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• Q&A: Gun control prospects in GOP-run Congress remain remote

  02-10-2015 23:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Another mass shooting, another appearance by a stricken-looking President Barack Obama expressing anguish and frustration over congressional inaction on gun control laws.
  
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• East Coast likely to dodge hurricane, but flooding looms

  02-10-2015 23:56
  
  Millions along the East Coast breathed a little easier Friday after forecasters said Hurricane Joaquin would probably veer out to sea. But a freakishly powerful rainstorm fueled in part by the hurrica
  
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• Veteran who tried to stop Oregon gunman was shot 5 times

  02-10-2015 23:44
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — When the gunshots started at Umpqua Community College, some people mistook them for falling books. But Army veteran Chris Mintz quickly recognized the threat.
  
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• Obama: No more temporary spending bills, budget deal needed

  02-10-2015 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he won't sign another temporary government funding bill after the current one expires Dec. 11, insisting that congressional Republicans and Democra
  
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• The Latest: Oregon shooting victims ranged from 18 to 67

  02-10-2015 23:38
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The latest on a deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon (all times local):
  
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• Jesse Matthew Jr: 3 life prison terms for 2005 sex assault

  02-10-2015 23:38
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Jesse Matthew Jr., charged with the murders of college students Hannah Graham and Morgan Harrington, was sentenced Friday to life in prison for a sexual assault on a woman a decade
  
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• AP WAS THERE: 20 years ago OJ Simpson receives acquittal

  02-10-2015 23:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial. It had it all: A former football star charged
  
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• 2 arrested in 1984 rape, killing of Pennsylvania teen girl

  02-10-2015 23:23
  
  BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in the 1984 rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in the woods two weeks after she vanished, police said Friday.
  
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• Vatican upends Davis affair with news of audience with gays

  02-10-2015 23:14
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican turned the tables on the Kim Davis affair Friday: Not only did it distance Pope Francis from her claims that he endorsed her stand on same-sex marriage, it said the onl
  
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• US to review Colorado prisons for Guantanamo detainees

  02-10-2015 23:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. officials say a Defense Department team will be visiting a state and a federal prison in Colorado to assess their possible for housing detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
  
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• Joniece Frank, former Frankoma Pottery president, dies at 77

  02-10-2015 23:00
  
  Services will be private. Smith Funeral Home in Sapulpa is in charge of arrangements.
  
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• Clinton pledges to fight NRA on gun rights after shooting

  02-10-2015 22:58
  
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will fight for stricter gun controls following this week's deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college.
  
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• Bush: New guns laws aren't right reaction to mass shootings

  02-10-2015 22:55
  
  GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says he's opposed to new federal gun laws as a response to the mass shooting at an Oregon community college.
  
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• Charges Filed Against Owasso Police Officer Accused Of Excessive Force

  02-10-2015 22:48
  
  Criminal charges were filed against an Owasso police officer who’s been on administrative leave while under investigation for excessive force.
  
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• Obama: I won't negotiate over raising US borrowing cap

  02-10-2015 22:45
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he won't give Republicans controlling Congress concessions on must-pass legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap.
  
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• Fire official: 6 hurt in South Florida high-rise explosion

  02-10-2015 22:38
  SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A penthouse boiler room exploded because of a gas leak Friday at a 33-story high-rise near Miami, injuring at least six people, fire officials said.
  
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• Michigan pledges $1M for filters, steps to help city's water

  02-10-2015 22:34
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will spend $1 million to buy water filters and immediately test water in public schools in Flint after studies showed children had elevated levels of lead in their blood,
  
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• Cherokee County officials seek reconsideration of ruling on jail video showing attack on inmate

  02-10-2015 22:30
  
  The question relates to the destruction of video of a 2011 altercation in which a man claimed he was beaten while handcuffed at the Cherokee County Detention Center by jail employees.
  
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• Tulsa County Sheriff To Officially Resign November First

  02-10-2015 21:57
  
  Undersheriff Rick Weigel will take over the Tulsa County Sheriff's position officially November 1.  
  
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• Longtime Owner Of Frankoma Pottery Dead At 77

  02-10-2015 21:57
  
  Joniece Frank, artist and longtime owner of Frankoma Pottery, died Wednesday at Hillcrest Hospital.
  
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• Court Denies Claremore Man's Sanity Challenge

  02-10-2015 20:57
  
  The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a death row inmate's request to halt his execution over claims that he is insane and challenges to the state's drug formula.
  
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• Oklahoma Court Stops Three Pending Executions Over Lethal Drug Concerns

  02-10-2015 20:44
  
  Oklahoma's highest criminal court has agreed to halt three upcoming executions after the state's prison system received the wrong drug for a lethal injection this week.
  
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• Second Arrest Made In Sequoyah County Murder

  02-10-2015 20:42
  
  A second person has been arrested in connection with a Sequoyah County homicide. Kyle Majors, of Vian, was taken into custody on complaints of accessory to second-degree murder and obstruction.
  
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• Habitat For Humanity Transforming Tulsa Neighborhood

  02-10-2015 20:28
  
  The building of a new Tulsa home marks a milestone in the transformation of a neighborhood and a burned out church property.
  
