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Oklahoma News Minute
Posted: 08.23.2012 at 8:00 PM
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former emergency room technician was sentenced to a year in jail after he admitted using credit cards that belonged to critically ill patients. Emmanuel Fakoya will also have to spend three years on probation after he pleaded guilty to multiple charges.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police are searching for the driver of a car that struck and killed a woman late Wednesday. Authorities say the woman was crossing the street when she was hit around 10 p.m. The driver of the green car ran away on foot.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Governor Mary Fallin is meeting with dozens of emergency managers from across the state today in Norman. Fallin's speech comes just weeks after a devastating wildfire outbreak damaged nearly 680 homes and businesses in four counties.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Department of Public Safety's driver's license examination stations will shut down today so examiners can attend training in Oklahoma City. The employees will spend the day learning how to provide better and more efficient service.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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