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• Federal monitor: Drought ended in nearly one-fourth of California after 5 years

  03-11-2016 23:40
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal monitor: Drought ended in nearly one-fourth of California after 5 years.
  
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• Alabama House suspends impeachment probe of governor

  03-11-2016 23:37
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A legislative impeachment investigation of Alabama's governor is being suspended at the request of the state attorney general, who is conducting a separate investigation.
  
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• The Latest: Bus company says it's cooperating with officials

  03-11-2016 23:34
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The Latest on a collision between a school bus and a commuter bus that killed both drivers and four mass transit riders in southwest Baltimore (all times local):
  
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• Fliers showing challenger as devil embroil bitter House race

  03-11-2016 23:21
  
  PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A flier portraying a Democratic congressional challenger as the devil is the latest flashpoint in an already bitter New Jersey race.
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Harvest at largest legal open air US pot farm

  03-11-2016 23:19
  
  AVONDALE, Colo. (AP) — Los Suenos Farms in southern Colorado isn't just any farm. It's believed to be America's largest legal open air marijuana farm, and the fall is harvest time.
  
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• Narrative changes for Cubs fans and their Series champions

  03-11-2016 23:17
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — They spoke of heartbreak and black cats and goats. And finally, Chicago Cubs fans spoke with pride about winning it all.
  
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• Okemah Woman Hits School Bus While Trying To Avoid Coyote

  03-11-2016 23:15
  
  Three people, including two students, suffered minor injuries Thursday morning when an Okemah woman went left of center trying to avoid hitting a coyote and hit a school bus carrying 20 students in Okfuskee County.
  
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• Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust hires new executive director

  03-11-2016 23:14
  
  The board of directors of Oklahoma's Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust on Thursday selected John Woods to serve as the trust's new executive director.
  
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• Authorities: Woman 'chained up like a dog' inside container

  03-11-2016 23:03
  
  ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A woman who had been reported missing along with her boyfriend in late August was found "chained up like a dog" inside a storage container, a South Carolina sheriff said Thursday
  
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• State Superintendent Charged With Campaign Violations

  03-11-2016 22:41
  
  Oklahoma Count District Attorney David Prater filed charges against State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister and four others Thursday for campaign violations. 
  
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• This isn't 'Survivor,' Obama says; Trump, Clinton fire away

  03-11-2016 22:40
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump warned on Thursday that a cloud of investigation would follow Hillary Clinton into the White House, evoking the bitter impeachment battle of the 1990s in a closi
  
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• John Klein: Oklahomans can indicate intent to buy bison license tag now

  03-11-2016 22:37
  
  The Nature Conservancy needs 500 preorders within 180 days to get approval, and then the tag would be available at tag agencies statewide.
  
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• Subway escape alcoves probed after accident; 1 worker dead

  03-11-2016 22:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A subway train struck two workers in a tunnel early Thursday, killing one and injuring the other, and investigators are looking at whether there's enough room in the escape alcoves alo
  
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• Oklahoma state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister charged with campaign violations, conspiracy

  03-11-2016 22:26
  
  State schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister was charged Thursday with campaign fundraising violations and conspiracy.
  
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• Judge found Iowa police slaying suspect hit, exploited mom

  03-11-2016 22:16
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man jailed Thursday in the killings of two police officers was facing intense money problems, had been found by a judge to hit and financially exploit his mother and wa
  
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• Flyers showing challenger as devil embroil bitter House race

  03-11-2016 22:15
  
  PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — A flyer portraying a Democratic congressional challenger as the devil is the latest flashpoint in an already bitter New Jersey race.
  
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• Latest: Son of suspect in officers' deaths is Iowa guardsman

  03-11-2016 22:11
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on two officers in the Des Moines, Iowa, area who were killed in what authorities describe as ambush-style attacks (all times local):
  
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• City of Tulsa’s First Monarch Waystation To Be Installed Friday

  03-11-2016 22:05
  
  After much anticipation, the City of Tulsa - with help from the local community - will have a monarch butterfly waystation fully installed Friday.
  
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• 26 civilians dead after Afghan raid on Taliban

  03-11-2016 22:04
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A joint U.S.-Afghan raid Thursday against the Taliban involving NATO airstrikes left 26 civilians and three Afghan troops dead, and two U.S. soldiers were killed in a separat
  
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• No verdict in Day 4 of bridge deliberations; mistrial sought

  03-11-2016 21:59
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal jury went home Thursday without reaching a verdict in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial of two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie as defense at
  
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• The Latest: Clinton, Trump battle for blue Michigan

  03-11-2016 21:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):
  
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• Daughter Testifies In Murder Trial Of Former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler

  03-11-2016 21:55
  
  On Thursday, former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler's trial lawyers and judge are arguing over the defense cutting black jurors from the panel.
  
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• The Latest: No verdict in Day 4 of bridge jury deliberations

  03-11-2016 21:54
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial (all times local):
  
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• Melania Trump vows to take on cyberbullying as first lady

  03-11-2016 21:54
  
  BERWYN, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump's wife, Melania, made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday, pledging to focus on combatting online bullying and serve as an advocate for women and childr
  
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• Pennsylvania county probes questionable voter registrations

  03-11-2016 21:52
  
  Election officials in suburban Philadelphia are questioning the validity of thousands of voter registration applications submitted by a grassroots organizer that works with Democrats, saying they are
  
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• Motorcycle Enthusiast Group Donates $10K To Folds Of Honor

  03-11-2016 21:44
  
  Members of a Tulsa motorcycle enthusiast group donated $10,430 to the Folds of Honor Foundation Wednesday, contributing to the foundation's mission of providing scholarships to families of fallen or disabled soldiers. 
  
