Friday, July 5, 2013

Obamas thank troops during Fourth of July barbecue

Fourth of July festivities celebrate freedom with family, fireworks For Jennifer 'Jinn' Cowell and her partner, Kirsten Cowell, this year's Independence Day celebrations ...

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Indianapolis going to bat for British sport with world-class cricket field The Midwestern city best known for its basketball and auto racing is gearing up for a proper game of ...

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DHS, fired workers sued over murder of 5-year-old Serenity Deal The mother and grandparents of Serenity Deal have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Department ...

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Medical clinic for truckers to open in OKC A Florida-based company that targets the medical needs of interstate travelers, especially truck drivers, ...

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Ex-OSU football player Isaac Maselera arrested A former Oklahoma State football player was arrested early Thursday after reportedly driving under the ...

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Rabbi travels Montana to connect state's Jews to traditions Montana's small Jewish population is scattered across a huge state that has more rodeos than rabbis, ...

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Nation Briefs An 18-year-old Massachusetts woman died after she was injured when a car struck a group of bicyclists ...

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News Briefs One of Britain's most notorious child killers will be paroled a second time after he was sent back to ...

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Gettysburg July Fourth re-enactment draws crowds The Battle of Gettysburg is underway for the second time in a week, and tourists are converging in droves ...

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Daily U.S. Casualties Afghanistan: As of Thursday, at least 2,110 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the ...

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Lotteries OKLAHOMA LOTTERY RESULTS FOR 07/05/13:

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Corrections, clarifications A Thursday Tulsa World story contained an incorrect image of John Adams.

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8-year-old boy killed in fall from float after parade in Edmond An 8-year-old boy was killed Thursday morning when he fell from a float as it was headed back to a staging ...

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Inventor of computer mouse Doug Engelbart dies at 88 Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed ...

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Police identify 2 men killed in separate accidents Authorities on Thursday released the identities of two men killed in accidents Wednesday.

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Way back when: Today in history The election of Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party as president of Mexico was ...

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Will Rogers Says Tulsa people used to come over to Claremore for their mail and to find out what time it was. We had a ...

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Births: 7/5/2013 (Tulsans unless indicated)

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Action Line: Heat stroke is highly preventable Dear Action Line: I have to work outside. How do I cool off when air conditioning isn't an option? - ...

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Federal grant helps TPD protect homeless, mentally ill from predators For the past three years the Tulsa Police Department has used federal grant money to put a special focus ...

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New Union superintendent plans to continue district's mission New Union Superintendent Kirt Hartzler is ready to continue the legacy that longtime chief Cathy Burden ...

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Jay Cronley: Modern-day apologies are in a sorry state Oops.

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Sensor system to help protect Turner Turnpike bridges from over-height loads State transportation officials are using infrared technology to protect bridges from oversize loads.

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Hogan Assessments seeks to build new headquarters in downtown Tulsa A personnel assessment company has proposed building an $8.7 million headquarters on a vacant lot owned ...

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RSU's Educational Opportunity Center helps inmates finish schooling While serving a 1 1/2-year sentence for drug and burglary convictions, Vanessa Butler knew prison was ...

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Veterans Affairs mandates overtime to reduce unresolved claims While some federal employees are facing furloughs because of U.S. budget cutbacks, many Department of ...

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National Guard soldiers, airmen to be furloughed More than 1,100 National Guard soldiers and airmen in Hawaii - and thousands in other states - will ...

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Repeat wieners, and still champions, at hot dog-eating contest Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men's Fourth of July hot dog eating ...

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Obamas thank troops during Fourth of July barbecue President Barack Obama is noting that it's not just the nation's birthday, it's his daughter Malia's, ...

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Statue of Liberty reopens as nation salutes July 4th The Statue of Liberty reopened on the Fourth of July, eight months after superstorm Sandy shuttered the ...

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Inside today's Tulsa World Action LineA16

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Arizona town remembers the 4th, 19 fallen firefighters They remembered the Fourth, but also the 19.

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Solar plane makes clean tech sexy, adventurous In noisy, energetic New York City, the pilots of a spindly plane that looks more toy than jet hope to ...

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Q&A about latest snag in health care law Nothing's ever easy with President Barack Obama's health-care law.

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Gay marriage fight isn't over in Congress Although the U.S. Supreme Court struck a mortal blow to the Defense of Marriage Act last week, gay marriage ...

