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David-Goliath battle over GMO sugar beets in Ore.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A David-and-Goliath political battle is shaping up over genetically modified crops in Southern Oregon.Some Midwest sugar beet growers have joined the Oregon Farm Bureau in...
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Texas girl in Okla. hospital after skydiving fall
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 16-year-old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident survived and is recovering from her many injuries, a doctor said...
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Note: Senator's ex-aide apologized for child porn
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former aide to U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander who killed himself last week as he awaited trial on child pornography charges wrote in a letter before his death that he "should have...
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Court fast-tracks appeal of Oklahoma same-sex marriage ruling
BY CHRIS CASTEEL Washington Bureau ccasteel@opubco.comWASHINGTON— A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday to expedite the challenge to Senior U.S. District Judge Terence C. Kern's ruling that Oklahoma's...
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Pilot killed in Colorado was experienced rescuer
DENVER (AP) — Time after time, pilot Doug Sheffer set down his helicopter atop Colorado peaks, allowing rescuers to reach stranded hikers or mountaineers."There's a number of people today who wouldn't...
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DHS drone crashes into Pacific off Calif coast
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Homeland Security Department drone has crashed off the coast of Southern California.Customs and Border Protection says the drone was on a border security mission when a mechanical...
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Work Oklahoma City officials break ground for new police headquarters
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comAs the sun melted the snow that blanketed the Oklahoma City metro area Tuesday, Oklahoma City officials broke ground at the new police headquarters' location...
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Officer shoots teen at Hawaii school after scuffle
HONOLULU (AP) — A police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist Tuesday morning at a Hawaii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others, authorities...
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Winter storm causes wrecks, gridlock in the South
ATLANTA (AP) — The mad rush began at the first sight of snow: Across the Atlanta area, schools let out early and commuters left for home after lunch, instantly creating gridlock so severe that security...
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Most teams in Deep South dodge weather conflicts
ATLANTA (AP) — Most of the sports teams in the Deep South dodged the winter storm that hit the region.The majority of the college basketball, NBA and NHL squads in the region were off or playing on the...
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New Medicaid claims site experiences rocky launch
BY PAULA BURKES pburkes@opubco.comCritics of the new state portal for filing Medicaid reimbursement claims could have said “I told you so” Friday to the officials of Oklahoma Health Care...
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Shimon Peres, Hillary Clinton honor Edgar Bronfman
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton joined the family and friends of Edgar Bronfman on Tuesday to remember a Jewish leader whose vast whiskey fortune was eclipsed by a globally-connected personal...
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Former motion picture academy president dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak has died after a 12-year battle with prostate cancer.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Man who won't testify in NYC bombing is freed
NEW YORK (AP) — A 24-year-old Brooklyn man has been freed from a New York prison after he was jailed last May for refusing to testify before a grand jury looking into a small bomb that exploded in...
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Social media is transforming Super Bowl advertising
Q&A with Tim BerneySocial media give Super Bowl adsbetter mileage from investmentQ: How can companies justify $4 million to $4.5 million for a 30-second television spot?A: Multiple reasons, but it...
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Tentative agreement reached to drop Parole Board charges
BY CARY ASPINWALL, Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa World reports that the Oklahoma County district attorney and the state Pardon and Parole Board have reached a tentative agreement that likely will end an...
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Bill would add prescription drugs to drug trafficking crimes in Oklahoma
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comCarrying large quantities of certain prescription drugs would be added to the list of crimes for which a person could be charged with drug trafficking under a bill...
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Gay marriage backers, foes hold dueling rallies
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A little more than a month after a surprising federal court ruling overturned this conservative state's ban on gay marriage, the battle over the issue hit the Capitol building...
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Texas teen in hospital after parachuting accident in Chickasha
BY JONATHAN SUTTON and KYLE FREDRICKSONA Texas teen who fell 3,500 feet from an airplane in a skydiving accident in Chickasha was recovering Tuesday at OU Medical Center, and her parents questioned...
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Two former Roland officials were overpaid $180,000, audit found
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comROLAND — The former deputy clerk of this small town in eastern Oklahoma was overpaid $129,441 in salary between July 1, 2009, and her resignation Jan.Read more on NewsOK.com
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