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• Jenks Schools Police Officers Taking Extra Precautions

  07-10-2016 23:55
  
  Extra Jenks Public Schools Police officers are patrolling every campus because of the creepy clown threats on social media. 
  
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• US accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria, political hacking

  07-10-2016 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Friday bluntly accused Russia of war crimes in Syria and then pointed a finger directly at the Kremlin for hacking American political sites and email accounts to interfer
  
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• Longtime Tulsa Police Officer Marvin Blades, Senior Dies

  07-10-2016 23:50
  
  Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Tulsa Public Schools campus police officer. 
  
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• First-degree murder charge filed against man accused of causing girlfriend's death

  07-10-2016 23:50
  
  Court records allege that 41-year-old Leslie Renee Taylor hit her head after Darryll Justin Lee Reed pushed her, causing a fatal brain bleed.
  
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• Muldrow teacher arrested after student fight on campus

  07-10-2016 23:48
  
  Julie Boshers, 52, is accused of knowing the fight was going to happen and then following the two students — as well as others who were not physically involved in the fight — outside, where she allowed them to fight without calling for helping or attempting to stop the brawl.
  
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• CBO: Budget deficit for 2016 registers at $588B

  07-10-2016 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the budget deficit for the just-completed fiscal year was $588 billion, about one-third greater than last year.
  
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• Aggressive in spotlight, Kaine charms donors in private

  07-10-2016 23:44
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tim Kaine may not have wowed America in his biggest moment on the national stage, the vice presidential debate, but Democrats aren't regretting Hillary Clinton's choice for running ma
  
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• The Latest: Kaine says hacking shows need to back Clinton

  07-10-2016 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: US military mobilizes to help Haiti after storm

  07-10-2016 23:32
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local):
  
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• Global finance leaders pledge closer cooperation

  07-10-2016 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — World finance officials on Friday promised to cooperate more closely and utilize all their policy tools to bolster an anemic global recovery that is now being threatened by an anti-t
  
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• Trucking company involved in explosion ordered off the road

  07-10-2016 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A trucking company that was recently involved in an explosion while hauling automobile air bag inflators was ordered to take its vehicles off the road Friday by federal regulators wh
  
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• Creek Nation Citizen Files Petition To Impeach Chief

  07-10-2016 23:21
  
  A Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen began proceedings Friday to remove James Floyd as the tribe's principal chief on the heels of a controversial layoff of 123 health employees last week. 
  
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• Free Downtown Shuttle Gets New Bus

  07-10-2016 23:20
  
  The free shuttle runs through the Brady, Deco and Blue Dome districts. 
  
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• The Latest: Obama praises Santos getting Nobel Peace Prize

  07-10-2016 23:19
  
  OSLO, Norway (AP) — The latest on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (all times local):
  
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• Evangelical campus ministry group asks pro-gay staff to quit

  07-10-2016 23:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — One of the largest evangelical college ministries in the U.S. has asked any staff members who support same-sex relationships to quit, a move critics call a purge and supporter laud as
  
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• TPD Asks For Public's Help In Identifying Suspects

  07-10-2016 23:10
  
  The Tulsa Police Department is requesting the public help in identifying two men who they said robbed a taco truck recently. 
  
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• Chocolate Is Subject Of New Gilcrease Museum Exhibit

  07-10-2016 23:10
  
  A delicious new exhibit will open this weekend at the Gilcrease Museum.
  
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• Obama ends 'victory tax' on some US Olympic athletes

  07-10-2016 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic athletes who bring home the gold, silver and bronze for Team USA will no longer pay a "victory tax" for their achievement under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law
  
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• Judge Sentences Pair In Tulsa Child Sex Trafficking Case

  07-10-2016 23:01
  A North Carolina man and Florida woman were sentenced Friday to 210 months and 120 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a Tulsa sex trafficking case. Ryan Wise and Jasmine Lynch pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the trafficking of a 14-year-old girl in June.
  
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• US accuses Russia, Syria of war crimes; France seeks UN vote

  07-10-2016 22:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States called Friday for a war crimes investigation of Russia and Syria, ramping up the rhetoric against Moscow for its part in a deadly military offensive in Aleppo while
  
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• Obama orders US economic sanctions on Myanmar lifted

  07-10-2016 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday lifted U.S. economic sanctions on the former pariah state of Myanmar, the culmination of years of rapprochement that Obama has worked to facilitate.
  
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• Nobel Prize boosts Colombian leader's pursuit of peace

  07-10-2016 22:32
  
  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — By winning the Nobel Peace Prize, President Juan Manuel Santos got a big boost Friday in his efforts to save an agreement seeking to end Colombia's half-century conflict.
  
