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• Nearing Completion, New Storm Shelters Providing Peace Of Mind In Oologah

  02-09-2016 23:59
  
  There’s peace of mind in Oologah thanks to multi-million dollar storm shelters being built thanks to a bond issue that passed two years ago.
  
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• Hawaii tourists salvage vacations during hurricane threats

  02-09-2016 23:52
  
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Tourists in Hawaii who had been planning an escape to a sunny island paradise were instead hit with the threat of back-to-back hurricanes, but they're making the best of their vaca
  
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• GRDA Leaving Lake Levels Higher Through Labor Day Weekend

  02-09-2016 23:29
  
  Normally this time of year, the GRDA is forced to drop the lake several feet for the winter, but the GRDA says the extra water will keep everyone safe this holiday weekend.
  
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• Tulsa Man Charged In Fatal Shooting Of Wife

  02-09-2016 23:27
  
  Prosecutors filed two charges against a man police say shot and killed his wife during an argument last weekend. 
  
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• Jury finds Tulsa man guilty in 2014 fatal shooting of ex-girlfriend, recommends life without parole

  02-09-2016 23:25
  
  Erik Sherney Williams, 39, was charged with killing 24-year-old Christian Shockley. Court records state Shockley had recently ended a relationship with Williams when she was shot outside the Colonial Park Apartments on Oct. 8, 2014. 
  
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• US, China expected to join climate deal during Obama visit

  02-09-2016 23:17
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Opening his final trip to Asia, President Barack Obama is expected to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping in announcing their countries are formally taking part in a historic global climate
  
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• Man with history of arson gets 40 years for Fort Worth fires

  02-09-2016 23:16
  Investigators say a drifter with arson convictions in Oklahoma and Louisiana must serve 40 years in prison for two Texas fires. Investigator Brad Sims with the Fort Worth Fire Department says Reibert last summer set two vacant houses on fire, while on parole for a Louisiana arson conviction.
  
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• Deputy who tossed SC high school student won't be charged

  02-09-2016 23:09
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina solicitor says a sheriff's deputy will face no charges for tossing a student across a classroom after she refused to put away her cellphone.
  
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• Obituary: Rev. Melvin Bailey Sr., prominent north Tulsa minister, interfaith leader

  02-09-2016 23:00
  
  A service for Bailey is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Antioch Baptist Church.
  
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• Pakistan helicopter search planned for 2 missing US climbers

  02-09-2016 22:54
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Pakistan military plans to search with helicopters Saturday morning for a pair well-known Utah climbers missing on an icy mountain peak that has been encased by thick clouds
  
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• Appeals court rules against Missouri in execution drug case

  02-09-2016 22:48
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's order that Missouri identify to two Mississippi death row inmates the name of any supplier of Missouri's lethal injection dru
  
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• Lawsuit targets rule that bars some from top Georgia schools

  02-09-2016 22:30
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Three immigrant students are challenging a policy that bars them from attending Georgia's five most competitive state colleges and universities because of their immigration status.
  
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• Father kills 2-year-old daughter, wounds her sister and self

  02-09-2016 22:20
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says a father told deputies he was trying to make sure a gun was safe when accidentally fired the weapon, killing his 2-year-old daughter and wounding he
  
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• Report: Cherokee Nation purchases historic Sequoyah Cabin

  02-09-2016 22:15
  
  Earlier this week, site curator Jerry Dobbs announced he had received word from the Oklahoma Historical Society to close the site Sept. 1 until further notice.
  
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• After slamming Florida, Hermine threatens East Coast

  02-09-2016 22:07
  
  DEKLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first hurricane to hit Florida in more than a decade wiped away beachside buildings and toppled trees onto homes Friday before plowing inland on a path that could send it
  
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• Swimmer's sex assault sentence spurs debate over prison plan

  02-09-2016 21:52
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A November ballot measure backed by Gov. Jerry Brown would allow earlier parole for thousands of California inmates, but critics say it could result in the very situation tha
  
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• North Carolina lawmaker, spouse apologize for sticker switch

  02-09-2016 21:47
  
  WILSON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina House member and her husband apologized after he removed her political rival's campaign sticker from a restaurant door and replaced it with hers.
  
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• Back us so we can block Clinton agenda, say some Republicans

  02-09-2016 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's just a trickle now, but some Republicans are urging people to back GOP congressional candidates because they'd constrain Hillary Clinton's agenda should she be elected president
  
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• The Latest: Clintons, Kaine to campaign in Ohio

  02-09-2016 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Putin says Russia didn't hack US Democratic Party

  02-09-2016 21:30
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says Russia wasn't involved in the hacking of emails of the U.S. Democratic Party, but thinks the release of the information was a benefit.
  
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• Governor: Police officer killed in New Mexico town

  02-09-2016 21:30
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez says a police officer in a New Mexico town has been killed in what marks the second on-duty death of an officer in the state in less than a month.
  
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• Sheriff: Injured twin dies, more charges expected

  02-09-2016 21:29
  
  LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky sheriff says the parents of infant twins, already charged with assault and endangerment, could face even more serious charges now that one of their girls has died.
  
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• How Trump, Clinton immigration plans would affect the US

  02-09-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — No doubt Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have dramatically different approaches on immigration.
  
