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Police are investigating a shooting that injured a woman this afternoon at a southwest Oklahoma City home. A man called 911 about 4 p.m. saying his wife had been shot at the home in the 3000 block of SW 23, police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said. Her condition was not immediately available. Police were on the scene investigating the circumstances of the shooting this afternoon. No further …

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Kevin Durant has lofty goals for the Thunder this season.”I’ve been thinking this whole summer that we have to start off well to become a playoff team,” Durant said Tuesday at his basketball camp. “Anything less than the playoffs is a failure for us.”After getting off to one of the worst starts in NBA history (3-29), Oklahoma City finished 20-30 over its final 50 games.Highlighted by two wins …

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By Mike BaldwinTo young kids, looking up to Kevin Durant goes beyond the obvious height difference. Durant plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was the 2008 NBA Rookie of the Year.What they probably don’t realize is Durant, still a kid at heart, is having as much fun as the 350 boys and girls ages 7-14 attending his three-day summer camp at Heritage Hall High School.”My little sister and my …

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NBA teams can now begin negotiations with free agents. They can sign free agents, starting July 8.For Thunder fans, Desmond Mason, a local favorite, is one of 103 unrestricted free agents.An Oklahoma State product, Mason played for the Thunder during its inaugural season. He also played with the Hornets when Oklahoma City was their home away from home following Hurricane Katrina.There also are …

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Shooting for the movie “Killer Inside Me” continued today. And, we got our first sighting of the movie’s leading man, Casey Affleck.

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Nsengiyumva is one of the few artists to master the inanga, a traditional Rwandan string instrument.

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Unemployment rates rose in all the largest U.S. metro areas in May, the U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday.It was the fifth straight month of increases, and all 372 metro areas reported higher jobless rates from a year ago.But the Oklahoma City metro area moved back into the top spot in May with the lowest unemployment rate for large metropolitan areas with a 2000 Census population of a …

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A refugee Burundian woman peers out of the window of her bus at the Mtabila camp in western Tanzania The U.N. refugee agency welcomed the Tanzanian government’s decision to extend the deadline for the voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees.

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By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to visit dear friends in the northeast province of Umutara in Rwanda.

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British hospital equipment is helping to save lives in developing countries, thanks to an organisation set up by a man from Wootton.

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