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• Owasso child abuse case described as worst nurses, doctor had ever seen

  10-12-2016 23:48
  
  A mother and father were arrested after their twin infants, whom medical staff said looked like skeletons, were brought to an urgent care center with numerous severe maladies.
  
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• Defendant in murder trial insists drunken Will Smith had gun

  10-12-2016 23:40
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith insisted Saturday that he did so only after a drunken, irate Smith retrieved a gun from his damaged SUV following
  
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• Trump campaign manager Conway to lead Christmas parade

  10-12-2016 23:12
  
  HAMMONTON, N.J. (AP) — Republican President-elect Donald Trump's campaign manager is returning to her native New Jersey to lead a holiday parade.
  
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• Blasts hit near Istanbul soccer stadium, wound 20 police

  10-12-2016 22:58
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Two explosions struck Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul after fans had gone home, an attack that wounded about 20 police officers, Turkish authorities said. One
  
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• The Latest: Trump edges toward Tillerson for State

  10-12-2016 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest developments on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times local):
  
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• Trump expected to tap Exxon's Tillerson for State Dept. post

  10-12-2016 22:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State Saturday, meeting privately with the business leader for the second ti
  
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• Brother says former US Sen. Kay Hagan is in intensive care

  10-12-2016 22:35
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat who represented North Carolina, has been hospitalized after falling seriously ill, her family said.
  
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• Ginnie Graham: Central Library Christmas tree offers art perspective

  10-12-2016 22:30
  
  The newly renovated downtown library keeps with the airy, bright atmosphere in the design of its first Christmas tree for the new building.
  
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• The Latest: Ohio church plans candlelight vigil for Glenn

  10-12-2016 22:08
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on the death of John Glenn (all times local):
  
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• Mexico Culture Secretary Rafael Tovar y de Teresa dies

  10-12-2016 22:03
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican Secretary of Culture Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, a diplomat, historian and promoter of the arts, died Saturday, the Culture Ministry announced. He was 62.
  
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• Services set for 1 of 2 officers killed in south Georgia

  10-12-2016 21:41
  
  AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) — Funeral services for one of two south Georgia police officers killed in the line of duty are planned for Sunday.
  
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• 2 blasts hit near Istanbul soccer stadium; 20 police wounded

  10-12-2016 21:40
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Two explosions hit Saturday night outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul, and Turkish authorities say about 20 police officers have been wounded.
  
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• Giraffes, rarer than elephants, put on extinction watch list

  10-12-2016 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON — The giraffe, the tallest land animal, is now at risk of extinction, biologists say.
  
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• Woman accused of trying to calm baby with methadone

  10-12-2016 21:17
  
  MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia woman has been charged with child abuse after authorities say she tried to calm a 3-month-old baby by administering the opiate methadone.
  
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• Workers at endangered Indiana plant feel forgotten by Trump

  10-12-2016 21:03
  
  HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A full parking lot and 50-hour workweeks belie the anxiety at the United Technologies-owned factory outside a small northeastern Indiana city, where Mike Harmon and co-workers
  
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• EPA will be less active — but not eliminated — under Scott Pruitt, former Oklahoma AG Drew Edmondson predicts

  10-12-2016 21:00
  
  Chad Warmington, president of the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association, said Pruitt's critics are making too much out of his legal actions against the EPA.
  
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• Glencore, Qatari fund finalize deal to acquire Rosneft stake

  10-12-2016 20:53
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Rosneft oil giant says commodities company Glencore and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund are investing $3 billion of their own funds to acquire a 19.5 percent stake in Rosneft.
  
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• Radio journalist shot dead outside home in northern Mexico

  10-12-2016 20:45
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A radio station in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua says one of its reporters has been shot dead outside his home.
  
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• Islamic State militants re-enter Syria's historic Palmyra

  10-12-2016 20:42
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants re-entered the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday for the first time since they were expelled by Syrian and Russian forces nine months ago.
  
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• Turkey shifts closer to expanding powers for Erdogan

  10-12-2016 20:37
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's ruling party on Saturday submitted proposed constitutional amendments that could greatly expand the powers and extend the mandate of the country's president.
  
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• Tulsa Organization Seeks Gifts For 'Be A Santa To A Senior' Tree

  10-12-2016 20:29
  
  Morton Comprehensive Health Services is asking you to "Be a Santa to a Senior." 
  
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• Trump team challenges intel on Russian election influence

  10-12-2016 20:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's presidential transition team on Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republican
  
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• Man Shot In Hand, Foot During Robbery At Tulsa Apartments

  10-12-2016 20:25
  
  Police look for a man who they said tried to rob, then shoot another man at an east Tulsa apartment complex early Saturday.
  
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• Brother says former US Sen. Hagan is in intensive care

  10-12-2016 20:16
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who represented North Carolina, has been hospitalized after falling seriously ill.
  
