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Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. gov would appoint ed board members under bill

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A plan to give the governor more power over the state board of education has cleared a House committee.

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Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. House OKs changes to civil lawsuit payouts

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A key component of a Republican-sponsored plan to overhaul the state's civil justice system has been passed by the House.

The House voted mostly along party lines Tuesday for a bill to eliminate the concept of "joint and several liability." The proposal prevents defendants in civil cases from having to pay judgments that exceed what they were actually responsible for.

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Tulsa, Okla. – Tulsa police investigating 2 shootings

TULSA, Okla. (AP) Police in Tulsa are investigating two shootings that occurred just blocks apart on the city's north side one that left a man dead and the second the left a man critically wounded.

Investigators say they don't know if the shootings are related.

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Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. lawmakers endorse fetal pain abortion ban

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Doctors who perform abortions in Oklahoma after a woman reaches 20 weeks of pregnancy could face felony charges under a bill overwhelmingly approved by a Senate committee.

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 6-1 on Monday for the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a measure based on the idea that a fetus can experience pain after 20 weeks. The House-passed bill now heads to the full Senate.

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Oklahoma City, OK – Okla. Senate panel votes to axe city union rights

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma could join Wisconsin among the states moving to reduce collective bargaining rights for municipal workers under a Republican-sponsored bill approved by a Senate committee.

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Norman, OK – Norman woman dies in house fire

(Information in the following story is from: The Oklahoman, http://www.newsok.com)

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Firefighters in Norman say a woman was killed and a man critically injured in a house fire.

Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey told The Oklahoman that five other people who lived in the home were treated at the scene early Sunday. No names have been released.