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• Westville Officer's Death Investigated After Not Showing Up For Shift, OSBI Says

  30-08-2017 23:52
  
  Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents believe the death of an Adair County officer may be suspicious.
  
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• AG Announces Emergency Price Stabilization Act In Effect Statewide

  30-08-2017 23:33
  
  Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter announced the Emergency Price Stabilization Act is in effect for all 77 counties after the disaster emergency declaration. 
  
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• Daryl Hall and John Oatesa co-headlining Staples Center shows with...

  30-08-2017 23:32
  John Oates & Daryl Hall will perform at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 14 and Friday, Sept.
  
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• Tulsa Man Found Guilty Of First-Degree Murder

  30-08-2017 23:31
  
  A jury found a Tulsa man guilty of first-degree murder and recommended a sentence of life without parole. Joseph Johnson was found guilty in the death of Quavis Cato.  
  
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• Oklahoma Search, Rescue Dogs Ready To Help With Harvey

  30-08-2017 23:11
  
  Search and rescue dogs in Oklahoma are ready to help first responders in areas of Texas hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Fallin Declares State Of Emergency To Help Gulf Coast States

  30-08-2017 22:40
  
  Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for the state in order to help Gulf Coast states.  
  
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• Decades Old Tulsa Businesses Changing Locations

  30-08-2017 22:37
  
  A new QuikTrip is coming to midtown Tulsa, but it'll be built on a corner that several local businesses have called home for decades.
  
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• The Latest: EPA waives some clean-air rules due to Harvey

  30-08-2017 22:34
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Storm Harvey (all times local):
  
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• Sand Springs ECEC Collecting Bottled Water For Harvey Victims

  30-08-2017 22:31
  
  The Sand Springs Early Childhood Education Center is trying to collect 500 cases of bottled water for storm victims in Texas.
  
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• The Latest: Interior drops probe into secretary, senators

  30-08-2017 22:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Congress (all times local):
  
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• Gore man, 23, killed in crash along Muskogee County highway Wednesday morning

  30-08-2017 22:28
  Wyatt Bruce died after his Jeep departed a highway near Braggs and overturned, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
  
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• Tillerson praises Mexico's generosity in offering Harvey aid

  30-08-2017 22:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson praised Mexico's generosity in offering help as the U.S. responds to Harvey, aiming Wednesday to defuse a potential sore point between two neighbors already sharply at odds over NAFTA and President Donald…
  
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• Police warn of social media scams after record Powerball win

  30-08-2017 22:19
  
  CHICOPEE, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Massachusetts city are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up to scam people since a local woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot.
  
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• Tulsa Police ID Pedestrian Killed By Driver

  30-08-2017 22:18
  
  Tulsa Police identified the man who was struck and killed by a driver August 27, 2017, on East 51st Street near South Delaware Place.  
  
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• Pentagon: US troop total in Afghanistan larger than reported

  30-08-2017 22:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is poised to have roughly 15,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the coming months, as defense officials on Wednesday finally acknowledged the actual number of American forces in the country after long camouflaging the total…
  
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• Authorities: Girl, 5, picked up dad's gun, shot self in head

  30-08-2017 22:14
  SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — An autopsy shows the shooting death of a 5-year-old Maine girl at her grandparents' home was accidental: The child had picked up her father's gun and shot herself in the head.
  
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• Trump sows confusion by rejecting idea of North Korea talks

  30-08-2017 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — True to form, President Donald Trump sowed policy confusion with a tweet.
  
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• Massachusetts police warned about patronizing strip clubs

  30-08-2017 22:08
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts police department has warned its officers about the "negative public perception" of patronizing strip clubs following a brawl between several off-duty officers and a known gang member.
  
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• House GOP eyeing $1B disaster funds cut to finance wall

  30-08-2017 22:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border…
  
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• US airstrikes block evacuation of Islamic State militants

  30-08-2017 22:02
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. airstrikes blocked the advance of an Islamic State convoy carrying militants toward Iraq on Wednesday, derailing a Hezbollah-negotiated deal that removed the extremists from the Lebanon-Syria border, where they have been for years.
  
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• Floodwaters drop in Houston as Harvey takes a second swipe

  30-08-2017 22:01
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Harvey's floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun peeked through thinning clouds Wednesday in the first glimmer of hope in days for the besieged city. But the crisis was far from over,…
  
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• Woman With Tulsa Ties Missing Following Hurricane Harvey

  30-08-2017 21:58
  
  An Omni Hotel employee who graduated from Memorial High School is missing following Hurricane Harvey. Jill Renick went missing from the Omni Houston Hotel near the Galleria.
  
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• 'Hell's breaking loose': A 911 center under siege by Harvey

  30-08-2017 21:57
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Some of the callers are panicking; others exude a strange serenity. One moment, Harvey's floodwaters are pouring into a home, the next a motorist is trapped on an inundated interstate. A woman goes into labor in a…
  
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• Investor suit against former Uber CEO moved to arbitration

  30-08-2017 21:53
  GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge says an investor lawsuit targeting Uber Technologies' former CEO must be moved to private arbitration.
  
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• Truck Engulfed In Flames On Turner Turnpike Near Stroud

  30-08-2017 21:52
  
  Police have responded to a truck fire on the Turner Turnpike near Stroud. 
  
