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• OK Energy Producers Believe Pruitt Can Bring Balance As EPA Head

  31-01-2017 23:59
  
  Oklahoma oil producers are hoping Scott Pruitt will change practices at the EPA they believe favored environmental interests over common sense.
  
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• Hundreds Of Refugees To Enter U.S. Despite Trump's Ban, Border Patrol Chief Says

  31-01-2017 23:59
  
  Nearly 900 refugees will be allowed into the United States this week despite President Donald Trump’s order suspending the U.S. refugees program, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.  
  
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• Oklahoma Veteran Making 'Battlefield Crosses' To Honor 17 Fallen Marines

  31-01-2017 23:49
  
  A Marine veteran from Sperry is remembering 17 fallen Marines. He’s creating what he calls "battlefield crosses" to honor their memory.
  
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• Trump announcing Supreme Court pick Tuesday night

  31-01-2017 23:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was poised Tuesday to announce his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, one of the most consequential moves of his young administration and a decis
  
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• Officer charged with striking handcuffed suspect on video

  31-01-2017 23:33
  
  DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say a Connecticut police officer has been charged with breach of peace because he kicked a handcuffed suspect in the head.
  
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• BA Man Charged With Having, Sending Child Pornography

  31-01-2017 23:32
  
  The district attorney has charged a Broken Arrow man with having and sending child pornography.
  
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• Arkansas House OKs bid to revive state's voter ID law

  31-01-2017 23:29
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House approved a plan Tuesday to reinstate a voter ID law that was struck down more than two years ago, with Republicans counting on a new state Supreme Court mak
  
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• Tulsa Retirement Community Using Dance To Get Residents Moving

  31-01-2017 23:28
  
  Anybody ever tell you that you need to get up and get moving? Well, a group of Tulsans has taken that to heart, and then some – now, they're healthier, happier, and having fun.
  
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• The Latest: Chao sworn in as transportation secretary

  31-01-2017 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Obama fights back: Former president's orbit resists Trump

  31-01-2017 23:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismayed by the Trump administration's first days, former President Barack Obama's loyalists, former aides and even his spokesman are speaking out and even actively resisting the new
  
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• US misfires in online fight against Islamic State

  31-01-2017 23:19
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — On any given day at MacDill Air Force Base, web crawlers scour social media for potential recruits to the Islamic State group. Then, in a high-stakes operation to counter the extrem
  
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• The Latest: Sept. 11 families speak out against travel ban

  31-01-2017 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump, his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries and other immigration actions (all times local):
  
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• Trump pledges beefed up cybersecurity but doesn't sign order

  31-01-2017 23:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to strengthen the government's ability to protect its computer networks, but then canceled plans to sign an executive order on cybersecurity wi
  
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• The Latest: 47 arrested in Senate office building protest

  31-01-2017 23:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments in Congress (all times local):
  
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• Body of missing Dartmouth College student found near river

  31-01-2017 23:03
  
  HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Police have recovered the body of a missing Dartmouth College student in a river near the campus.
  
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• France: New report says candidate's family made $1M as aides

  31-01-2017 23:02
  
  PARIS (AP) — French presidential candidate Francois Fillon not only paid his wife for an allegedly fake job as a parliamentary aide, but also employed two of the couple's children for the same positio
  
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• Broken Arrow woman sentenced in Munchausen syndrome by proxy case

  31-01-2017 23:01
  
  Victoria Lynn Lee, 41, was accused of reporting false medical information about her daughter, which led to the girl being subject from birth to age 6 to more than 120 doctors' visits with more than 20 doctors.
  
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• Romania's govt decriminalizes official misconduct

  31-01-2017 22:56
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government adopted an emergency ordinance late Tuesday to decriminalize official misconduct, dealing a blow to the yearslong drive to curb corruption in the eastern
  
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• After Trump order, volunteer lawyers descend on big airports

  31-01-2017 22:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It had been a few years since attorney Roman Zelichenko left immigration law for a career in finance, and longer still since he pulled an all-nighter.
  
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• Maine motorist receives summons after train smashes his car

  31-01-2017 22:52
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine driver who had two children in his car when it was slammed by a train could face up to a year in jail.
  
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• African leaders OK strategy for mass withdrawal from ICC

  31-01-2017 22:51
  
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — African leaders on Tuesday adopted a strategy calling for a collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. The non-binding decision came behind closed doors
  
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• Yates firing sends a message about Trump's dissent tolerance

  31-01-2017 22:48
  
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's abrupt, late-night firing of the acting U.S. attorney general sends a clear message to his future Cabinet about his tolerance for public dissent.
  
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• Judge: Dad, 92, not competent for trial in daughter's death

  31-01-2017 22:48
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 92-year-old West Virginia man charged with shooting his 68-year-old daughter to death is not competent to stand trial.
  
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• Last Relative Who Knew Will Rogers Passes Away

  31-01-2017 22:29
  
  The last relative of Will Rogers who actually knew the humorist personally passed away on Sunday. 
  
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• Jenks Police Seek Persons Of Interest Connected To Stolen Debit Card

  31-01-2017 22:21
  
  The Jenks Police Department is hoping the public can help them identify two persons of interest in a stolen debit card case.
  
