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• Tulsa Hosts Thousands Of Youth Wrestlers For National Competition

  20-01-2017 23:45
  
  More than 2,000 youth wrestlers and their families will converge on the Expo Square Pavilion and Ford Truck Arena January 20-21 for the 2017 Flo Tulsa Nationals Wrestling Competition.  The wrestling tournament, in its 62nd year, will bring together thousands of wrestlers between the ages of 4 and 16. The wrestlers travel from all over the country to compete for a national title.  “World of Wrestling is proud of the strong support that Tulsa has shown over the last fe...
  
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• The Latest: Senate confirms Mattis for defense secretary

  20-01-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: Judge orders ex-UW student to trial in sex case

  20-01-2017 23:23
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a suspended University of Wisconsin student accused of sexual assault and harassment involving several woman (all times local):
  
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• Task Force Arrests Three Drug Suspects In Claremore

  20-01-2017 23:22
  
  The Rogers County Sheriff's Office arrested three Claremore men in a drug investigation. 
  
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• Tulsa Firefighters Keep Grass Fire From Reaching Homes

  20-01-2017 23:21
  
  Quick work by Tulsa firefighters kept a grass fire for spreading Friday afternoon in West Tulsa near Central High School. 
  
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• New charges for Marine colonel accused of sexual abuse

  20-01-2017 23:18
  
  CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities at Camp Lejeune say a Marine colonel accused of sexually assaulting a child is facing more charges.
  
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• Melee near Trump's parade route as police, protesters clash

  20-01-2017 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Tr
  
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• Sheriff: Man fatally shoots wife he thought was a burglar

  20-01-2017 23:14
  
  GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a man fatally shot his wife after he mistook her for a burglar.
  
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• 'El Chapo' is hauled off to US jail that has held terrorists

  20-01-2017 23:11
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a scene U.S. authorities had dreamed of for decades, Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was hauled into an American courtroom Friday and then taken away t
  
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• Report: 'Net neutrality' foe Ajit Pai is new FCC head

  20-01-2017 23:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has reportedly picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections.
  
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• Floating strip club owner says he was unfairly targeted

  20-01-2017 23:05
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man convicted of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor from his floating strip club said he plans to appeal whatever sentence is imposed Friday afternoon.
  
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• The Latest: Man chased down woman in vehicle,

  20-01-2017 23:02
  
  MARRERO, La. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer in a town outside New Orleans (all times local):
  
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• PHOTOS: Pomp, fanfare and protest for Trump inauguration

  20-01-2017 23:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States Friday, vowing that "through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other."
  
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• Video: Hear from the man who won't sell his house to the George Kaiser Family Foundation

  20-01-2017 23:00
  
  The home is adjacent to 100-plus acres of what is intended to be Peoria Mohawk Industrial Park on Mohawk Boulevard between Peoria and Lewis avenues.
  
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• On his first day, Trump begins to set up his administration

  20-01-2017 23:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House and began setting up his new administration on Friday, signing a bill that allows retired Gen. James Mattis to se
  
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• Woman accused of drugging son, 10, to get him to sleep

  20-01-2017 22:59
  
  CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman is facing child endangerment charges after allegedly drugging her son to calm him.
  
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• Shelter for migrant children in Arkansas still possible

  20-01-2017 22:56
  
  HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — A former job corps site is Arkansas has been sitting vacant but potential options for its use are an at-risk youth program expansion and a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant
  
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• Mother sues to stop Bible classes in West Virginia schools

  20-01-2017 22:55
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — A kindergartner's mother sued her public school system in West Virginia, saying a 75-year practice of putting kids in Bible classes violates the U.S. and state constitutions.
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Staff overpowered armed Ohio student

  20-01-2017 22:53
  
  WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on an Ohio school shooting that injured one student (all times local):
  
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• FACT CHECK: Trump starts on familiar note: with exaggeration

  20-01-2017 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the point of hyperbole. A
  
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• The Latest: Defeated Gambia leader not leaving country yet

  20-01-2017 22:47
  
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — The Latest on Gambia's political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's refusal to leave office (all times local):
  
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• CBS News: 2017 Inauguration Day - Live Updates

  20-01-2017 22:33
  
  Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. 
  
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• Confrontation Near Inaugural Parade Route Escalates, Pepper Spray Used

  20-01-2017 21:37
  
  Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Trump's inaugural parade route. 
  
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• The Latest: Trump honored Clinton came to inaugural lunch

  20-01-2017 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the United States (all times EST):
  
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• Gambia's defeated leader agrees to cede power: Official

  20-01-2017 21:15
  
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Defeated Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh has agreed to cede power to the country's newly inaugurated leader, a Senegalese government official confirmed late Friday.
  
