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CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.

The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear, as well as a cockatoo, wombat and python.

A talking version of the Bindi doll uses such phrases as, "Crikey! Let's go help wildlife," and "You can make the world a better place."

The rubber dolls will cost $15 to $20, with a portion going to help fund efforts to breed endangered species and rescue animals. They are expected to be in stores in September.

SPENCER ? A man died here Friday night after a two-vehicle accident, authorities said.

About 8 p.m., Stanley D. Payne Jr., 24, was driving west on NE 63 near Lenox Avenue when an eastbound vehicle crossed the median and collided head-on with Payne's vehicle, Oklahoma City police Lt. Ron Bacy said.

Payne died at the scene.

The driver of the eastbound vehicle was flown to a local hospital in critical condition, Bacy said.
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PONCA CITY ? The body of a Ponca City man who drowned in the Arkansas River was found this morning, authorities said.

Harry Walter Blueback, 22, went under shortly before 6:45 p.m. on Friday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Family members found Blueback's body on a sandbar shortly before 7:15 a.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shut down the Kaw Lake dam so the water level could be lowered.
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