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Report Car drives into Va. parade crowd
The AP said it happened at about 2:30 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival. The event celebrates the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, ...
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Forecasters Potential tornado threat for Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Forecasters with the National Weather Service say severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes are to move across much of ...
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Crash investigation may restrict train service for days
Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said ...
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11 sets of twins at Afton Public Schools
AFTON, Okla. - The chance of having twins in the United States has increased over the last few decades, and people in Afton, Okla. believe the odd s are especially in their favor. This year, Afton Public Schools had 11 sets of twins across its district. What makes this number interesting is there are just under 500 students at Afton, from grads PreK to 12th grade. "It's pretty special, ...
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Time waning for Okla. lawmakers to tackle credits
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its ...
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Okla. man to be tried on charge from 1997 death
During a preliminary hearing Friday, Sequoyah County Special Judge Larry Langley ordered 38-year-old Rex Richard Robbins III to be tried on a first-degree murder charge. He is accused in the death of 28-year-old Mitchell Dayne ...
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Storm Shield app sale extended
TULSA - We've reduced the price of our Storm Shield severe weather app. What's already a great deal for $4.99 can now be had for only $2.99! Hurry though this sale is only available through 10 p.m. ...
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Okla. court upholds life sentence in uncles death
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the life prison sentence of a 38-year-old man who was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his uncle to ...
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Okla. AG sought delay in regional haze hearing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has asked the state's environmental agency to delay a hearing Monday on a new plan by Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. of Oklahoma to deal with regional ...
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Boy 13 Arrested For Elk City Robbery
ELK CITY, Oklahoma - Police in Elk City have arrested a 13-year-old boy accused of robbing a convenience store while armed with a knife. Workers at Spiveys Convenience Store told police a robber wearing a bandana over his face walked into the business around 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, waved a knife and demanded money. He took an undisclosed amount of money and ran out of the store. Witnesses saw ...
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Tulsa Teen Bit Busted For Assaulting K-9 Officer
A Tulsa teen was arrested for assault and battery on a police dog Saturday morning after a routine traffic stop ended in the recovery of a stolen ...
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OU Student Accused Of Illegally Changing Grades
NORMAN, Oklahoma - Authorities have charged a University of Oklahoma student with computer-related crimes for allegedly changing his grades. Prosecutors on Thursday charged 24-year-old Roja Osman Hamad with five counts of computer fraud or unlawful use of a computer or system. ...
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Feds probing Connecticut train crash
Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said ...
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Some Lifeline phone customers face risk
Last fall, when Linda Mendez was offered discount phone service through a federal program for the poor, the San Antonio mom thought it was too good to be true. She signed up anyway. Mendez, 51, works the graveyard shift at a university gym, where she keeps the building clean and stocked with towels. She uses many of her cellphone's allotted 250 minutes each month to call the family's ...
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OU student accused of illegal grade changes
http://is.gd/erahCW ) Hamad is accused of changing the passwords of six OU faculty members without their permission. Investigators say Hamad had access to the system through his campus ...
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Oklahoma to see several rounds of severe storms
As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, a moderate risk of severe weather is forecast for north and western Oklahoma this afternoon and evening.Oklahoma Cityand areas in yellow are under a slight risk for severe weather designated by the title ...
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Under the alien Tulsa native Heather Langenkamp talks about how she got a part in the new Star Trek film.
I never set out to be a role model but it's great to be one ; IN THE HOTSEATBetter known by his stage name Wretch 32, Jermaine Sinclair is a 28-year-old rapper from London. In 2011 his debut album Black and White sold over a million copies and scored three top five singles. His latest single Blackout was released this ...
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2013 Crawfest features Cajun cuisine
TULSA - 2News reporter Liz Bryant shows how to eat a crawfish at the 2013 Crawfest. The festival features the very best of Cajun cuisine and live music on Saturday, May 18. Cajun Ed's Hebert's Specialty Meats located on 71st Street just west of Lewis Avenue hosts the family event from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come and enjoy all your favorite Cajun foods like crawfish etouffee, crawfishboudin, ...
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Gov. Fallin proposes last-minute change to Insure Oklahoma program
Gov. Mary Fallin proposed a last-minute legislative change Friday to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 people who are expected to lose their health insurance under the ...
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No injuries in multi-car accident
TULSA - Emergency crews responded to a multi-car accident early Saturday morning around 2:45 a.m. on a Tulsa highway. A truck was stalled in the eastbound lanes of the Broken Arrow Expressway, just east of Memorial. A vehicle swerved to avoid hitting the truck, hit a retaining wall and then spun out. A second vehicle was not able to stop and rear-ended the truck. Police and fire were on the ...
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Investigators search for clues in homicide
Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will be at the site of ...
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CDC Public pools not as clean as you think
Barrett Tryon Just in time for pools to open across the state, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have come out with a new study about what's lurking in that ...
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Driver Killed At Rural Rogers County Intersection
A man was killed in a two-car collision on a rural Rogers County Road. The early morning crash took place at the intersection of South 425 Road and West 590 Road about five miles east of ...
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Stalled Pickup Causes Chain Reaction Wreck Damaging Tulsa Police Car
A stalled pickup led to a chain reaction wreck involving a Tulsa police car. It happened shortly before 3 a.m. on the eastbound Broken Arrow Expressway near Memorial ...
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Kashunda wins $1000 in our “We’ll Pay Your Rent or Mortgage” giveaway
Kashunda from Midwest City. Won $1,000 dollars in the We’ll Pay Your Mortgage Or Rent giveawaysponsored by RCB Bank. She plans on paying bills and going out to see Iron Man 3. You can play ...
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Oklahoma's massively ambitious transport plan for next eight years
The Oklahoma Department of Transport has adopted a massive transport improvement plan that will cost the state $4.8 billion over the next eight years and will incorporate around 1,700 individual project around the state aimed at making Oklahoma’s roads, bridges and highways safer and better to drive on.
Oklahoma has around 12,000 miles of highways and many more thousands of miles of roadway and streets, maintaining this massive expanse of tarmac is an ongoing process and in recent years the Department of Transport acknowledged that it has fallen behind. Read more
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