man who walked into fire station quizzed on constable ambush

  14-04-2016 22:40
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators questioned a man Thursday fitting the description of a gunman who authorities say ambushed a Texas deputy constable from behind following a traffic stop and gravely injure
  
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• Capitol Hill Buzz: As Zika fears grow, DC points fingers

  14-04-2016 22:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to Zika funding, President Barack Obama and Republicans agree on one point: It's the other guy's fault.
  
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• Ukraine recovers 4 stolen Dutch paintings

  14-04-2016 22:31
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have announced the recovery of four paintings from a trove of Dutch Golden Age art that was stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago.
  
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• The Latest: Sanders releases new ad focused on Wall Street

  14-04-2016 22:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 in the lead up to Tuesday's New York primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Police: Ex-Indiana University official won't be charged

  14-04-2016 22:27
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas police say Indiana University's former student ethics director won't face charges after a woman made sexual assault allegations that prompted his resignation and a review of
  
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• Official: State aircraft used to deliver governor's wallet

  14-04-2016 22:26
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A state helicopter was used to deliver Gov. Robert Bentley's forgotten wallet to him at the beach two years ago, but the governor said Thursday that he did not request the pric
  
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• Prosecutor to review 911 caller's role in Wal-Mart shooting

  14-04-2016 22:25
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A special prosecutor will determine whether to charge a 911 caller who reported a man waving a gun in an Ohio Wal-Mart before police fatally shot the shopper, who'd picked up an air
  
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• Conviction stands for ex-NYPD officer in stairwell shooting

  14-04-2016 22:24
  NEW YORK (AP) — A manslaughter conviction against a former police officer who accidentally shot an unarmed man in a public housing project stairwell will stand, a judge decided Thursday, ruling that a
  
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• Woman hurt in Kalamazoo shootings trying to forgive suspect

  14-04-2016 22:21
  
  DETROIT (AP) — The first person hurt in a mass shooting in southwestern Michigan says she can't hate the man charged in the rampage and seeks to forgive him, even as she's trying to walk and use her "
  
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• 26,000 drug defendants have received shorter sentences

  14-04-2016 22:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Sentencing Commission says more than 26,000 federal drug offenders have received shorter prison terms because of sentencing guideline changes put in place two years ago.
  
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• Obama opens weeklong trip to Saudi Arabia, Europe next week

  14-04-2016 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading out on a weeklong trip next week that will take him to Saudi Arabia, England and Germany.
  
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• New York primary brings campaign tension to a boil _ again

  14-04-2016 22:15
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — As Democrats readied for their first debate-stage clash in a month, Florida officials declared Thursday they would not prosecute Donald Trump's campaign manager for misdemeanor battery
  
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• Missing Florida priest's car found, driver arrested

  14-04-2016 22:11
  
  MIAMI (AP) — South Carolina law enforcement authorities said Thursday that a "person of interest" was arrested while driving a car belonging to a missing Roman Catholic priest — 300 miles from where h
  
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• Spending bills advancing despite budget impasse

  14-04-2016 22:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as Congress is blowing its deadline to produce a budget, a once-dominant Senate committee tried to reassert itself and move ahead on 12 annual spending bills that for years have
  
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• US government to buy wild blueberries to help prop up prices

  14-04-2016 22:01
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to 30 million pounds of wild blueberries to help stabilize prices and supply in one of Maine's signatures industries.
  
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• City utility authority discusses plans to raise rates on Tulsa customers next year

  14-04-2016 22:00
  
  Tulsa Metropolitan Utility Authority officials made the case to city councilors Thursday for continuing a planned annual increase in water and sewer rates to catch up with infrastructure needs.
  
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• Ex-student says buried coffee can of porn implicates teacher

  14-04-2016 21:57
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers descended on a Connecticut boarding school with shovels last fall, and may do it again when the ground thaws this spring, in a search for what a former student says is p
  
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• Global finance leaders seek to bolster growth

  14-04-2016 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank pledged Thursday to redouble efforts to bolster shaky global growth prospects and combat increasing political attack
  
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• Oklahoma Senate Approves Autism Insurance Coverage Bill

  14-04-2016 21:45
  
  The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that requires health insurers to cover the treatment of children with autism. The bill now returns to the House.
  
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• Arkansas National Guard To Reopen Some Recruiting Stations

  14-04-2016 21:31
  
  The Arkansas National Guard will reopen six of the 10 storefront recruiting stations that were closed after an attack on a recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last July.
  
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• Tulsa Mayor Draws Line - On Facebook

  14-04-2016 21:30
  
  The primary is two months away, but campaigning for Tulsa mayor is underway - with some opinions aired on social media. 
  
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• Drug Prices To Soar Nearly 50 Percent Over Next Few Years

  14-04-2016 21:07
  
  Americans are getting sick and tired of the rising cost of their prescription medications. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear likely that consumers will get a break any time soon.
  
