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• 1964 The Tribute Returns to Tulsa

  07-05-2018 21:43
  "1964 . . .THE TRIBUTE" is back! Celebrity Attractions is proud to present "1964" for one night only, Friday, July 20 at 8 p.m. at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.
  
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• Police ID Women Found Murdered At Tulsa Apartment

  07-05-2018 19:24
  Tulsa Police have released the names of two women found dead at the Westminster Apartments Sunday. Homicide sergeant Dave Walker said the women are identified as Amber Collins and Pricilla Ocho.
  
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• Latest theater closures among more than a dozen lost in the past two decades

  07-05-2018 19:24
  Blake Smith's locally owned theater at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks was open from Christmas 2005 to February 2015, when it closed - and was later demolished - to make way for the Flying Tee entertainment venue. It was the first "dollar movie" second-run theater when it opened its seven screens in 1988 in a strip mall at 5970 E. 31st St. Many can still recall its unique design decades ago, with a high-tech, space-age atmosphere, highlighted by a "laser light show" and a tunnel of flickering lights
  
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• Suspect throws bricks through windows of south Tulsa businesses

  07-05-2018 17:04
  We're told a brick was used to break into the Subway restaurant and a smash-and-grab near 61st and Memorial. Another window was broken at Barbee Cookies near 81st and Memorial.
  
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• Are You Owed $1,200? Maybe, If You Got Dish Network Telemarketing Call

  07-05-2018 16:21
  
  Thousands of people who got a telemarketing call for Dish Network in 2010 or 2011 may be able to collect $1,200 per call. If you think that sounds too good to be true, you're not alone. 
  
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• Triple Fatality Crash Reported Northeast Of Bristow

  07-05-2018 16:18
  
  Troopers say all lanes of Highway 66 at 337th West Avenue are blocked due to a deadly crash.
  
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• Kid-On-Kid Sexual Assault Cases Under Investigation At Fort Sill

  07-05-2018 14:07
  
  Army officials are now acknowledging they've investigated reports of child-on-child sexual assaults at Fort Sill.
  
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• Constitutional Carry Rally Planned For Today At State Capitol

  07-05-2018 13:03
  
  Gun right advocates plan to rally at the state Capitol Monday to encourage Governor Mary Fallin to sign the "Constitutional Carry" bill into law. So far, the governor hasn't indicated if she plans to sign or veto the bill.  
  
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• Signal Work On Elm Place At The Broken Arrow Expressway

  07-05-2018 11:48
  
  A heads up for Broken Arrow drivers today.   Drivers might need some extra time today because city crews will be working on the traffic signals on Elm Place at both the east and westbound ramps at the Broken Arrow Expressway.
  
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• Residents: Strikes hit presidential palace in Yemeni capital

  07-05-2018 11:34
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Residents of Yemen's capital say airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have hit the presidential palace in Sanaa, causing causalities.
  
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• Police: Man Uses Brick To Break Into Two Tulsa Businesses

  07-05-2018 11:28
  
  Police believe two early Monday morning burglaries on Memorial Drive are related. 
  
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• Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Destroys More Than 30 Homes

  07-05-2018 11:25
  
  The number of homes destroyed by lava shooting out of openings in the ground created by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has climbed to at least 30, authorities told CBS affiliate KGMB-TV. 
  
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• Iran's Rouhani seeks EU guarantees not to scrap nuke deal

  07-05-2018 11:22
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Hassan Rouhani says Iran would be willing not to abandon the nuclear deal even if the United States pulls out, providing the European Union offers guarantees that Iran would keep benefiting from the accord.
  
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• Putin takes oath of office for 4th term as Russian president

  07-05-2018 11:15
  MOSCOW (AP) — Vladimir Putin has taken the oath of office for his fourth term as Russian president, in a ceremony in an ornate Kremlin hall glimmering with gold leaf.
  
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• Pickup truck strikes Southwest plane at Baltimore airport

  07-05-2018 10:45
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Passengers on board a Southwest Airlines flight from Florida say a pickup truck hit their plane on the runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
  
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• Warm Week Ahead For Eastern Oklahoma

  07-05-2018 10:34
  
  A few scattered showers can’t be ruled out this morning across part of northern Oklahoma and the surrounding areas but it seems unlikely for most locations. 
  
