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• Democratic Chair Calls For Hofmeister To Resign, End Of Dark Money

  07-11-2016 23:33
  
  The Oklahoma Democratic Party said state Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has lost the ability to lead and should resign.
  
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• Supreme Court refuses to issue order on voter intimidation

  07-11-2016 23:24
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court and federal judges in two states turned down requests by the Democrats on Monday to head off what party leaders say are plans by Donald Trump's supporters
  
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• Colorado surgery tech gets 6 1/2 years for stealing drug

  07-11-2016 23:21
  
  DENVER (AP) — A surgery technician who jumped from hospital to hospital around the West after getting hooked on fentanyl while serving as a medic in Afghanistan was sentenced to 6 ½ years in federal p
  
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• UN chief alarmed at 'weakening taboo' on Syria chemical use

  07-11-2016 23:20
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm at "the weakening taboo" against using chemical weapons in Syria where the international watchdog said it is studying several r
  
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• Feds say Ohio man tried to join Islamic State to wage jihad

  07-11-2016 23:20
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man accused of trying to join the Islamic State group was arrested Monday while attempting to fly to Libya, federal authorities said.
  
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• New York heir Durst pleads not guilty to murder in LA court

  07-11-2016 23:17
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Real estate heir Robert Durst pleaded not guilty to murder Monday in the death of a friend who authorities said Durst wanted to keep from talking to investigators looking into the d
  
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• Acquittal of 7 occupiers poses questions on fate of 7 more

  07-11-2016 23:17
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife refu
  
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• The Latest: Jury process to resume Wednesday in church trial

  07-11-2016 23:03
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the trial of a man accused in the shooting deaths of nine black churchgoers (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: LA airport gunman sentenced to life in prison

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a gunman who killed a federal transportation security officer and wounded three other people during a 2013 rampage at Los Angeles International Airpo
  
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• Firms marketing $1 million in gold coins from 1715 shipwreck

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans investment firm has begun marketing gold coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck discovered off Florida's coast.
  
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• Cushing Schools Back In Session Tuesday After Earthquake Cleanup

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
  Cushing Public Schools announced Monday that classes will go on as usual Tuesday following a Sunday night earthquake.
  
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• County takes steps to sell sheriff's downtown office building

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
  Sheriff Vic Regalado is investigating the possibility of selling the Faulkner Building at 303 W. First St., across the street from the BOK Center, and moving the TCSO offices to the unoccupied and unfinished training center in far north Tulsa.
  
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• The Latest: Suspicious letters probed amid Charleston trials

  07-11-2016 22:44
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest in the trial of a former South Carolina police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• Early voting: Record levels in 2016 may give Clinton edge

  07-11-2016 22:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of Americans have voted ahead of Election Day, driven by soaring turnout from Latino voters. That could be good news for Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Diners galore for US Senate candidates day before election

  07-11-2016 22:33
  
  KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Customers at diners across New Hampshire are getting attention from U.S. Senate candidates along with their coffee.
  
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• Social media post might have prompted fatal stabbings of 3

  07-11-2016 22:31
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man who entered a home and stabbed six people, killing three of them, might have been angry that one of the victims had reposted a Facebook alert from police naming him as a susp
  
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• Official: 40 to 50 buildings damaged in Oklahoma earthquake

  07-11-2016 22:27
  
  CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — Dozens of buildings sustained "substantial damage" after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that's home to one of the world's key oil hubs, but officials said Mon
  
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• The Latest: Trump says vote for him, make dreams come true

  07-11-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Pepper-sprayed girl seeks compensation, police training

  07-11-2016 22:20
  
  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A 15-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed while fighting with police after her bicycle hit a car is demanding unspecified compensation, her lawyer said Monday. She is also deman
  
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• Cushing Man Rescues Dad, Searches For Others In Quake-Damaged Building

  07-11-2016 22:18
  
  Downtown Cushing is off limits to residents, as officials fear more buildings could be compromised from Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake. One such building, the Cimarron Tower, was the setting for one man’s heroics.
  
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• Judge: Ex-deep sea treasure hunter deceptive about coins

  07-11-2016 22:14
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An ex-deep sea treasure hunter is faking memory problems and intentionally deceiving authorities about the location of missing coins minted from gold from an 1857 shipwreck, a fe
  
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• HIV-infected man sentenced to 15 years in rape of 16-year-old

  07-11-2016 22:07
  
  Calvin Ezekiel Hill, 21, of Tulsa was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to first-degree rape, forcible sodomy and four counts of exposing others to HIV in February 2015.
  
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• Man gets life in prison for murder of transgender woman

  07-11-2016 22:06
  
  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a transgender woman before setting her on fire in southwest Florida.
  
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• Oklahoma To Train Bloodhound Puppies To Aid In Tracking Efforts

  07-11-2016 21:43
  
  Once they turn 12 weeks old, the litter will be trained for 20 months to assist the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, local and state law enforcement agencies in fugitive apprehension and other tracking efforts.
  
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• Police investigating Utah officer's death during car chase

  07-11-2016 21:35
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police said Monday they are investigating whether three juveniles in a stolen car intentionally hit an officer killed during a car chase.
  
