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• Wildlife officials kill cougars preying on pets in Oregon

  24-01-2017 23:56
  
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a scenario that could come from a horror film, normally timid mountain lions are forced by heavy snows into a remote community, where they feast on pets and chickens. It's happen
  
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• NJ Transit resumes Atlantic City service after bridge repair

  24-01-2017 23:52
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit resumed service on its Atlantic City Line on Tuesday, a day after it was suspended because a bridge was stuck in the open position.
  
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• Shark attacks drop in 2016 after record-breaking 2015

  24-01-2017 23:45
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Unprovoked shark attacks dropped last year after a record-breaking number in 2015.
  
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• Rebuking Obama, Trump boosts Keystone XL, Dakota pipelines

  24-01-2017 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump moved swiftly Tuesday to advance the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines, signing executive actions to aggressively overhaul America's energy
  
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• Report: 'Slavery was intertwined' with university's history

  24-01-2017 23:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University was founded partly with slave traders' money, counted slaveholders among its early leaders and let at least one prominent student have a slave with him at college,
  
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• Trump health pick gives Dems few details on health overhaul

  24-01-2017 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's selection to become health secretary told a Senate committee Tuesday that the new administration believes people with existing illnesses should not be denied
  
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• Trump expands anti-abortion ban to all US global health aid

  24-01-2017 23:35
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump has massively expanded the ban on providing federal money to international groups that perform abortions, or provide abortion information, to all organizat
  
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• S&P: Downturn in energy production hits budgets in 6 states

  24-01-2017 23:35
  
  Six of the country's major energy-producing states have slipped into recession after a sharp decline in production and exploration over the last 18 months caused their tax revenue to plummet and job g
  
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• Trump dogged by insecurity over popular vote, media coverage

  24-01-2017 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump holds the most powerful office in the world. But he's dogged by insecurity over his loss of the popular vote in the election and a persistent frustration that the legiti
  
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• Charges upgraded for man accused in machete attack on girl

  24-01-2017 23:31
  
  APEX, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors in North Carolina say the charges against a man accused of attacking an 18-year-old girl with a machete have been upgraded.
  
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• Tulsa Man Charged With Abuse Of Baby, Mother Charged For Allowing It

  24-01-2017 23:22
  
  A 28-year-old Tulsa man was charged with child abuse by injury of a 5-month-old baby and the baby's 29-year-old mother was also charged with permitting child abuse.
  
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• Humane society rescues dogs from Korean meat farm

  24-01-2017 23:15
  
  The dogs lived in poor conditions similar to a puppy mill, where they were kept in confined spaces with little to no human contact.
  
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• The Latest: House votes to bar funds for abortion coverage

  24-01-2017 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):
  
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• Nebraska senator could face expulsion for online behavior

  24-01-2017 22:53
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state senator could face expulsion from the Legislature for a pattern of questionable behavior that includes cybersex on a state computer and posting a joke on Twitter
  
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• Snow-covered buildings collapsing in rare US West weather

  24-01-2017 22:51
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For buildings in parts of the snow-covered U.S. West, it has become a winter where the weak do not survive.
  
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• Gun rights activists sue over Massachusetts firearms laws

  24-01-2017 22:50
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Gun rights activists aided by the National Rifle Association are suing Massachusetts over its firearms laws, saying the state's assault weapons ban is preventing law-abiding residents fr
  
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• Police release name of armed man shot by Delaware officer

  24-01-2017 22:48
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A 60-year-old man confronted by police in Delaware appeared distraught and refused to drop a handgun before being fatally shot by an officer, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Washington, other states eye school bus seat belts

  24-01-2017 22:45
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill that would require school buses to have seat belts is being considered by lawmakers in Washington, one of more than a dozen states where school seat belt measures is on th
  
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• The Latest: State prosecutor stunned by Trump comment

  24-01-2017 22:45
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the retrial of a South Carolina police officer charged with murder (all times local):
  
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• Osage County Jail Employee Accused Of Embezzlement Arrested

  24-01-2017 22:37
  
  An Osage County jail employee accused of stealing from the jail has been arrested.
  
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• Homes Destroyed As Wildfire Rages North Of Edmond

  24-01-2017 22:34
  
  A number of homes and other structures have been damaged or destroyed after a wildfire flared up in a rural area just north of Edmond, Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Lawyers for site called 'online brothel' want charges tossed

  24-01-2017 22:30
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The operators of Backpage.com pushed for pimping charges to be tossed out for the second time Tuesday, two weeks after the website that prosecutors dubbed an online brothel s
  
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• '1984' sales soar after 'alternative facts,' Trump claims

  24-01-2017 22:29
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In the wake of incorrect or unprovable statements made by President Donald Trump and some White House aides, one truth is undeniable: Sales are soaring for George Orwell's "1984."
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Coca-Cola not recalling Dasani water

  24-01-2017 22:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola has not issued a recall for Dasani and says the water is safe to drink, despite a false story shared on social media that claimed bottles were found contaminated with a paras
  
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• Water lead-level falls below federal limit in Flint

  24-01-2017 22:26
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Flint's water system no longer has levels of lead exceeding the federal limit, a key finding that Michigan state environmental officials said Tuesday is good news for a city whos
  
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• Texas GOP stars push school choice, but will it be enough?

