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• 15-year suspension for Nevada fraternity where pledge died

  20-12-2016 23:51
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A fraternity on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno where an 18-year-old pledge died in October has been suspended for 15 years for violating the school's alcohol policy.
  
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• Union School Board Approves Video Surveillance, Lighting Purchases

  20-12-2016 23:46
  
  The district told parents in a newsletter sent out Tuesday that board members approved buying a video surveillance system for Grove and Moore Elementary Schools. 
  
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• Trump family drops access offered for charity donations

  20-12-2016 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's children may see his move to the White House as a way to raise money for their favorite causes.
  
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• Police: 5 teens facing murder charges in deacon's death

  20-12-2016 23:42
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police say five teenagers are facing murder charges in the death of an Albuquerque carpenter and church deacon who was run down while trying to stop them from stealing his wor
  
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• Uncertainty on eve of North Carolina 'bathroom bill' debate

  20-12-2016 23:41
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislators who passed the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" eight months ago head back to the capital on Wednesday to consider repealing it. But there's uncertainty
  
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• Oklahoma Corporation Commission Issues New Guidelines For Fracking

  20-12-2016 23:36
  
  If there's a big earthquake near a fracking job, operators in a large part of the state will now be required to shut down. That's according to new regulations by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
  
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• San Francisco names LAPD veteran as new police chief

  20-12-2016 23:33
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco named a new police chief Tuesday, a black police veteran from Los Angeles who officials and community activists hope can restore trust and reform a department reelin
  
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• Possible effects of Trump presidency worry Tulsa Hispanics, affect their spending habits

  20-12-2016 23:30
  
  Some businesses see sales declines as Hispanics set aside money for an uncertain future. “Their fear is that their chance to achieve the American dream is over," said Tulsa pastor Victor Orta.
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: No proof of mass vote fraud in Michigan

  20-12-2016 23:22
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A widely shared story that claimed in headlines that Michigan had mass Democratic voter fraud and that more than half of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's Detroit vote faces disq
  
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• Humane Society Of Tulsa Needs Homes For 70 Pets Before Christmas

  20-12-2016 23:21
  
  The Humane Society of Tulsa said it has nearly 70 pets available for adoption. Their goal is to "clear their shelters" so that all the pets have a home for the holidays. 
  
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• Guidelines to mitigate potential fracking earthquakes in new oil and gas developments

  20-12-2016 23:15
  
  The Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Geological Survey jointly announced the guidelines focus on a broad stretch near (and including some of) Oklahoma City of two petroleum plays expected to account for the overwhelming majority of new oil and gas activity in the state — the SCOOP and STACK.
  
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• Woman pleads guilty to allowing sons to sexually abuse young girl

  20-12-2016 23:08
  
  Loretta Mary Robinson and 57-year-old Eric Anthony Robinson Sr. were charged in connection with the molestation of a girl by their sons, Eric Robinson Jr. and Geric Anthony Robinson, while she was 9 to 12 years old.
  
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• Ex-police officer charged with killing 4 men in drug deal

  20-12-2016 23:07
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A retired New York police officer has been accused of killing four men who went missing during a drug deal this year as authorities reportedly discovered the remains of four
  
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• FBI sought evidence of intrusions in Hillary Clinton emails

  20-12-2016 23:06
  
  NEW YORK — The FBI said it needed a search warrant for thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails discovered on a computer belonging to former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner in part because agents wanted to look
  
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• Former defense chief Hagel opens Pentagon's Vietnam exhibit

  20-12-2016 23:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel returned to the Pentagon Tuesday to pay tribute to his fellow Vietnam veterans who he said fought in an unpopular war they didn't understand and
  
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• Vandals attack pentagram erected to protest Nativity scene

  20-12-2016 22:45
  
  BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A 300-pound metal sculpture of a satanic pentagram, erected as an atheist protest to a public park's Nativity scene, was severely damaged on Tuesday when it was pulled to the g
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Sarah Palin didn't criticize black Santa

  20-12-2016 22:44
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A story claiming former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called for boycotting the Mall of America in Minnesota over its black Santa Claus is false.
  
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• California Supreme Court halts death penalty measure

  20-12-2016 22:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court has halted implementation of a voter-approved measure intended to speed up the appeals process for Death Row inmates.
  
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• Obama bans future oil leases in much of Arctic, Atlantic

  20-12-2016 22:42
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas
  
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• Oklahoma Finance Officials Predict $868M Budget Hole

  20-12-2016 22:41
  
  Oklahoma's Secretary of Finance says the hole in next year's budget is expected to be about $868 million, or more than 12 percent of state spending, significantly more than Gov. Mary Fallin estimated last week. 
  
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• Grandparents arrested on child neglect, enabling abuse complaints in case of emaciated Owasso infants

  20-12-2016 22:41
  
  Two 9-month-old girls, who were taken to Saint Francis Hospital after first being taken to Urgent Care of Green Country in Owasso on Dec. 9, were emaciated "to the point of their skin hanging from their bones," police said.
  