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• OHP: Terlton Man Killed In Pawnee County Crash

  07-05-2018 10:25
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is still investigating a fatality crash in Pawnee County Sunday evening. In their report, troopers say 54-year-old Terlton resident, Patrick Olin Wantland died following a three vehicle crash at 6:43 p.m. on Highway 48 southeast of Terlton.
  
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• Highway 412 Resurfacing Project In Pawnee County Begins

  07-05-2018 10:24
  
  A resurfacing project on Highway 412 in Osage and Pawnee counties starts Monday. According to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the nearly $3-million project includes resurfacing nine miles from where Highway 412 intersects with Highway 151 to the Highway 412/Highway 64 split near the entrance to the Cimarron Turnpike.
  
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• Road signs pointing to 'US Embassy' go up in Jerusalem

  07-05-2018 10:21
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Jerusalem's city hall says it has put up road signs pointing to the new U.S. Embassy, which is set to move to the contested city next week.
  
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• Mom of Waffle House victim receives diploma at commencement

  07-05-2018 10:19
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman whose daughter was fatally shot at a Nashville Waffle House has accepted her diploma during a commencement ceremony.
  
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• Suspect in Tennessee Waffle House shooting due in court

  07-05-2018 09:39
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man accused of killing four people by opening fire outside a Waffle House and storming the restaurant is due in court.
  
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• Power Restored In Wagoner Following Outage

  07-05-2018 09:28
  
  Power was restored following an outage Sunday evening in the Wagoner area. GRDA says a piece of equipment owned by KAMO at a GRDA substation was damaged by a fire, knocking out power.  The utility says crews were able to bypass the substation and restore power at around 8 p.m. 
  
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• Guatemala's crusading prosecutor exits amid praise, threats

  07-05-2018 09:23
  
  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — It's been a long time since it was safe for Thelma Aldana to go out in public alone, and perhaps it never will be again.
  
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• China slams US's 'Orwellian nonsense' jab on its Taiwan push

  07-05-2018 09:09
  BEIJING (AP) — Beijing has dismissed the White House's criticism of China's "Orwellian nonsense" demands that foreign airlines not refer to self-ruled Taiwan as a country, saying companies operating in China must respect the nation's sovereignty.
  
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• Giuliani struggles to help Trump with his defense

  07-05-2018 08:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is trying hard to support his client's stance on legal challenges coming from investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and a $130,000 hush payment to a porn actress,"…
  
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• Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes, forces evacuations

  07-05-2018 08:01
  
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed 26 homes and spewed lava hundreds of feet into the air, leaving evacuated residents unsure how long they might be displaced.
  
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• Australia says asylum seekers target New Zealand backdoor

  07-05-2018 07:38
  
  CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — People smugglers are marketing New Zealand as a back door into Australia, an Australian government minister said Monday after Malaysian authorities intercepted a boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers.
  
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• Chelsea Manning: Insurgent bid for US Senate is genuine

  07-05-2018 07:32
  
  NORTH BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Chelsea Manning is no longer living as a transgender woman in a male military prison, serving the lengthiest sentence ever for revealing U.S. government secrets. She's free to grow out her hair, travel the world,…
  
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• Memphis Police: 2 killed, 4 injured in midtown shooting

  07-05-2018 07:22
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Police Department says two people have been killed and four others are in critical condition after being shot near an art deco high-rise building in midtown.
  
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• Monday hearing could have big implications in Greitens' case

  07-05-2018 07:21
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge on Monday will consider whether the pivotal witness in Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' criminal trial — a woman involved in an affair with him — should be prohibited from testifying.
  
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• Updated: Police arrest man after two women found dead with apparent gunshot wounds in his apartment

  07-05-2018 07:01
  
  The women, who were in their 20s, appeared to have gunshot wounds, Tulsa Police Sgt. Dave Walker said.
  
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• Tribes contend Medicaid plan weakens sovereignty

  07-05-2018 07:00
  
  The Chickasaw Nation and Rep. Tom Cole have pushed back against a plan by the Trump administration to classifying Native Americans as a racial group, a decision that would undermine tribes’ ability to set their own Medicaid work requirements.
  
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• Today in History for Monday, May 7, 2018

  07-05-2018 07:00
  
  Today is Monday, May 7, the 127th day of 2018. There are 238 days left in the year.
  
