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  • Tornado touches down in Kansas

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Oklahoma weatherTornado warning in Oklahoma Canadian and Logan counties

    More than 2,200 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers are without power Sunday afternoon after severe thunderstorms swept through Oklahoma City Saturday night. "We have about a mile of downed power lines in the north Penn area. We are out there now making progress," OG&E spokeswoman Karen Kurtz said. As of 12:40 p.m. Sunday, 2,294 customers are without power in north Oklahoma City, ...

  • Storms cause damage to Blue Dome art

    TULSA - Artists are tearing down their tents in downtown Tulsa as the Blue Dome Arts Festival is coming to an end. But for some artists the festival was cut short. Sunday morning, the streets are paved with bent metal and canvas from vendors' booths strewn about. It was what remained of several tents that belong to artist at the art festival, and this was the aftermath from a storm rolling ...

  • Trial of Okla. fire chiefs goes over to defense

    EL RENO, Okla. (AP) -- A woman accused in the fatal shooting of her husband in their Mustang home is trying to show she's a caring person who wouldn't take a ...

  • Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones

    President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...

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Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

Bad as it isand it is badExorcist: The Beginning may have a silver lining in that it marks an important moment in which a production companys incessant desire to cater to the bottom line completely blew up in its face, a lesson ... ...

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  • Tulsa County Cleaning Up From High Winds

    Power has been restored in Tulsa County Sunday morning after thunderstorms with high winds made it to Green Country overnight. WARN Teams meteorologist Alan Crone said the scattered storms with winds of up to 50 mph were a "gust front," or small line moving ahead of severe ...

  • Enbridge Energy planning pipeline into Oklahoma

    CUSHING, Okla. (AP) -- Enbridge Energy Co. is preparing to construct a 600-mile pipeline that will carry crude oil from Illinois to Cushing, and the project promises to bring several hundred ...

  • AAA Gas Prices Reach All-Time High In Oklahoma City

    AAA Oklahoma's gas price tracking website , on Sunday, the average price in Oklahoma City for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is at its highest point ever, $3.963, breaking Saturday's price of $3.952, which was also a record high. The previous all-time high was set on July 16, 2008 when Oklahoma City's price average hit $3.909. "The good news for the Oklahoma City ...

  • Oklahoma grocery store wine proposal being renewed

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide ...

  • Oklahoma braces for severe storms

    OKLAHOMA CITY – More severe storms are in the forecast for Oklahoma a day after large hail fell in the state's southwest and electricity was knocked out to thousands. The Storm Prediction Center said Sunday there was a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms forming Sunday afternoon and evening. The center says the greatest risk for storms in Oklahoma is in the far north, around the ...

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