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• Walter Scott's passenger in traffic stop: 'He was murdered'

  03-11-2016 21:40
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A man riding with Walter Scott when they were pulled over by Michael Slager testified Thursday that he doesn't know why his friend tried to run away before the officer shot him
  
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• Judge lets ban on ballot selfies remain in New York state

  03-11-2016 21:33
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says he is not overturning a New York state ban against ballot selfies or the showing of a marked election ballot to others.
  
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• Governor won't budge on saying Alabama school system 'sucks'

  03-11-2016 21:33
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley isn't budging on saying his state's educational system 'sucks.'
  
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• AP sources: FBI agents sought Clinton Foundation probe

  03-11-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people familiar with the matter say FBI agents wanting to investigate the Clinton Foundation made a presentation to Justice Department lawyers about allegations they wanted to pu
  
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• US Capitol Christmas Tree cut in Idaho forest

  03-11-2016 21:20
  
  MCCALL, Idaho (AP) — An 80-foot Englemann spruce has been cut down in western Idaho and is heading for Washington, D.C., to be decorated as the Capitol Christmas Tree.
  
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• Teenage skateboarder dies after vehicle strikes her in Broken Arrow

  03-11-2016 21:19
  
  The collision happened about 7:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of South Main Street when a vehicle hit the 15-year-old, who was also traveling south on the road, just west of the center line, according to a news release from the department.
  
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• Skateboarding Broken Arrow Student Hit By Car Dies

  03-11-2016 21:16
  
  A Broken Arrow student hit by a car while riding a skateboard Wednesday has died of her injuries. 
  
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• Transit agency pushes strikers to work on Election Day

  03-11-2016 21:15
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's main transit agency asked on Thursday for assurances from the city's striking transit union that it will suspend its walkout on Election Day if no contract agreement
  
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• Ahead of plea change, reduced charge for ex-New Orleans cop

  03-11-2016 21:15
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal felony charges for the lone remaining defendant in the cover-up of deadly shootings by New Orleans police following Hurricane Katrina have been reduced to a single misdemean
  
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• Casino: Woman shown $43M jackpot actually owed $2.25

  03-11-2016 21:07
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who appeared to win a life-changing $42.9 million jackpot at a New York City casino is threatening to sue after being told the big payout she was shown was simply the result of
  
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• Emails: Clinton, aide weighed sending secure phone by FedEx

  03-11-2016 21:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released emails show Hillary Clinton and a senior aide discussing how to send a secure cell phone: Use FedEx or a personal courier?
  
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• Israel: troops kill Palestinian who tried to stab soldier

  03-11-2016 20:58
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said its forces shot and killed a Palestinian on Thursday who it said attempted to stab a soldier near a West Bank Jewish settlement.
  
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• 4 presidential contests haven't produced a winner right away

  03-11-2016 20:55
  
  Four presidential elections dating back to 1800 failed to produce a clear winner after an initial count of the votes. Regardless of the national popular vote tally, it takes a majority of the Electora
  
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• Official: Subway escape alcoves a focus in NYC transit death

  03-11-2016 20:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators looking into a New York City transit death Thursday are examining whether escape alcoves used to protect workers from an oncoming subway train have enough room, a
  
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• Oregon professor under fire for wearing blackface at party

  03-11-2016 20:38
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A petition is calling for a senior law professor to resign from his position at the University of Oregon after she wore blackface for Halloween.
  
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• GOP call for statewide Pennsylvania poll watchers is denied

  03-11-2016 20:33
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a scathing rebuke, a federal judge on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party's effort to allow poll watchers from anywhere in the state monitor precincts on Election
  
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• Democrats' voter intimidation cases heard in Nevada, Arizona

  03-11-2016 20:33
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Federal judges in Phoenix and Las Vegas were hearing nearly identical lawsuits Thursday filed by state Democratic party officials that seek to stop what they call voter intimidation by
  
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• Obama invites World Series champion Cubs to White House

  03-11-2016 20:31
  
  MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama has invited the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to visit him at the White House.
  
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• The Latest: Company begins excavating pipeline after leak

  03-11-2016 20:17
  
  HELENA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on Alabama pipeline explosion and possible gasoline (all times local):
  
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• Two people hospitalized — 1 in critical condition — following deputy-involved shooting in Creek County

  03-11-2016 20:15
  
  The shooting reportedly happened in the 6100 block of South 45th West Avenue.
  
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• Suspect in Tulsa high school football player's death arrested after east Tulsa search

  03-11-2016 20:15
  
  Deonte Mullins is in custody. Mullins faces a murder charge after the death of his brother in August.
  
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• Ginnie Graham: Oklahomans can take ballot selfies before voting

  03-11-2016 20:15
  
  In a world where people document every move, taking photos at the voting booth has become a hot-button issue.
  
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• Suspect in Iowa officers' deaths was 'desperate' for money

  03-11-2016 20:12
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man suspected of killing two police officers was under intense financial pressure and had been ordered to move out of his mother's basement just hours before the slayin
  
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• Man Shot By Deputy In Sapulpa

  03-11-2016 20:09
  
  It happened in the 6100 block of South 45th West Avenue. 
  
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