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• Confrontation near parade route escalates, pepper spray used

  20-01-2017 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Protesters registered their rage against the new president Friday in a chaotic confrontation with police who used pepper spray and stun grenades in a melee just blocks from Donald Tr
  
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• Prosecutor: 'Dance Mom' should be imprisoned for fraud

  20-01-2017 21:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A prosecutor on Friday urged a federal judge to sentence "Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller to prison instead of probation for bankruptcy fraud.
  
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• Promises, pomp and protests as Trump sworn in

  20-01-2017 21:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Pledging to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command of a deeply divided nation and us
  
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• Autopsy suggests Orlando officer on back when fatally shot

  20-01-2017 21:08
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An autopsy shows that an Orlando police officer gunned down outside a Wal-Mart last week was struck four times and the fatal shot hit her neck, apparently as she lay on her back,
  
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• The Latest: Canyon floods as storm drenches California

  20-01-2017 21:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on California's latest storm (all times local):
  
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• Sheriff: Officer, woman killed; search on for boyfriend

  20-01-2017 20:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An off-duty police officer and a woman he was helping were shot and killed Friday in a New Orleans suburb, and authorities were searching for a man who had been involved with the wo
  
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• With hopes and fears, a divided America watches inauguration

  20-01-2017 20:58
  
  ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) — In living rooms, cafes and offices, people across America watched Donald Trump become the nation's 45th president on Friday, with many eagerly anticipating the historic transition
  
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• Texas Court grants appeal after 35 years without conviction

  20-01-2017 20:54
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas appellate court says an inmate imprisoned for more than 35 years after his murder conviction was overturned should go free.
  
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• Group Of Oklahomans To March In Washington

  20-01-2017 20:53
  
  Some Oklahoma demonstrators are on their way to Washington to march with thousands of women after the inauguration. 
  
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• Appeals court tells judge to allow transgender name changes

  20-01-2017 20:53
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court on Friday overturned a lower court judge's orders denying legal name changes to two transgender men.
  
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• Kingpin 'El Chapo' faces US authority; it faces securing him

  20-01-2017 20:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's a scene U.S. authorities have dreamed of for decades: One of history's most infamous drug lords, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, facing justice in an American court.
  
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• The Latest: Jammeh agrees to cede power: Senegalese official

  20-01-2017 20:51
  
  BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — The Latest on Gambia's political crisis, sparked by defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's refusal to leave office (all times local):
  
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• Strip club owner says he was unfairly targeted

  20-01-2017 20:50
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man convicted of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor while operating a floating strip club says he plans to appeal whatever sentence is imposed Friday aftern
  
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• 2 companies get probation, fine over mislabeling cheese

  20-01-2017 20:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two Pennsylvania cheese businesses are being punished for selling grated Swiss and mozzarella cheeses that were fraudulently represented as Parmesan and Romano.
  
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• Bergdahl lawyers: Trump's criticism prevents fair trial

  20-01-2017 20:49
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's scathing criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will prevent the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges he endangered comrades by walking off his post
  
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• The Latest: Woman killed with Louisiana officer identified

  20-01-2017 20:46
  
  MARRERO, La. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a police officer in a town outside New Orleans (all times local):
  
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• Taking his exit, Obama says presidency proved hope wins out

  20-01-2017 20:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama exited the presidency on Friday with a message of gratitude to Americans and a plea to his supporters not to be bowed by the inauguration of President D
  
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• The Latest: 5 out of avalanche hotel; 5 others being saved

  20-01-2017 20:36
  
  FARINDOLA, Italy (AP) — The Latest on the avalanche that buried a hotel in central Italy (all times local):
  
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• OSBI: Perry Man Murdered In Hominy, 4 Arrested

  20-01-2017 20:35
  
  The Osage County Sheriff's Office says it's holding four suspects in a murder investigation. 
  
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• The Latest: Drug kingpin El Chapo appears in New York court

  20-01-2017 20:31
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman facing drug trafficking and other charges in the United States (all times local):
  
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• Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman appears in NYC court; public defender enters not-guilty plea for him

  20-01-2017 20:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman appears in NYC court; public defender enters not-guilty plea for him.
  
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• Transcript: Donald Trump's presidential inaugural address

  20-01-2017 20:25
  
  A transcript of Donald Trump's inaugural address, delivered Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after his swearing-in as the 45th president of the United States.
  
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• Champagne corks pop in Moscow at Trump's inauguration

  20-01-2017 20:24
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Champagne corks popped Friday in Moscow as Russians celebrated the start of Donald Trump's presidency, confident of better relations ahead between the two countries.
  
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• Four Arrested In Hominy Homicide

  20-01-2017 20:04
  
  The Osage County Sheriff's Office says it's holding four suspects in a murder investigation. 
  
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