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• Trump suggests immigrants allowed in illegally to vote

  07-10-2016 22:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Seizing on comments from a Border Patrol union leader, Donald Trump said Friday that agents have been told to allow immigrants into the United States illegally "so they can vote in the
  
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• Hurricane threatens some of South's most storied cities

  07-10-2016 22:25
  
  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Matthew spared Florida's most heavily populated stretch from a catastrophic blow Friday but threatened some of the South's most historic and picturesque cities wit
  
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• Settlement talks could resolve suit over La. protest arrests

  07-10-2016 22:23
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Settlement talks that one attorney described as "fruitful" could resolve a lawsuit Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson and others filed against the city of Baton Rouge o
  
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• Man gets life in prison for ordering hit at wrong Ohio home

  07-10-2016 22:18
  
  CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of arranging a contract killing in which the hired attacker went to the wrong Ohio home and shot someone with the same name as the intended target has been sentenced
  
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• Chicago teachers, school officials look to avert strike

  07-10-2016 22:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Contract negotiations between Chicago teachers and officials in the nation's third-largest school district will happen throughout the weekend in hopes of reaching a deal to avert a stri
  
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• Obama campaigns for Democratic House candidates

  07-10-2016 22:12
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama urged donors Friday to rally around Democratic candidates for the House in next month's election, saying a stronger caucus will make the difference on such issues
  
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• More than 1 million people without power in Florida after Hurricane Matthew scrapes state's eastern coast

  07-10-2016 22:07
  
  MIAMI (AP) — More than 1 million people without power in Florida after Hurricane Matthew scrapes state's eastern coast.
  
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• Arm bones of Chicago museum's famous dinosaur to be studied

  07-10-2016 22:02
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Scientists at Chicago's Field Museum have removed the right forelimb of the institution's famous T. rex fossil named Sue.
  
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• UK accused of barring non-citizens from advising on Brexit

  07-10-2016 22:01
  
  LONDON (AP) — The London School of Economics says some of its academics will no longer be allowed to advise the U.K. government on Britain's exit from the European Union because they are not British c
  
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• Officials investigate cross burning at western Kentucky home

  07-10-2016 22:01
  
  OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a woman said she found a cross burning in her front yard and a racial slur written on her mobile home in western Kentucky.
  
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• Standoff continues with man at northwest Alabama motel

  07-10-2016 22:00
  
  KILLEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities continued to speak Friday with a Florida man they say holed himself up in a northwest Alabama motel room after authorities tried to serve him with a warrant.
  
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• US accuses Russia of hacking political sites

  07-10-2016 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is accusing Russia of hacking political sites, saying it is trying to interfere with the upcoming presidential election.
  
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• Removing 2 Confederate statues may cost Virginia city $700K

  07-10-2016 21:55
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials deciding whether Charlottesville should remove two prominent Confederate monuments have learned that the proposed moves would cost a combined $700,000.
  
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• Iowa State president got flight lessons from key appointee

  07-10-2016 21:53
  
  AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University President Steven Leath received personal flight lessons from a former Republican lawmaker who was appointed around the same time into a high-paying university j
  
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• Hurricane Matthew Hammers Florida, One Million Households Without Power

  07-10-2016 21:50
  
  Hurricane Matthew scraped Florida’s Atlantic coast early Friday, toppling trees onto homes and knocking out power to a million households.
  
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• Russia faces Security Council showdown Saturday over Syria

  07-10-2016 21:47
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — International diplomatic pressure increased on Moscow Friday to end the joint Russian-Syrian siege of the city of Aleppo, but Moscow's U.N. ambassador says he will most likely veto a Sec
  
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• Pair Sentenced In Tulsa Child Sex Trafficking Case

  07-10-2016 21:46
  
  A North Carolina man and Florida woman were sentenced Friday to 210 months and 120 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a Tulsa sex trafficking case. 
  
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• Utah teen deaths probed amid national synthetic drug wave

  07-10-2016 21:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are investigated the deaths of two 13-year-old boys in the Utah ski-resort town of Park City that may be connected to a new synthetic drug found at entertainer Prince's es
  
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• 'The Loop' bus route downtown on weekends now free for riders, also sporting a revamped exterior

  07-10-2016 21:45
  
  The bus operates from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with a route that takes it through the Blue Dome, Brady Arts and Deco districts, as well as near the BOK Center and ONEOK Field. The entire route takes about 25 to 30 minutes.
  
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• EU celebrates Paris Agreement, claims credit at UN

  07-10-2016 21:45
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The EU celebrated the Paris Agreement's imminent entry into force with a ceremony at United Nations headquarters on Friday, claiming credit for pushing the treaty that seeks to c
  
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• Vermont congressman says he represents 'Sanders wing' of GOP

  07-10-2016 21:42
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Democratic Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont is feeling the love from Republicans.
  
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• 2 defendants in New York church beating case take plea deals

  07-10-2016 21:40
  
  UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Two leaders of a secretive New York church pleaded guilty Friday to their involvement in a violent all-night "counseling session" that left one young man dead and another severely i
  
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• The Latest: Trump shakes up advertising plans

  07-10-2016 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Seventh Street or Calle Siete? Spanish street signs debated

  07-10-2016 21:39
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — When Hispanic residents of downtown Allentown want to grab a bite, get their hair cut or shop for groceries, they often head to Seventh Street — but they don't call it that. To t
  
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• The Latest: US aid to Haiti; Kennedy Space Center spared

  07-10-2016 21:34
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Matthew (all times local):
  
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• Embattled Backpage.com executive facing pimping charges

  07-10-2016 21:32
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A day after his arrest in Texas, the chief executive of Backpage.com agreed Friday to waive extradition to California to face charges that allege sex-trafficking victims were forced into
  
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• Train service set to resume after deadly New Jersey crash

  07-10-2016 21:26
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rail service at a New Jersey transit station damaged after a train crash last week that killed a woman on the platform and injured more than 100 will resume Monday as officials con
  
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