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Slaying of 2 girls stuns small town in Oklahoma
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TULSA - Two girls were found shot to death along a dirt road the best friends used dozens of times to play and walk to sleepovers. (article 5) By yesterday, investigators had found no suspects and were unsure of the motive for Sunday's killings of Taylor Paschal-Placker and Skyla Whitaker, 11. (article 5) 2 Guns, 2 Killers? Okla. Police Think So. Different Guns Used to Kill Best Friends Found Dead in Ditch Sunday; Still No Suspects. (article 4) By DAVID SCHOETZ June 11, 2008Two guns were used to kill the best-friend pair found dead in an Oklahoma ditch Sunday evening, and authorities now say they believe more than one person is responsible for murders. (article 4) Brown would not say exactly what types of weapons were used to kill the children because the detail's release might compromise the investigation. (article 4) While states in the Midwest battled with the effects of drenching thunderstorms and flooding, residents on the East Coast dealt with another day of temperatures nearing 100 and fires raced across parts of Northern California. (article 6) Engineers in Wisconsin kept watch over rain-deluged dams after a major collapse nearly emptied Lake Delton in a torrent that washed away houses and a highway. (article 6)

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    girls, Rosser, Taylor, Skyla, Oklahoma

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    1. Slaying of 2 girls stuns small town in Oklahoma (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/11/2008, 874 words)
    2. Crime & courts (msnbc.msn.com, 06/10/2008, 632 words)
    3. ABC News: No Suspect in Girls' Sleepover Murders (ABCNews, 06/10/2008, 444 words)
    4. 2 Guns, 2 Killers? Okla. Police Think So (ABCNews, 06/11/2008, 909 words)
    5. Two girls found shot to death (boston.com, 06/11/2008, 318 words)
    6. Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/11/2008, 603 words)




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