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• Ex-drug company CEO Martin Shkreli to speak at Harvard

  12-02-2017 23:56
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Controversial former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is set to speak at Harvard while out on bail awaiting his federal securities fraud trial.
  
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• The Latest: Trump, Trudeau to confer on women in workforce

  12-02-2017 23:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Search for fishing vessel with 6 people goes into 2nd day

  12-02-2017 23:34
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska says it's searching for a fishing boat with six people that's been missing in the Bering Sea for more than a day.
  
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• "La La Land" takes 5 prizes at British academy awards

  12-02-2017 23:07
  
  LONDON (AP) — Glamour was shot through with grit at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday.
  
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• SE OKC Wildfire Continues To Burn South, Officials Warn Residents To Evacuate

  12-02-2017 23:04
  
  Residents in southeast Oklahoma City are being evacuated due to an approaching wildfire Sunday afternoon. 
  
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• Stilwell man killed in Adair County crash

  12-02-2017 23:01
  
  Otto Vaughan's vehicle was struck by a 2001 Mercury Sable making an improper right-hand turn from the westbound lane, according to the OHP.
  
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• Winners at the 2017 British Academy Film Awards

  12-02-2017 22:54
  
  LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2017 British Academy Film Awards, presented Sunday:
  
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• Beyonce, David Bowie, Justin Timberlake win early Grammys

  12-02-2017 22:52
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyonce is now a 21-time Grammy winner, picking up an award for best music video, while the late David Bowie won an award for his final album, beating out Prince.
  
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• Water flow slowing over emergency spillway at tallest US dam

  12-02-2017 22:43
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Water will continue to flow over an emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam for another day or so, officials said Sunday.
  
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• White House declines to publicly defend embattled Flynn

  12-02-2017 22:36
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday to publicly defend embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversatio
  
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• Missouri man who said he was a KKK leader found dead

  12-02-2017 22:21
  
  LEADWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Missouri man who identified himself as an "imperial wizard" of the Ku Klux Klan.
  
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• Immigrants wait in fear after raids; Trump takes credit

  12-02-2017 22:10
  
  Pastor Fred Morris looked out over his congregation Sunday as news ricocheted around the world that American authorities were rounding up immigrants in an enforcement surge that President Donald Trump
  
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• Company Car Goes Off Ledge On Tulsa's Cherry Street

  12-02-2017 22:08
  
  A car rolled off a ledge in a parking lot at15th and Peoria Sunday after the driver said she put it in neutral.
  
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• The Latest: Senator says Trump's mental health is questioned

  12-02-2017 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Nearly a century after nation's worst race riot, Tulsa community continues to move forward

  12-02-2017 21:56
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• UK film awards show love for 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Lion'

  12-02-2017 21:55
  
  LONDON (AP) — Ken Loach's gritty drama "I, Daniel Blake" was named best British picture on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, while fractured-family saga "Lion" took screenplay and supporting
  
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• Tulsa Firefighters Respond To Building Fire

  12-02-2017 21:51
  
  Tulsa fire crews were called to a building fire at 14100 East Apache Sunday afternoon. 
  
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• Residents asked to leave homes due to south Oklahoma City fire

  12-02-2017 21:37
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City firefighters are asking some residents to leave their homes because of a grass fire on the city's southeast side.
  
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• Peru's fugitive former president a no show in Israel

  12-02-2017 21:28
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Peru's fugitive former president was not on a plane from San Francisco to Tel Aviv Sunday night, Israel's Foreign Ministry said, following reports he was en route amid an internationa
  
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• Residents Asked To Evacuate As Crews Battle Wildfire In SE OKC

  12-02-2017 21:24
  
  Crews are responding to a wildfire in the area of SE 134th and S. Air Depot Blvd. 
  
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• Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau dies at 76

  12-02-2017 21:11
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement from touring du
  
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• Woman released on bail in cliff crash that killed twin

  12-02-2017 21:08
  
  WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A woman charged in a cliff crash that killed her twin is out of jail on a $200,000 cash bail.
  
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• US gas price drops 5 cents over 3 weeks, to $2.31 a gallon

  12-02-2017 20:40
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dropped a nickel nationally during the past three weeks, to $2.31.
  
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• 'I, Daniel Blake' named best British film at UK awards

  12-02-2017 20:38
  
  LONDON (AP) — Ken Loach's gritty drama "I, Daniel Blake" was named best U.K. picture on Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards, where frothy musical "La La Land" is favored to dance away with multi
  
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• Bills would change how Oklahoma judges are chosen, retained

  12-02-2017 20:30
  
  Supporters say the changes are needed to assure that the people have more say in who is eligible to serve on the bench and how they are chosen. But opponents say the measures would infringe on the independence of the judiciary.
  
