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• Dead Puppy Found In Suitcase Near Collinsville City Lake

  11-03-2018 23:42
  
  Officers are investigating an animal cruelty case out of Rogers County. Collinsville police said two men left a dead puppy on city property.  
  
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• Tulsa Man Threatens To Kill Wife, Burn Down House

  11-03-2018 22:54
  
  A Tulsa man is behind bars after deputies say he threatened to kill his wife and burn their house down. 
  
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• 5 Ways Daylight Saving Time Messes With Your Health

  11-03-2018 17:29
  
  Generally, adjusting to the time change in the spring is more difficult than when the clocks go back one hour in the fall. But losing an hour of sleep may do more than just make you feel groggy.
  
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• TPS Will Support 'Work The Contract,' Teacher Walk-Out

  11-03-2018 16:23
  
  Tulsa Public Schools superintendent announced Sunday that the district will support an educator walk-out on April 1.
  
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• Cold Front Moves In As Severe Weather Heads Out Of Green Country

  11-03-2018 13:46
  
  After a round of severe weather in parts of Green Country, we’re starting to feel the after-effects of the system.
  
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• Details Emerge About Victims Of California Veteran Home Shooting

  11-03-2018 13:27
  
  Details are emerging about the three women who were killed by a patient who had been kicked out of their Northern California treatment program.
  
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• 'Mr. Records' keeps Kenya's last vinyl music shop alive

  11-03-2018 13:26
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tucked into a busy market in Kenya's capital is arguably the country's last record store.
  
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• UK urges public to wash clothes after nerve agent attack

  11-03-2018 13:20
  
  LONDON (AP) — British health authorities on Sunday urged people to wash their clothing and possessions as a precaution if they visited a restaurant and pub in the English city of Salisbury, where a Russian ex-spy and his daughter were…
  
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• Mattis says US-North Korea diplomacy is at delicate stage

  11-03-2018 13:08
  
  U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the diplomatic push to solve the North Korean nuclear weapons crisis was at such a delicate stage that he won't publicly discuss the talks or related issues such as U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
  
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• Driver Ejected In Fatal Ottawa County Crash

  11-03-2018 13:04
  
  One man is dead after being ejected in an Ottawa County crash.
  
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• Special Weather Statement Source: Weather Central

  11-03-2018 12:42
  OKZ060-067-068-110200- Tulsa OK-Cherokee OK-Wagoner OK- 727 PM CST SAT MAR 10 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WAGONER...WEST CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND EAST CENTRAL TULSA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST... At 727 PM CST, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Broken Arrow to near Wagoner. Movement was east at 30 mph.
  
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• Critics across partisan divide assail Florida's new gun law

  11-03-2018 12:37
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The political and legal fallout from Florida Gov. Rick Scott's decision to sign a sweeping gun bill into law following a school massacre was nearly immediate as the National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit to stop…
  
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• TPD Holds First Of Seven Motorcycle Survival Safety Courses

  11-03-2018 12:30
  
  The Tulsa Police Department is helping keep motorcyclists safe.
  
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• Fugitive ex-member of Catalan government moves to Scotland

  11-03-2018 12:21
  MADRID (AP) — A fugitive former member of Catalonia's regional government has moved to Scotland from Belgium, where she had fled from a Spanish court investigation into a secession plot.
  
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• French far-right party severs all ties with elder Le Pen

  11-03-2018 12:20
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's far-right National Front definitively severed its ties to firebrand founder Jean-Marie Le Pen on Sunday, as the nationalist party completes a makeover designed to revive its fortunes after his daughter failed to win the presidency last…
  
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• German ex-Catholic head Cardinal Karl Lehmann dies at 81

  11-03-2018 11:43
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Cardinal Karl Lehmann, the former head of Germany's Catholic Bishops Conference, has died. He was 81.
  
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• French president pokes at Trump for leaving Paris accord

  11-03-2018 10:57
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron took a jibe Sunday at President Donald Trump for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.
  
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• Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect

  11-03-2018 10:48
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed for the first time since liberal shopping laws were introduced in the 1990s after communism's…
  
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• China makes historic move to allow Xi to rule indefinitely

  11-03-2018 10:44
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing a presidential two-term limit that will enable Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
  
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• Trump: Voters must support GOP in Pittsburgh-area House race

  11-03-2018 10:00
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump told western Pennsylvania voters Saturday night that his new tariffs were saving the steel industry and urged them to send a Republican to the House so he can keep delivering those kinds…
  
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• The Latest: China lawmakers abolish presidential term limits

  11-03-2018 09:00
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on China's lawmakers amending constitution to abolish term limits (all times local):
  
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• Mimicking Trump, local officials use 'fake news' as a weapon

  11-03-2018 08:30
  
  An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her "fake news awards." The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase of a home from a supporter. An aide to the Texas land commissioner uses…
  
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• Column: Perceived biases, attacks erode trust in the press

  11-03-2018 08:23
  
  Awarding a grade to a concept like press freedom might seem like an impossible task, but here at the First Amendment Center we give it our best shot.
  