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• Attorney for teen accused of killing family files motion challenging adult charges

  02-10-2015 20:20
  
  The younger of the two brothers who are accused of stabbing five of their family members to death is challenging the constitutionality of the Oklahoma law that denies him the ability to be certified as a juvenile or youthful offender. According to the Tulsa World, Tulsa County Public Defender Rob Nigh filed a motion for his client Michael Bever, 16, applying to certify the teen as a child or youthful offender and asking to stay proceedings in the case.
  
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• SUV Hits Child Bicycling Across Tulsa Street

  02-10-2015 18:06
  
  Tulsa Police say an SUV struck a child on a bicycle Friday morning.  
  
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• Walmart Lays Off 450 Employees At Arkansas Headquarters

  02-10-2015 17:52
  
  Walmart has laid off 450 workers at its headquarters as the world's largest retailer attempts to become more nimble to compete with the likes of Amazon.com.
  
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• SUV Hits Child Riding Bicycle Across Tulsa Street

  02-10-2015 17:48
  
  Tulsa Police say an SUV struck a child on a bicycle Friday morning.  
  
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• New OKC Ordinance Regarding Turn Signals Goes Into Effect Friday

  02-10-2015 16:39
  
  The rules of the road are changing in Oklahoma.
  
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• Meth lab causes west Tulsa motel fire

  02-10-2015 16:15
  
  Multiple rooms had to be evacuated early Friday morning, after a fire broke out at a west Tulsa motel. The fire started around 3:40 a.m., at the Royal Inn.
  
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• Tulsa Motel Fire Leads To Discovery Of Meth Lab, Police Say

  02-10-2015 16:06
  
  Police said firefighters discovered a meth lab when they put out a fire in a West Tulsa motel room early Friday. 
  
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• Hospital Works To Keep ER Services In Independence, Kansas

  02-10-2015 15:52
  
  Another hospital is working to keep emergency room services in Independence, Kansas when its hospital closes on October 10. 
  
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• OHP: Three Injured, Two Critically In Cherokee County Crash

  02-10-2015 15:26
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says two drivers were flown by helicopter to a Tulsa hospital after a three vehicle collision on a Cherokee County highway Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Tulsa Motel Room Fire Leads To Discovery Of Possible Meth Lab

  02-10-2015 14:36
  
  Police are investigating a fire they believe was caused by a meth lab in a West Tulsa motel room early Friday.
  
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• Oregon College Gunman's Motive An Open Question

  02-10-2015 13:19
  
  Umpqua Community College is now a crime scene and will remain closed until Monday after a gunman opened fire Thursday, killing nine people and critically wounding seven others.
  
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• Experian: Info On 15M T-Mobile Customers, Applicants Hacked

  02-10-2015 13:19
  
  Hackers have stolen personal information belonging to about 15 million T-Mobile wireless customers, including Social Security numbers, home addresses, birth dates and other personal information.
  
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• Alan Crone's Weather Blog: Great Fall Weather Weekend

  02-10-2015 12:45
  
  Temperatures will remain very fall-like for the next few days with morning lows in the 40s and daytime highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s.   Portions of the state will experience some showers and thunder today and Saturday, but these areas should remain across western to possibly nearing central OK.   We’ll continue to keep the forecast dry for our immediate area with only a slight mention for a few showers or sprinkles Saturday afternoon and evening along t...
  
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• Man accused of raping 13-year-old girl

  02-10-2015 12:00
  
  An 18-year-old was arrested and charged on Wednesday in Tulsa, for rape. Tulsa World reports Jose Abzun-Duarte is accused of meeting a 13-year-old girl on Facebook.
  
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• Russian, Ukrainian leaders to hold talks in Paris

  02-10-2015 09:33
  
  PARIS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany in a revived European push to bring peace to eastern Ukraine.
  
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• 6 US service members among 11 dead in Afghan plane crash

  02-10-2015 09:29
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. Air Force C-130J transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six American airmen and 5 civilians, the U.S. military said Friday.
  
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• US regulator missed its best chance to catch VW cheating

  02-10-2015 09:22
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — More than a decade ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped develop a technology that ultimately was used by an independent laboratory to catch Volkswagen's elaborate cheati
  
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• The Latest: Viktor Orban says migrants 'look like warriors'

  02-10-2015 08:53
  
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The latest developments in the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants passing through Europe on their way west. All times local.
  
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• 'A terrible day' - 9 killed by gunman in Oregon town

  02-10-2015 08:35
  
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Armed with multiple guns, a 26-year-old man walked into a morning writing class at the community college in this rural Oregon town and opened fire, hitting some students with mul
  
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• The hajj journey of black Americans, 50 years after Malcom X

  02-10-2015 08:31
  
  MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As Shahidah Sharif, an African-American Muslim, joined millions of fellow pilgrims from around the world on the hajj this year, she felt a renewed connection. To her own "bl
  
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• APNewsBreak: Records offer peek into Port Authority probe

  02-10-2015 08:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a peek into the legal strategies being explored by officials for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who are under investigat
  
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• Ambassador talks to refugee camp via video link at UN

  02-10-2015 07:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — United Nations staffers and diplomats are speaking directly to Syrian refugees through a video link at the U.N. this week.
  
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