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Teenage girl shot at SE Oklahoma City apartment complex

A 21-year-old Hofstra University junior was fatally shot early Friday in an exchange of gunfire between a suspected home invader and police who came to the house, officials said. Andrea Rebello lived with her twin sister in an off-campus house in ...
Tulsa company Auto Crane sets up shop in Mongolia

The mining fields in Mongolia are booming like the shale plays in the U.S. And, like the boom wildcatter days in the Oklahoma and Texas oil fields, a Tulsa company is making and shipping equipment to another booming part of the ...
Arrest Warrant Issued For Rogers County Man In Wifes 2012 Dragging Death

Court documents show that Jana and Doug Graves were visiting friends in Collinsville, back in February 2012, when the couple began arguing and left ...
Residents Worry Moving Broken Arrow Fire Station Risks Public Safety

Broken Arrow moved fire station #2 to the south end of town back in December, closing a station that was 1,100 sq. ft and opening a station that is 11,000 sq. ft. They say they moved it to meet the needs of the development south of town, and that the city's other stations will help cover the old area where the station was previously, in the 2900 block of South Elm ...
Okla. church makes nat’l hate group list

OKLAHOMA CITY –Since 2000, the number of hate groups across America has been on the rise. Experts speculate the movement is fueled by the ailing economy and an influx of ...

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The Other Sister

If you happen to make the unfortunate decision to see "The Other Sister," which should be subtitled "Or, How Shallow Rich People Deal With Their Mentally Retarded Daughter," do yourself the favor of leaving after the first hour. This is a film that starts off on questionable grounds, quickly reaches a low plateau of mere watchability, and then willfully plummets headlong into patent absurdity and ... ...

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Police Girl Shot Gunman Beaten In Street

OKLAHOMA CITY - A 16-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in serious condition Friday, after being shot at an apartment complex near SE ...
Spavinaw Residents Make Progress After April Tornado

At Spavinaw School, the kindergarten class prepped for their graduation ceremony, while tiles are still missing from the gym ...
Body Of Missing Holdenville Man Found in Seminole County

Deputies with the Seminole County Sheriff's office, along with OSBI investigators, discovered the body of 33-year-old Eric Stephens on the side of the road near State Highway 56 and East West ...
Missing mans body found in Seminole County

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation with the discovery of Eric Stephens' body on the side of the road near Highway 56 and East West ...
Mayfest symbol of downtown Tulsa growth

TULSA - Booming. Resurgent. Thriving. All adjectives that could be overheard describing downtown Tulsa's continued revival. Thousands gathered Friday to celebrate the 41styear of Mayfest, a four-day arts and music festival in the heart of the city. For Tulsa history buffs, the occasion serves as a marker for the area's growth. C.J. Wells moved to Tulsa 24 years ago, when the downtown ...

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Knicks, Pacers, Grizzlies, Thunder in semis

New York, Oklahoma City, Indiana and Memphis all won their first-round NBA playoff series with Game 6 victories, reaching the Conference semifinals.

The New York Knicks got the staggers Friday and almost gave up a 26-point lead but steadied to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 while Oklahoma City Thunder booked its spot in the last eight for the third straight season by downing the Houston Rockets 103-94, reports Xinhua.

The Indiana Pacers withstood a big final-quarter comeback from Atlanta and beat the Hawks 81-73, and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105. With Miami, San Antonio and Golden State already into the next stage, the last spot will be decided when Brooklyn host Chicago in their Game 7.

Boston cut a 49-75 deficit to four points but Carmelo Anthony made a jumper to give New York an 81-75 lead and then sank a 3-pointer. Then J.R. Smith converted a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead the Knicks had nursed most of the game.

Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who won a playoff series for the first time since the Patrick Ewing era in 2000. They will host the Pacers in Sunday's opening game of their Conference semifinal series. ...