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• Oklahoma legislators reject ethical rules restricting when they can become lobbyists

  07-05-2018 07:00
  
  Legislators have decided that what they do after they leave state office is none of the Ethics Commission’s business.
  
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• DUI Crash Ends In Fatality, TPD Says

  07-05-2018 05:45
  
  A woman is dead Sunday after a wreck involving a driver who was intoxicated. Tulsa Police say just after midnight Gabrielle Dennis, 25, ran a stop sign crossing Apache and struck another vehicle traveling eastbound.
  
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• Firefighter Falls Through Ceiling At Tulsa House Fire

  07-05-2018 05:37
  
  A Tulsa firefighter was sent to the hospital after falling through a ceiling Sunday night. 
  
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• Tulsa Mother Arrested After Baby Found Dead Of Cardiac Arrest

  07-05-2018 05:21
  
  A Tulsa woman is in jail on complaints of child neglect after her 1-month-old baby died of cardiac arrest Saturday.  
  
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• DUI Leads To Fatality Crash In North Tulsa

  07-05-2018 05:08
  Tulsa Police say just after midnight Gabrielle Dennis, 25, ran a stop sign crossing Apache and struck another vehicle traveling eastbound. The driver of the second vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near 500 West Apache.
  
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• Hawaii officials say lava from Kilauea volcano has destroyed 21 homes

  07-05-2018 01:41
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials say lava from Kilauea volcano has destroyed 21 homes.
  
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• Retired TU sociology professor, tennis player dies at 87

  07-05-2018 01:15
  
  A longtime University of Tulsa professor and avid tennis player died Wednesday at 87 years old after completing his last tennis match.
  
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• Hawaii volcano destroys 21 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air

  07-05-2018 01:12
  
  PAHOA, Hawaii — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano climbed to 21 Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet into the air.
  
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• Hawaii volcano destroys 9 homes, spews lava 200 feet in air

  07-05-2018 01:11
  
  PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The number of homes destroyed by Hawaii's Kilauea volcano climbed to nine Sunday as scientists reported lava spewing more than 200 feet (61 meters) into the air.
  
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• Phoenix tops out at 106 degrees, breaking 70-year-old record

  07-05-2018 00:54
  PHOENIX (AP) — Temperatures in Phoenix have reached a new high, breaking a 70-year-old record.
  
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• Financial performance has mayor reviewing operations of city golf courses

  07-05-2018 00:45
  
  Mayor G.T. Bynum has yet to sign off on a contract renewal with Billy Casper Golf, which operates the city's four golf courses.
  
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• Reuniting with an 'old friend': Retired Air Force pilot greets plane that he flew 40 years ago at its new permanent home in Grove

  07-05-2018 00:30
  
  Jim Finley of Claremore was surprised to learn recently that a retired F-4 fighter jet being brought for public display in Grove was one he piloted.
  
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• College Party In Stillwater Ends With Quadruple Shooting

  07-05-2018 00:28
  
  A college party in Stillwater ends in gunfire. It happened last night at the White Barn Pavilion, an event center just three miles from the Oklahoma State University campus. 
  
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• Arrest Made In Tulsa Double Murder Investigation

  07-05-2018 00:22
  
  Tulsa police are investigating a double murder after detectives say two women were found dead in a Tulsa apartment complex Sunday.  
  
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• Jeff Sessions to talk immigration enforcement in San Diego

  07-05-2018 00:16
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is planning a trip to San Diego to discuss immigration enforcement.
  
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• John Klein: Meet the Oklahoma woman who's set records in the Highland Games

  07-05-2018 00:15
  
  A Stillwater woman is a three-time world champ in her age division of the Highland Games and has set a number of age group world records. Terri Ventress is an engineer at Oklahoma State University's new product development center but…
  
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• High-Speed Chase Near Skiatook Ends in Fiery Crash

  07-05-2018 00:13
  
  A woman is in a Tulsa hospital after investigators say she led Osage County deputies on a high-speed chase just west of Skiatook. Investigators say that just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning Kirsten Cumming was taken to Saint Francis with injuries all over her body after her car struck a boulder and an overhead sign before rolling over and hitting a gate. The car then caught fire. Two passengers were treated and released.
  
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