Amber Hilberling told a national television audience on Friday that she still can't understand what happened the day her husband fell to his death from the couple's high-rise apartment at the University Club Tower.

VIDEO: Watch NBC's 'Dateline' episode 'Shattered' on Amber Hilberling.

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Fallin wants Insure Oklahoma reworked ahead of Affordable Care Act

By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

"President Obama's decision to discontinue the federal waiver authorizing Insure Oklahoma is a disaster, and it is indicative of an administration that has no regard for any health-care solutions that do not originate from Washington," Fallin said in a prepared statement.

CONTINUING COVERAGE: Read the Tulsa World continuing coverage of the health care law.

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Fighting injuries: Fire chief responds to high number of workers comp claims

By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer

The Fire Department's injury incident rate in 2011 was four times the national rate, with more than one injury for every two firefighters.

CONTINUING COVERAGE: Read past stories and view data and documents related to workers compensation issues.

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Tulsa library system budget takes hit from property tax cut

By SARA PLUMMER World Staff Writer

The Tulsa City-County Library has cut more than $800,000 from its proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2013-14 after State Question 766, which passed last year, reduced the amount of property tax revenue entities such as the library system receive.

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TPD chief: Inmate definitions shouldn't change to raise money for Tulsa Jail

By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

County officials say expanding the definition and increasing the cost per municipal inmate would result in the city's paying $2.7 million a year to the county. The city currently pays approximately $400,000 a year.

CONTINUING COVERAGE: Read previous stories about the disagreements over funding for the Tulsa Jail.

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Creative cars peel into Tulsa for ArtCar Weekend

By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer

Hundreds of children at Tulsa grade schools and the residents of a recovering local apartment complex received a colorful and welcome surprise on Friday.

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Broken Arrow downtown projects are proceeding smoothly

By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer

Downtown TIF district projects are complete, soon to be underway or set to start next year while the sales and property tax revenues to fund them are meeting the city's debt obligations.

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Programs help feed children in summer

Rose Craig knows that a kid is hungry when he asks about second helpings before taking a bite of the meal in front of him.

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Sen. Jim Inhofe goes 'unvarnished' for speech in Tulsa

By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer

The potential Republican U.S. Senate candidates waiting in a long line for incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe to retire might have a longer wait than they had hoped.

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Tulsa World named Great Plains' Newspaper of the Year

By Staff Reports

The Tulsa World was named Newspaper of the Year in the 2013 Great Plains Journalism Awards on Friday.

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Rehabilitated drug addict graduates from Women in Recovery to better life

By MIKE AVERILL World Staff Writer

In just a few years, methamphetamine showed Crystal Cunningham the highest high and took everything away.

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Trash board irked by City Council's not transferring its $250,000 payment to Legal Department

By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer

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Tulsa church keeps families together during worship

By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer

Children's church, youth group, Sunday school, and men's and women's fellowships have been part of the American church scene for generations.

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Surgeon writes of his journey from grief to life

By NOUR HABIB World Scene Writer

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Tulsan teenager convicted of murder in 'drug deal that went bad'

By BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

A Tulsan was convicted Friday of murdering a teenager who was shot to death in what a prosecutor categorized as a "drug deal that went bad."

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Political candidates to be fined for delinquent financial reports

By ZEKE CAMPFIELD NewsOK.com

Candidates for political office in Oklahoma could soon be on the hook for a collective tens of thousands of dollars in penalties if they fail to file campaign contribution and expenditure reports as required by state law.

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Way back when: Today in history

By GENE CURTIS

India exploded an atomic bomb in an early morning underground test, making it the sixth nuclear power. H.N. Sethna, India's atomic energy commission, told reporters the explosion was "an experiment and only an experiment."

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Former U.S. ambassador subpoenaed in Benghazi investigation

By JONATHAN S. LANDAY MCCLATCHY Washington Bureau

The congressman leading the Republican investigation into last year's terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday ordered retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering to submit to questioning behind closed doors next week over an internal State Department review Pickering helped lead into the attacks.

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8-year term for Whitey Bulger's girlfriend upheld by appeals court

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press

The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger during his 16 years as a fugitive.

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Feds: More time needed to indict Boston bombing suspect Tsarnaev

By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be indicted within the 30-day period prescribed under the Federal Speedy Trial Act, but prosecutors said Friday they would ask for more time.

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GOP hopeful IRS scandal will help snag health-care law

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hopeful the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health-care law.

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Obama focusing on job creation in Baltimore visit

By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press

President Barack Obama tried on Friday to leave behind the political battles that have overshadowed his second-term agenda, saying lawmakers should work on creating more middle-class jobs in the slowly growing economy. "Our work is not done, and our focus cannot drift," Obama said.

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Huge Powerball jackpot spurs Oklahomans to buy up tickets

By ADAM KEMP NewsOK.com

Giovannia Gonzalez can think of plenty to do with $600 million, but for some reason, ice cream for dinner sounds the best.

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Hagel orders review of sex-abuse prevention

By ROBERT BURNS & LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control.

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IRS hearing with fired official yields new information, timeline

By KEVIN G. HALL & WILLIAM DOUGLAS MCCLATCHY Washington Bureau

Tough congressional grilling Friday of fired IRS chief Steven Miller failed to get answers about which agency employees subjected applications from tea party groups to special scrutiny..

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Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

By SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press

Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war.

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Report: Torture evidence found in Syrian prisons

By Wire reports

Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday.

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CBO report: Obama budget would cut deficit $1.1 trillion by 2023

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press

President Barack Obama's budget would trim projected federal deficits by $1.1 trillion over the coming decade, using nearly $6 in higher revenues for every $1 in reduced spending to achieve it, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Friday.

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Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties described in testimony Friday

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press

Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but also one woman dressed up as President ..

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Nation briefs

By Wire reports

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities.

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News briefs

By Wire reports

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said Friday.

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Local, State briefs

By Staff Reports

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday upheld the life prison sentence of a man who was convicted in Tulsa County of first-degree murder for fatally shooting his uncle.

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