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Oklahoma is the birthplace for many a celebrity, but not all of them are all that interesting (I’m looking at you James Marsden*). There are a handful, however, that have interesting factoids about their lives that are worth sharing. It could be because they’re funny or inspiring, or maybe it’s because they’re downright embarrassing (just wait until you get to the Dr.

Work is underway on crosswalks on N Pennsylvania at NW 23 Thursday. Drivers are asked to avoid the area for several weeks, according to the city of Oklahoma City.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's fans and colleagues shared reaction to his death Wednesday: — I am shocked and devastated by Jim's passing. He was a man of tremendous depth and sensitivity, with a kindness and generosity beyond words. I consider myself very lucky to have spent 10 years as his close colleague. My heart goes out to his family. As those of us in his pretend one hold on to the memories of our intense and beautiful time together. The love between Tony and Carmela was one of the greatest I've ever known. — Edie Falco., who played Tony Soprano's wife, Carmela, on "The Sopranos." — "He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors

State Superintendent Janet Barresi is criticizing a new move by the U.S. Department of Education as overly intrusive. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced to state school chiefs this week that they could request a delay through 2016 on meeting requirements to use student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers. But Barresi already worked with state lawmakers to push through legislation allowing much the same delay for Oklahoma school districts that need it and Gov. Mary Fallin has already signed that bill into law. "This just shows again that federal bureaucrats in D.C. think they know what is best for Oklahoma children.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment benefit applications rose by 18,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000. Despite the gain, the level remains consistent with moderate job gains. The Labor Department says the less volatile four-week average increased by 2,500 to 348,250. Applications are a proxy for layoffs. Since January, they have fallen 6 percent. That suggests companies are cutting fewer jobs. At the same time, hiring has been steady this year. Employers added 175,000 jobs in May, nearly matching the average monthly gain for the past year. Companies have continued to add jobs this year, despite an increase in taxes on Jan. 1 and steep federal spending cuts that began in March.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama said Wednesday in Berlin. Obama's senior energy and climate adviser, Heather Zichal, said the plan would boost energy efficiency of appliances and buildings, plus expand renewable energy. She also said the Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to use its authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants. "The EPA has been working very hard on rules that focus specifically on greenhouse gases fro

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO's landmark drama series "The Sopranos" was just one facet of an actor who created a rich legacy of film and stage work in a life cut short. Gandolfini, 51, who died Wednesday while vacationing in Rome, refused to be bound by his star-making role in the HBO series that brought him three Emmy Awards during its six-season run. "He was a genius," said "Sopranos" creator David Chase. "Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius

A warrant sweep was all over Twitter on Wednesday. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office has one of the largest followings in the country for a sheriff's department

A crash has been reported on I-44 Thursday. An injury has been reported.

ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine. That's the vision of a California man who is creating what he calls the world's largest private underground survivor shelter, using a complex of limestone caves dug more than 100 years ago beneath gently rolling hills overlooking the Missouri River. "I do believe I am on a mission and doing a spiritual thing," said Robert Vicino, who has purchased a large portion of the former U.S. Army storage facility on the southeast edge of Atchison, about

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A domestic situation apparently prompted the midweek shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded, police said. Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell identified the dead from the shooting Wednesday afternoon as a girl, a 38-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man. He didn't release their names nor disclose a possible motive in the hours after the shooting. He added that a woman in her 60s was hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting Wednesday afternoon. The shooting at the Lakeview Condominum complex located near a neighborhood of upper middle class homes in Louisville is being invest

Thursday will be hot and sunny with gusty winds. Temperatures in central Oklahoma will be in the 90s.

Serena Williams says she's reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." "I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article," Williams said in a statement released through her agent Wednesday. "What was written — what I supposedly said — is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame." The comment was made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a call from a Mexican citizen who recognized the photo of a former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list that gave authorities the final tip they needed to bring in a man suspected of sex crimes with children who had slipped through their fingers when he abruptly left town two years ago. An FBI agent at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City got the tip less than 24 hours after the bureau added Walter Lee Williams, 64, to its well-known Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Since 2011, FBI agents along with the Los Angeles Police Department had worked to build a case against Williams, who had taught history, anthropology and gender studies.

Scott Neil Helling, 49, threatened the lives of Gov. Mary Fallin's child and several law enforcement officials in an email to a television station.

In these screenings, the theater does not completely darken, the volume of the movie isn't as loud and there are no advertisements beforehand.

Farm bill being managed by Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas would reduce food stamp spending by $2 billion a year, threatening Democratic support for the legislation.

The Oklahoma City School Board shuffled another seven administrators this week after moving or appointing nine others earlier this month.

Oklahoma City won the competition at the American Water Works Association conference.