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• Shoplifters of TVs held in death of 81-year-old Sears guard

  30-08-2017 21:52
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An 81-year-old Sears worker whose job was to stop shoplifters was killed by two men who shoved him down while stealing television sets from a South Carolina store, a sheriff said Wednesday.
  
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• Police eye link between ranting videos and murder suspect

  30-08-2017 21:52
  BROCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Police say they're looking into a link between bizarre, ranting YouTube videos and Facebook postings and a woman charged with killing a random victim in western New York.
  
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• Gore Man Dies in Fatal Car Wreck

  30-08-2017 21:52
  
  23-year-old Wyatt Bruce of Gore, Oklahoma died early Wednesday morning when his Jeep struck a trailer, a stationary vehicle, then a tree, say reports.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Trapped motorists, women in labor. 911 call center tends to Houston's misery as tens of thousands seek aid

  30-08-2017 21:51
  HOUSTON (AP) — AP Exclusive: Trapped motorists, women in labor. 911 call center tends to Houston's misery as tens of thousands seek aid.
  
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• The Latest: White nationalist campus speaking request denied

  30-08-2017 21:50
  
  The Latest on protests and debate about Confederate symbols around the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Both major airports in Houston to open at 4 p.m. today with limited service

  30-08-2017 21:48
  The airports in Facebook posts said they would be reopening this afternoon with limited service and expected to be back to full service by the weekend.
  
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• Shooting Suspect Taken Into Custody In Delaware County

  30-08-2017 21:47
  
  The Adair County Sheriff’s Office said the search for a double shooting suspect has ended.
  
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• Ex-head of police gun unit charged with robbery, extortion

  30-08-2017 21:47
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Months after seven members of a Baltimore Police Department gun trace task force were indicted on charges of robbing people, the former head of the unit has been charged, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• US economic growth revised up to 3 percent in Q2

  30-08-2017 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy rebounded sharply in the spring, growing at the fastest pace in more than two years amid brisk consumer spending on autos and other goods.
  
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• Kremlin confirms Trump's lawyer reached out about deal

  30-08-2017 21:46
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin on Wednesday confirmed that President Donald Trump's personal lawyer reached out to them during the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking help for a business project in Russia.
  
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• EPA approves emergency waivers easing gasoline, diesel requirements to address possible fuel shortages caused by Harvey

  30-08-2017 21:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — EPA approves emergency waivers easing gasoline, diesel requirements to address possible fuel shortages caused by Harvey.
  
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• Trump says tax overhaul will 'bring back Main Street'

  30-08-2017 21:38
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his push to overhaul the nation's tax system would "bring back Main Street by reducing the crushing tax burden," offering a populist appeal to a still-forming tax plan that would…
  
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• Jenks Police Needs Help Identifying Men

  30-08-2017 20:53
  
  The Jenks Police Department needs help identifying two people of interest involved in fraudulent use of stolen credit cards. 
  
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• Houston Airports To Resume Service Wednesday Afternoon

  30-08-2017 20:41
  
  The Houston Airport System tells KHOU 11 News, the CBS affiliate in Houston, George Bush Intercontinental and Hobby Airports will resume service Wednesday at 4 p.m.  
  
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• AP Exclusive: Flood insurance policies plunged before Harvey

  30-08-2017 19:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston's population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit last weekend there were far fewer homes and other properties in the area with flood insurance than just five years ago, according to an Associated Press investigation.
  
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• Postal workers charged with taking bribes to deliver drugs

  30-08-2017 19:37
  ATLANTA (AP) — Sixteen postal workers in Atlanta and the surrounding area accepted bribes to deliver packages of cocaine, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
  
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• Oklahoma Baptists head to Houston to serve meals amid devastation from Hurricane Harvey

  30-08-2017 19:30
  
  A team of about 30 volunteers with Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief gathered in Sapulpa on Wednesday morning to leave together. The volunteers from all over northeastern Oklahoma have been on standby for the past week, waiting for the call to…
  
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• Disaster relief tops crowded congressional agenda

  30-08-2017 19:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Disaster relief after Harvey-caused epic flooding in Texas tops an already crowded agenda when President Donald Trump meets next week with House and Senate leaders at the White House.
  
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• Report: NY transit delays hinder city employees' work

  30-08-2017 19:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — A new report finds that transit delays have cost New York City over 17,000 hours in lost work time this year.
  
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• Attorneys: West Virginia clerk apologizes to lesbian couple

  30-08-2017 19:24
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for a lesbian couple say they're receiving a public apology and $10,000 in damages from a county clerk's office in West Virginia where they were disparaged when applying for a marriage license last year.
  
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• Groups sue to protect Yellowstone bears as hunts anticipated

  30-08-2017 19:23
  
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates and a Montana Indian tribe have asked a U.S. court to restore protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park so that trophy hunting of the fearsome animals would not be allowed.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Flood insurance policies plunge in Houston

  30-08-2017 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Houston's population is growing quickly, but when Harvey hit last weekend there were far fewer homes and other properties in the area with flood insurance than just five years ago, according to an Associated Press investigation.
  
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• Adair County Sheriff’s Office Searching For Shooting Suspect

  30-08-2017 19:20
  
  The Adair County Sheriff’s Office is actively looking for a shooting suspect.
  
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• Government eases student loan rules for Harvey victims

  30-08-2017 19:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is easing financial aid rules and procedures for those affected by Harvey.
  
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