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Mandela on life support, documents describe health as 'perilous' Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces 'impending death,' court documents ...

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Egypt: Top Muslim Brotherhood figures arrested in sweep Egypt's military moved swiftly Thursday against senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, targeting the ...

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Komen foundation founder talks about controversies, trip to Africa The three middle-aged women waiting for breast cancer treatment - just a few of the hundreds the Ocean ...

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View: Twilight at FreedomFest A look at FreedomFest from Veterans Park.

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Couple finds special significance in freedom celebrations FreedomFest will culminate with a 22-minute fireworks display choreographed to music on KRMG radio stations 102.3 FM and AM 740.

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Two shot in Arcadia About 5 p.m., Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies received the shooting call.

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Firm offers $1.32 million for downtown lot Hogan Assessments bid on the Tulsa Development Authority property for new headquarters.

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Former OSU player arrested in Tulsa He told police that he had taken a single Xanax tablet and smoked marijuana about five hours earlier, ...

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Victim identified in fatal wreck on Broken Arrow Expressway The accident remains under investigation, police said.

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Boy killed following Edmond LibertyFest parade UPDATE: Edmond police spokeswoman Jennifer Monroe said the boy either fell or jumped off the float and ...

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Tractor fatally pins man in Mayes County He was pinned for more than an hour between the mower and the right rear tire of the tractor before being ...

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Some ticket scalpers pass on Toby Keith tornado relief concert Some major ticket brokers like San Francisco-based StubHub declined to enable listings for Saturday's ...

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Men and women of the American Revolution have unique stories Happy Independence Day. To mark the 237th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Tulsa World ...

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Joey Chestnut wins 7th contest with record 69 dogs Now in its 98th year, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest draws crowds ...

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Burns, breathing issues killed 19 Arizona firefighters Nearly 600 firefighters continue to fight the blaze, which is 45 percent contained.

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Egypt: Interim president sworn in amid crackdown The officials said he was arrested Wednesday night in a resort village.

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Nelson Mandela on life support as family grave restored Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces 'impending death,' court documents ...

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Skiatook pastor, man 'not worth 15 cents' respond to viral video Ryan Underwood, the man who the pastor said was 'not worth 15 cents,' said he stopped attending Immanuel ...

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Ginnie Graham: Lamb testicles for Fourth of July? I'll take a burger. A summary of what the nation's founders would be eating and drinking.

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Statue of Liberty reopens as U.S. marks Fourth of July The Statue of Liberty finally reopened months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island.

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Small apartment fire displaces one family Firefighters were called to the One Eton Square apartments, 8103 E. 60th St., at 7:33 a.m. to battle ...

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Wayne's World: Coburn challenges no-work union workers on IRS payroll The Republican Senator from Oklahoma peppers the new acting director of the IRS with questions about ...

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GOP has tough choices on Voting Rights Act Congressional leaders must decide whether to rewrite the provision the court struck, while state-level ...

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Syria's Assad brags opponents failed to oust him In Syria, more than 93,000 people have been killed since the crisis erupted in March 2011.

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Obama climate change push draws industry criticism President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry ...

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Ginnie Graham: America became strong by building on its failures Politico columnist Roger Simon's 1976 column celebrating the failures of Americans more than the suc ...

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Yukon school superintendent says he'll resign once he gets another job His comments came on the heels of a contentious school board meeting Monday night in Yukon.

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Weather World: Oklahoma drought update: No Tulsa rain since mid-June This week's U.S. Drought Monitor simply couldn't overlook that Tulsa hasn't recorded any rainfall since ...

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City of Tulsa information technology workers dispute consultant's criticisms City information technology personnel dispute the more critical findings of a recent independent review ...

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Area lakes, rivers in good shape for July Fourth weekend Boosted by adequate water levels and unseasonably pleasant temperatures, lake and river enthusiasts appear ...

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Inmate freed in wake of Tulsa police corruption investigation files lawsuit against city Another lawsuit was filed against the city this week by a man who was freed from custody following an ...

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Delay shows ACA is flawed, unworkable, Tom Coburn and other critics say A one-year delay in a key enforcement mechanism of the Affordable Care Act shows 'Obamacare' is unworkable ...

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TSA screeners still finding people trying to carry guns onto planes On June 10, a passenger at Tulsa International Airport tried to walk through security with a .22-caliber ...

