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• The Latest: Wisconsin official says police let reporter in

  28-07-2016 23:59
  
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a Washington Post reporter being denied entrance to a campaign stop by Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence (all times local):
  
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• Atlantic City to receive state loan to stave off default

  28-07-2016 23:58
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City is about to get a long-awaited state loan to help it stave off default and possibly bankruptcy.
  
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• ACLU: Army investigating Manning after suicide attempt

  28-07-2016 23:55
  
  LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A civil rights group says the transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks now faces possible punishment f
  
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• Tulsa Police Investigating After Woman Shot In Back

  28-07-2016 23:54
  
  Tulsa police have two men in custody they are calling persons of interest in a woman's shooting. The woman was wounded in the back outside her Tulsa home.
  
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• The Latest: Man who brought gun into theater was troubled

  28-07-2016 23:47
  
  MONACA, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a George man jailed on charges of bringing a stolen gun, ammunition into a Pennsylvania movie theater (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Atlantic City OKs state loan to avoid default

  28-07-2016 23:47
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on Atlantic City, New Jersey, getting a loan to help it though the end of the year and avoid default and possible bankruptcy (all times local):
  
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• Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Washington in September

  28-07-2016 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will visit Washington in mid-September.
  
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• Troubled Nevada sports book operator, pioneer fined again

  28-07-2016 23:43
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada regulators said Thursday they'll let one of the state's largest sports book operators stay in business after years of underpaying winning gamblers because the Las Vegas company
  
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• Brazen Thief Hits Cash Drawer At Glenpool Grocery Store

  28-07-2016 23:42
  
  Glenpool police need your help catching a thief. Officers said the man's clean cut appearance may have helped him slip in and out unnoticed.  
  
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• The Latest: Biden tries to comfort slain officers' relatives

  28-07-2016 23:36
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on a vigil ceremony for three law enforcement officers who were shot and killed by a lone gunman outside a Baton Rouge convenience store on July 17 (all times local)
  
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• Video: Watch jaguar cub's adorable struggle to get to its mother at Tulsa Zoo

  28-07-2016 23:30
  
  Now 1 month old, the cub is still in a private, off-exhibit den with its mother until the two are ready for a public debut.
  
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• Tulsa City Councilor's Businesses Are Tens Of Thousands Behind On Taxes

  28-07-2016 23:30
  
  The Oklahoma Tax Commission has come down on Tulsa city councilor Blake Ewing for failing to pay state taxes on three businesses he owns downtown.
  
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• On DNC's final night: Katy Perry, Carole King, Ted Danson

  28-07-2016 23:30
  
  The celebrity power continues into the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, with musical performances Thursday from legendary songwriter Carole King and current chart-toppe
  
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• Minority Dem delegates frustrated with 'Bernie or Bust'

  28-07-2016 23:21
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering "Bernie or Bust" movement is stirring frustration at the party's convention among delegates of color, who say they're
  
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• Mayor: Black Lives Matter banner stays over police protests

  28-07-2016 23:21
  
  SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — The mayor of this largely white, historically working-class Boston suburb is promising not to remove a Black Lives Matter banner from City Hall despite complaints from police
  
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• FAA safety inspectors unable to make surprise inspections

  28-07-2016 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says U.S. safety inspectors are generally unable to conduct unannounced inspections of foreign repair stations where most airlines send their planes for major r
  
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• Baltimore's far from done despite collapse of criminal case

  28-07-2016 23:14
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Many of this city's deepest challenges remain unresolved after the collapse of the criminal case against six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, the young black man
  
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• Man convicted of capital murder in shooting of state trooper

  28-07-2016 23:13
  
  DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — A man has been convicted of capital murder in the 2013 shooting of a Virginia state trooper.
  
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• Huge crowd at Polish shrine hears pope hail their faith

  28-07-2016 23:07
  
  CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis blessed hundreds of thousands of faithful Thursday at a shrine in Poland, paying tribute to a beloved native son, St. John Paul II, honoring the countless "ordi
  
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• Zimbabwe activist calls for massive but peaceful uprising

  28-07-2016 22:58
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zimbabwe pastor who launched a social media campaign criticizing the government and then left the country for his safety is calling for a massive but peaceful uprising.
  
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• The Latest: Police report using pepper spray once near DNC

  28-07-2016 22:57
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on protests and demonstrations on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (all times local):
  
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• Officials Cut Ribbon On Broken Arrow Campus For Tulsa Ballet

  28-07-2016 22:57
  
  It's the second campus for the Tulsa Ballet, which features four studios and a theater. Donations helped pay for the $10 million facility.
  
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• Claremore Firefighter To Be Inducted Into Hall Of Fame In Colorado Springs

  28-07-2016 22:44
  
  A Claremore firefighter killed in the line of duty will be inducted into the International Firefighters Hall of Fame. Capt. Jason Farley died while rescuing people from rising floodwaters.
  
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• Indonesia executes 4 drug traffickers

  28-07-2016 22:19
  
  CILACAP, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia executed four drug traffickers on Friday and said it had not yet decided when 10 others convicted of drug crimes would be put to death.
  
