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• Tunisian lawmakers pass no-confidence vote, firing PM

  30-07-2016 23:52
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday, effectively disbanding the government of the U.S.-trained agricultural economist.
  
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• San Diego police view body-camera footage in officer killing

  30-07-2016 23:48
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Investigators viewed body-camera footage to learn how one San Diego police officer was killed and another seriously injured in a gunbattle during a traffic stop. But the city's police
  
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• FAA was warned of risk for high-fatality balloon crashes

  30-07-2016 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning about potential high-fatality accidents, safety investigators recommended two years ago that the Federal Aviation Administration impose greater oversight on commercial hot ai
  
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• Donald Trump attacks Muslim father's convention speech

  30-07-2016 23:38
  
  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — With 100 days left before the fall election, Hillary Clinton's campaign bus wound its way through Donald Trump's America as the Republican nominee picked a new fight with the ber
  
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• NOAA: mass die-off at marine sanctuary off Louisiana, Texas

  30-07-2016 23:37
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal scientists say a massive die-off is taking place on a coral reef of a national marine sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Officials: Appear to be no survivors in Texas balloon crash

  30-07-2016 23:25
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, and there did not appear to be any survivors, authorities said.
  
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• Ex-Cherokee Nation Foundation Official Calls Embezzlement Charges Retaliation

  30-07-2016 23:05
  
  The former director of the Cherokee Nation Foundation in Oklahoma says embezzlement charges against her are political retaliation. Kimberlie Gilliland is charged with nine counts of embezzlement from the foundation and using the money for California vacations, computers, food, a Tulsa parking ticket, and an online master's degree. Gilliland said in a statement to the Muskogee Phoenix that she has done nothing wrong and that the charges are because she supported a candidate other tha...
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in Seattle-area shooting to be booked

  30-07-2016 23:02
  
  MUKILTEO, Washington (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a gathering of young adults in suburban Seattle (all times local):
  
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• John Hinckley's return to normalcy has been years in making

  30-07-2016 23:00
  
  WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Life for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago has progressively become more normal, with greater freedom outside a psychiatric hospital, and p
  
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• Former KKK member convicted in deadly bombing up for parole

  30-07-2016 23:00
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. was a young Ku Klux Klansman with a reputation for hating blacks in 1963, when a bomb ripped a hole in the side of 16th Street Baptist Church, killing
  
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• The Latest: Cruz offers condolences in Texas balloon crash

  30-07-2016 22:43
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the hot air balloon that crashed in Central Texas (all times local):
  
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• Court rules for middle school, officer in teen's burp arrest

  30-07-2016 22:31
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the petty misdemeanor arrest of an Albuquerque student accused of repeatedly disrupting his middle-school class with loud burps.
  
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• Testing confirms new, rarely seen whale in Pacific Ocean

  30-07-2016 22:30
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Genetic tests confirm that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen roams the northern Pacific Ocean, according to research p
  
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• Battle over 'Right to Farm' heats up

  30-07-2016 22:30
  
  Critics say it could result in the legal growing of marijuana and widespread pollution that will result in more action from the EPA and lawsuits. Supporters say it is needed to protect the family farmer from encroaching regulations proposed by environmentalist groups.
  
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• Pope to young: Try politics, activism; don't be couch potato

  30-07-2016 22:11
  
  BRZEGI, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a sprawling Polish meadow to reject being a "couch potato" who retreats into video games and compute
  
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• The Latest: Organizers say 1.6 million at event with pope

  30-07-2016 22:06
  
  KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the pope's visit to Poland (all times local):
  
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• Ex-Cherokee foundation official says charges are retaliation

  30-07-2016 21:51
  
  Kimberlie Gilliland is charged with nine counts of embezzlement from the foundation and using the money for California vacations, computers, food, a Tulsa parking ticket, and an online master's degree.
  
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• Fires keep tourists away from California's Big Sur coast

  30-07-2016 21:49
  
  Blazes have destroyed dozens of homes in several Western states and scared away tourists from California's dramatic Big Sur coast, which is near a wildfire burning in hard-to-reach forested ridges tha
  
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• Fighting between rival Tuareg groups kills 6 in NE Mali

  30-07-2016 21:33
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Fighting broke out Saturday in northeastern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of this West African country, killing at least s
  
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• The Latest: Woman near Texas balloon crash saw fireball

  30-07-2016 21:18
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the hot air balloon that crashed in Central Texas (all times local):
  
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• Residual convention effect on Oklahoma politics hard to measure

  30-07-2016 21:00
  
  The question for Oklahomans is, what does the hoopty-hoo and holler mean for us?
  
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• The Latest: Pope tells young "to leave a mark" in the world

  30-07-2016 20:56
  
  KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the pope's visit to Poland (all times local):
  
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• FAA warned of potential for many hot air balloon deaths

  30-07-2016 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Accident investigators warned the Federal Aviation Administration two years ago of the potential for large numbers of hot air balloon deaths and recommended greater safety oversight
  
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• Koch donors gather for weekend retreat

  30-07-2016 20:40
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Billionaire industrialist and conservative benefactor Charles Koch is hosting hundreds of the nation's most powerful political donors this weekend in Colorado.
  
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• Judge refuses to dismiss sex suit against Derrick Rose

  30-07-2016 20:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging New York Knicks player Derrick Rose and two friends drugged and gang-raped a woman.
  
