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• Ford cancels plan to build new Mexican plant, adds US jobs

  03-01-2017 23:52
  
  FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — The auto industry's relationship with President-elect Donald Trump took a dramatic turn Tuesday as Ford Motor Co. decided to shift investment dollars targeted for Mexico to the
  
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• Dashcam Video Released Of Valley Brook Police Shooting; Suspect Arrested

  03-01-2017 23:50
  
  On Tuesday, the Valley Book Chief of Police released dashcam video of the moments preceding, during and after a traffic stop where one of his officers was shot in the leg.
  
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• The Latest: House adopts new rules package along party lines

  03-01-2017 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress convening for a new session (all times EST):
  
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• Retreating after Trump tweet, GOP won't gut ethics office

  03-01-2017 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The new GOP era in Washington got off to a messy start Tuesday as House Republicans, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, abruptly dropped plans to gut an independent co
  
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• 1 of the last remaining Shakers dies at 89, leaving just 2

  03-01-2017 23:28
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sister Frances Carr, one of the last remaining members of a nearly extinct religious society called the Shakers, has died. She was 89.
  
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• Jenks Recognized For Efforts In Sports Medicine For Athletes

  03-01-2017 23:16
  
  The 850-plus student athletes at Jenks High School may not have realized it if they've not needed it, but they have unusual access to medical care.
  
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• Some Claim The New A-F Education Standards Are Racist

  03-01-2017 23:01
  
  Some are criticizing the new A-F school report card system, saying a component of the new grading system is racist.
  
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• California snowpack measures low, but big storms coming

  03-01-2017 23:00
  
  PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — Surveyors plunged a pole into the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Tuesday and took the first manual measurement of the wet season, finding water content was about half of nor
  
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• Search Continues For Suspects In Okmulgee Woman's Death

  03-01-2017 22:55
  
  The Okmulgee Police Department is still hoping to identify suspects involved in a woman’s death.
  
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• Couple arrested after young children found wandering alone in west Tulsa

  03-01-2017 22:55
  
  Deputies located the children's father and stepmother unconscious in a garage on the property. The children were placed into Department of Human Services custody, according to the Sheriff's Office.
  
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• The Latest: Official: Sex offender program needs more money

  03-01-2017 22:39
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court ruling that Minnesota's sex offender treatment program is constitutional (all times local):
  
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• Man pleads guilty to killing Kansas police detective

  03-01-2017 22:33
  
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of killing a Kansas police detective has pleaded guilty to capital murder.
  
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• Rep. Dan Kirby reasserts innocence; House Democrats fail in effort to keep him from being recognized as member

  03-01-2017 22:30
  
  Tuesday was an organizational day for the legislature. Senators elected Mike Schulz to lead the upper chamber, while Rep. Charles McCall, R-Atoka, was elected to lead the House.
  
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• Bill and Hillary Clinton to attend Trump inauguration

  03-01-2017 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Falling in line with tradition, Bill and Hillary Clinton plan to attend Donald Trump's inauguration. It's a decision that will put Hillary Clinton on the inaugural platform as her bi
  
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• The Latest: Omarosa getting hired by Trump White House

  03-01-2017 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• State Lawmakers Mull Gas Tax, Sales Exemptions To Raise Revenue

  03-01-2017 21:51
  
  With a budget hole close to $900 million state lawmakers have brought up raising taxes to help make up the money. Their newest idea: A raise on the state's gas tax.
  
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• Bill to drop Utah DUI threshold to strictest level in nation

  03-01-2017 21:45
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state lawmaker wants to make Utah's DUI threshold the strictest in the nation by lowering the blood-alcohol content limit to 0.05 percent.
  
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• Sentencing delayed for former official in United bribe plot

  03-01-2017 21:41
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former transportation official and mentor to New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie won't be sentenced in a bribery scheme until March.
  
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• Megyn Kelly leaving Fox News, will host 2 shows on NBC

  03-01-2017 21:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star who's had a contentious relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, said Tuesday that she's leaving the network for NBC News, where she will host a d
  
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• Detention officer beat unconscious, Tulsa man charged

  03-01-2017 21:38
  
  The state filed charges Dec. 30 against Timothy Worthington Worthington allegedly punched a detention officer until he lost consciousness and injured his shoulder The assault allegedly happened on Christmas Day Worthington is currently awaiting trial on robbery by force or fear charges, among others Falling temps for your Tuesday Teen parents charged in infant daughter's death Pedestrian killed in south Tulsa crash OU president Boren stands by Mixon punishment Stolen car burns in north Tulsa
  
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• Average Oklahoma gas prices rise 6 cents during past week

  03-01-2017 21:38
  
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• Trump's slim NKorea options: Diplomacy, sanctions, force

  03-01-2017 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he is confident North Korea won't develop a nuclear-tipped missile that could strike the United States. But his options for stopping the reclusive communist country
  
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• Vandals Damage Veterans Memorial In Poteau

  03-01-2017 21:33
  
  Police in Poteau are searching for the person or people who vandalized a well-known veterans memorial at a local cemetery sometime over the holidays.
  
