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• Imprisoned Tulsa Pastor's Home Auctioned For $180K

  25-05-2016 23:26
  
  A Tulsa pastor's home hit the auction block Wednesday.
  
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• Bristow Tornado Rated EF1, Cleanup Underway

  25-05-2016 22:23
  
  Creek County residents whose homes sustained damaged in Tuesday's tornado have begun cleanup efforts.
  
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• Storm Leaves Wreckage Trail In Downtown Sapulpa

  25-05-2016 21:44
  
  One Sapulpa store, “A Little Bit of Country,” has substantial damage after the roof was peeled back and water poured in. 
  
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• Oklahoma, Kansas-Missouri Planned Parenthood Groups To Merge

  25-05-2016 21:36
  
  Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri plans to merge with the abortion provider's central Oklahoma affiliate in July.
  
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• Suspect Shot, Killed After Threatening Officer With Knife In Downtown OKC

  25-05-2016 21:29
  
  A suspect was shot and killed when he reportedly threatened an officer with a knife in downtown Oklahoma City, Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Oklahoma Among 11 States To Sue Over Federal Transgender Directive

  25-05-2016 21:20
  
  Oklahoma and 10 other states are suing the Obama administration over a new directive about transgender students in public schools.
  
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• Low Severe Weather Threat Today, Increasing Chances Next Two Days

  25-05-2016 21:11
  
  Today's severe weather threat is lower than the previous couple of days. However, any thunderstorm that forms this afternoon could quickly become severe. 
  
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• Storm Clean Up Underway In Near Bristow

  25-05-2016 20:53
  
  Creek County residents whose homes sustained damaged in Tuesday's tornado have begun cleanup efforts.
  
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• Tulsa Man Shot By Homeowner During Assault Dies

  25-05-2016 20:25
  
  Tulsa police say a man who was shot after reportedly attacking a homeowner earlier this week has now died. According to TPD, 23-year-old Lance Claunch died on Wednesday.
  
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• Neighbors Help Creek County Homeowners With Storm Cleanup

  25-05-2016 20:25
  
  There is a lot to clean up around the Creek County community of Bristow, the day after the National Weather Service says a tornado left a path of destruction. 
  
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• Crash In Westbound Lanes Of Turner Turnpike At Stroud Stops Traffic

  25-05-2016 19:23
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the westbound lanes of Turner Turnpike near Stroud are closed due to a crash. 
  
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• Walmart Says It Has Hired Thousands Of Oklahoma Vets Since 2013

  25-05-2016 19:08
  
  With the Memorial Day holiday next Monday, Walmart said Wednesday since the beginning of its “Welcome Home Commitment,” it has hired 4,282 veterans across Oklahoma.
  
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• Two Oklahomans Die In Hawaii Plane Crash

  25-05-2016 18:43
  
  Two Oklahoma brothers were among five people killed in a small plane crash in Hawaii Monday.
  
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• Claremore Man Jailed For Setting His House On Fire, Running From The Law

  25-05-2016 18:13
  
  Rogers County Sheriff's Department got a call Tuesday night about a man who set his house on fire and was sitting out in his truck watching it burn with a rifle in his lap. 
  
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• Violent Tornadoes Barrel Across Western Kansas

  25-05-2016 17:27
  
  Homes were damaged and at least two people were critically injured in Kansas as severe storms swept across the Plains, authorities said Wednesday. 
  
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• Sapulpa Businesses Damaged By Wind, Rain

  25-05-2016 17:05
  
  High wind peeled back part of the roof off a building in downtown Sapulpa Tuesday night, causing water damage inside.
  
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• Elk City Teen Killed In ATV Crash

  25-05-2016 16:15
  
  A 17-year-old boy from Elk City, Oklahoma, was killed in an ATV crash near Foss Lake State Park in Custer County.
  
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• Route 66 PatriotFest This Saturday In Tulsa

  25-05-2016 15:22
  
  A festival this Saturday in Tulsa will celebrate our country's servicemen and women.  The event is the Route 66 PatriotFest and it is being held along Southwest Boulevard and the Route 66 Village and Webster High School.  
  
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• Lightning Blamed For Coweta House Fire

  25-05-2016 15:09
  
  Coweta firefighters say lightning caused a house to go up in flames near 111th and 209th East Avenue. 
  
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• Flooding Closes Several Oklahoma Highways

  25-05-2016 14:22
  
  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation reports flooding has closed several highways south of Tulsa Wednesday morning.
  
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• Tulsa Firefighter Shocked Battling House Fire

  25-05-2016 14:04
  
  A firefighter is in the hospital Wednesday morning after getting shocked while responding to a house fire near Pine and Sheridan. The fire may have been sparked by lightning.
  
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• Heavy Rains Leads To Fuel Leak In Downtown Sapulpa

  25-05-2016 13:45
  
  Heavy rain late Tuesday is being blamed for a fuel leak which closed several streets in downtown Sapulpa.
  
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• Flooding A Concern Across NE Oklahoma After Possible Bristow Tornado

  25-05-2016 13:43
  
  Heavy rains and strong winds continue to move across much of Green Country.
  
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• Storms Leave PSO And OG&E Customers In Green Country Without Power

  25-05-2016 13:36
  
  Public Service Company of Oklahoma and OG&E are reporting a number of power outages across Green Country Wednesday morning.
  
