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• Charles Young Event Park Reopens In Bixby

  14-05-2017 23:56
  
  After nearly a year of construction, Charles Young Event Park now has a performance stage, an interactive fountain and a children's splash pad. 
  
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• Fatality reported in motorcycle-car crash near Chandler Park

  14-05-2017 23:51
  
  Authorities said a person died in a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in west Tulsa.
  
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• Montgomery County deputies: Road rage led to fatal shooting

  14-05-2017 23:50
  
  MAGNOLIA, Texas (AP) — Sheriff's officials in a Texas county say a 21-year-old man is in custody and booked into a county jail for what authorities are calling a road rage slaying of a 56-year-old man.
  
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• Family says JetBlue kicked them off plane over carry-on cake

  14-05-2017 23:42
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey family says their plans to celebrate a birthday in Nevada were crushed when JetBlue Airways kicked them off the plane for storing a birthday cake in an overhead bin.
  
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• Frozen burritos maker relocates after recall, listeria scare

  14-05-2017 23:37
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico company that recalled more than 252,000 pounds of frozen burritos because of possible listeria contamination says it's relocating.
  
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• Kids Create Versions Of Tulsa Art Cars Before Blue Dome Festival

  14-05-2017 23:35
  
  For the past 14 years Tulsa has celebrated the American art form of art cars. On Sunday, kids in Tulsa got the chance to create their own Box Art Cars.     
  
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• Westville Family Raises Awareness About Genetic Disease

  14-05-2017 23:10
  
  An Oklahoma couple wants to get the word out about a genetic disease that caused their young daughter to have more than 200 seizures every week. 
  
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• John Klein: 100-year-old mom takes ride car as odometer rolls over 100,000 miles

  14-05-2017 23:00
  
  On a day when she celebrated Mother's Day, Thelma Nation also turned 100 years old and got to ride in her old car as the odometer turned over to 100,000 miles.
  
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• Log in, look out: Cyberattack havoc may grow at week's start

  14-05-2017 22:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — An unprecedented "ransomware" cyberattack that has already hit tens of thousands of victims in 150 countries could wreak greater havoc as more malicious variations appear and people return to their desks Monday and power up computers at…
  
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• 12-year-old wins 3rd straight California State Spelling Bee

  14-05-2017 22:50
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Dipsomaniac was the winning word for a 12-year-old girl from Central California who won the State Spelling Bee for the third year in a row.
  
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• Woman Run Over Twice, Tulsa Police Say

  14-05-2017 22:39
  
  Tulsa police are looking for a person accused of running over a woman twice at 4124 East Admiral Place Sunday morning.
  
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• Police obtain amateur video at scene of 15-year-old shot

  14-05-2017 22:38
  
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police have obtained a video that apparently shows a 15-year-old after he was shot by a police officer.
  
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• 5 ways to become a smaller target for ransomware hackers

  14-05-2017 22:37
  
  An online extortion attack that authorities say swept 150 countries this weekend is part of a growing problem of "ransomware" scams, in which people find themselves locked out of their files and presented with a demand to pay hackers to…
  
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• Georgia swamp fire: evacuation order lifted for nearby towns

  14-05-2017 22:28
  
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for two south Georgia towns threatened for days last week by a wildfire that had spread outside the boundaries of the neighboring Okefenokee swamp.
  
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• The Latest: GOP lawmakers mark success with rules reversals

  14-05-2017 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on GOP efforts to revers Obama-era rules (all times local):
  
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• Gold star father Khizr Khan to speak at annual ACLU dinner

  14-05-2017 22:05
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Gold Star father Khizr Khan will be a featured speaker at the annual Bill of Rights Dinner sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.
  
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• Pomp and circumstance: High School graduation photos from Union, Bixby, Owasso and more

  14-05-2017 22:00
  
  We're compiling galleries of hundreds of photos from area high school graduations. See if you can find your family members and friends.
  
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• Protesters spell out 'Resist!' at Trump golf course near LA

  14-05-2017 21:58
  
  RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Some 200 protesters gathered at President Donald Trump's golf course near Los Angeles and spread out in the grass to form the word "RESIST!"
  
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• School nickname change divides Vermont community

  14-05-2017 21:57
  
  SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A move to change a high school team name to be more inclusive has sparked death threats, a stalking charge and likely contributed to the defeat of the school budget twice in a Vermont community…
  
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• The Latest: Experts brace for unstoppable ransomware version

  14-05-2017 21:45
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the global extortion cyberattack that hit dozens of countries on Friday (all times local):
  
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• 1 killed, several wounded by army mutiny in Ivory Coast

  14-05-2017 21:38
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have killed one person and injured several others after using gunfire to disperse a march Sunday against their mutiny in Bouake, residents said.
  
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• Putin sits down at piano in China, plays Soviet songs

  14-05-2017 21:29
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for his passion for the outdoors, showed off his softer side during a visit to China when he sat down to play the piano Sunday.
  
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• Torch-wielding group protests Confederate statue removal

  14-05-2017 21:23
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A torch-wielding group including a prominent white nationalist has protested against plans to remove a Confederate monument in Virginia.
  
