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• Group: Settlement will cut oil pollution at Washington dam

  19-01-2017 23:41
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday agreed to obtain a pollution permit to settle allegations that operations at the Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington polluted the Columbia
  
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• Tulsa Mom Uses App To Make Girl Scout Cookie-Selling Safer

  19-01-2017 23:40
  
  Girl Scout cookie season is almost here and some girl scouts are looking for new sales strategies. One mom turned to the neighborhood app 'NextDoor' to make selling safer. 
  
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• Regional troops enter Gambia in effort to get Jammeh to go

  19-01-2017 23:39
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A West African regional force charged into neighboring Gambia late Thursday to support the country's newly inaugurated president, while longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh showed no sign
  
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• Tennessee Valley Authority elects 1st African-American chair

  19-01-2017 23:36
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal agency in Tennessee has elected an African-American to be chairperson for the first time in its 83-year history.
  
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• North Dakota resets the debate over time zone disparity

  19-01-2017 23:34
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Residents of a rural sliver of North Dakota are fiercely opposing a plan that would move them into the same time zone as the cities and oilfields on the other side of the state.
  
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• Correction: Chicago-Gun Ranges story

  19-01-2017 23:34
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — In a Jan. 18 story about a federal appeals court ruling on Chicago's gun range ordinances, The Associated Press mischaracterized the nature of Judge Ilana Rovner's partial dissent. She
  
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• Brazil judge overseeing corruption probe dies in plane crash

  19-01-2017 23:32
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Supreme Court judge central to the huge corruption investigation roiling Brazil died in a plane crash Thursday, casting doubt over the future of a probe that has reached to the
  
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• Lack of Latinos in Trump Cabinet draws ire for 'setback'

  19-01-2017 23:26
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump's decision not to appoint any Latinos to his Cabinet is drawing fierce criticism from Hispanics, who call it a major setback for the nation's larg
  
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• State Audit Finds Numerous Problems With Chelsea City Government

  19-01-2017 23:24
  
  An investigative audit by the Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector's office found numerous problems with Chelsea's city government. 
  
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• Tulsa-Based Samson Resources Lays Off 66 Employees

  19-01-2017 23:17
  
  Tulsa-based energy company Samson Resources is laying off 66 workers after filing for bankruptcy in early January.
  
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• The Latest: Trump discusses swearing-in with chief justice

  19-01-2017 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Rain, snow storms pummel the West; more wet weather on way

  19-01-2017 23:16
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — More winter snow and rain pummeled the West on Thursday as the first in a series of expected storms soaked morning commuters in much of California, dumped 18 more inches of snow in t
  
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• Fed: Nearly 60 New Orleans police recruits had risk factors

  19-01-2017 23:16
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Close to 60 recent recruits were accepted into New Orleans Police Department training academy classes despite red flags for several "risk factors," including possible drug use, unpa
  
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• Trooper under investigation for Facebook posts about Newtown

  19-01-2017 23:12
  
  MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — State police have launched an internal affairs investigation into a trooper over Facebook postings with graphic language about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, author
  
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• Moscow nightclub hosts early inauguration party for Trump

  19-01-2017 23:11
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Twenty-four hours before Donald Trump was to be sworn in as president of the United States, several dozen people packed a Moscow nightclub to get a head start on celebrating.
  
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• The presidency is about to change _ as Trump remains Trump

  19-01-2017 23:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump enters the White House on Friday just as he entered the race for president: defiant, unfiltered, unbound by tradition and utterly confident in his chosen course.
  
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• Judge blocks Texas from cutting off Planned Parenthood funds

  19-01-2017 23:01
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state's Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015.
  
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• Woman accused of taping her toddler son to wall is arrested

  19-01-2017 23:00
  
  REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — A young woman accused of taping her 2-year-old son to a wall so she could get some housework done and streaming it live on social media was arrested on Thursday.
  
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• Cheers and ceremony: Trump sweeps in for his big day

  19-01-2017 22:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington on a military jet Thursday for three days of inaugural festivities and quickly set about building better ties to the Repu
  
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• EPA settles with Hawaii company over 2013 molasses spill

  19-01-2017 22:58
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement Thursday with the company responsible for a 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013.
  
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• Judge hints at trial for lawsuit on harsh CIA interrogation

  19-01-2017 22:55
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Psychologists who designed the CIA's harsh interrogation methods for the war on terror want a lawsuit from three former detainees dismissed, but a federal judge said Thursday tha
  
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• Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program

  19-01-2017 22:55
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program .
  
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• Republicans quickly kill Virginia transgender bathroom bill

  19-01-2017 22:50
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A transgender bathroom bill similar to North Carolina's has been killed by Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly.
  
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• Broken Arrow Police Investigating Fatal Wreck

  19-01-2017 22:26
  
  The Broken Arrow Police Department is investigating a fatal wreck.
  
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• US court cites right to gun-range use, tosses Chicago limits

  19-01-2017 22:01
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago is grappling with another in a series of defeats in its bid to regulate guns and tamp down gun violence, this time after a federal appeals court said its restriction
  
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• Officials: Woman throws dog from bridge, claiming it can fly

  19-01-2017 21:59
  
  RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a woman claimed dogs could fly before tossing a small dog about 30 feet off a South Florida bridge, injuring the animal.
  