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• One Person Drowns After Flood Claims Car In Lincoln County

  25-05-2016 13:04
  
  One person is dead after flood waters swept their car off the road in Lincoln County overnight.
  
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• Warm And Muggy Pattern Remains

  25-05-2016 10:08
  
  The pattern has not changed and the chances for storms will remain in the forecast for the next several days.  
  
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• Oklahoma House Committee Kills Transgender Bathroom Legislation

  25-05-2016 10:03
  
  An Oklahoma House committee has killed legislation that would require schools to provide separate restrooms for students who object to sharing them with transgender students. 
  
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• Tornado Warnings Issued; Flooding A Concern Across NE Oklahoma

  25-05-2016 09:03
  
  Heavy rains and strong winds continue to move across much of Green Country.
  
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• Officials: At least 2 hurt, homes damaged in Kansas storms

  25-05-2016 08:49
  
  DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Homes were damaged and at least two people were critically injured in Kansas amid severe storms that swept across the Plains, authorities said.
  
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• Obama urges Vietnam youth to tackle climate change

  25-05-2016 08:23
  
  HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Wrapping up a historic visit to Vietnam, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the country's next generation of leaders for being more conscious of the envi
  
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• Watchdogs say Texas dodged 'train wreck' on education board

  25-05-2016 08:21
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas takes up always-contentions revisions of science and social studies coursework in 2017, a former schoolteacher who believes dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark and Democrats k
  
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• Afghan official: Suicide bombing in Kabul kills 10 people

  25-05-2016 07:41
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck a vehicle carrying court employees in Kabul, killing 10 people.
  
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• Babies behind bars: Moms do time with their newborns

  25-05-2016 07:40
  
  BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York is one of the very few prisons nationwide that allow inmate mothers and their babies to live together.
  
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• Virginia governor: I followed the law in accepting donations

  25-05-2016 07:37
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday he is confident he followed the law in accepting donations that now appear to be part of a federal criminal investigation.
  
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• Protests turn violent outside Trump rally in New Mexico

  25-05-2016 07:30
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in New Mexico turned violent Tuesday night as demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers, o
  
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• Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after Mansour's death

  25-05-2016 07:23
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor.
  
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• Investigators: Homeowner shoots worker, turns gun on self

  25-05-2016 07:06
  LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man fatally shot a heating oil company employee who came to his house to do work before trying to kill himself and engaging in an hours-long standoff with poli
  
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• Testimony to begin in Tulsa man's trial in fatal highway shooting of 14-year-old

  25-05-2016 07:01
  
  David Ruble II is charged in the May 29, 2014, death of 14-year-old April Montano, who was shot in the backseat of a pickup on the Gilcrease Expressway.
  
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• Sand volleyball players, supporters gather to celebrate Helmerich Park's 25th anniversary

  25-05-2016 07:01
  
  Dozens of players, spectators, supporters, dogs and children braved Tuesday evening's impending storms to bid happy birthday to the park at 71st Street and Riverside Drive, which is known for its scenery and sand volleyball courts.
  
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• Oklahoma's exotic-animal laws weakest in nation, wildlife seminar attendees told

  25-05-2016 07:01
  
  An official with the Humane Society of the United States spoke at a daylong Oklahoma Wildlife Training seminar geared toward anyone who deals with wildlife or exotic animals.
  
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• Oklahoma appeals court affirms Tulsan's murder conviction

  25-05-2016 07:01
  The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the life prison sentence of a 26-year-old Tulsa man convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman.
  
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• Man arrested in fatal south Tulsa apartment shooting

  25-05-2016 07:01
  
  Jason Nathaniel Anthony, 40, is charged in connection with the May 14 slaying of Michael Fisher at the Woodland Hills Apartments.
  
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• Oklahoma House committee blocks transgender 'bathroom bill'

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  A tie committee vote prevented the measure from advancing to a vote in the full House. The result makes it unlikely that the bill will be heard again before Friday's mandatory adjournment.
  
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• Medford man cited with improper backing in IDL crash

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  A Nissan driven by Michael Todd Bennett, 48, backed down the westbound U.S.75/U.S. 64/Oklahoma 51 ramp to eastbound Interstate 244 and caused two other vehicles to crash, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper reported.
  
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• Lawmakers remain open to override of Gov. Mary Fallin's veto on abortion bill

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  The bill's author, Republican Sen. Nathan Dahm of Broken Arrow, stopped short of committing to try and push the bill through over the governor's veto, in which she said the legislation was vaguely worded and would not survive a legal challenge.
  
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• House committee grudgingly advances budget bills

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  "This is the most remarkable journey I've been through in my life," said House Appropriations and Budget Chairman Earl Sears, R-Bartlesville.
  
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• Gist gets $25,000 performance bonus, immediately donates it back amid historic budget shortfall

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  According to the terms of her three-year employment contract, Gist is due an annual performance bonus payment of up to $25,000 if she earns a qualifying score on her evaluation each May.
  
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• Clinton, Sanders make all-out blitz in California primary

  25-05-2016 07:00
  
  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders dueled for support Tuesday ahead of California’s presidential primary, as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off his efforts to boost his longshot odds for the nomination.
  
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