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• Anti-Abortion Signs To Appear In OK Bathrooms

  13-12-2016 23:40
  
  In a Tuesday morning meeting, the Oklahoma State Board of Health passed rules on anti-abortion signs that would be required to be placed in any bathroom open to the public, according to a law passed in the last Legislative session. 
  
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• Inola Woman Sentenced For Having Sex With Juveniles

  13-12-2016 23:38
  
  A judge sentenced an Inola woman to 90 days in jail for giving alcohol to teenage boys and having sexual encounters with them.
  
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• Police kill unarmed man whose family says he had dementia

  13-12-2016 23:36
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 73-year-old man whose family says he had dementia was not armed when an officer fatally shot him near his Southern California home, police acknowledged Tuesday after initially say
  
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• Canadian government moves toward legalizing recreational pot

  13-12-2016 23:30
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government said Tuesday it would study a federal task force's recommendation that Canadians over 18 years old be allowed to buy marijuana for recreational purposes and would an
  
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• As Aleppo falls, Trump faces test on posture toward Russia

  13-12-2016 23:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The fall of Aleppo to Syria's government forces is shaping up as the first major test for President-elect Donald Trump's posture toward Russia.
  
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• ConAgra to pay $11.2M to settle tainted peanut butter case

  13-12-2016 23:21
  
  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — A ConAgra subsidiary pleaded guilty Tuesday and agreed to pay $11.2 million — including the largest criminal fine ever imposed for a foodborne illness in the United States — to reso
  
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• Gambia's ruling party petitions for fresh election

  13-12-2016 23:17
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia's ruling party pressed for a fresh presidential election Tuesday as West African regional mediators intervened to try to resolve a mounting political crisis in the tiny co
  
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• Prosecutors ask judge to allow Cosby accusers to testify

  13-12-2016 23:14
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby used his fame to gain the trust of women before knocking them out with pills and drinks so he could sexually assault them, prosecutors argued Tuesday as they sought t
  
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• Kanye West, Jim Brown, Ray Lewis meet with Trump in NYC

  13-12-2016 23:09
  
  Several black celebrities, including rap mogul Kanye West, met Tuesday with Donald Trump to talk about issues facing inner-city African-Americans.
  
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• Man who fired shots in DC pizzeria to face federal charges

  13-12-2016 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man inspired by an internet conspiracy theory to fire an assault weapon inside a pizza restaurant warned friends that his "raid" could involve killing people, according to court do
  
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• Teen Arrested, Accused Of Plotting Mass Shooting At Tonkawa School

  13-12-2016 22:56
  
  A teenager has been arrested, accused of planning a mass shooting at a school in Tonkawa, Okla.
  
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• Charges filed against Tulsa Zoo train conductor accused of sex abuse, possessing child porn

  13-12-2016 22:49
  
  Kim Bowman, 65, was charged with sexually abusing a child under 12, aggravated possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Prosecutors allege he had more than 100 sexually explicit photos of juveniles in his possession and that he sexually abused a girl between the age of 8 and 9 in the past two years.
  
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• Historic Alabama hotel, built in 1837, focus of legal battle

  13-12-2016 22:40
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A company that sought to redevelop a historic hotel overlooking the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama — the site of a bloody crackdown on Civil Rights marchers — says city leaders
  
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• Engineer: Sand dunes would create massive, dangerous pond

  13-12-2016 22:37
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A civil engineer testified in federal court Tuesday that beachgoers at a New Jersey shore town would have to cross a massive pond of murky water if protective sand dunes are built,
  
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• Energy Dept. refuses to provide names to Trump team

  13-12-2016 22:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department said Tuesday it won't provide the names of staffers who worked on climate policy or other issues to President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, even as it p
  
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• Boeing to move defense unit headquarters out of St. Louis

  13-12-2016 22:31
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Boeing Co. will move the headquarters for its defense unit from St. Louis to the Washington, D.C., area.
  
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• Volunteers gather to wrap thousands of gift donated to needy seniors

  13-12-2016 22:30
  
  Nearly 100 volunteers gathered Tuesday at Morton Comprehensive Health Services to wrap the gifts to be given to area seniors this year as part of the "Be a Santa to a Senior" project.
  
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• Volunteers gather to wrap hundreds of gifts donated to needy seniors

  13-12-2016 22:30
  
  Nearly 100 volunteers gathered Tuesday at Morton Comprehensive Health Services to wrap the gifts to be given to area seniors this year as part of the "Be a Santa to a Senior" project.
  
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• 'I'm a goner': Transcripts show ship's final harrowing hours

  13-12-2016 22:24
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Crew members aboard a doomed cargo ship expressed increasingly dire concern — occasionally tinged with gallows humor — as a hurricane gained strength, culminating in one crew
  
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• The Latest: Energy Dept. pushes back against Trump team

  13-12-2016 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump's transition to the White House (all times EST):
  
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• Judge Dismisses Protective Order Filed Against Tulsa Police Officer

  13-12-2016 22:18
  
  A judge threw out a protective order filed against a Tulsa police officer in October. 
  