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• The Latest: Courts refuse to issue voter intimidation order

  07-11-2016 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Former officer's defense calls testimony of victim's brother into question as murder trial continues

  07-11-2016 21:30
  
  Defense attorney Richard O’Carroll sought to show Michael Hamilton’s testimony should not be considered credible based on apparently differing statements he provided during Shannon Kepler’s preliminary hearing nearly two years ago. 
  
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• Lawyers make final case to jury in hot-car murder trial

  07-11-2016 21:28
  
  BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys making final arguments to a Georgia jury Monday agreed on one thing: that when Justin Ross Harris arrived at work more than two years ago and lo
  
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• Palestinians open Arafat's bedroom to public

  07-11-2016 21:16
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians will soon get a chance to glimpse the small bedroom where their longtime leader Yasser Arafat spent his final years.
  
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• Democrats call on Joy Hofmeister to resign in wake of charges

  07-11-2016 21:15
  
  Gov. Mary Fallin would have to appoint a replacement if the state superintendent, who has vowed to fight the charges, decides to step down.
  
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• Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78

  07-11-2016 21:13
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general. She was also at the epicenter of a relentless series of political s
  
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• Iraqi Kurdish forces advance as mass grave found near Mosul

  07-11-2016 21:07
  
  NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the
  
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• Cushing Earthquake Shakes Up Business District

  07-11-2016 21:00
  
  With up to 50 buildings damaged, Cushing city crews and business owners face a big cleanup. 
  
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• US official: Security controls 'working' despite NSA theft

  07-11-2016 20:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — While defending security controls put in place after the Edward Snowden affair, the top U.S. counterintelligence official says secret government data remains vulnerable to determined
  
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• Nephews of Venezuela's first lady go on trial in New York

  07-11-2016 20:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. prosecutor told jurors Monday that two nephews of Venezuela's first lady thought they were so powerful they could ship a ton of cocaine to the United States, but lawyers for the
  
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• IMF chief: Equal pay for men and women boosts growth

  07-11-2016 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief of the International Monetary Fund is calling on governments and businesses to do more to promote the same business and economic opportunities for men and women and to figh
  
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• Syria's SDF: a risky US ally to take Raqqa

  07-11-2016 20:34
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed campaign to take the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State group is underway under the banner of the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF).
  
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• Police gather to mourn death of Des Moines sergeant

  07-11-2016 20:27
  
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At least a thousand law enforcement officers have joined hundreds of other mourners at a funeral for a one of two Iowa police officers who were fatally shot just minutes a
  
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• Officers say Slager's shooting story contradicted by video

  07-11-2016 20:25
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two police officers testified Monday that the account Michael Slager gave them about shooting Walter Scott in the minutes after the slaying contradicted a dramatic cellphone vi
  
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• The Latest: Obama recalls Janet Reno as American original

  07-11-2016 20:22
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The latest on the death of former Attorney General Janet Reno (all times EDT).
  
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• Free TB Tests Offered After Jenks Student Diagnosed With Tuberculosis

  07-11-2016 20:22
  
  Jenks High School and the Tulsa Health Department are planning free tuberculosis testing for some students who they think may have come in contact with a student diagnosed with TB. 
  
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• Prince Charles sees remote UAE island by dune buggy, boat

  07-11-2016 20:17
  
  BU TINAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Britain's Prince Charles crisscrossed the United Arab Emirates on Monday, traveling to both a remote island in the Persian Gulf and a historic fort in the
  
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• Miami police chief identifies man struck, killed by train

  07-11-2016 20:15
  
  MIAMI, Okla. — Miami Police Chief Thomas Anderson released the name of the train fatality victim from Sunday as Michael Jarnigan.
  
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• City Of Cushing Officials Assess Stability Of Structures Following Earthquake

  07-11-2016 20:15
  
  Downtown Cushing streets are still roped off as emergency crews assess the stability of the buildings following that 5.0 magnitude quake. 
  
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• Possible 'Jury Tainting' Delays Tulsa Murder Trial

  07-11-2016 20:05
  The murder trial of former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler has been delayed Monday morning while the judge and attorneys discuss something that may have been overheard by jurors Friday afternoon. Jurors are said to have heard a conversation while riding in an elevator where someone said "cop is guilty."
  
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• Disputed Caravaggio discovered in France on display in Milan

  07-11-2016 19:56
  
  MILAN (AP) — The director of the Brera Art Gallery in Milan has courted controversy by including in a new show a painting whose attribution to Caravaggio is still being debated.
  
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• Murder Trial Of Former Cop Delayed Briefly After Possible 'Jury Tainting'

  07-11-2016 19:48
  
  The murder trial of former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler has been delayed Monday morning while the judge and attorneys discuss something that may have been overheard by jurors.
  
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• Kurdish officials deport Japanese journalist over IS links

  07-11-2016 19:48
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish officials deported a Japanese journalist on Monday whose work on fundamentalist movements and close relationship with extremists has often aggravated authorities.
  
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• Official: 40 to 50 buildings damaged in Oklahoma quake

  07-11-2016 19:47
  
  CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — Dozens of buildings sustained "substantial damage" after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck an Oklahoma town that's home to one of the world's key oil hubs, but officials said Mon
  
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• Mosul Today: Iraqi Kurdish forces advance, mass grave found

  07-11-2016 19:43
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions into a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul. Me
  
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