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• Broken Arrow Police Officer Eugene Orr Laid To Rest

  15-12-2016 23:57
  
  Hundreds of members of area police and fire departments joined friends and family to a Broken Arrow police officer killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash.
  
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• Texas judge orders Charlie Brown Christmas display restored

  15-12-2016 23:53
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has ordered a school district to restore a decoration that included a biblical verse recited by Linus in the 1960s TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
  
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• UW-Madison student faces 6 new charges involving 5 women

  15-12-2016 23:48
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Six new charges involving five women have been added to the 15 charges a suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student faces.
  
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• The Latest: Unsafe water in Corpus Christi angers residents

  15-12-2016 23:46
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a warning by the Texas city of Corpus Christi for residents to not use tap water (all times local):
  
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• Boy's mother, ACLU want answers in Reno campus shooting

  15-12-2016 23:45
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada joined those pressing school district officials in Reno Thursday for more information about the circumstances and policies that led to a
  
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• 5 St. Louis-area men accused in kidnapping conspiracy

  15-12-2016 23:39
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis-area executive and four others have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly kidnapping a man and collecting ransom from his parents.
  
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• State Board of Education approves plan to overhaul A-F grading system

  15-12-2016 23:30
  
  State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has been a leading critic of the state’s current school grading system, pointing most often to its “masking” of both student growth indicators, as well as troubling trends like too-low high school graduation rates in schools with above-average grades.
  
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• Vice President Biden slated to speak at John Glenn service

  15-12-2016 23:27
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is among those expected to speak at a public memorial service for former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn.
  
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• Prosecutor questions letter clearing JonBenet Ramsey family

  15-12-2016 23:26
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado district attorney overseeing the unsolved killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey says a former prosecutor should never have written a letter exonerating the girl's fa
  
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• Jury awards ex-Chicago gang member $22 million in damages

  15-12-2016 23:22
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has awarded a former Chicago street gang member $22 million after he claimed two city police officers framed him for a 1984 double murder.
  
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• Two children injured in Edmond house fire Thursday

  15-12-2016 23:17
  
  Two children were injured Thursday in a house fire near E 2nd Street and Coltrane Road.
  
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• Tulsa Police Search For Two People They Say Stole Christmas Gifts

  15-12-2016 23:08
  
  The Tulsa Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit said two people recently broke into a vehicle and stole Christmas presents and a credit card. 
  
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• DOC Asks For Help In Finding Missing Inmate

  15-12-2016 23:07
  
  The Oklahoma Department of Corrections Office is asking the public for help in locating a missing inmate.
  
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• Yahoo's mega breach shows how just how vulnerable data is

  15-12-2016 22:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The revelation of Yahoo's latest hack underscores what many Americans have known for years: All those emails, photos and other personal files stored online can easily be stolen, and th
  
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• California, Uber meet amid self-driving car legal showdown

  15-12-2016 22:56
  
  California regulators are meeting privately Thursday with officials from Uber to hammer home their demand that the ride-hailing company immediately stop picking up San Francisco passengers in self-dri
  
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• Donors pay off $30K in layaways at Missouri Kmart

  15-12-2016 22:54
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — An anonymous couple has spent about $30,000 to pay for more than 200 layaway purchases at a Missouri Kmart.
  
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• US Sen. Warren "100" percent concerned about Russian hacking

  15-12-2016 22:50
  
  BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she's "100" percent concerned about reports of Russian hacking into the email accounts of Democratic officials.
  
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• Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas fetal remains rules

  15-12-2016 22:50
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has blocked until at least next month Texas rules mandating burial or cremation for fetal remains that would have taken effect Monday.
  
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• The Latest: Maine man found dead; faulty heater suspected

  15-12-2016 22:48
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the dangerously cold temperatures and strong winds that have moved into the Northeast U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Ethics panel looks at California Rep. Duncan Hunter

  15-12-2016 22:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee says it is continuing an investigation into possible ethics violations by Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California.
  
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• DuPont to pay $50M over mercury-contaminated Virginia rivers

  15-12-2016 22:45
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Chemical giant DuPont will pay more than $50 million but admit no fault under a proposed environmental settlement after releasing toxic mercury for decades into the Shenandoah Val
  
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• New Grant To Help Fight Tahlequah Crime Increase

  15-12-2016 22:44
  
  A Green Country Police Department is putting more officers on the streets to fight back against burglars.
  
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• Galileo, Europe's rival to GPS satnav system, starts service

  15-12-2016 22:43
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Eight years late and billions over budget, European officials flipped the switch Thursday on a satellite navigation system meant to rival the U.S.-made GPS service that's become a staple
  
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• Feds suing Michigan community after mosque plan denial

  15-12-2016 22:39
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A suburb north of Detroit faces a federal lawsuit after a religious organization's proposal for a 20,500-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood was denied in 2015, with prosec
  
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• Trump picks his Interior chief, a supporter of more drilling

  15-12-2016 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Edging closer to completing his Cabinet, President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice of Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke as Interior secretary Thursday, picking a man who should fit smoot
  
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• Doctors say wounded Louisiana deputy's recovery going well

  15-12-2016 22:36
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff's deputy who was critically injured in a July shootout that killed three other Baton Rouge law-enforcement officers is recovering remarkably well at a Houston hospit
  
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• Oklahoma police release airport shooting video

