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• UPDATE: Man struck by tractor-trailer killed in eastbound lanes at Shields Boulevard on I-40 June 19, 2013
  FROM STAFF REPORTS10:15 a.m. A man walked into traffic and was struck by a tractor-trailer and killed Wednesday morning in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40, said trooper Betsy Randolph, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• More than 56K tons of debris cleared in Moore June 19, 2013
  BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMOORE — More than 56,000 tons of debris has been removed from neighborhoods in Moore as the city reaches the one-month mark since a deadly tornado carved through the Oklahoma City suburb on May 20. City manager Steve Eddy said Wednesday a total of 56,550 tons of debris had been cleared. The Federal Emergency Management Agency paid for […]
• 8 hurt, some seriously, when car jumps curb in NYC June 19, 2013
  NEW YORK (AP) — A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said. At least one person was critically hurt in the crash, which happened at around 7 a.m., police said. A New Yor […]
• Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city June 19, 2013
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Street demonstrations popped up again around Brazil early Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and high prices. In one of several reported protests, about 200 people blocked the Anchieta Highway that links Sao Paulo and the port city of Santos.R […]
• FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends June 19, 2013
  OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The FBI says it has found no sign of the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa and is ending a dig in suburban Detroit. The announcement was made Wednesday by Robert Foley, head of the FBI in Detroit, just a few hours after digging resumed. Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup June 19, 2013
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates broadened its crackdown on perceived threats and risked deepening its rift with Egypt on Wednesday with plans to bring 30 Egyptian and UAE suspects to trial for alleged coup plotting linked to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The UAE has faced complaints from rights groups and others for its arr […]
• FBI says it found no remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit June 19, 2013
  OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — FBI says it found no remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions June 19, 2013
  BERLIN (AP) — Issuing an appeal for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe June 19, 2013
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — There is a renewed effort to reopen the investigation that downed TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York in 1996. Former investigators on Wednesday called on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet. Th […]
• Todashev's body brought to Russia for burial June 19, 2013
  GROZNY, Russia (AP) — The father of a Russian man killed while being questioned about ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he has brought the body to Russia for burial. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was fatally shot in late May in Florida while being questioned by an FBI agent and two Massachusetts troopers. His father, Abdul-Baki Todashev, told The Ass […]