  24-01-2017 22:20
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The governor of Texas and the Bush family's rising star added political muscle Tuesday to a rally supporting school vouchers, which have stalled repeatedly in the country's larges
  
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• Top Republicans accept 'alternative facts' from Trump

  24-01-2017 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top three Senate Republicans refused on Tuesday to disavow President Donald Trump's false claim that millions of illegally cast ballots cost him the popular vote.
  
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• 2 suspects charged with capital murder after mall shooting

  24-01-2017 22:19
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The two men police say attempted to rob a jewelry store at a San Antonio mall have been charged with capital murder in the death of a good Samaritan who attempted to intervene.
  
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• House Speaker Suspends Rep. Kirby's Committee Chairmanship Pending Investigation Results

  24-01-2017 22:11
  
  Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall Tuesday, suspended Rep. Dan Kirby’s chairmanship of the House Business, Commerce & Tourism Committee pending the findings and recommendations of the House Special Investigation Committee after Rep. Kirby publicly announced his intent to refuse to testify before the Committee. 
  
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• Lawyers for site dubbed 'online brothel' want charges tossed

  24-01-2017 21:45
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The operators of Backpage.com pushed for pimping charges to be tossed out for the second time Tuesday, two weeks after the website that prosecutors dubbed an online brothel s
  
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• Trump White House silent on new Israeli settlement units

  24-01-2017 21:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is declining to take a position on Israel's latest plan to expand Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians, breaking with past White House crit
  
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• The Latest: McCain to nominee: 'What were you thinking?'

  24-01-2017 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):
  
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• Judges rules in favor of university in open-records case

  24-01-2017 21:36
  
  A Kentucky judge has sided with the state's flagship university in an open-records dispute involving a student newspaper's dogged pursuit of documents it wants to review in a sexual harassment investi
  
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• Toyota to add 400 jobs, sink $600M into Indiana SUV factory

  24-01-2017 21:33
  
  PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — Toyota announced Tuesday that it will boost SUV production at an Indiana factory with a $600 million investment the company says will add 400 jobs.
  
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• Nebraska senator could face expulsion for offensive retweet

  24-01-2017 21:32
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state senator could face expulsion from the Legislature for a pattern of questionable behavior that includes cybersex on a state computer and posting a joke on Twitter
  
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• Owner of limo torched in DC says insurance unlikely to pay

  24-01-2017 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance likely won't cover the damage to a limousine set on fire during an Inauguration Day protest in Washington, the limo company president says.
  
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• Dutch government wants to counter Trump with abortion funds

  24-01-2017 21:20
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says it wants an international fund to finance access to birth control, abortion and education for women in developing countries.
  
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• Crews working to control large wildfire north of Edmond

  24-01-2017 21:18
  
  Denton said there have been reports of structure fires but could not confirm any damage.
  
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• Police: Mother Of Sapulpa Double-Murder Suspect Turned Him In

  24-01-2017 21:16
  
  Police say the mother of the suspect in a double murder at a Sapulpa gas station helped lead police to him. 
  
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• Trump admin orders EPA contract freeze and media blackout

  24-01-2017 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has instituted what it described as a temporary media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or gra
  
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• Prosecutors won't charge 2 LAPD officers in fatal shooting

  24-01-2017 21:05
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles police officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot a 25-year-old black man during a struggle over an officer's gun and will not face criminal charges for t
  
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• Syria's motley crew of fighters now at negotiating table

  24-01-2017 20:59
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Regardless of whether the talks in the freezing Kazakh capital provide a path forward for peace in Syria, there was one definite and tangible outcome: The country's ragtag army of rebels
  
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• Sentencing set for man convicted of plotting Texas attack

  24-01-2017 20:58
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An American-born Muslim convert convicted of supporting the Islamic State group and helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas was scheduled to be sent
  
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• Ex-Christie aides seek delay of sentencing in bridge scandal

  24-01-2017 20:58
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former aides to Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are asking a judge to postpone their sentencing next month following their convictions in a plot to cause traffic jams
  
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• Sac & Fox Tribal Police Officer Killed In Lincoln County Crash

  24-01-2017 20:56
  
  A Sac & Fox Nation tribal police officer was killed in a crash in far northeastern Lincoln County, early Tuesday morning.
  
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• White House doubles down on Trump's voter fraud claim

  24-01-2017 20:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday stuck firmly to President Donald Trump's claim that millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but provided no evidence to back up his as
  
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• Philadelphia bars employers from requesting salary history

  24-01-2017 20:54
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Despite a threat from cable giant Comcast to take legal action, Philadelphia has banned employers from asking potential hires to provide their salary history, a move supporters say
  
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• California governor defiant in face of Trump agenda

  24-01-2017 20:51
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown delivered an aggressive defense on Tuesday of California's liberal policies on immigration, health care and climate change during his State of the State addr
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo giving critical care to premature hippo calf

  24-01-2017 20:48
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Zoo staffers are providing critical care to a prematurely born baby hippo.
  
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• Boy, 17, charged with attempted murder in school shooting

  24-01-2017 20:48
  
  WEST LIBERTY, Ohio (AP) — A 17-year-old boy accused of shooting two students at his high school, injuring them, has been charged in juvenile court with attempted murder and felonious assault, a prosec
  
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