  15-12-2016 22:35
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Surveillance video released by Oklahoma City police shows people rushing to help a Southwest Airlines employee after he was fatally shot while crossing a road outside the city air
  
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• Jurors convict Dylann Roof on all counts in church slayings

  15-12-2016 22:35
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof was convicted Thursday in the chilling attack on nine black church members who were shot to death last year during a Bible study, affirming the prosecution's portra
  
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• US withholds aid, calls Duterte killing boasts 'troubling'

  15-12-2016 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States said Thursday it is withholding a major aid package to the Philippines and is deeply troubled by a boast from the nation's leader that he used to drive around looki
  
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• Presidents and speakers: A crucial Washington relationship

  15-12-2016 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Smooth, rocky or in between, relationships between the leader in the White House and the House speaker on Capitol Hill can be the most important and defining in a presidency. Donald
  
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• Feds deny leases for Minnesota mine; company to press ahead

  15-12-2016 22:33
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two longstanding mineral rights leases that are critical for a proposed large underground copper-nickel mine upstream from the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in nort
  
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• Trump lags predecessors on diversity as he picks Cabinet

  15-12-2016 22:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet, it's looking less like America's population and more like the world Trump has always orbited: wealthy, white, male-dominated and business-minde
  
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• UN: Threat of a hacking attack on nuclear plants is growing

  15-12-2016 22:28
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.'s deputy chief is warning that "the nightmare scenario" is rising for a hacking attack on a nuclear power plant's computer system that causes the uncontrolled release of
  
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• EPA seeks to fine chemical giant nearly $5M for Hawaii case

  15-12-2016 22:27
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking nearly $5 million in fines against a unit of the Swiss chemical giant Syngenta for the company's alleged violations of pesticide reg
  
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• Study: Repealing Obama health law cuts taxes for wealthy

  15-12-2016 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans may be handing wealthy Americans a big tax cut by repealing President Barack Obama's health care law, according to a study released Thursday that spells out potential eco
  
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• Grand jury indicts Comet Ping Pong gunman on 3 charges

  15-12-2016 22:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man inspired by an internet conspiracy theory to fire an assault weapon inside a pizza restaurant has been indicted on three charges by a grand jury.
  
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• TPD Auto Theft Detectives Seek Person Of Interest

  15-12-2016 21:53
  
  Tulsa Police Department detectives need help identifying a person of interest in an auto theft that happened Saturday, December 10. 
  
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• Jury Convicts Dylann Roof In Charleston Church Massacre

  15-12-2016 21:38
  
  A jury has convicted Dylann Roof in the racially-motivated slayings of nine black church members in South Carolina.
  
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• OKC Mayor Mick Cornett Meets With Trump In New York

  15-12-2016 21:25
  
  Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, along with other top officers in the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Thursday.
  
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• Oklahoma authorities searching for toddler who was allegedly abducted in Tulsa

  15-12-2016 21:12
  Trinity Rose Ridick-Miller was wearing pink pajamas with white polka dots when she was allegedly abducted by her mother, 30-year-old Kristan Ridick Trinity Rose Ridick-Miller was wearing pink pajamas with white polka dots when she was allegedly abducted by her mother, 30-year-old Kristan Ridick Around 10:14 a.m., the deputies with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office were called to reports of an abduction. A woman with emergency guardianship of her grandchildren told deputies that the children's mo
  
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• Flu Hospitalizations Increase By 10 In One Week

  15-12-2016 21:00
  
  Flu hospitalizations continue to rise in Oklahoma as 10 more people were hospitalized in the past week, state health officials said. 
  
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• Delaware court says death penalty ruling is retroactive

  15-12-2016 20:55
  
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's Supreme Court says its ruling declaring the state's death penalty law unconstitutional is retroactive, meaning an inmate convicted of killing a police officer must be res
  
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• GOP-backed bills aimed at limiting NC governor-elect's power

  15-12-2016 20:54
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov.-elect Roy Cooper said Thursday he's ready to fight in court against Republican legislation moving through a surprise General Assembly session that would underc
  
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• Funeral Service For Broken Arrow Police Officer Eugene Orr Underway

  15-12-2016 20:53
  
  Broken Arrow Officer Eugene "Gene" Orr will be laid to rest Thursday in Broken Arrow.  Orr died Saturday in a motorcycle crash in Coweta. 
  
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• Ex-British PM calls for 'new deal' for kids in conflict

  15-12-2016 20:46
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday called for a "new deal" for children in conflict zones around the globe, saying not since the end of World War II have so m
  
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• Don't look to the Electoral College to upend Trump

  15-12-2016 20:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There's more hustle than hope behind an effort to derail Donald Trump's presidency in the Electoral College.
  
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• Texas, long a leader in executions, trails this year

  15-12-2016 20:45
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The two Texas counties from which more people have been executed than any others in the nation over the last four decades did not send a single convicted killer to death row in 2016.
  
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• Settlement approved for coal mines owned by governor-elect

  15-12-2016 20:45
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a settlement requiring pollution reductions and a $900,000 civil penalty by Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Governor-elect Jim Justi
  
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• The Latest: Jurors ask to hear part of Roof confession

  15-12-2016 20:43
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, accused of killing nine black people during a South Carolina church Bible study (all times local):
  
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• DuPont workers offered to keep jobs after sale to Hygiena

  15-12-2016 20:43
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Existing jobs at DuPont's food safety diagnostics business in Delaware will remain after the unit is sold to Hygiena.
  
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