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NY Times journalist describes captivity in Libya

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was detained by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi said Thursday he feels guilty about his decision to remain in a Libyan city as fighting intensified because it may have led to the death of his young driver.

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Okla. tribal court overturns Cherokee amendment

A Cherokee Nation judge has overturned an amendment to the tribal constitution that denies citizenship to non-Native American descendants of tribal members' former black slaves.

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US House committee chair tours Okla. road projects

OKLAHOMA CITY — The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee praised the progress being made on Oklahoma highway projects funded by $465 million in federal stimulus money.

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Judge extends block on Oklahoma abortion law

An Oklahoma County judge has extended a temporary restraining order that blocks enforcement of a strict abortion law. The law would require doctors to report personal information about women who seek abortions and for the information to be posted on a public Web site.

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Oklahoma Lottery sales hurt by lagging economy

Lottery ticket sales declined about $11.3 million in the past fiscal year, mainly because of a downturn in the economy, Oklahoma officials said.

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Okla. doctor charged in fatal stabbing of son

Prosecutors charged a physician Wednesday with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his 9-year-old son in their upscale suburban Oklahoma City home.

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Life is still `a party' for rockabilly queen

It took Wanda Jackson a long time to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now that she's there, the 71-year-old Queen of Rockabilly and her uninhibited voice are busier than ever.

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Elements batter Oklahoma winter wheat crop

Battered by drought, a late freeze and flooding rain, Oklahoma's winter wheat harvest may produce only half of what was yielded last year, officials said.

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Gen. Tommy Franks: Obama will 'do the right thing'

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who developed and executed the Iraq invasion plan, said President-elect Obama will "do the right thing" when it comes to the war.

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Oklahoma State projects affected by donor's losses

Oklahoma State University officials cheered when oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens gave a record-setting gift of $165 million to his alma mater two years ago for athletic programs and then invested it in his BP Capital hedge fund so that it would grow even more.

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E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200

An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

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Woman Charged With Helping Inmate Escape

A deputy prison warden's wife who disappeared with a convicted murderer in 1994 and spent a decade on the run with him has been charged with helping him escape.

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Strangers Flood Storm Victim With Gifts

The kindness of strangers across the country saved Christmas for Beverly Smith's children after the deadly ice storm that cut off electricity for them and thousands of other people.

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Latest Storm Gives Kansas Foot of Snow

Oklahoma residents were mostly spared a threatened second wintry blast on Saturday, as crews were still working to restore power to homes and businesses blacked out by last weekend's storm.

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Another Wintry Blast Targets Okla., Kan.

Lisa Wofford had just moved out of her apartment and was planning to move her family into a house when a winter storm knocked a power pole onto the new digs, preventing her from closing on it.

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Deadly Winter Storm Hits Northeast

A deadly winter storm brought snow and sleet to the Northeast on Thursday, while crews in the Plains and Midwest worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark in its ice-coated wake.

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2 Dead in Missouri Storm

High winds from a possible tornado struck rural northeastern Missouri early Thursday, killing a couple in a mobile home, authorities said. Several tornados hit in the southwest part of the state without causing major damage.

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