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• Any Given Child Program Gives Tulsa Students Unique Arts Experience

  08-12-2015 23:40
  
  Tuesday, the Gilcrease Museum entertained a bunch of first graders as part of the Any Give Child Tulsa program.
  
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• Judge Dismisses Some Claims In Lawsuit Against Tulsa Sheriff's Office

  08-12-2015 23:32
  
  A Tulsa County judge has dismissed some of the claims made in a lawsuit against the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Oklahoma Now Accepting Applications For Winter Heating Assistance

  08-12-2015 22:34
  
  Oklahoma officials say financial assistance to help pay this winter's heating bills is now available for those who qualify.
  
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• 4 Juveniles Arrested In Violent Del City Assault Caught On Camera

  08-12-2015 21:55
  
  Four juveniles have been arrested in connection to the violent beating of a young mother and a Good Samaritan that was caught on camera in Del City.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Plans Public Event At Oklahoma Jazz Hall Of Fame

  08-12-2015 21:40
  
  Hillary Clinton plans a public event in Tulsa as she visits the state as part of a fundraising stop.
  
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• Canada launches inquiry into murdered aboriginal women

  08-12-2015 21:27
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on Tuesday launched an investigation into hundreds of murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls, stressing the need for a stron
  
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• Homicide Victim's Body Recovered From Pittsburg County Lake

  08-12-2015 21:20
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a dive team recovered the body of an 18-year-old homicide victim Tuesday morning at Dow Lake near Haileyville.
  
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• Legal experts agree: Trump's proposal unconstitutional

  08-12-2015 20:50
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump's call to block all Muslims from entering the United States is not only unconstitutional, but also impossible to carry out, legal experts said Tuesday.
  
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• US resident says he left al-Shabab due to its oppression

  08-12-2015 20:49
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A U.S. resident who's in custody in Somalia has denied that he's part of the Islamic State group and said he left al-Shabab in 2013 because it was unjustly killing people.
  
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• Driver Killed In Crash Near Bristow

  08-12-2015 20:48
  
  A driver was killed after being struck by two other vehicles while trying to cross Highway 66 north of Bristow.
  
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• Auto safety ratings to include collision prevention systems

  08-12-2015 20:39
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Tuesday announced plans to update its safety rating system for new cars to include whether the car has technology to avoid crashes, in addition to how well it prote
  
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• The Latest: Obama calls Indian PM to discuss climate talks

  08-12-2015 20:36
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest news related to the U.N. climate conference in Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local:
  
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• The Latest: Sanders tours neighborhood marred by rioting

  08-12-2015 20:32
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The latest on the trial of a Baltimore police officer who is charged with manslaughter in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who was injured in the back of a police tr
  
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• UN urges Jordan to let in 12,000 Syrians stranded on border

  08-12-2015 20:31
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The number of Syrian refugees stranded in a remote desert area on the Jordanian border has tripled to 12,000 since last month, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, urging Jordan
  
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• Poland's president defies constitutional ruling amid crisis

  08-12-2015 20:23
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's constitutional crisis deepened Tuesday, with the president indicating he will stick by the new ruling party's judicial appointments to the Constitutional Tribunal in def
  
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• Republicans criticize construction of new embassy in London

  08-12-2015 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials are defending the design of a $1 billion new U.S. embassy being built in London. They say it meets high security standards in a time of terrorist threats a
  
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• Trump shrugs off GOP rejections of proposal to ban Muslims

  08-12-2015 20:15
  
  Trump stands by his proposal to ban Muslims from entering US, despite scorn from GOP, othersRussia launches more airstrikes in Syria; 1st time Russian sub launches new cruise missileLife is slow to re
  
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• Hill Democrats seek spotlight to curb terror suspects' guns

  08-12-2015 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have taken to the floors of the Senate and House to draw attention to their drive to prevent violent extremists from obtaining guns.
  
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• Russia launches new airstrikes in Syria; 1st from submarine

  08-12-2015 20:08
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's defense minister says the military has launched a barrage of new air and missile strikes on targets in Syria and for the first time has launched a new cruise missile from a subm
  
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• Tulsa Mayor Files Brief Against 1-Cent Sales Tax For Education

  08-12-2015 20:06
  
  Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett and the Oklahoma Municipal League filed a brief on Monday arguing against the proposed 1-cent sales tax for education in Oklahoma.
  
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• Life is slow to return to shattered Syrian city of Homs

  08-12-2015 20:04
  
  HOMS, Syria (AP) — Once Syrian opposition fighters start pulling out of the last rebel-held area of Homs this week, the city once known as the "capital of the revolution" will fully return to governme
  
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• FAA approval near, Honda's business jet about to hit market

  08-12-2015 20:02
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nearly 30 years after Honda's founder started developing the product and after more than a dozen years of testing, the company best known for its cars and motorcycles is about to
  
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• Police, Jewish NYC neighborhood flummoxed by serial arsonist

  08-12-2015 19:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Somebody has been burning down new homes in a New York City neighborhood populated by Bukharian Jews, and police aren't sure whether the victims are being targeted for their religion,
  
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• KRMG tours 'Gathering Place' park construction

  08-12-2015 19:47
  
  Groundbreaking for Tulsa's massive new park on Riverside Drive was more than a year ago, but we're now starting to see some major progress. "Driving around the site, it just looks like a lot of dirt being moved around, but you can tell those crews have done a lot."
  
