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• Nowata, Other Towns Affected By Water Supply Concerns After Neodesha Fire

  23-11-2016 23:53
  
  The explosion and fire at a chemical plant in Neodesha spurred concerns about the water supply downstream.
  
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• Women for Trump Cabinet: Haley picked for UN, DeVos for Ed

  23-11-2016 23:52
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who had unflattering things to say about him during the presidenti
  
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• The Latest: Fatal Chattanooga crash site wasn't on bus route

  23-11-2016 23:49
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the Chattanooga school bus crash that killed five children (all times local):
  
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• Nowata water to be shut off tonight due to contamination from Kansas plant explosion

  23-11-2016 23:33
  
  The county's water will be shut off around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, said Jeff Grissom, Nowata County emergency manager.
  
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• Nowata water set to be shut off early Thursday due to feared contamination from Kansas plant explosion

  23-11-2016 23:33
  
  The city's water will be shut off around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, said Jeff Grissom, Nowata County emergency manager.
  
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• The Latest: Trump considering offering Ross commerce post

  23-11-2016 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times EST):
  
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• US businesses cheer overtime ruling, many already upped pay

  23-11-2016 23:30
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration's sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered em
  
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• Teen shot, man arrested, case seen as possible hate crime

  23-11-2016 23:28
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police in West Virginia have accused a 62-year-old white man of killing a black 15-year-old after they bumped into each other and exchanged words, and a federal official says
  
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• Small Businesses Raise Money For Tulsa Public Schools Fine Arts

  23-11-2016 23:25
  
  Some Tulsa businesses are stepping up to help Tulsa Public Schools fine arts program with a new initiative. 
  
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• The Latest: Wal-Mart 'likely to appeal' verdict on wages

  23-11-2016 23:24
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of California truck drivers (all times local):
  
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• Officials: Man who ran from deputy killed in chase arrested

  23-11-2016 23:21
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say they've arrested a man who was running from a sheriff's deputy who was then fatally struck by a vehicle during the chase.
  
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• School probes Muslim kindergartner's mistreatment allegation

  23-11-2016 23:17
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte's public school system is investigating allegations that a kindergarten teacher singled out a 5-year-old student for harassment because he's Muslim.
  
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• Jury awards California truckers $54M in Wal-Mart wage suit

  23-11-2016 23:13
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wal-Mart intentionally failed to pay hundreds of truck drivers in California the minimum wage, a federal jury decided Wednesday, awarding the drivers more than $54 million in dama
  
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• Man who escaped charges in 2012 kills girlfriend, son, self

  23-11-2016 23:12
  
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania prosecutor said she tried unsuccessfully to prosecute a man for slashing his girlfriend's throat four years ago and was sickened to learn he killed her a
  
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• Grassley mulls subpoenas for Mylan, DOJ over EpiPen

  23-11-2016 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he is considering a subpoena or another method of compelling testimony from the pharmaceutical company Mylan and federa
  
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• Silver Alert Issued For Missing Chelsea Man

  23-11-2016 23:06
  
  The Chelsea Police Department is hoping the public can help them locate a missing man.
  
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• Trump chooses women for Cabinet: Haley for UN, DeVos for Ed

  23-11-2016 23:02
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Injecting the first diversity into his Cabinet-to-be, Donald Trump selected two Republican women on Wednesday who disparaged him during the presidential campaign: South Carolin
  
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• The Latest: Child, mother file lawsuit in Chattanooga crash

  23-11-2016 22:54
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the Chattanooga school bus crash that killed five children (all times local):
  
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• France's Fabius confused by Trump statements on climate

  23-11-2016 22:51
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who presided over key climate talks in Paris last year, says he doesn't know what to make of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's contrad
  
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• Drugs, alcohol not involved in bus crash that killed 5 kids

  23-11-2016 22:37
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A school bus driver had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he careened off a road and smashed into a tree, killing five elementary schoolchildren, police said Wednesday.
  
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• The Latest: Democrats call for review of Trump's transition

  23-11-2016 22:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times EST):
  
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• New GOP majority could bring abortion restrictions to Iowa

  23-11-2016 22:24
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For years, Iowa's divided Legislature shielded the state from a wave of Republican-backed laws that restricted abortion access around the country.
  
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• Rocky Mountains ski resorts delay Thanksgiving openings

  23-11-2016 22:22
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Ski resorts in Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah have been forced to delay opening for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend or have few ski runs open because unseasonably
  
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• FBI tests: No hallucinogenic drugs in system of college student accused of killing couple, chewing on dead man's face

  23-11-2016 22:20
  
  STUART, Fla. (AP) — FBI tests: No hallucinogenic drugs in system of college student accused of killing couple, chewing on dead man's face.
  
