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  • Tulsa Police Pursuit Ends When Suspect Crashes

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa police pursuit ended early Tuesday afternoon when the suspect crashed into a residential area near 41st and Utica. Task force officers were serving felony warrants on a Freddie Hayes when he managed to get to his car and take off. He led police on a high speed chase. Tulsa Police units joined the chase, and Hayes tried to hit one of the squad cars, according to ...

  • Bad Eyesight Blamed For Deadly Train Crash In Oklahoma

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Federal officials say a train drivers' failing eyesight was the probable cause of a fiery train crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year. The National Transportation Safety Board voted 5-0 at a meeting Tuesday in Washington to formally adopt the cause of the June 24 accident near the town of ...

  • Tulsa Man Found Guilty for Shooting Killing Bar Owner

    The week-long trial for Jacob Wayne Smith, 31, began last Monday. He was accused of shooting and killing Luis Torres, owner of Mi Oficiana Bar in December of ...

  • Voice finale Cher Xtina to perform

    After weeks of battling it out on stage, the final three contestants on season four of "The Voice" will learn Tuesday if they did enough to win a recording contract. Muskogee's country duo, the Swon Brothers, are facing off with fellow Team Blake performer Danielle Bradbery and Team Usher's Michelle ...

  • Manning WikiLeaks case in recess until June 25 while attorneys negotiate witness statements

    Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, June 17, 2013, after the start of the third week of his court martial. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Patrick ...

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Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Solaris (2002) [DVD]

Steven Soderbergh's film of Polish novelist Stanislaw Lem's Solaris was advertised as a romance during its theatrical release, which is not entirely inaccurate, depending on what your definition is of a romantic movie. Solaris is a love story, but it's not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy. Rather, it is a difficult and enigmatic exploration ... ...

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  • NTSB Poor eyesight probable cause of Okla. Crash

    TULSA, Okla. -; Federal officials say a train drivers' failing eyesight was the probable cause of a fiery train crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle last ...

  • Woman Arrested For Bank Robbery In Lawton

    LAWTON, Oklahoma - The FBI has arrested a 59-year-old woman suspected of robbing an Arvest Bank in Lawton. Agents say surveillance video captured Silvanna Warren robbing the bank at 5201 S.W. Lee Boulevard on June 6. They say she handed bank employees a note ordering them to stay calm and give her money. She left the bank with an undisclosed amount. After Warren's image was released to ...

  • How to help Oklahoma tornado victims

    Friday's devastating tornadoes, coming so soon after the heartbreak in Moore, means even more help will be needed in the weeks and months ahead. There are many, many relief organizations already in the area, working with residents. Here are some of them and ways that you can ...

  • Death Penalty Off the Table Jury Trial Set for Tulsa Man Charged with Elderly Womans Death

    Prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty and a jury trial date was set for the man accused of murder in the 2012 death of an elderly Tulsa woman at an arraignment Monday ...

  • Police Armed robber stole wallets purses at OKC gas station

    The robber is described as a black man in his early 20's, about 5 feet 8 inches possibly with gold teeth wearing a white tank top, black baggie jeans and a red bandanna around his ...

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