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• Lawmaker fires aide behind fake news site

  19-01-2017 21:59
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland lawmaker has fired a legislative aide who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging.
  
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• Democrats in sad shape: Power deficit as Trump era begins

  19-01-2017 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats begin the Donald Trump presidency in sad shape. They lack a clear power base, they've got no distinct national leader, and party brokers are searching for a formula to coun
  
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• Actors, mayors to join inauguration-eve Trump demonstration

  19-01-2017 21:58
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Robert De Niro, Sally Field and other celebrities plan to join the mayors of New York and Minneapolis to rally cities to chart their own course on health care, climate change and other
  
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• Video raises questions about killing by California police

  19-01-2017 21:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A legally blind man suffering from schizophrenia who was fatally shot by police at a California gas station was the victim of a "cold-blooded execution," his attorney charged Thursd
  
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• In Minnesota, rainy-day fund may help cover insurance hikes

  19-01-2017 21:55
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota would use state money to offset the health premium hikes for more than 100,000 residents under a measure legislators were considering Thursday, a novel approach as sta
  
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• Judge overseeing police case calls Baltimore mayor to court

  19-01-2017 21:54
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The federal judge presiding over a settlement between the Baltimore Police Department and the U.S. Justice Department has asked the city's mayor to appear in court to discuss the cost
  
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• Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house

  19-01-2017 21:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear a case in which people arrested for having a party in a vacant house sued police for violating their constitutional rights and won.
  
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• The Latest: Trump lays wreath at Arlington Cemetery

  19-01-2017 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: George W. Bush says ill parents "much better"

  19-01-2017 21:43
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on the hospitalizations of former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara Bush (all times local):
  
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• Treasury pick defends foreclosure actions, asset disclosure

  19-01-2017 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick as Treasury secretary, clashed with Democrats during a lengthy confirmation hearing Thursday over his handling of thousands of mor
  
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• Black Americans weep for the Obama era and uncertain future

  19-01-2017 21:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — On the night in 2008 when Barack Obama was elected the country's first black president, many black Americans wept. Eight years later, they weep again for the end of an era some thoug
  
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• Trump pays $25 million to settle Trump University cases

  19-01-2017 21:36
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has paid $25 million to settle three lawsuits against his now-defunct Trump University, signaling that a judge's approval of a settlement agreement remain
  
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• Social Media Helps Tulsa Police Solve More Crimes

  19-01-2017 21:35
  
  Social media sites are known for their ability to reach a lot of people in a short amount of time and Tulsa Police said one popular form of social media is actually helping them to solve more crimes. 
  
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• Chicago policeman charged with murder released from jail

  19-01-2017 21:33
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has ordered that a Chicago police officer be released from jail after he promised to appear in court on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an unarmed man.
  
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• Correction: Pit Bull Attack story

  19-01-2017 21:29
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — In a story Jan. 17 about two dogs attacking children, The Associated Press erroneously reported the breed of dogs involved. The dogs were a pit bull mix and a border collie, not two pit
  
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• The Latest: Pipeline protest clash causes injuries, arrests

  19-01-2017 21:28
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on the Dakota Access pipeline (all times local):
  
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• Student wants confession in killing barred from trial

  19-01-2017 21:28
  
  ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — A judge will consider whether to bar from trial a former Virginia Tech student's confession in connection with the slaying of a 13-year-old girl.
  
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• Oklahoma oil tank battery explosion kills one near Waukomis

  19-01-2017 21:25
  
   Officials say one person has died in an oil tank battery explosion just west of Waukomis.
  
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• What's on the Trump menu? Lobster, steak and chocolate

  19-01-2017 21:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's first meal as president of the United States isn't too far from the typical power lunch for a billionaire businessman — lobster, beef and a rich chocolate dessert.
  
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• Supreme Court justice in Brazil dies in plane crash

  19-01-2017 21:23
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki, one of the most respected judges in the country who had been overseeing a large part of major corruption investigation, has died i
  
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• Alaska floating strip club owner faces waste dump sentence

  19-01-2017 21:23
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man who operated a floating strip club bar on a converted crabbing boat faced sentencing Thursday after he was found guilty of illegally dumping human waste into a h
  
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• American Airlines Named 2017 Airline Of The Year

  19-01-2017 20:40
  
  An aviation industry magazine says American Airlines is the best airline on the planet and it recognize the achievement in March. 
  
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• Senegal: Troops enter Gambia in effort to get Jammeh to go

  19-01-2017 20:10
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's army spokesman says its troops have entered Gambia to get former leader Yahya Jammeh to cede power to the country's newly inaugurated president.
  
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• Arkansas panel OKs restrictions on 2nd trimester abortions

  19-01-2017 20:08
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas legislative committee voted Thursday to outlaw an abortion procedure that opponents call "savage" and "barbaric" while others deem it the safest way to end a pregn
  
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