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Battlefield tested: OSU coach's Afghan tour grounds daily perspective When Nathan Peterson leaves for work at 4 a.m., he's happy.

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Nation Briefs Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan secured his release from home confinement Wednesday, a day earlier than ...

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Holiday Closings City, county and federal offices, as well as the Tulsa County Courthouse, will be closed Thursday for ...

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News Briefs British army reservists will get military pensions and other benefits as part of a government bid to ...

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Daily U.S. Casualties Afghanistan: As of Wednesday, at least 2,110 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the ...

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Egypt military's ouster of President Morsi adds to turmoil The armed forces ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president Wednesday after just a year in ...

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Belgian king to abdicate throne in favor of son Belgium's King Albert announced Wednesday that he will abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Philippe on ...

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Wisconsin court upholds parents' convictions in prayer-treatment death A mother and father who prayed instead of seeking medical help as their daughter died were properly convicted ...

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Expert: No Martin DNA on Zimmerman gun grip Trayvon Martin's DNA was not found on the grip of George Zimmerman's gun, and Zimmerman's DNA was not ...

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7 injured as car hits cyclists in Arkansas Prosecutors are considering filing charges against a 21-year-old driver who struck and injured a group ...

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Fire engulfs Sand Springs home; residents uninjured Fire leveled a Sand Springs home Tuesday.

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Two people due trial on murder charges in death Special Judge Stuart Tate ruled at a preliminary hearing Monday that Rusty Boyd Petty and Trysta Alberta ...

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Separate crashes in area are fatal to two motorists Two people died in separate crashes in the Tulsa area Wednesday.

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Woman treated for smoke inhalation after duplex fire A woman was taken to a hospital after a fire engulfed a duplex early Wednesday.

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Man is shot in the hand at Tulsa convenience store A man was shot in the hand as he was leaving a Tulsa convenience store Wednesday.

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Man charged with robbing, using stun gun on woman James Michael Darnell, 23, is charged with robbery by force or fear and kidnapping on allegations that ...

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Resident hog-ties suspect in home break-in attempt Robert Cole, 31, of Tulsa was taken into custody just after 6 a.m. in the 2600 block of East 54th Street ...

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Charges filed in attack on Sand Springs park runner Steven Ray Bowes, 49, is charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and ...

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Authorities seek help in identifying bank robber Tulsa police responded to a bank robbery near 101st Street and Riverside Drive on Wednesday.

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Conviction tossed in drug-related robbery, shooting The state Court of Criminal Appeals granted a new trial to Joseph Randal Arndt, 28, finding that it was ...

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Sweeney murder figure is sentenced for other crime Alonzo C. 'Jack' Johnson Sr., 41, had pleaded guilty March 22 in U.S. District Court in Tulsa, admitting ...

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ODOT seeks public input on U.S. 169 proposals The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is seeking public input on proposed improvements on U.S. 169 ...

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Host families sought for 2 student groups' visits The Tulsa Global Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to connect businesses, families, students ...

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Former Oklahoma Educational Television Authority studio sold for $130,000 The state expects to close on the sale of the former Oklahoma Educational Television Authority studio ...

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Tulsa's Egyptian community warily watches unrest overseas Members of Tulsa's Egyptian community had divided reactions Wednesday as news spread of the Egyptian ...

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Obama leery of intervention in Mideast From Egypt to Syria to Iraq and beyond, the Obama administration is determined to show it will only go ...

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Retirement ends Texas teacher's school picture-day streak A Texas teacher's streak of wearing the same outfit for his school photograph is coming to an end after ...

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Divorces ASKED

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Marriages (Tulsans unless indicated)

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Births: 7/4/2013 (Tulsans unless indicated)

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GRDA loses bid to keep Grand Lake level up through Labor Day A request to keep Grand Lake at its normal summer level through the Labor Day weekend was denied Wednesday ...

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Snowden still in hiding after disputed plane delay Bolivia's president left Europe for home on Wednesday in a diplomatic drama after his flight was rerouted ...

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Lotteries OKLAHOMA LOTTERY RESULTS FOR 07/04/13:

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Corrections, clarifications A Wednesday Tulsa World story incorrectly stated the date by which Mayor Dewey Bartlett can approve or ...

