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RALEIGH, N.C. ? When telling stories about Jesse Helms after his death on the Fourth of July, the politician who took his place in Congress recalled how the iconic North Carolina senator liked to invite pages to chat over ice cream.

"Can you imagine how excited these young people would be, sitting and having ice cream with the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?? asked Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

Stories from others weren't always as sweet.

Helms opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act as a commentator and voted against its reauthorization once in the Senate.
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The death penalty is banned in England and most other European countries, so British lawyers-in-training must come across the "pond? if they want to learn about capital punishment laws first-hand.

That's why three British law students volunteered to assist with death penalty cases this summer at the Oklahoma County Public Defender's office.

Laura Sams, 24, of Hockley, England, saved for nine months before coming to Oklahoma City in April.

"I wanted to go somewhere that I could really live, rather than just visit, and from everything I'd heard, it sounded quite nice in Oklahoma,? Sams said.


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Red, white and blue filled the streets of Edmond as people from across the state came Friday to participate in and watch the annual LibertyFestparade.

"I really wanted to come and see the soldiers and stuff like that,? said Hayden Unsell, 6. But, he said, the fire trucks were his favorite part.

More than 250 entries were submitted for the morning parade, including Oklahoma City's Purple Heart chapter, University of Central Oklahoma's president and family and state congressmen.

Bob Goodner, 67, of Norman performed with the Okie Dokie Banjo Band. This was the band's seventh year in the parade.
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As we celebrated our freedom,  Broken Arrow celebrated those who protect it. 

Chris Owens said he was handcuffed, thrown into the back of a police car and harassed for taking pictures of a car crash scene Monday evening.

Brandon Brixey has been charged with two counts of first-degree rape and single counts of lewd molestation, kidnapping, robbery and eluding a police officer.

During World War II, while millions of soldiers were shipped overseas, it was women who were left to take care of the home front.

The 18-year-old son of a state legislator has been arrested on a second-degree burglary complaint.