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• Benefit Held For MWC Mother Recovering From Shooting

  01-05-2016 23:40
  
  A Midwest City woman is recovering after a double shooting. It happened inside a home in Ardmore, where another man was also shot. The news about the crime traveled fast to the metro.
  
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• Small Plane Crashes On Landing In Ponca City

  01-05-2016 22:43
  
  According to PFD Capt. Scott Layton, a Cessna 150 was on final approach and hit a hard landing, collapsing the landing gear.
  
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• Oklahoma Service Dogs Train To Help On Planes

  01-05-2016 22:11
  
  Future service dogs hit the air this weekend as Therapetics Service Dogs of Oklahoma took nine of its dogs on private flights.ted or rescued.
  
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• Okmulgee Police Catch Tulsa Homicide Suspect

  01-05-2016 21:53
  
  Tulsa police say an arrest has been made in a Saturday afternoon homicide. 
  
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• Tornado Doesn't Keep Tulsa Church From Worship

  01-05-2016 20:18
  
  A Tulsa church is holding services following damage to its sanctuary in last Tuesday's tornado. 
  
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• Trade unions hold rallies to mark May Day; clashes in Paris

  01-05-2016 19:26
  
  Trade unions and other groups are staging rallies around the world to mark International Workers Day. A look at some May Day events:
  
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• Trump gets outside help for potential GOP convention battle

  01-05-2016 19:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has a Plan B if he's faced with a contested convention, and it involves the sort of outside groups that he's called "corrupt."
  
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• Police: Well-known Florida couple die in murder-suicide

  01-05-2016 19:21
  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A well-known St. Petersburg couple whose bodies were found in their home on Friday died in a murder-suicide, police said.
  
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• Police investigate fatal shooing of man in vehicle early Sunday

  01-05-2016 19:13
  Tulsa police are investigating the shooting death of a 44-year-old man early Sunday.
  
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• Malia Obama to take gap year before entering Harvard in 2017

  01-05-2016 19:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017, the president and his wife said Sunday
  
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• Elephants to perform for final time at Ringling Bros. circus

  01-05-2016 18:52
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has
  
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• Did woman sway boy to kill his dad? Court raises doubts

  01-05-2016 18:42
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The paramedics who looked at Robert Breininger's lifeless body in his twin bed suspected right away that whatever happened didn't match the story being told by his 10-year-old son.
  
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• Trump dismisses riots, focuses on battle against Clinton

  01-05-2016 18:33
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed reports of a riot outside his rally in California, pressing ahead with his claim that Democrat Hillary Clinton is only in the
  
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• Train derails in Washington, DC; leaks hazardous chemical

  01-05-2016 18:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning, sending about 10 cars off the tracks and spilling hazardous material from one of them, official
  
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• Miss Indian World crowned at nation's largest powwow

  01-05-2016 18:01
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Arizona State University law student has been crowned Miss Indian World.
  
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• The Latest: New tests unravel Phoenix freeway shooting case

  01-05-2016 17:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of charges in the Phoenix freeway shooting case (all times local):
  
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• Stacia Knight: List Of Tuesday's Tornadoes Continues To Grow

  01-05-2016 17:55
  
  The list of tornadoes from Tuesday’s event continues to grow.As we continue through May, it is important to stay weather aware.
  
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• 6 people, including 4 children die, in Florida car wreck

  01-05-2016 17:47
  JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say six people, including four children, have been killed in a highway crash in South Florida.
  
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• Sanders raises $26M in April in primary bid against Clinton

  01-05-2016 17:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders brought in about $26 million in April in his primary challenge to Hillary Clinton, marking one year on Sunday in his insurgent bid for the Democratic nomination.
  
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• Greetings from Asbury Park, opening first hotel in 50 years

  01-05-2016 17:35
  ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — In the Jersey shore city that gave Bruce Springsteen's debut album its name, owners of the first new hotel to open there in more than 50 years hope they can convince locals an
  
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• Brussels Airport departure hall reopens after dead

  01-05-2016 17:29
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Under extra security, the Brussels Airport reopened its departure hall Sunday for the first time since deadly Islamic extremist attacks in March.
  
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• The Latest: Top adviser says Trump will help GOP lawmakers

  01-05-2016 17:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of Tuesday's high-stakes Indiana primary (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
  
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• Synthetic narcotics spark new look at drugged- driving laws

  01-05-2016 17:12
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Eighteen-year-old Kristian Roggio was riding in a friend's car when another driver careened across a Brooklyn street, colliding head-on and killing her. That driver had inhaled ae
  
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• Schumer: Probe billboards using phone data to track shoppers

  01-05-2016 17:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company's latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers.
  
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• The Latest: Company says ads respect consumers' privacy

  01-05-2016 17:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. senator's call for an investigation into the practices of an outdoor advertising company in New York (all times local):
  
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• Appeals ruling clears way for Bowe Bergdahl case to resume

  01-05-2016 16:36
  An appeals court has cleared the way for Bowe Bergdahl's legal case to resume by rejecting prosecutors' argument that defense attorneys were given too much leeway on classified documents.
  
