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• 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee buried in Alabama hometown

  20-02-2016 23:35
  
  MONROEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The author of the America classic "To Kill a Mockingbird" was laid to rest Saturday, in a private ceremony attended by only the closest of friends and family, a reflection of
  
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• Hillary Clinton edges out Bernie Sanders to win Nevada caucuses

  20-02-2016 23:24
  
  Clinton prevailed in the third contest of the primary campaign with the backing of women, union workers, minorities and voters who are certain that the former secretary of state will have a better shot of winning in November, according to entrance polls.
  
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• Hillary Clinton wins Nevada Democratic caucuses

  20-02-2016 23:16
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hillary Clinton wins the Nevada Democratic caucuses, rebounding after a second-place finish to Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire.
  
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• Performers try out at ONEOK Field to perform national anthem before Drillers, Roughnecks games

  20-02-2016 23:00
  
  Judges will choose between 15 and 20 acts to perform the National Anthem before one of the summer's Drillers or Roughnecks games. 
  
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• Golden Apple winner's history with teaching goes back to days as student

  20-02-2016 22:53
  
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• The Latest: Rubio receives support from SC Rep. Wilson

  20-02-2016 22:39
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential election and two crucial contests Saturday: South Carolina's Republican primary and Nevada's Democratic caucuses (all times are Eastern Standa
  
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• Republican voters in SC, Democrats in Nevada in spotlight

  20-02-2016 22:38
  The spotlight for the presidential race turns to Republicans in South Carolina and Democrats in Nevada on Saturday. Since starting the first-in-the-South primary in 1980, South Carolina Republicans ha
  
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• Fund Set Up For Centralia Firefighter Struck Fighting Grass Fire

  20-02-2016 21:51
  
  The Centralia Volunteer Fire Department has set a Gofundme account from one of its firefighters who was struck by a car while fighting a grass fire on Thursday. 
  
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• Late Justice Antonin Scalia Honored At Funeral Mass

  20-02-2016 19:37
  
  In a hallowed place where popes have prayed and pilgrims have flocked, Washington capped two days of official mourning for Antonin Scalia with a funeral Mass for the late Supreme Court justice. 
  
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• Police: 'Chemical Explosive' Found Outside Owasso Home

  20-02-2016 18:58
  
  Owasso Police removed a chemical non-lethal explosive found outside a home in the Brookfield Crossing neighborhood Saturday morning.
  
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• 1 officer dead, 3 wounded in Mississippi shooting

  20-02-2016 17:36
  
  IUKA, Mississippi (AP) — One law enforcement officer was killed and three were injured early Saturday after an hourslong standoff in rural north Mississippi ended in gunfire, authorities said.
  
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• Supreme Court scuffle triggers constitutional clash

  20-02-2016 17:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It only took one man's death to give Congress an opening to permeate its dysfunction throughout the rest of government.
  
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• Mourners gather for Scalia's funeral Mass at hallowed place

  20-02-2016 17:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a hallowed place where popes have prayed and pilgrims have flocked, mourners gathered Saturday at the nation's largest Catholic church to pay their final respects to Justice Anton
  
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• The Latest: Cruz breaks off SC campaign for Scalia Mass

  20-02-2016 17:08
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 president election and two crucial contests Saturday: South Carolina's Republican primary and Nevada's Democratic caucuses (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Scalia's casket arrives at funeral Mass

  20-02-2016 17:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the funeral Mass for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (all times local):
  
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• Nigeria: People detained by military disappear in northeast

  20-02-2016 16:57
  
  YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — First come the whispers, then accusations loud enough to raise alarms throughout Nigeria's northeastern villages ravaged by extremist violence. Next, people accused of being Boko
  
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• Truck Crash On Turner Turnpike At Bristow Slows Eastbound Traffic

  20-02-2016 16:49
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says one eastbound lane of the Turner Turnpike has been reopened to traffic near the Bristow exit after truck crash early Saturday. 
  
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• Necropsy Results Released In Death Of OKC Zoo Elephant Chai

  20-02-2016 16:49
  
  The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden says a necropsy has been performed on the 37-year-old Asian elephant named Chai. 
  
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• As Legislators Weigh School Cuts, A Rising Outcry from Parents and Advocates

  20-02-2016 16:26
  
  Across Oklahoma, an apparently growing number of parents, community leaders, educators and other residents are raising louder voices about what they view as a crisis in common education.
  
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• Vintage Tulsa Show This Weekend At Tulsa County Fairgrounds

  20-02-2016 16:08
  
  About 140 dealers from Tulsa and across the country are at the Exchange Center at the Tulsa Fairgrounds this weekend. 
  
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• 2 NYPD officers injured in Brooklyn shootout; suspect shot

  20-02-2016 15:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City Police officers were injured early Saturday in a shootout with a suspect who crashed his car into a police vehicle, police said.
  
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• Egypt author jailed for violating 'public modesty'

  20-02-2016 15:56
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian author Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in jail on Saturday by a Cairo appeals court for publishing a sexually explicit excerpt of his novel that prosecutors said violated "
  
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• Update: Eastbound Turner Turnpike lane reopens after tractor-trailer crash; inside lane remains closed

  20-02-2016 15:32
  
  A tractor-trailer overturned Saturday morning and closed both eastbound lanes of the Turner Turnpike near Bristow.
  