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• Pamela Smart files lawsuit objecting to solitary confinement

  28-07-2016 22:10
  
  BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — Pamela Smart, a New Hampshire school employee who was sentenced to life after her teenage lover killed her husband, claims in a lawsuit that she was wrongly put in solitary
  
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• Man convicted in Chandra Levy's death won't be retried

  28-07-2016 22:08
  
  Prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not retry a man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy, saying they can no longer prove their case in the 15-year-old slaying that thrust for
  
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• Soldiers rescue elderly woman stranded in hot car for days

  28-07-2016 22:07
  
  LAKEHURST, N.J. (AP) — An elderly woman was stranded in a wooded area for days without food but collected rainwater to drink before soldiers from the Massachusetts Army National Guard happened upon he
  
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• Police: Woman seen in kidnapping video made incident up

  28-07-2016 22:06
  
  SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina woman seen bound and gagged in a video sent to her mother made up the kidnapping incident and has been charged with filing a false police rep
  
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• Tulsa County prosecutors: Four of five males accused of beating man to death are Hoover Crips gang members

  28-07-2016 22:00
  
  Four of five males charged with murdering 41-year-old Joe Perez by beating him to death on a north Tulsa street in March are members of the Hoover Crips criminal street gang, Tulsa County prosecutors allege.
  
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• The Latest: Rain puts damper on protests in Philadelphia

  28-07-2016 21:59
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on protests and demonstrations on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (all times local):
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: Nusra Front's break from al-Qaida

  28-07-2016 21:52
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Nusra Front, which was formed as al-Qaida's branch in Syria, announced Thursday it was ending its connection with the terror network and changing its name to the Levant Conquest Fron
  
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• Hundreds gather at vigil for slain Baton Rouge officers

  28-07-2016 21:42
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a Baton Rouge church Thursday for a vigil honoring three law enforcement officers who were killed during a shootout with a lone gunman outside a
  
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• North Carolina headmaster pleads guilty to embezzling $9M

  28-07-2016 21:41
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The former headmaster at a private school in suburban Charlotte has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $9 million and will have to repay the money he used for a million-dollar
  
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• Judge rejects request in Minnesota archdiocese bankruptcy

  28-07-2016 21:39
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has declined to include parishes and other church properties among assets in the bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
  
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• Experts confront multiple explanations for surge of killings

  28-07-2016 21:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The relentless series of mass killings across the globe poses a challenge for experts trying to analyze them without lapsing into faulty generalizations. Terms like contagion and copyc
  
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• 2 hikers from Vermont found in South Dakota's Badlands park

  28-07-2016 21:35
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Emergency crews on Thursday found two hikers from Vermont who spent the night lost in the rugged terrain of South Dakota's Badlands National Park, sheriff's officials said.
  
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• Suspect in college student's killing had hidden room in barn

  28-07-2016 21:33
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Search warrants show investigators found a hidden room outfitted with restraints inside a barn belonging to an Ohio man who's accused of abducting and killing a college student.
  
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• The Latest: Vatican says 500,000 see pope at Poland rally

  28-07-2016 21:31
  
  CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Poland and World Youth Day celebrations (all times local):
  
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• Turkey's top military commander keeps post

  28-07-2016 21:30
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's top military commander, who was held hostage during an attempted coup, kept his post Thursday, while the general who served as acting chief of staff was promoted followi
  
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• Suspected serial killer makes court appearance Thursday, mother of Oklahoma victim ready for justice

  28-07-2016 21:27
  
  Dobry's daughter, Tiffany Johnston, was abducted July 26, 1997, from a Bethany car wash, according to police.
  
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• The Latest: 2 groups walked out California wildfire area

  28-07-2016 21:25
  
  BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
  
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• NBA head: Nixing Charlotte All-Star Game a business decision

  28-07-2016 21:20
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the basketball league made a business decision that North Carolina's law limiting anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people makes holding i
  
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• 3 kids found living in Kentucky shed; 2 adults arrested

  28-07-2016 21:15
  
  DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say they found three children living in a shed in Kentucky that had no electricity, no running water and a bucket containing human feces.
  
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• Prosecutors drop murder charges against Salvadoran man awaiting new trial in Chandra Levy case

  28-07-2016 20:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors drop murder charges against Salvadoran man awaiting new trial in Chandra Levy case.
  
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• Police protest mayor's city hall Black Lives Matter banner

  28-07-2016 20:23
  
  SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Police officers in Massachusetts are upset the mayor of this largely white, historically working class Boston suburb is refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter banner that has
  
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• Reports: Indonesia executes drug convicts despite protest

  28-07-2016 20:20
  
  CILACAP, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian television networks say the government has carried out executions of people convicted of drug crimes.
  
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• UN warns of dangers as Iraqis displaced by IS return home

  28-07-2016 20:16
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iraqis uprooted by the Islamic State group are now returning home after a string of Iraqi government victories in Anbar province, but the United Nations is warning
  
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• Tulsa Deputy Charged With Rape Was Subject Of TCSO Investigation

  28-07-2016 20:13
  
  Documents obtained by News On 6 show a former Tulsa County deputy accused of rape was the subject of an internal investigation last year.
  
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• Girl's death spurs efforts to end annual rowdy lake party

  28-07-2016 20:12
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A boating accident that caused the death of a 9-year-old girl has prompted officials to consider scuttling an annual party on Lake George that has become notorious for alcohol, arr
  
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• Yemen's Houthis, ousted leader formalize alliance

  28-07-2016 20:10
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Shiite rebels on Thursday announced a formal alliance with the country's ousted president and his former ruling party by setting up a new political council to rule the coun
  
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