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• Slain nuns honored in funerals in Kentucky, Wisconsin

  02-09-2016 21:28
  
  BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Eulogized in the church where she took her vows decades ago, a slain nun was remembered Friday for her devotion to the poor and for the Donald Duck impression she used to comfort
  
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• Arizona GOP defends wanted poster of Democrat Kirkpatrick

  02-09-2016 21:21
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Republican Party on Friday defended its release of an Old West style wanted poster criticizing Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick in her campaign for the Senate, after Dem
  
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• The Latest: South Carolina: No major Hermine damage reported

  02-09-2016 21:20
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Hermine (all times local):
  
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• Justice Dept. wants Pulse 911 case kept in federal court

  02-09-2016 21:18
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a ruling over whether 911 calls made during a massacre at a Florida gay nightclub can be released.
  
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• Policy that keeps some out of top Georgia schools targeted

  02-09-2016 21:15
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Three young people are challenging a policy that bars them from attending Georgia's five most competitive state colleges and universities because of their immigration status.
  
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• Claremore Firefighter Charged With Trying To Injure Ex-Girlfriend

  02-09-2016 21:12
  
  Rogers County prosecutors charged a Claremore firefighter Friday with Endeavoring To Cause Serious Injury Or Death. 
  
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• President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan dies at age 78

  02-09-2016 21:11
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a strok
  
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• New charges against driver in bus accident that killed 3

  02-09-2016 21:10
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New criminal charges of negligent homicide and negligent injuring have been filed against the driver of a bus in an accident that killed three people and injured dozens near New Orl
  
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• The Latest: Trump says documents show Clinton dishonesty

  02-09-2016 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Turner's release met by some protesters

  02-09-2016 20:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the release of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner(all times local):
  
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• Physician accused of offering pills in exchange for escorts

  02-09-2016 20:40
  
  GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Federal officials say a Mississippi physician offered to illegally trade prescriptions for escort services and later sold prescriptions for money to the escort and an undercover
  
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• Poll: Young adults divided on immigration, border control

  02-09-2016 20:39
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Young Hispanics, Asian-Americans and African-Americans are much more likely to trust Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump to deal with immigrants living in the United States illeg
  
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• Tulsa Neighborhood Cleans Up After Big Water Main Break

  02-09-2016 20:36
  
  City crews are still filling in a big hole in the middle of a street Friday after a 36-inch Tulsa water main broke Tuesday, flooding homes and causing a lot of damage.
  
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• Victim's letter to resonate long after Turner's release

  02-09-2016 20:30
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The woman who was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner almost didn't go out the night of the rape.
  
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• Ex-New England Mafia boss, associate indicted in '93 killing

  02-09-2016 20:30
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Former New England Mafia boss Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme and a mob associate have been indicted in the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner.
  
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• Correction: California Legislature-Liberal Agenda story

  02-09-2016 20:27
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story Sept. 1 about the California Legislature's liberal agenda, The Associated Press erroneously identified the California director for the National Federation of Indep
  
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• John Klein: 1,200-year-old tribal tradition continues with Cherokee Marbles Tournament this weekend

  02-09-2016 20:00
  
  Football may grab most of the headlines this weekend, but Cherokee Marbles, a traditional tribal game, will be celebrated at the Cherokee National Holiday.
  
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• Michigan asks high court to halt straight-party vote ruling

  02-09-2016 19:54
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene so a new ban on straight-party voting can take effect for the November election.
  
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• Barking dog found alive in rubble 9 days after Italy's quake

  02-09-2016 19:53
  
  ROME (AP) — Firefighters have rescued a Golden Retriever from a pile of quake rubble after they heard the dog barking, nine days after the temblor struck central Italy.
  
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• FBI Publishes Notes On Clinton's Use Of Private Email

  02-09-2016 19:45
  
  The FBI has released 58 pages of documents from its recently closed investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, including a summary of agents' interviews with Clinton and several of her aides.
  
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• UK president releases recommendations for covered mural

  02-09-2016 19:41
  
  LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — University of Kentucky officials plan to take the veil off a mural but surround it with other works of art to provide more context about the school's history.
  
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• UN diplomats arrive in South Sudan, threaten arms embargo

  02-09-2016 19:37
  
  JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The U.N. Security Council arrived Friday in South Sudan's capital to threaten an arms embargo and sanctions if the government rejects a plan to bring in another 4,000 peacekee
  
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• The Latest: State GOP defends wanted poster for Democrat

  02-09-2016 19:31
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on a wanted poster issued by the state Republican Party for U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. Senate (all times local):
  
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• Retailers scramble as shipper bankruptcy puts goods in limbo

  02-09-2016 19:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Some major retailers are scrambling to work out contingency plans to get their merchandise to stores as the bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line has thrown ports and retailers around
  
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• Jenks Public Schools receives $74,500 from TTCU fundraiser

  02-09-2016 19:27
  
  Early in June, TTCU The Credit Union launched the education funding campaign with a goal of raising up to $4 million for the 15 largest school districts in the Tulsa area in response to the state funding shortfall gripping schools across Oklahoma.
  
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• Report: Uzbek government says President Karimov has died

  02-09-2016 19:19
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's state news agency is citing the government of Uzbekistan as saying that President Islam Karimov has died.
  
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• South Tulsa employees get revenge on alleged thief

  02-09-2016 19:02
  We told you earlier this week about a man breaking into a skate shop near 53rd and Peoria to take herbal pain killers. KRMG's told employees at the Quickie Mart had surveillance footage, as well as a description of the suspect's car and license plate number.
  
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