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• Sheriff's Office Shows Off Tulsa County Jail Expansion

  14-04-2016 20:59
  
  The Tulsa County jail is getting bigger.   The construction work on a pod expansion project at the jail in the 300 block of North Denver will allow the sheriff's office to expand new resources to the mentally ill who are in the facility. 
  
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• Sheriff's Office Give Tour Of Tulsa County Jail Expansion Project

  14-04-2016 20:04
  
  The Tulsa County jail is getting bigger.   The construction work on a pod expansion project at the jail in the 300 block of North Denver will allow the sheriff's office to expand new resources to the mentally ill who are in the facility. 
  
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• F-15 Fighter Jet Makes Emergency Landing At Tulsa International Airport

  14-04-2016 19:59
  
  An F-15 fighter jet made an emergency landing at Tulsa International Airport Thursday morning. According to air traffic control, the jet lost all hydraulics while in flight. 
  
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• Tulsa City-County Team Up To Provide Long-term Small Disaster Response

  14-04-2016 19:52
  
  Tulsa is starting a new kind of long-term planning for small disasters. It comes two weeks after the north Tulsa tornado destroyed five homes.
  
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• Tulsa Man Wanted In Home Invasion, Kidnapping

  14-04-2016 17:55
  
  Tulsa Police are looking for a most wanted suspect in connection to an armed robbery at the Cobblestone Apartments in February.
  
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• Tulsa Body-Cutting Case Should Be Dismissed, Attorney Says

  14-04-2016 17:27
  
  An attorney for a woman accused of cutting a body in a funeral home wants her case thrown out.   
  
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• Appeals Court Says Creek County Man Cannot Sue Over Arrest

  14-04-2016 16:48
  
  A federal appeals court says an Oklahoma man cannot sue two deputies who arrested him on a sexual abuse complaint even though he was a victim of mistaken identity and detained for 84 days.   
  
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• Carl Albert College Suspends Basketball Programs

  14-04-2016 16:30
  
  A community college in LeFlore County has approved plans to eliminate some academic programs and suspend the men's and women's basketball programs because of a drop in state funding.
  
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• See Jenks FlyingTee From Osage SkyNews 6 HD

  14-04-2016 16:03
  
  Opening day is getting closer at the FlyingTee at the Jenks RiverWalk Crossing. Osage SkyNews 6 HD flew over the complex to get an overhead look as construction finishes up.  
  
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• 85 Million More U.S. Vehicles Face Airbag Recall

  14-04-2016 15:21
  
  The nation's highway safety watchdog says U.S. cars and trucks have about 85 million Takata air bag inflators in them that haven't been recalled. 
  
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• Crews Working To Fix Tulsa Water Line Breaks

  14-04-2016 14:43
  
  Tulsa drivers will need to plan around a water line break near 11th and 101st East Avenue Thursday morning. Another break at 34th and Garnett is not affecting traffic.
  
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• Man With Gun Arrested On University Of Tulsa Campus

  14-04-2016 14:40
  
  University of Tulsa security detained a man they thought was stealing a campus bicycle Thursday morning. He had a .22-caliber revolver in a bag, police say.
  
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• Bathroom Fire Damages Tulsa Home

  14-04-2016 14:37
  
  The Red Cross is helping four people after the bathroom of their home caught late Wednesday.  
  
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• Homes evacuated, no injuries in Louisiana train derailment

  14-04-2016 14:25
  SCOTT, La. (AP) — Officials say more than 100 homes were evacuated after a train derailment in Louisiana, but no injuries were reported.
  
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• Much of Yemen flooded by heavy rainfall, 1 dead

  14-04-2016 14:21
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say heavy rainfall in several parts of the country has caused widespread flooding and the collapse of small dams, including one in Hajja province northeast of the
  
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• Tulsa Carjacking Suspect In Jail

  14-04-2016 13:58
  
  Tulsa Police arrested a man who they say tried to break into or carjack at least six drivers armed with a railroad spike.   Officers say his name is 35-year-old Gabriel Simon and he's now in jail. 
  
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• Fire Damages Tulsa Apartment Building

  14-04-2016 13:57
  
  The Tulsa Fire Department returned to the scene of an apartment fire early Thursday after fire and smoke was seen coming from the building near Haskell and Lewis. 
  
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• More shelling in Syria's Aleppo mars peace talks in Geneva

  14-04-2016 13:43
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops exchanged fire with rebels in the contested northern city of Aleppo on Thursday in a renewed bout of fighting that could further mar peace talks underway in Geneva.
  
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• More UMass student protesters arrested during second sit-in

  14-04-2016 13:42
  AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — University of Massachusetts officials say police arrested 19 student protesters who were among those occupying an administrative building on the school's Amherst campus.
  
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