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• Spain: Suspects in ill child charity scam spent $633,000

  10-12-2016 20:03
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish couple arrested for allegedly exploiting the rare illness of their daughter in a charity scam spent almost 600,000 euros ($633,000) of donations on a ritzy lifestyle,
  
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• Ex-senator says New Jersey bear hunt is 'unforgiveable'

  10-12-2016 19:58
  
  FREDON, N.J. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli on Saturday joined opponents of New Jersey's bear hunt who say it is inhumane and blame it for the death of a wild bear that walked upright.
  
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• Italian president: We need a new government urgently

  10-12-2016 19:57
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy's president promised Saturday he'll decide "in the next hours" about who to tap as the next premier, saying the country needs a new government as soon as possible to tackle problems,
  
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• Sleeping man awoken by would-be robber, shot twice when he refused demands

  10-12-2016 19:46
  
  A man was shot twice Saturday morning during an attempted armed robbery and carjacking, Tulsa police said.
  
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• The Latest: Trump sees secretary of state prospect Tillerson

  10-12-2016 19:35
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest developments on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times local):
  
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• Patti Smith blanks out during Nobel Prize performance

  10-12-2016 19:31
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Patti Smith needed two attempts to get through Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.
  
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• Family Dollar employee 'violently assaulted' during armed robbery

  10-12-2016 19:31
  
  An employee was attacked Friday night during an armed robbery at a discount store near Utica Avenue and Admiral Boulevard.
  
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• Colombia's Santos accepts Nobel, urges shift in drug war

  10-12-2016 19:28
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, saying it helped his country achieve the "impossible dream" of ending a half-century-long civil war.
  
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• Facebook Discloses Issues With Tools Used By Advertisers

  10-12-2016 19:23
  
  Facebook has disclosed a set of issues with tools that advertisers and media companies use to measure their audiences on the social media platform.
  
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• Candidates rally support for La. runoff drawing low interest

  10-12-2016 19:15
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's candidates are trying to stir up enthusiasm for Saturday's election, seeking to persuade people to cast ballots in a runoff expected to draw less than a third of re
  
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• California county agrees to pay family of slain inmate $3.6M

  10-12-2016 19:13
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a mentally ill inmate who was beaten to death in a Northern California jail will receive $3.6 million under a settlement.
  
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• Death toll in Yemen suicide bombing rises to 45

  10-12-2016 19:09
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A suicide bomber on Saturday blew himself up inside an army base in the southern city of Aden, killing 45 soldiers and wounding another 50, security officials said.
  
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• Red-suited SantaCon pub crawl revelers fan out across NYC

  10-12-2016 18:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's annual SantaCon event is on despite efforts by a community group to deter the holiday pub crawl by red-suited revelers.
  
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• Non-OPEC oil producers to cut output 558,000 barrels a day

  10-12-2016 18:47
  
  VIENNA (AP) — OPEC has persuaded 11 non-member countries to cut their oil production in an attempt to raise low prices that have put pressure on government finances in resource-dependent countries.
  
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• Netanyahu's coalition chair angers Arabs with voting remarks

  10-12-2016 18:38
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The coalition chairman of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has angered Israel's Arab minority by saying he would rather they didn't vote.
  
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• Red-suited SantaCon revelers fan out across NYC

  10-12-2016 18:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's annual SantaCon event is on despite efforts by a community group to deter the holiday pub crawl by red-suited revelers.
  
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• Orlando shops designate themselves 'safe places' for gays

  10-12-2016 18:35
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Officials in a Florida city are launching a program allowing businesses to designate themselves as safe places for gays and lesbians if they feel threatened.
  
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• 7 killed, 29 injured in Bulgarian tanker train explosion

  10-12-2016 18:33
  
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A derailed tanker train exploded Saturday and decimated a village in northeastern Bulgaria, killing seven people and leaving least 29 injured, many with severe burns, the Interi
  
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• Congress sends bill to Obama on civil rights-era killings

  10-12-2016 18:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama's desk that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era that are now cold cases.
  
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• Trump's team pushes back against Russia hacking reports

  10-12-2016 18:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's presidential transition team pushed back Saturday against reports that Russia was caught trying to tip the November election to the Republican and challenged the verac
  
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• Santos accepts Nobel for peace deal, urges shift in drug war

  10-12-2016 17:54
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, saying it helped his country achieve the "impossible dream" of ending a half-century-long civil war.
  
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• Police: Pair Robs, Assaults Clerk At Tulsa Store

  10-12-2016 17:52
  
  Police are looking for two men who robbed a Tulsa store at gunpoint Friday evening. 
  
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• Iraq sends reinforcements to eastern Mosul after IS attack

  10-12-2016 17:51
  
  QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) — Reinforcements have been sent to eastern Mosul after a major Islamic State counterattack drove troops back last week, further slowing a nearly two-month-old offensive to r
  
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• The Latest: Trump won't formally switch sides at game

  10-12-2016 17:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest developments on Donald Trump's transition to the presidency (all times local):
  
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• Attempted auto theft leaves one shot at East Tulsa apartment complex

  10-12-2016 17:14
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• Pair Robs, Assaults Clerk At Tulsa Store

  10-12-2016 17:13
  
  Police are looking for two men who robbed a Tulsa store at gunpoint Friday evening. 
  
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