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• Brazil cuts ribbon on new subway line crucial for Olympics

  30-07-2016 20:22
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian officials have held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a much-delayed $3 billion subway expansion in Rio de Janeiro less than a week before the Olympic Games begin.
  
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• 3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting near Seattle; suspect in custody

  30-07-2016 20:19
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A gunman attacked a gathering of young adults at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday, killing two people at a fire pit before firing more shots from the roof, the grandmother of one
  
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• 'Number of fatalities' in Texas balloon crash; toll unclear

  30-07-2016 20:18
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life."
  
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• Montana to revisit incest law allowing charges against teens

  30-07-2016 20:15
  
  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Lawmakers will review a loophole in Montana's incest law that allows 16- and 17-year-olds to be held as complicit as their parents.
  
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• The Latest: 'Significant loss of life' in balloon crash

  30-07-2016 20:11
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the hot air balloon that crashed in Central Texas (all times local):
  
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• Man in Belgium charged with "terrorist murders" attempt

  30-07-2016 20:06
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A man in Belgium has been charged with attempting to commit "terrorist murders" and participating in a terror group and his brother has been released without charge, the Federal Prosec
  
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• Off-duty Indianapolis officer charged with attempted murder

  30-07-2016 19:59
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis police officer faces an attempted murder charge after authorities say he shot a detective investigating a domestic violence incident involving the officer and his e
  
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• Storms With Heavy Rain, Lightning Move Across Eastern Oklahoma

  30-07-2016 19:57
  
  Storms moved across the Tulsa metro Saturday morning and into eastern Oklahoma, leaving behind flooded streets.  The storms are expected to leave Green Country by mid afternoon leading to mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the day.  
  
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• Downed power lines prompt East 21st Street closure

  30-07-2016 19:46
  
  About noon only the eastbound lanes of East 21st Street between South Norfolk Avenue and South Owasso avenues were shut down. About 40 minutes later crews closed both westbound lanes as well, the dispatcher said.
  
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• Armenian police accuse barricaded gunmen of killing officer

  30-07-2016 19:44
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armed members of an opposition group barricaded inside a police station in Armenia's capital shot an officer dead on Saturday, police said.
  
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• Hot Air Balloon Crash In Central Texas Kills 16

  30-07-2016 19:41
  
  The Department of Public Safety confirms 16 people are dead after hot air balloon crash between Austin and San Antonio. 
  
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• Wizard magic: JK Rowling hopes Harry Potter play goes global

  30-07-2016 19:28
  
  LONDON (AP) — London is under Harry Potter's spell once more — and J.K. Rowling hopes the rest of the world will eventually follow.
  
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• Powerball $478 Million Jackpot Is Nation's 8th Largest

  30-07-2016 19:05
  
  Powerball players have a shot at the nation's eighth-largest lottery jackpot, but they should keep in mind that their dreams of riches likely won't become a reality.
  
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• The Latest: Woman: Granddaughter hid in closet from gunman

  30-07-2016 19:04
  
  MUKILTEO, Washington (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a gathering of young adults in suburban Seattle (all times local):
  
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• Update: 'Number of fatalities' in Texas balloon crash; toll unclear

  30-07-2016 18:37
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life."
  
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• Trump, Clinton spar for national security upper hand

  30-07-2016 18:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In their struggle for the upper hand on national security, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are emphasizing strikingly different themes - he as the bold and cunningly unpredictable s
  
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• Officials believe no survivors in Texas balloon crash

  30-07-2016 18:07
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — Authorities say it is likely there are no survivors after a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas.
  
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• Storms With Heavy Rain, Lightning Move Into Eastern Oklahoma

  30-07-2016 18:04
  
  Showers and storms Saturday morning will continue moving east and out of Green Country by the noon hour.
  
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• Authorities: Appear to be no survivors in hot air balloon crash in Texas; FAA says at least 16 people on board

  30-07-2016 17:57
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — Authorities: Appear to be no survivors in hot air balloon crash in Texas; FAA says at least 16 people on board.
  
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• NY caretakers say they are being punished for complaints

  30-07-2016 17:43
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some caretakers for disabled New Yorkers say they've been harassed and punished for making complaints about potentially hazardous situations at state facilities.
  
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• 9 Taken To OKC Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

  30-07-2016 17:40
  
  The Oklahoma City Fire Department says nine occupants of a home in Yukon were transported to the hospital to be evaluated for carbon monoxide poisoning early Saturday morning. At 6:22 a.m., crews responded to a home at 2125 Dogwood Creek Ave., after a report of a person being passed out. According to OKCFD, electricity to the home was recently cut off, and a portable generator was being used to provide power. The generator was left running inside the garage with the garage doo...
  
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• For 8 summer nights, 2 starkly different visions of America

  30-07-2016 17:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For eight summer nights, there were two starkly different visions of America.
  
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• Yemen government withdraws from Kuwait talks with rebels

  30-07-2016 17:15
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's government delegation on Saturday quit talks in Kuwait with Shiite Houthi rebels, having agreed to resume them earlier this month.
  
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• 118 dormitories burned in Kenya in wave of arson attacks

  30-07-2016 16:59
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 100 high school dormitories in Kenya have been burned in a wave of arson attacks over the past three months.
  
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• Fighting between Turkish forces, Kurdish rebels kills 43

  30-07-2016 16:42
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities say fighting between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast of the country has killed eight Turkish soldiers and 35 Kurdish fighters.
  
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