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• Broken Arrow Police Make Arrest In Game Stop Armed Robbery

  01-05-2016 16:19
  
  Broken Arrow Police arrested a man they say robbed the Game Stop near Kenosha and 145th East Avenue on Thursday. 
  
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• 3.5 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Near Fairview

  01-05-2016 15:23
  
  Residents near Fairview felt a jolt Sunday morning. 
  
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• Man Shot To Death Outside Tulsa Uptown Lounge

  01-05-2016 15:10
  
  One man was shot to death and a woman wounded at a Tulsa nightclub near Apache and north Yale. 
  
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• US once again forced to turn to Russia for help on Syria

  01-05-2016 14:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to turn to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome.
  
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• In London's mayoral race, candidate rejects 'extremism' barb

  01-05-2016 12:58
  
  LONDON (AP) — One is a bus driver's son who grew up in social housing, the other a billionaire's son raised in a mansion. They are two very different London success stories, and one is about to become
  
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• US Geological Survey records small earthquake in W. Kentucky

  01-05-2016 09:16
  LA CENTER, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a small earthquake in western Kentucky.
  
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• Thousands plan May 1 marches in US in heated election year

  01-05-2016 07:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands are expected to rally in cities across the United States for immigrant and worker rights and against what they see as hateful presidential campaign rhetoric.
  
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• Woman, 4 grandchildren killed in East Texas flooding

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  A 64-year-old woman and four grandchildren were killed early Saturday after a creek overflowed its banks, flooding an East Texas neighborhood as many residents slept.
  
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• Trump, Clinton angle for advantage in politics of gender

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  She has no stamina. She shouts. She’s got nothing going for her but being a woman.
  
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• Throwback Tulsa: Art deco Skaggs Building missed out on renovation fervor

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  Throwback Tulsa gallery: Art deco Skaggs Building demolished in 1980
  
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• Supreme Court trying to find its way after Scalia

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  Two months, 31 arguments and 18 decisions since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, is the Supreme Court hopelessly deadlocked or coping as a party of eight?
  
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• South Tulsa traffic stop yields arrest of two wanted fugitives

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  Just before midnight Friday officers were given information that two men with felony warrants were in the Arbors of Southern Hills apartment complex, 6630 S. Zunis Ave., police said.
  
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• Some budget bills may surface amid record Oklahoma funding shortfall

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — The first budget bills may get a vote in the House in about a week as lawmakers begin to deal with what has been the elephant in the room all legislative session — a record $1.3 billio
  
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• Scientists find more reasons Greenland will melt faster

  01-05-2016 07:00
  Much about the planet’s future will depend on processes humans today cannot directly observe because they are occurring deep below the sea surface where enormous marine glaciers, in Greenland and Antarctica, simultaneously touch the ocean and the seafloor.
  
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• Prairie chicken enters national security debate again

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  The House Armed Services Committee last week approved an amendment by Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, that would prevent listing the bird as threatened or endangered for the next five years.
  
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• Oklahomans' presidential campaign contributions slowed in March

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  For the month, Oklahomans gave about $305,000 to active candidates, almost all of it in small amounts. The extreme example was an Oklahoma City couple who made almost 70 contributions totaling $1,472 to Democrat Bernie Sanders.
  
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• Officers seek two suspects afters shots fired into south Tulsa apartment

  01-05-2016 07:00
  About 8:52 p.m. officers received a call about a shooting at St. Thomas Square apartments at 1050 E. 61st Street, police said.
  
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• Iraqi protesters pour into Green Zone, storm parliament

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis that has simmered for months.
  
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• Iran's moderates get most parliament seats after runoff

  01-05-2016 07:00
  Iranian moderates and reformists who support last year’s landmark nuclear deal have won the largest number of seats in parliament following runoff elections, marking a shift away from hard-liners and boosting moderate President Hassan Rouhani as he looks to secure a second term.
  
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• B.J. Thomas inducted into state's music hall of fame

  01-05-2016 07:00
  
  NORMAN — Oklahoma native and acclaimed pop balladeer B.J. Thomas was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame on Thursday during a Norman benefit concert.
  
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• 20-year-old arrested in attempted apartment shooting

  01-05-2016 07:00
  About 1 a.m. police were dispatched to Union Point Apartments, 4109 S. 130th East Place, where a caller reported hearing shots fired, police said.
  
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• Greenleaf State Park Sustains Major Tree Damage

  01-05-2016 05:09
  
  Greenleaf State Park isn't a safe place to be after Tuesday's storm caused major tree damage. Park representatives say it is the most damage they've ever seen.
  
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• 9-Year-Old Fights Cancer As Community Rallies To Support Her

  01-05-2016 05:08
  
  A 9-year-old girl is fighting against cancer and her community is coming together to raise money for her medical bills.
  
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• Family Files Lawsuit After Son's Synthetic Marijuana Overdose Death

  01-05-2016 05:01
  
  An El Reno family is looking for justice after their son died from a synthetic marijuana overdose. 
  
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