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  • Teen, 13, shot near sports bar

    TULSA — Authorities say a Tulsa sports bar where a 13-year-old boy was fatally shot in the parking lot failed to follow rules for admitting minors. Sixth-grader Jordan Sigli died early Tuesday at a Tulsa hospital after being wounded Sunday ...

    May 25, 2012

  • GI seeks dismissal in WikiLeaks case

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. — An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable ...

    May 25, 2012

  • Cops: Men mistook Bible for purse in snatching

    ARMAGH, Pa. — Police say two western Pennsylvania men mistook a woman’s Bible carrying case for a purse when they tried to snatch it from her, knocking her to the ground....

    May 25, 2012

  • House narrowly passes annual budget

    OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma House on Thursday narrowly approved a $6.8 billion general appropriations bill to fund state government, just hours after the same bill failed....

    May 25, 2012

  • House scuttles tax agreement

    OKLAHOMA CITY — A plan supported by the governor and legislative leaders to slash Oklahoma’s top income tax rate disintegrated in the House on Wednesday, leaving open the possibility that a tax cut may not be approved before the ...

    May 24, 2012

  • House kills bond issue for repairs to state capitol

    OKLAHOMA CITY — A plan to issue $200 million in bonds to repair the nearly century-old state Capitol and several nearby state buildings was overwhelmingly defeated Wednesday by the Oklahoma House....

    May 24, 2012

  • Motion denied for anti-abortion law

    OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma County judge has denied a motion to reconsider a ruling that struck down an anti-abortion law....

    May 24, 2012

  • Ex-cop asks appeals court for new trial

    TULSA — A former police officer convicted of perjury and civil rights violations in one of the biggest corruption scandals to roil the Tulsa Police Department is seeking a new trial, claiming several mistakes were made at his federal trial ...

    May 23, 2012

  • Lawmakers to vote on bond proposals

    OKLAHOMA CITY — Three separate bond proposals totaling $260 million for repairs to the state Capitol and nearby buildings and for the construction of museums in Oklahoma City and Tulsa cleared House and Senate committees Tuesday....

    May 23, 2012

  • Man to stand trial for murder

    OKEMAH — An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday ordered a man accused of killing two young girls in 2008 to stand trial on a first-degree murder charge alleging he killed his girlfriend last year....

    May 23, 2012

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