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Medical examiner's office seeks help to ID remains
TULSA — The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner's Office has begun cataloguing all of its unidentified remains in hopes that a Texas university program may be able to use DNA to identify the dead.
Spokeswoman Cherokee Ballard says the medical examiner's office has found 125 cases involving unidentified remains but does not know how many have been subjected to DNA testing.
The office hopes a new relationship with the University of North Texas' Center for Human Identification will match some of the remains through a national database.
The center offers free DNA testing to law enforcement agencies and medical examiners.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation forensic expert J.D. Lindstrom says most cases referred to his agency are already sent to the identification center.
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1-27 State news in brief
Authorities are searching for two inmates who escaped from the James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena in northwestern Oklahoma.
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Lawmakers announce deal to balance budget
Gov. Brad Henry and legislative leaders reached agreement Tuesday on a plan to reserve funds and make targeted cuts to address a $1 billion shortfall in the budget for the fiscal year that ends June 30.
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Jury selection resumes in murder trial
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jury selection has resumed for a Norman man accused of killing his two sisters and the 87-year-old mother-in-law of one of the women.
William Eugene Davis, 53, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder -
Mother’s body found, Amber alert issued for daughter
A mother’s body was found inside a camper in southwestern Oklahoma and authorities issued an Amber alert early Monday for her missing 7-year-old daughter.
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Stillwater police investigating deaths of 2 men
Stillwater police are looking into the unrelated deaths of two men over the weekend.
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Mercy’s PB diet — it’s not peanut butter
If you’re thinking it’s the peanut butter diet, think again. Mercy’s 2010 challenge is the PB diet, as in the plant-based diet.
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OMRF method may improve treatment of ovarian cancers
The problem with killing cancer is that it comes back. But new research from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could pave the way for therapies that avoid this problem.
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Deadlines approaching for OUHSC summer Programs
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is accepting applications for three competitive summer programs for Oklahoma college students interested in science.
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State Supreme Court strikes down court fees
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday struck down three civil court filing fees state residents pay when they file lawsuits, ruling the fees are unconstitutional because they support non-court related activities.
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