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Will Rogers Says ... a fanatic is always the fellow that is on the opposite side.' - June 8, 1930

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Way back when: Today in history The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, a document written by Thomas Jefferson ...

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Skiatook pastor, man 'not worth 15 cents' respond to viral video Ryan Underwood, the man who the pastor said was "not worth 15 cents," said he stopped attending Immanuel ...

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Police: Homeowner hog-ties man attempting to break into home Officer Jill Roberson said the homeowner heard a commotion outside the residence and confronted the man, ...

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Former OSU player arrested in Tulsa He told police that he had taken a single Xanax tablet and smoked marijuana about five hours earlier, ...

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Victim identified in fatal wreck on Broken Arrow Expressway The accident remains under investigation, police said.

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Skiatook pastor responds to rant that went viral A man singled out for criticism said he has left the church.

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Battlefield tested: OSU coach's Afghan tour grounds daily perspective When Nathan Peterson leaves for work at 4 a.m., he's happy.

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Tractor fatally pins man in Mayes County He was pinned for more than an hour between the mower and the right rear tire of the tractor before being ...

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Some ticket scalpers pass on Toby Keith tornado relief concert Some major ticket brokers like San Francisco-based StubHub declined to enable listings for Saturday's ...

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TSA screeners still finding people trying to carry guns onto planes On June 10, a passenger at Tulsa International Airport tried to walk through security with a .22-caliber ...

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Public school leaders left wondering about future tests, mad about Barresi claims State Superintendent Janet Barresi said Monday that Oklahoma will use its own standardized tests.

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Boy killed following Edmond LibertyFest parade UPDATE: Edmond police spokeswoman Jennifer Monroe said the boy either fell or jumped off the float and ...

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Firm offers $1.32 million for downtown lot Hogan Assessments bid on the Tulsa Development Authority property at the northeast corner of Greenwood ...

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State pulling out of standardized testing through consortium ?We came to this decision after many months of deliberation, listening to classroom teachers, curriculum ...

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Bill Sherman: Skiatook pastor's rant against his congregation goes viral VIDEO: A Skiatook pastor who is in his 70s got a lesson in the social media this week.

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Delay shows ACA is flawed, unworkable, Tom Coburn and other critics say A one-year delay in a key enforcement mechanism of the Affordable Care Act shows "Obamacare" is unworkable ...

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Inmate freed in wake of Tulsa police corruption investigation files lawsuit against city Another lawsuit was filed against the city this week by a man who was freed from custody following an ...

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City of Tulsa information technology workers dispute consultant's criticisms City information technology personnel dispute the more critical findings of a recent independent review ...

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Man shot outside Tulsa convenience store after paying with 'wad of money' Police said the ?large wad of money" might have made him a target for robbery.

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Some Oklahoma educators furious over Janet Barresi's reasoning on testing State Superintendent Janet Barresi's announcement that Oklahoma will go it alone on its next generation ...

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Delay shows ACA is flawed, unworkable, Tom Coburn and other critics say A one-year delay in a key enforcement mechanism of the Affordable Care Act shows "Obamacare" is unworkable ...

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Son of undocumented immigrants now hopeful for citizenship Ivan Godinez Reyes, 27, will spend his first Fourth of July without a threat of deportation with friends ...

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Tulsa Jail video shows little care given to inmate who died Elliott Earl Williams spent the last 51 hours of his life lying naked on a blanket in a Tulsa Jail cell, ...

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GOP's Lucas says Conservative activist groups are 'coming after' him The conservative schism that has all but paralyzed the U.S. House of Representatives and contributed ...

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Supreme Court weighs Oklahoma abortion law case The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it may hear Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's appeal of ...

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Judge: Hobby Lobby won't have to pay $1.3 million daily fines A federal judge ordered the government to not impose a penalty.

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Bridenstine says delaying part of health-care law 'positive' The Obama administration's decision to delay implementing a major element of the Affordable Care Act ...

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Obamacare penalty delayed for large businesses The Obama administration has announced a one-year delay on penalties against large employers who fail ...

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Atheists unveil Florida monument near Ten Commandments A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their nonbelief in God on Saturday to sit alongside a granite ...

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Court wins drew big crowds to gay pride parades Gay rights supporters crowded parade routes in San Francisco, New York and other major U.S. cities on ...

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Tulsa NAACP chapter takes national office to court over election invalidation A dispute between the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and its local chapter ...

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