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• Divers looking for Colorado boy, 6, find body in frozen pond

  03-01-2017 21:33
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Divers looking for a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his suburban Denver home on New Year's Eve found the body of a child in a frozen pond Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: Ryan's message to America is 'we hear you'

  03-01-2017 21:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress convening for a new session. (All times EST):
  
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• Quick decisions meant life or death in Southeastern storms

  03-01-2017 21:13
  
  As an apparent tornado bore down on them, seven people in a mobile home in southeast Alabama made a life-or-death decision: Three ran into one bathroom for shelter and four ran in the opposite directi
  
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• Teen faces charges over alleged racist video of another teen

  03-01-2017 20:59
  
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor is pursuing ethnic intimidation and harassment charges against a 14-year-old white student accused of making a racist video of a black student eating chick
  
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• Cleveland Company Owner Meets With Employees One Week After Fire

  03-01-2017 20:55
  
  The owner of an aircraft manufacturing company in Cleveland met with its employees Tuesday to discuss the future of the business, one week after an explosion destroyed the building and sent two people to the hospital.
  
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• Challenge to Ohio's newest execution method goes to trial

  03-01-2017 20:43
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's newest execution method is either a legal approach to putting condemned killers to death or a process akin to burning inmates at the stake, according to arguments in the l
  
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• Western US sagebrush defense plan will endure, official says

  03-01-2017 20:38
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says a new wildfire-fighting plan to protect a wide swath of sagebrush country in the West that supports cattle ranching and is home to an imperiled
  
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• The Latest: Bob Woodward visits Trump Tower

  03-01-2017 20:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Muskogee Man Critical After Being Thrown From SUV

  03-01-2017 20:38
  
  A Muskogee man is in critical condition after being thrown about 45 feet from his SUV Saturday afternoon, December 31, 2016, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. 
  
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• Guymon competes for teachers in all directions

  03-01-2017 20:29
  
  Guymon is a majority nonwhite district with a large number of non-English-speaking students, an unusual demographic for a rural Oklahoma school system that adds to the challenge in attracting teachers.
  
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• The Latest: GOP unveils initial 'Obamacare' repeal measure

  03-01-2017 20:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress convening for a new session. (All times EST):
  
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• Radioactive contamination spreads in shuttered Hanford plant

  03-01-2017 20:08
  
  RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating processing plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state that was last used in the 1950s and 1960s t
  
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• Migrants protest conditions at 2 asylum centers in Italy

  03-01-2017 20:06
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian police early Tuesday quelled a protest by occupants of a migrant center near Venice that left fearful workers at the center barricaded inside offices.
  
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• Oldest Puget Sound orca, 'Granny,' missing and presumed dead

  03-01-2017 19:59
  
  FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — The oldest member of the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas has been missing for months and is now likely dead, bringing the toll of dead or missing whales to
  
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• House re-elects Republican Paul Ryan as speaker, will lead hefty GOP majority

  03-01-2017 19:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House re-elects Republican Paul Ryan as speaker, will lead hefty GOP majority.
  
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• The Latest: German state may not deport far-right victims

  03-01-2017 19:49
  
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants in Europe (all times local):
  
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• Valley Brook Police Release Video Of Officer Being Shot

  03-01-2017 19:46
  
  Valley Brook Police released dashcam video from a shooting that left an officer in critical condition. 
  
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• Tulsa County Sheriff, 3 City Officials Sworn In

  03-01-2017 19:33
  
  Four newly elected Tulsa County officials were sworn in Tuesday morning, including Sheriff Vic Regalado. 
  
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• The Latest: Expert: Sex offender ruling very serious setback

  03-01-2017 19:28
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court ruling that Minnesota's sex offender treatment program is constitutional (all times local):
  
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• Backtracking after Trump tweet, GOP won't gut ethics office

  03-01-2017 19:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans abruptly reversed themselves Tuesday under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump and dropped plans to gut an independent congressional ethics board.
  
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• AP Fact Check: Dylann Roof wasn't sexually assaulted in jail

  03-01-2017 19:24
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A widely shared story claiming convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was raped in jail is not true.
  
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• Construction Begins On Saint Francis Health Complex In Glenpool

  03-01-2017 19:17
  
  Glenpool residents are excited to finally see construction progress for its new hospital, which was first announced in September 2015. 
  
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• Video shows man believed to be nightclub attacker in Turkey

  03-01-2017 19:16
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — An eerie video emerged Tuesday of a man believed to be the attacker who killed 39 people in a mass shooting at a nightclub, showing him taking a selfie as he silently toured Istanbul's
  
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• Fox News' star Megyn Kelly headed to NBC News

  03-01-2017 19:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Megyn Kelly, the Fox News star whose 12-year stint has been marked by upheavals at her network and personal attacks on the campaign trail, is headed to NBC News.
  
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• Correction: Bundy Land Protest story

  03-01-2017 18:57
  
  BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — In a story Jan. 2 about a protest of the designation of a national monument in southern Nevada, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. Interior Department sai
  
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• Oklahoma City fire rig stolen, arrest made

  03-01-2017 18:29
  
  The suspect attempted to steal the pumper from a firefighter stationed at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, 5200 E Interstate 240 Service Road, according to a news release.
  
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• GOP drops weakening of ethics office, challenged by President-elect Trump

  03-01-2017 18:28
  
  The dizzying about-face came as lawmakers convened for the first day of the 115th Congress, an occasion normally reserved for pomp and ceremony under the Capitol Dome.
  
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