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• Uganda's Yoweri Museveni wins disputed polls; rival detained

  20-02-2016 15:14
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Long-time Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of the presidential election, with more than 60 percent of the votes, but the main opposition party rejected the
  
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• Serbia: 2 hostages killed in US airstrikes in Libya

  20-02-2016 15:05
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Two Serbian embassy staffers held hostage since November died in Friday's U.S. airstrikes on an Islamic State camp in western Libya that killed dozens, Serbian officials said S
  
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• Motorcyclist Killed In Four Vehicle South Tulsa Crash

  20-02-2016 15:05
  
  Police say a Tulsa man was killed in a motorcycle collision involving three other vehicles near 71st Street South and Riverside Friday evening.
  
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• Tulsa Water Main Repair To Restrict Traffic On South Yale

  20-02-2016 14:37
  
  Tulsa's water department will be fixing a leaking 12-inch water line on South Yale Saturday. 
  
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• Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work

  20-02-2016 14:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about her life and work has only begun.
  
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• Niger leader seeks 2nd term amid fear of extremist violence

  20-02-2016 14:21
  NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's president will stand for re-election Sunday in a climate made tense by Islamic extremist threats and complaints about a crackdown on dissent.
  
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• Berlin film fest jury ponders who should get top honors

  20-02-2016 14:20
  
  BERLIN (AP) — After more than a week of red-carpet screenings, the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival is set to announce the winner of its Golden Bear award for best movie and other honors
  
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• Kiev demonstrators attack Russian banks

  20-02-2016 14:19
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Nationalist demonstrators in Ukraine have attacked two offices of Russian banks in the capital amid observances of the second anniversary of the protests that brought down the Rus
  
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• Driver Not Injured In Broken Arrow Expressway Crash

  20-02-2016 14:18
  
  Tulsa Police say a westbound car crashed into a barrier on the Broken Arrow Expressway near Sheridan late Friday.
  
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• What To Watch For In The South Carolina Republican Primary

  20-02-2016 14:08
  
  South Carolina Republicans will cast their votes Saturday in the nation's first-in-the-South primary, with polls closing at 7 p.m. 
  
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• Tulsa Man Charged With Making Valentine's Day Bomb Threat

  20-02-2016 13:44
  
  Tulsa County prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old Tulsa man with making a bomb threat on Valentine's Day.
  
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• Miami Police Testing City's New Drone

  20-02-2016 13:44
  
  The city of Miami now has a drone for various agencies to use.   
  
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• Smoke in the air causes allergy-like symptoms for Green Country neighbors

  20-02-2016 13:39
  
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• 4 dead in protests for caste benefits in northern India

  20-02-2016 12:30
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of army and paramilitary soldiers on Saturday tried to quell protests by angry mobs demanding government benefits in a northern Indian state, with at least four people killed
  
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• Republic of Congo: Ex-army chief summoned for questioning

  20-02-2016 12:12
  BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AP) — A presidential candidate in Republic of Congo who formerly served as armed forces chief of staff is being investigated for allegedly making statements that threaten state sec
  
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• In Pope Francis era, US candidates face new moral questions

  20-02-2016 11:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — When politicians were confronted in recent years about how their policies fit their faith, the issue at hand was usually abortion and the targets were mostly Democrats.
  
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• Taxpayers' bill reaches $10M for Christie's bridge case fees

  20-02-2016 10:33
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey taxpayers have spent more than $10 million for legal services for Gov. Chris Christie's administration in the George Washington Bridge lane closure case still pending a
  
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• Police arrest two women during undercover prostitution sting

  20-02-2016 09:35
  
  If it's not broken, keep busting local prostitutes the same way. Tulsa undercover officers continued to use the popular website Backpage.com to make prostitution arrests.
  
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• Fiji hunkers down as formidable cyclone nears main islands

  20-02-2016 08:50
  
  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Pacific island nation of Fiji was hunkering down Saturday as a formidable cyclone with winds of 300 kilometers (186 miles) per hour bore down.
  
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• China's top securities regulator steps down

  20-02-2016 08:20
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's top securities regulator Xiao Gang will step down following months of turmoil in Chinese stock markets that battered faith in Beijing's economic management.
  
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• US would let Apple keep software to help FBI hack iPhone

  20-02-2016 07:00
  
  The Obama administration told a U.S. magistrate judge on Friday it would be willing to allow Apple Inc. to retain possession of and later destroy specialized software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by the gunman in December’s mass shootings in California.
  
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• Trial starts in civil case on Tulsa Jail rape allegations

  20-02-2016 07:00
  
  The lawsuit claims that the sexual assaults occurred in the jail's medical unit, an area where juvenile females are housed and at the time had limited video surveillance and sometimes was staffed by just one detention officer.
  
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• Thoreau sixth-graders take on personalities of famous people

  20-02-2016 07:00
  
  In the "Brotherhood" project, students to choose a famous figure — from the past or present — who has encountered some sort of adversity and make a presentation about them to parents, teachers and fellow students.
  
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• Stepfather told investigators he kicked toddler in face, according to arrest report in child death case

  20-02-2016 07:00
  
  Brandon Taylor, who is in his 30s and was previous identified as the woman's boyfriend, will be booked into Tulsa Jail on complaints of child abuse by injury. His arrest report states he admitted to kicking the child after the child had bitten him.
  
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