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• Acting attorney general is familiar with tough assignments

  31-01-2017 22:03
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutor Dana Boente, described by a former attorney general as a "consummate utility player," is being asked to pinch hit again, this time in one of the most influent
  
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• Refugees anticipate family reunions, instead endure doubt

  31-01-2017 21:54
  
  From married couples to mothers and daughters, President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from certain countries has created profound uncertainty for families in America and abroad. Man
  
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• Trump's attack tactics emerge in Virginia gubernatorial race

  31-01-2017 21:53
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump's path to the presidency included the unusual step of attacking individual major companies, like retailers Macy's and Amazon.
  
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• Texas governor echoes Trump with 'sanctuary city' crackdown

  31-01-2017 21:51
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday embraced President Donald Trump's proposed crackdowns on so-called "sanctuary cities" but didn't mention the president's recent order for a parti
  
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• The Latest: Campbell guilty of 2nd degree murder of officer

  31-01-2017 21:47
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of a man who shot a Memphis police officer raiding his home (all times local):
  
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• Jury convicts man in Florida Keys bomb plot

  31-01-2017 21:46
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a man of a plot to detonate a bomb on a Florida Keys beach that prosecutors said was inspired by Islamic State extremists.
  
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• Hormel stops taking pigs from farm shown in undercover video

  31-01-2017 21:46
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Hormel Foods Corp. says it has stopped accepting hogs from a pork supplier in Oklahoma after an animal rights group released video from a farm the supplier owns there.
  
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• Protesters rally at Sen. Lankford's Tulsa office to oppose Trump immigration ban, cabinet nominations

  31-01-2017 21:45
  
  The protest was organized through MoveOn.org, a liberal public policy advocacy group and political action committee, as part of nationwide "#resistTrump" protests.
  
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• NAACP seeks full transcript from Tamir Rice grand jury

  31-01-2017 21:45
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The NAACP in Cleveland wants a judge to release the full transcript from the grand jury that declined to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice
  
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• Democrats decry Trump threat to fire inspectors general

  31-01-2017 21:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asked the White House Tuesday for information about reports that President Donald Trump's transition team threatened to remove a host of in
  
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• Texas Border Patrol agent convicted of aiding drug cartel

  31-01-2017 21:30
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A South Texas jury has acquitted a Border Patrol agent of murder but convicted him of aiding organized crime in a drug-related case that left a man decapitated.
  
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• US, Louisiana schools reach pact in 1965 desegregation case

  31-01-2017 21:29
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Renewed efforts to desegregate three nearly all-black elementary schools and recruit a diverse faculty and staff are part of a new agreement between a south Louisiana school distric
  
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• The Latest: Trump delays signing executive order

  31-01-2017 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Stillwater Teens Arrested, Accused Of Live Streaming Threats

  31-01-2017 21:29
  
  Three Stillwater teens were arrested on Monday after police say the trio used a Facebook live stream to make threats to school administrators.
  
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• Navy SEAL killed in al-Qaida raid remembered as hero

  31-01-2017 21:27
  
  PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A decorated U.S. Navy SEAL from Illinois who was killed during a raid against al-Qaida in Yemen is being remembered as a hero by elected officials and those who knew him as a high
  
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• Deaths mount daily as renewed fighting hits eastern Ukraine

  31-01-2017 21:27
  
  AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy artillery and rockets hit residential areas in eastern Ukraine Tuesday amid a new outburst of fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels, lea
  
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• Accused flight attendant negotiating plea agreement

  31-01-2017 21:26
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A flight attendant accused of making fake bomb threats on two Skywest flights in the U.S. in 2015 is negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors and likely won't stand trial.
  
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• California lawmakers eye statewide immigration sanctuary

  31-01-2017 21:21
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would provide statewide sanctuary for immigrants by restricting local law enforcement from cooperating with federal im
  
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• Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in slaying in motel

  31-01-2017 21:15
  
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A man accused of tying and killing a good Samaritan who rented a Pennsylvania motel room for him, then videotaping the body and saying "I do what I want," was convicted Tuesday of f
  
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• 3 states: Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump

  31-01-2017 21:02
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington, Massachusetts and New York are becoming the first states to sue the Trump administration with filings announced this week over the executive order restricting refugees and i
  
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• Tulsa interfaith leaders denounce Trump's travel ban

  31-01-2017 21:00
  
  Executive order targeting seven Muslim-majority countries described at "overly aggressive" and "damaging."
  
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• Ferret has successful pacemaker surgery at Kansas State

  31-01-2017 20:54
  
  MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A ferret is recovering at home after being fitted with a pacemaker during a rare surgery at Kansas State University.
  
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• Some DC schools cancel recess over escaped bobcat

  31-01-2017 20:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — District of Columbia schools have canceled recess at 13 schools near the National Zoo because of an escaped bobcat, even though zoo officials say the animal poses no danger to humans
  
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• Water Restored To Rogers County Rural Water Customers

  31-01-2017 20:43
  
  Rogers County RWD #3 officials said water was restored to all customers Tuesday afternoon but they may experience low pressure after someone hit one of the water lines earlier in the day. 
  
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• Tulsa Leaders Gather At Islamic Center To Address Trump Travel Ban

  31-01-2017 20:24
  
  Tulsa community leaders are holding a news conference to discuss President Donald Trump's travel ban and what it means for Tulsans.  
  
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