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• Already serving life, killer pleads guilty in 1976 slaying

  20-12-2016 22:41
  
  DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The case of a 40-year-old Georgia slaying has come to an end with a guilty plea from a convicted cop killer and escape artist who's already serving life for kidnapping and armed ro
  
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• Powerful response to AP's photo of assassination in Turkey

  20-12-2016 22:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning image rocketed around the world, via Facebook and Twitter and other social media: an Associated Press photographer's close-up of an agitated gunman just moments after he h
  
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• US alarmed by spike in violence in eastern Ukraine

  20-12-2016 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it is alarmed by a spike in violence in eastern Ukraine.
  
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• Suspect reportedly touches woman inappropriately inside Tulsa Walmart

  20-12-2016 22:34
  A 36-year-old man faces a laundry list of crimes, after a trip to a Tulsa Walmart on Monday. First, Jarrod Barnes is accused of following a woman around the 66th and Memorial location.
  
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• Police at scene of 2013 killing linked to lost-at-sea case

  20-12-2016 22:22
  
  WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Police have returned to the home of a Connecticut man whose 2013 killing remains unsolved and whose daughter is presumed dead after her boat sank this year.
  
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• Utah is fastest-growing state as West bucks sluggish trend

  20-12-2016 22:10
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New U.S. Census figures show Utah is the fastest-growing state in the country, leading a cluster of Western states with populations on the upswing despite sluggish national growt
  
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• Alabama inmate kills self after mental health testimony

  20-12-2016 21:49
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama inmate found dead in his cell apparently killed himself just weeks after testifying in a trial accusing the state of denying proper mental health care to prisoners,
  
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• Trump hosts candidates for key Veterans Affairs post

  20-12-2016 21:48
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump met Tuesday met with candidates for his unfilled Cabinet positions, including prospective hires to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, a beleag
  
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• State revenue will fall short of trigger to reduce income tax rate, finance secretary says

  20-12-2016 21:45
  
  His comments were made the day before the Board of Equalization meets to certify how much revenue is available for Gov. Mary Fallin's budget.
  
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• Report: Crushed Kentucky miner was not wearing safety device

  20-12-2016 21:42
  
  PROVIDENCE, Ky. (AP) — Federal investigators have concluded that a worker crushed to death by a machine at a Kentucky coal mine wasn't wearing an emergency shut-off device, and that his managers had n
  
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• Q&A on Corpus Christi water crisis

  20-12-2016 21:41
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A week after a chemical leak at an asphalt plant in Corpus Christi triggered a four-day water ban, the Texas attorney general's office has joined an investigation by state and federal e
  
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• McAlester Man Found Beheaded In Albuquerque

  20-12-2016 21:33
  
  Police have identified the man who was found beheaded and mutilated behind an Albuquerque store over the weekend as a McAlester man.
  
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• Trump's commitment to infrastructure vow is being questioned

  20-12-2016 21:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not at all clear that President-elect Donald Trump's plans to spend massively on infrastructure are going to unfold as he promised.
  
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• Woman uses app to find missing husband's body in California

  20-12-2016 21:18
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Northern California woman found her missing husband's body before the authorities by using a smartphone app, officials said.
  
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• Mayor: Negotiation process with feds now accelerated

  20-12-2016 21:18
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's new mayor says the city is aiming to reach an agreement with the federal government to overhaul police practices before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
  
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• Volkswagen deal on diesel cars gives buyback option for some

  20-12-2016 21:17
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Volkswagen reached a deal that will give at least some owners of the remaining 80,000 diesel vehicles caught in the company's emissions cheating scandal the option of a buyback an
  
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• Tulsa Police Identify Man Killed When Lumber Flies Off Truck Bed

  20-12-2016 21:10
  
  Police say a man is dead after a large lumber plank came off a flatbed truck and crashed through the windshield of his small pickup Tuesday morning.
  
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• Albuquerque police identify victim in gruesome death as McAlester man

  20-12-2016 21:01
  
  Police are still investigating and are looking for any information about the killing.
  
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• Officials say Oklahoma County inmate died of natural causes

  20-12-2016 20:51
  
  Officials say Richard Smith was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday. Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office investigators say Smith's death is apparently the result of a pre-existing medical condition.
  
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• Court unseals search warrant for Hillary Clinton's emails

  20-12-2016 20:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI told a federal court it needed a search warrant to look at thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails on the laptop of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner because they had the potential
  
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• The Latest: Trumps learn about cash, pet causes and access

  20-12-2016 20:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Man convicted as teen requests no mandatory life on parole

  20-12-2016 20:34
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania inmate who has served decades in prison for a murder committed when he was 14 asked the state's highest court Tuesday to prevent him from having to spend the rest
  
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• Bridge damaged by pipeline protesters set for inspection

  20-12-2016 20:32
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Transportation Department will inspect a damaged bridge near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest encampment.
  
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• Court affirms Tulsa man's life sentence in wife's 2012 death

  20-12-2016 20:12
  
  The state Medical Examiner's Office ruled the victim sustained multiple blunt force injuries which caused her to bleed to death.
  
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• Tulsa Family Loses Home To Fire

  20-12-2016 20:11
  
  A Tulsa family is displaced just before the Christmas holiday after fire destroyed their home Tuesday.
  
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