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• London mayor calls Trump's comments on city 'utter nonsense'

  08-12-2015 19:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — Donald Trump's comments about London are "nonsense," the city's mayor said Tuesday, inviting the U.S. Republican presidential hopeful to come and see for himself.
  
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• Oklahoma Gasoline Prices Lowest Since January

  08-12-2015 19:45
  
  The average price of gasoline in Oklahoma continues to fall and is now the fourth-lowest price in the United States.
  
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• Man accused of creating 300 Twitter accounts accused of online harassment

  08-12-2015 19:43
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico man accused of creating 300 Twitter accounts to harass people online has been arrested in the first case of its kind for the U.S. territory, authorities said
  
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• US Treasury adds more North Koreans to its blacklist

  08-12-2015 19:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has blacklisted six North Korean banking representatives and three shipping companies in the latest effort to target through sanctions the isolated nation's w
  
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• Michael Grogan's Weather Blog: Indian Summer Prevails Ahead of Next Storm System

  08-12-2015 19:26
  
  Unseasonable warmth has taken over much of the United States this week with temperatures running between 10° and 20° above normal here in Oklahoma. 
  
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• White House: All GOP candidates should disavow Donald Trump

  08-12-2015 19:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says any Republican presidential candidate too scared of the GOP political base to condemn Donald Trump shouldn't be president.
  
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• Boston College: 80 sickened after eating at Chipotle

  08-12-2015 19:25
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston College said the number of students reporting gastrointestinal symptoms after eating at a Chipotle this weekend has climbed to 80.
  
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• The Ups And Downs Of Low Oil Prices

  08-12-2015 19:15
  
  When most people think about oil prices, they assume that the lower they are, the better for the U.S. economy. The reality is far more complicated, especially for anyone connected to the energy industry.
  
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• Trump stands by his proposal to ban Muslims from entering US, despite scorn from GOP, others

  08-12-2015 19:06
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his call to block all Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea drew condemnation from rival Republican presidential candid
  
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• No Child Left Behind rewrite heading toward final approval

  08-12-2015 18:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited rewrite of federal education law appears headed for final congressional approval.
  
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• Two Arrested For Breaking Into Tulsa Home, Pistol-Whipping Women

  08-12-2015 18:45
  
  Tulsa police have arrested two men they say broke into a home, robbed and assaulted the women inside. 
  
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• Busy air traffic control facilities lack enough controllers

  08-12-2015 18:32
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says 13 of the nation's busiest air traffic control facilities are suffering from a shortage of air traffic controllers, a problem it says demands "urgent atten
  
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• Authorities Searching McIntosh County For Missing Eufaula Woman

  08-12-2015 18:31
  
  Law enforcement authorities are searching several properties in the rural McIntosh County area Peggy McGuire was living at the time of her disappearance, a news release states. 
  
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• Authorities continue search for missing Eufaula woman

  08-12-2015 18:31
  
  Multiple agencies, including the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, began serving search warrants in the area where Peggy McGuire, 29, was living at the time of her disappearance. 
  
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• Justices weigh meaning of 'one person, one vote'

  08-12-2015 18:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is treading gingerly on a question of immense importance to the nation's growing Latino population: whether states must count all residents, or only eligible voters
  
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• House set to tighten controls on visa-free travel to US

  08-12-2015 18:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is preparing to tighten controls on visa-free travel to the U.S. following the Paris terror attacks.
  
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• Sanders tours Baltimore neighborhood marred by rioting

  08-12-2015 18:17
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took his presidential campaign to the heart of a Baltimore neighborhood on Tuesday that witnessed riots last spring, calling the level of poverty and rundo
  
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• 5 Poles abducted by Nigerian pirates have been freed

  08-12-2015 18:14
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Five Polish seamen abducted by pirates from a cargo ship off Nigeria's coast in late November have been freed and are returning home soon, Poland's prime minister said Tuesday.
  
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• Food industry pushing halt to GMO labeling by end of year

  08-12-2015 18:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Food companies are mounting an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.
  
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• Speaker Ryan to House GOP: Trump proposal 'not who we are'

  08-12-2015 18:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposal to bar Muslims from entering the U.S., saying such views are "not what this party st
  
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• France urges EU to act faster against extremist funding

  08-12-2015 18:09
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — France urged its European Union partners on Tuesday to speed up efforts to cut off funds to extremists groups, nearly a month after the Paris attacks.
  
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• Tulsa firefighters respond to same home twice Tuesday morning

  08-12-2015 18:07
  
  Fire crews returned to a home South Phoenix Avenue near 7th Street that had caught fire a few hours earlier after smoke was seen rising from an upstairs windows Tuesday morning.
  
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• High court considers Arizona redistricting challenge

  08-12-2015 18:06
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with a dispute over whether Arizona's state legislative districts were redrawn in a way that illegally shifted voters to give Democrats an advantag
  
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• UK lawmakers reject lowering voting age for EU referendum

  08-12-2015 18:04
  LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have rejected proposals to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in a major referendum to decide whether the country should leave the European Union.
  
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• Prosecutors rest case in Freddie Gray trial

  08-12-2015 18:04
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The prosecution rested its case Tuesday after calling about 15 witnesses in the manslaughter trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
  
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• UN says malaria cases drop but progress in Africa is slower

  08-12-2015 18:03
  LONDON (AP) — The number of malaria cases worldwide has dropped in recent years but the countries with the biggest outbreaks have made the least progress, according to a new report Tuesday by the Worl
  
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