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• Opposing sides dig in over close N. Carolina governor's race

  23-11-2016 22:15
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A conservative group filed a request Wednesday for an urgent hearing on North Carolina voters who cast ballots through same-day registration, while the state NAACP criticized the
  
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• Russia joins US in seeking return of alleged LinkedIn hacker

  23-11-2016 22:09
  
  PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Justice Ministry says Russia has joined the United States in seeking the extradition of a Russian man who faces charges in the United States of hacking and stealing information
  
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• Correction: School Bus Crash-Tennessee story

  23-11-2016 21:45
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — In a story Nov. 22 about a deadly school bus crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of students on the bus. There were 37 children on board, not 35, the
  
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• Ex-chemistry student gets 20 years in plot to behead US vet

  23-11-2016 21:44
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A former chemistry student was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for plotting to behead a U.S. military veteran and attack a police station in support of the Islamic State gr
  
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• China rebuffs Trump threat to take steps to win trade edge

  23-11-2016 21:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — China is pushing back against President-elect Donald Trump's threat to use sanctions to win back a competitive trade advantage for the United States.
  
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• Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon

  23-11-2016 21:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews sta
  
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• Man sentenced after woman shot in head with nails in Oregon

  23-11-2016 21:18
  
  EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A former firefighter who authorities say shot nine 3-inch nails into the back of a woman's head in a botched suicide pact in Oregon has been sentenced to two years in state prison
  
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• Musician, restaurateur, civic leader Dooky Chase dead at 88

  23-11-2016 21:12
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans restaurateur, musician and civic leader Edgar "Dooky" Chase Jr. has died at age 88.
  
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• Holiday shopping? Bring these 4 money-saving apps with you

  23-11-2016 21:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — If you're looking to save a few bucks at the mall while holiday shopping, charge up the smartphone and bring these apps with you. The four apps, which I've been using all year, can hel
  
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• Fuel 66 Opens On Mother Road In Tulsa

  23-11-2016 21:03
  
  The Fuel 66 Food Truck park project is an old building converted into a bar, space for up to six food trucks with patio seating around it, and outdoor movie screens.
  
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• UN diplomats welcome Haley pick, puzzle over Trump policy

  23-11-2016 20:56
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. diplomats welcomed the selection Wednesday of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to represent the U.S. at the world body, even as they grappled to understand what international
  
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• Get your Black Friday advertisements now: Thanksgiving Day paper on sale

  23-11-2016 20:55
  
  The early Thanksgiving Day paper has more than 50 advertising inserts full of the best deals. It's available at 2 p.m. at the Tulsa World and Woodland Hills Mall. It's available tonight at retail outlets, including QuikTrip.
  
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• Thanksgiving travel expected to be heaviest since 2007

  23-11-2016 20:46
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Elizabeth Thompson can't wait to leave the big city behind and decompress over the Thanksgiving holiday at her grandmother's house in rural south-central Indiana. But first she has to g
  
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• Cyprus president: Ready to resume peace talks after impasse

  23-11-2016 20:46
  
  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' president says he's ready to pick up where talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically divided island left off earlier this week after hitting an impasse.
  
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• Man who killed abortion doctor gets more lenient sentence

  23-11-2016 20:40
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The man who seven years ago ambushed and fatally shot one of the few U.S. doctors performing late-term abortions was given a more lenient sentence Wednesday of at least 25 years i
  
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• Archaeologists think they found original Pilgrim settlement

  23-11-2016 20:40
  
  PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Archaeologists have pinpointed what they think is the exact spot where the Pilgrims lived in the years after landing in the New World.
  
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• Durham police release names of officers, shooting victim

  23-11-2016 20:39
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina on Wednesday released the name of the man shot to death by officers at a public housing complex.
  
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• Texas's highest court: 'San Antonio 4' are innocent

  23-11-2016 20:36
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday exonerated four San Antonio women who spent almost 15 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting two girls, openin
  
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• Texas man's conviction for killing pregnant wife overturned

  23-11-2016 20:35
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area man serving life in prison for the 1999 killing of his pregnant wife was wrongly convicted, Texas' highest criminal court ruled Wednesday.
  
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• British pilot missing in Africa air show is reported safe

  23-11-2016 20:34
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A British pilot who had gone missing while flying a 1943 Piper Cub plane from Sudan to Ethiopia has been found safe and well, the organizers of a trans-Africa air show said Wedn
  
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• Branca, pitcher who gave up 'Shot Heard 'Round World,' dies

  23-11-2016 20:31
  
  Ralph Branca's career was defined by that one high-and-inside fastball.
  
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• Donald Trump Taps Betsy DeVos For Education Secretary

  23-11-2016 20:23
  
  Betsy DeVos, a prominent charter school advocate, will be Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, the president-elect’s transition team announced Wednesday. 
  
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• Police: Couple planted fake bomb hoping to shoot officers

  23-11-2016 20:20
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama couple planted a fake bomb at a suburban elementary school hoping to shoot officers arriving at the scene or even rob a bank, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Make Christmas Great Again: For $149, Trump sells the bauble

  23-11-2016 20:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For Donald Trump supporters looking to extend election season into holiday season, the president-elect's campaign has a new offering: The Make America Great Again Christmas ornament.
  
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• Witness: It appears Scott threw Taser at shooting scene

  23-11-2016 20:08
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A defense witness testified Wednesday that it appears Walter Scott threw a Taser as he confronted Michael Slager seconds before the North Charleston patrolman shot Scott five t
  
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• Correction: Alaska Railroad-Natural Gas story

  23-11-2016 20:03
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In a story Nov. 21 about a lawsuit filed by an environmental group over gas shipments in Alaska, The Associated Press, relying on information in the lawsuit, reported erroneou
  
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