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• China's lawmakers begin voting on scrapping term limits

  11-03-2018 08:23
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's rubber-stamp lawmakers have begun casting votes on a constitutional amendment that would abolish term limits and enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.
  
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• Putin's Russia: From basket case to resurgent superpower

  11-03-2018 08:20
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin looks more invincible than at any other time in his 18 years in power.
  
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• Social media offers dark spaces for political campaigning

  11-03-2018 08:19
  
  The main events in a political campaign used to happen in the open: a debate, the release of a major TV ad or a public event where candidates tried to earn a spot on the evening news or the next…
  
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• Man arrested in killing of 1 officer, wounding of another

  11-03-2018 07:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man suspected of shooting two California police officers, killing one of them, was arrested Saturday after barricading himself in an apartment and holding a SWAT team at bay for more than 15 hours, authorities said.
  
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• Afghanistan war impacted Army vet behind California attack

  11-03-2018 07:30
  
  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Army veteran who killed three women after a siege in California had long dreamed of serving his country in the military, but his skill as a marksman led to dangerous missions in Afghanistan that left…
  
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• Today in History for Sunday, March 11, 2018

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  There are 295 days left in the year.
  
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• Oklahoman Rob Weaver talks about failed bid to head Indian Health Service

  11-03-2018 07:00
  Robert Weaver says he didn’t believe in such a thing as the Deep State until he was nominated to head the Indian Health Service.
  
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• Okemah schools see armed staff as a 'better way to protect the kids'

  11-03-2018 07:00
  Okemah is one of the few school districts in Oklahoma where teachers and school staff can carry a gun on school property, a policy the local board approved two years ago.
  
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• Navy starts under-ice submarine exercise off Alaska's coast

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  The U.S. Navy has begun five weeks of submarine training and testing off Alaska’s north coast that will include breaching the massive underwater vessels through Arctic sea ice.
  
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• John Smaligo stepping down as Tulsa County commissioner to lead builders association

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  At the Associated Builders and Contractors of Oklahoma, he will succeed Carl Williams, who has held the president and CEO post for a quarter-century.
  
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• John Klein: Tulsa owner-handler wins top dog show honor after decades in the industry

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  Julie Mueller of Aurora Kennel was recently honored at the Show Dogs of the Year Awards, held the weekend before the Westminster Dog Show in New York.
  
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• In the Ozarks, a town offers class on 'Hispanics 101'

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  In a ballroom with antlers on the wall and hoof prints on the carpet, diversity coach Miguel Joey Aviles asked whether anyone knew how to merengue.
  
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• First week of operations at new Tulsa jail goes smoothly, city officials say

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  Approximately 18 inmates a night stayed in the municipal Tulsa jail during its first week of operation. Officials say they are pleased with how the new facility is running.
  
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• Expanded polling hours among election law changes under consideration by Oklahoma Legislature

  11-03-2018 07:00
  Lawmakers are considering several election changes this year, including a measure that would expand the hours available for people to head to the polls.
  
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• Bones found in 1940 seem to be Amelia Earhart's, study says

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart, a new analysis concludes.
  
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• AG's decision to conceal Tar Creek audit is unprecedented, former officials say

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  In 2014, then-Attorney General Scott Pruitt refused to allow the release of an audit that uncovered alleged fraud involving a demolition contract for the Tar Creek Superfund site in far northeastern Oklahoma. Mike Hunter, the current attorney general, has continued…
  
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• A WWII aircraft carrier was lost in the battle for Australia. A tech billionaire just found it.

  11-03-2018 07:00
  
  The first torpedo hit the USS Lexington’s port side at about 11 a.m. on the last day of the Battle of the Coral Sea, a critical point in the United States’ war against Japan. Within minutes, another torpedo landed, followed…
  
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• Shooter saw vets program as path to heal after deployment

  11-03-2018 06:43
  
  When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life, couldn't sleep at night and was hyper-vigilant about his surroundings.
  
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• 2 Dead 1 Hurt After Shooting Took Place Near Wewoka

  11-03-2018 05:51
  
  Two people are dead, and another injured after a shooting and short took place near Wewoka. 
  
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• Green Country Veteran Granted Dream Vacation

  11-03-2018 05:38
  
  A Navy Veteran, terminally ill with colon cancer, was surprised by the Soldier's Wish organization who granted him and his family a dream vacation. 
  
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• Putnam City North Wins Its First Boys Basketball Championship

  11-03-2018 05:04
  
  The first title is always the sweetest, right?
  
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• Vet in California attack had trouble after return from war

  11-03-2018 04:13
  
  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The man who killed three women after a daylong siege at a Northern California veterans home had trouble adjusting to regular life after he returned from the Afghanistan war and had been kicked out of the…
  
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