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  • Tulsa Police Recover Stolen Recycling Trailer

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The Metropolitan Environmental Trust says a trailer stolen from its recycling center has been recovered. The M.e.t. says the trailer was stolen Monday, June 17, 2013 from its center at 3495 S. ...

  • City Of Tulsa Surplus Auction Goes Online

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The City of Tulsa is trying a new way of getting rid of surplus property. Usually, it holds a regular auction, but this Friday, it will open an online auction to sell vehicles, office equipment and more. You'll be able to see pictures of the items, bid and pay--all electronically. The auction will run through the middle of ...

  • Supreme Court Ruling Could Make Preventative Genetic Tests More Affordable

    Dr. Chad Johnson is a breast surgeon at St. Francis Hospital. He said, since the ruling, at least five other companies have released their own gene ...

  • City Of Owasso Raises Ambulance Rates

    OWASSO, Oklahoma - Starting next month, people in Owasso who don't pay the annual ambulance subscription will pay more for a ride to the hospital. The city council approved a plan to raise the advanced life support fee from $625 to $1,100, and increase the mileage rate. The city hasn't raised ambulance rates since ...

  • Jenks 14-Year-Old Murder Suspect Will Be Tried As Youthful Offender

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa County judge ruled Wednesday a 14-year-old accused of murder will be treated as a youthful offender. Joshua Mooney is charged with shooting and killing Mary Escue during a break-in at her parents' Jenks home in December 2012. Prosecutors say, since December 2011, Mooney has had 17 contacts with law enforcement over things like cruelty to animals, burglary and ...

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Heavy Traffic [DVD]

Heavy Traffic [DVD]

"All of [Ralph Bakshi's] films have been either applauded or criticized with a passion. This is the way he wanted them to be seen. Passive is not in his vocabulary." --Official Ralph Bakshi web site (http://www.ralphbakshi.com) ...

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  • Semi hits bridge along Turner Turnpike

    The eastbound lanes of the Turner Turnpike were shut down Wednesday afternoon because of a semi hitting a bridge east of the Oklahoma City metro ...

  • Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

    Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...

  • SB US-169 near Pine narrowed

    TULSA - Drivers are being asked to avoid the southbound lanes of US-169 near East Pine Avenue after a truck hauling a backhoe smashed into an overhead train track shortly before 3 p.m. Workers have closed SB US-169 and are diverting traffic onto the inside shoulder between 36th St. N. and Pine. The closure is expected to last through rush hour and into Wednesday evening. No injuries have been ...

  • BRIEF 48 Hour Film Project open to Oklahoma filmmakers

    June 19--The 48 Hour Film Project, a filmmaking opportunity in which filmmakers must write, shoot, edit and score a short film within 48 hours, is open for registration. On Aug. 9, filmmakers will be given a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre to be included in their films. Completed films will be shown at a local theater, and the winning short film will go on to compete ...

  • Okla. man sentenced to 6 months for Wyoming threat

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to serve six months in federal prison for making a threat to commit violence in Casper, ...

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