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• Syria to evacuate Aleppo in surrender deal

  13-12-2016 22:16
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels reached a cease-fire deal to evacuate from eastern Aleppo in an effective surrender on Tuesday, as Russia declared all military action had stopped and the Syrian government
  
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• Government to require cars be able to talk to each other

  13-12-2016 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department p
  
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• Chief: Fire department unaware of Oakland warehouse concerns

  13-12-2016 22:15
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Complaints mounted about the cluttered warehouse converted into an illegal artists' colony before a deadly blaze ripped through earlier this month, but few — if any — made it to
  
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• Ohio governor OKs 20-week abortion ban, nixes heartbeat bill

  13-12-2016 22:12
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at
  
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• Whole Foods fires 9 store managers over bonus manipulation

  13-12-2016 22:09
  
  McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Whole Foods supermarkets says it has fired nine store managers in the mid-Atlantic region for manipulating a bonus program to their benefit.
  
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• Gambia's ruling party calls for fresh elections

  13-12-2016 22:03
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia's ruling party has called for fresh elections after President Yahya Jammeh disavowed the vote that would see him step out of power after 22 years.
  
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• Obama signs bill boosting spending on cancer research

  13-12-2016 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — On a "bittersweet day" that brought back memories of loved ones lost, President Barack Obama signed into law legislation that makes new investments in cancer research and battling dr
  
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• Oklahoma court tosses abortion law on hospital privileges

  13-12-2016 22:00
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a law requiring abortion clinics to have doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, saying efforts to portray the measu
  
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• Inola Woman To Serve 90 Days For Lewd Proposals, Indecent Exposure

  13-12-2016 21:58
  
  A judge sentenced an Inola woman to 90 days in jail for giving alcohol to teenage boys and having sexual encounters with them.
  
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• Canadian task force makes recommendations for legal weed

  13-12-2016 21:58
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Canada's government said Tuesday it would study a federal task force's recommendation that Canadians over 18 years old be allowed to buy marijuana for recreational purposes and would an
  
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• Residents of Syria's Aleppo share tormented goodbyes online

  13-12-2016 21:57
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — First came the distress calls from doctors in underground shelters and morgues. Then, residents under relentless bombardment in the few remaining blocks under rebel control in Aleppo beg
  
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• Oklahoma to require restroom signs in anti-abortion effort

  13-12-2016 21:57
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma plans to force hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants and public schools to post signs inside public restrooms directing pregnant women where to receive services as part o
  
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• Justice Department considers probe of VA perjury allegations

  13-12-2016 21:57
  
  DENVER (AP) — The Justice Department says it's considering whether to investigate allegations that Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-
  
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• Romanian gets 5 years for $5 million ATM theft scheme in US

  13-12-2016 21:55
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Romanian national was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Tuesday for participating in a scheme that stole bank account information from thousands of customers by installing
  
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• Lawsuit: Men treated unfairly in college sex assault cases

  13-12-2016 21:53
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Drake University student who says the Des Moines-based university failed to consider his allegations of sexual assault against a female student but believed her allega
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma agency OKs restroom signs rules

  13-12-2016 21:50
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on an Oklahoma law requiring restroom signs as part of anti-abortion efforts (all times local):
  
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• Browns owner Jimmy Haslam deposed in Pilot lawsuit

  13-12-2016 21:00
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was deposed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit against the Pilot Flying J truck-stop chain owned by his brother, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and oth
  
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• The Latest: No inspection record of warehouse where 36 died

  13-12-2016 20:55
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Dec. 2 Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 (all times local):
  
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• 5 hurt, 2 critically, in Kansas oil-drilling explosion

  13-12-2016 20:54
  
  SHARON SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say five people have been hurt, two of them critically, in an explosion at a western Kansas oil field.
  
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• Federal judge wants to see Clinton emails search warrant

  13-12-2016 20:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has directed the U.S. government to show him any search warrant application used to gain access to a new batch of Hillary Clinton's emails just before the election.
  
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• Federal appeals court upholds Virginia voter ID law

  13-12-2016 20:51
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a Virginia law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, rejecting a challenge from Democrats who argued that it suppre
  
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• Large protests in Poland as leader vows to stifle opposition

  13-12-2016 20:50
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters marched Tuesday from the former Communist party headquarters in Warsaw to the offices of Poland's current ruling party, a symbolic route c
  
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• British man gets prison time in Trump attack case in Vegas

  13-12-2016 20:47
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 20-year-old British man diagnosed with mental illness was sentenced to about four more months in a U.S. prison for trying to grab a police officer's gun in a plot to kill presidenti
  
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• Putin: Disruptions of EU gas supplies via Ukraine possible

  13-12-2016 20:41
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel of a threat to the gas supplies Russia sends to Europe via Ukraine.
  
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• Officer expected to recover after being shot in Tennessee

  13-12-2016 20:40
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A police officer in Tennessee is expected to make a full recovery after being shot and wounded Tuesday at a Nashville motel.
  
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• Tulsa Zoo Employee Now Facing Child Sexual Abuse Count

  13-12-2016 20:39
  
  A Tulsa zoo employee arrested on child pornography complaints now faces a count of sexual abuse of a child under 12, and his bond was raised to $1 million.
  
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• ConAgra pleads guilty to shipping tainted peanut butter

  13-12-2016 20:30
  
  ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — After a decade-long criminal investigation into a nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to Peter Pan peanut butter, a ConAgra executive has pleaded guilty on behalf of the company t
  
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