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• Austrian party picks new leader, early elections likely

  14-05-2017 21:19
  
  VIENNA (AP) — Austria's junior government coalition partner chose a new leader Sunday and gave him the unprecedented authority he demanded as a condition for leading his party into expected early elections this fall.
  
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• Merkel's party wins vote in rivals' German heartland

  14-05-2017 21:13
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives won a state election Sunday in their center-left rivals' traditional heartland, a stinging blow to the German leader's challenger in September's national vote.
  
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• Bill Clinton speaks at Hobart, William Smith graduation

  14-05-2017 21:04
  
  GENEVA, N.Y. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton told graduating students at their commencement that they must decide whether "our common humanity is more important or our differences matter more."
  
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• Report: Casino mogul to be questioned in probe of Israel PM

  14-05-2017 20:46
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — American casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will reportedly give Israeli police testimony in an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• Ruling Fatah party fares poorly in Palestinian elections

  14-05-2017 20:40
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah Party posted a poor showing in Palestinian municipal elections across the West Bank, even though the rival Islamic Hamas movement stayed out of the race, according to results announced Sunday.
  
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• Residents Asked To Conserve Water After Water Line Break In Cushing

  14-05-2017 20:37
  
  City officials are asking residents to conserve water after a major water line break in Cushing Sunday afternoon. 
  
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• TPD Detectives Seek Woman In Credit Card Cloning Scheme

  14-05-2017 19:25
  
  The Tulsa Police Department’s Financial Crimes Unit needs help identifying a person of interest who cloned someone's credit card then used it at various local businesses.  
  
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• Graduate, 14, youngest ever at Texas Christian University

  14-05-2017 19:01
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University.
  
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• The Latest: Log in, look out: cyberattack could grow Monday

  14-05-2017 18:58
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the global extortion cyberattack that hit dozens of countries on Friday (all times local):
  
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• Clapper: US govt 'under assault' by Trump after Comey firing

  14-05-2017 18:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Sunday described a U.S. government "under assault" after President Donald Trump's controversial decision to fire FBI director James Comey, as lawmakers urged the president to select a new FBI…
  
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• Palestinian hunger strike leader says 'snacking video' fake

  14-05-2017 18:54
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A lawyer says Palestinian hunger strike leader Marwan Barghouti denies the authenticity of a video purportedly showing him eating secretly in his cell.
  
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• Eurovision winner greeted by ecstatic Portuguese nation

  14-05-2017 18:54
  
  LISBON (AP) — Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral was greeted as a national hero upon his return home to Portugal on Sunday, a day after winning the song contest in Ukraine's capital.
  
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• Evacuations of rebels from last Damascus stronghold begins

  14-05-2017 18:47
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Hundreds of rebels and their families began leaving a northeastern neighborhood of Damascus and heading toward rebel-held areas in northern Syria Sunday, in another step that would eventually bring all parts of the capital under the control…
  
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• Historic Rolls-Royce vandalized, but stolen parts found

  14-05-2017 18:45
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A museum director says a 1913 Rolls-Royce once owned by the daughter of the 19th century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was vandalized ahead of an appearance in Maine, but all the pieces stolen from the car…
  
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• 2 suspects killed in fiery crash along Hollywood Boulevard

  14-05-2017 18:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say two stolen-car suspects were killed when their vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames during a high speed chase along Hollywood Boulevard.
  
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• Police: Mom hits son who didn't give her Mother's Day card

  14-05-2017 18:36
  
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Police in South Carolina say a woman has been arrested for hitting her young son after he gave a Mother's Day card to his grandmother but not to her.
  
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• Projections: Merkel's party wins vote in German state

  14-05-2017 18:32
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives beat their center-left rivals in a state election Sunday in Germany's most populous region, according to projections — a major blow to Merkel's challenger in a national election four months away.
  
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• Plan to curb panhandling takes people from begging to work

  14-05-2017 18:29
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Cleaning trash and landscaping public parks might not be glamorous work, but Derek Cote says it beats begging for change in a traffic median at rush hour, and he's looking forward to his hometown giving him…
  
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• Thousands march against Moscow government's demolition plans

  14-05-2017 18:25
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Moscow on Sunday to rally against a bill to tear down Soviet-era low-rise apartment buildings.
  
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• Woman run over by suspected thief while reporting her found stolen property to police

  14-05-2017 18:21
  
  The driver fled the scene in a black GMC Envoy, potentially heading toward Jenks. The vehicle was pulling a trailer with a four-wheeler, according to the release.
  
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• Fans of fuzzy fruit, rejoice: Northeast in for peachy summer

  14-05-2017 18:17
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A year after the peach crop in the northeastern United States hit the pits, growers and agricultural experts are anticipating a healthy rebound in 2017.
  
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• The Latest: Exit polls: Merkel's party wins key German state

  14-05-2017 18:09
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on the election Sunday in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia (all times local):
  
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• Broad support for a Trump foreign aid nominee, with a catch

  14-05-2017 18:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Green is a rare bird in Washington these days — a Donald Trump nominee with broad bipartisan support.
  
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• Car hits man after dispute in Beverly Hills parking lot

  14-05-2017 18:01
  
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Police say a yelling match over littering ended with a woman hitting a man with her car in a grocery store parking lot in Beverly Hills.
  
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