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• Police kill burglary suspect in Louisville, Kentucky

  12-02-2017 19:52
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, say a suspect in a home burglary who confronted officers was fatally shot, while an officer was being treated for injuries after being hit by the
  
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• Social media mocks Education Dept for misspelled tweets

  12-02-2017 19:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department is getting social media criticism after misspelling the name of a prominent African-American sociologist — and then mistyping again when apologizing for the
  
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• Sallisaw Boy Killed In ATV Crash

  12-02-2017 19:38
  
  A young male was killed after being thrown from a four-wheeler in Sequoyah County Saturday afternoon, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. 
  
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• Penn State calls immigration posters 'deeply offensive'

  12-02-2017 19:27
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State says posters that someone has put up on university bulletin boards calling on people to report illegal immigrants are "deeply offensive," saying they "appear to be
  
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• Three hospitalized with stab wounds following altercation downtown

  12-02-2017 19:17
  
  Three people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening stab wounds following an altercation with two other people Sunday morning downtown, police said.
  
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• Small Earthquake Shakes Near Pawnee, Oklahoma

  12-02-2017 19:11
  
  Residents near Pawnee, Oklahoma felt a shake late Sunday morning. 
  
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• Protests mark cathedral's return to Russian Orthodox control

  12-02-2017 18:50
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Thousands of people in Russia's second-largest city held competing demonstrations Sunday for and against the return of the renowned St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian O
  
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• Florida sheriff's office on trial again over fatal shooting

  12-02-2017 18:33
  
  LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — The parents of Seth Adams are sure Sgt. Michael Custer is lying about why he fatally shot their unarmed son in the parking lot of the family's nursey business nearly five year
  
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• Swiss ease citizenship for 'third-generation' foreigners

  12-02-2017 18:23
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Switzerland decided Sunday to make it easier for young "third-generation foreigners" to get Swiss citizenship, agreeing to extend to about 25,000 people under age 25 access to
  
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• The Latest: Trump hopes Senate will fill more Cabinet posts

  12-02-2017 18:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Three Stabbed In Downtown Tulsa

  12-02-2017 18:19
  
  Police say three people were hurt in a stabbing that took place in downtown Tulsa Sunday morning on a sidewalk near 5th and Cincinnati.
  
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• White House defends travel ban as provocations mount

  12-02-2017 18:01
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A top White House aide renewed support for President Donald Trump's embattled immigration order and praised a surge in deportations Sunday, as the new president faces a new pro
  
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• Woman Checking Phone Flips Her SUV, Tulsa Police Say

  12-02-2017 18:00
  
  Police say a distracted driver crashed into a parked car in a neighborhood near Pine and Denver around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, February 12.  g.
  
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• Three Stabbed At Tulsa Iron Gate Ministry

  12-02-2017 17:56
  
  Police say three people were hurt in stabbings at the Iron Gate Ministry in downtown Tulsa.
  
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• Germany picks ex-foreign minister Steinmeier as president

  12-02-2017 17:49
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A special assembly elected former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority Sunday to be the country's new president.
  
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• Hezbollah leader says 'idiot' Trump makes him optimistic

  12-02-2017 17:45
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says the world will benefit from having an "idiot" in the White House.
  
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• Full Interview: Community talks Greenwood District nearly a century after 1921 Tulsa race riot

  12-02-2017 17:44
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• Israel says it will bar entry to fugitive Peruvian president

  12-02-2017 17:43
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Sunday it would not permit Peru's fugitive former president to enter the country after reports he had boarded a flight from the United States.
  
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• Officials say Hamburg airport scare was likely pepper spray

  12-02-2017 17:37
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of passengers at Hamburg Airport were evacuated and more than a dozen flights canceled after some 68 people were injured by a hazardous material that likely spread through the a
  
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• Shoppers weigh boycott calls as buying gets more political

  12-02-2017 17:36
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Stormy Patterson makes a distinction between opinion and action as she surveys each new call to boycott Company A or support Brand B.
  
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• Pentagon launches effort to solve a baffling WWII mystery

  12-02-2017 17:29
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried
  
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• Could Beyonce finally win album of the year at the Grammys?

  12-02-2017 17:20
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are few things Beyonce has not conquered, and the Grammy for album of the year is one of them.
  
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• Downtown Tulsa Sobriety Checkpoint Nets 9 Arrests

  12-02-2017 17:19
  
  A downtown DUI checkpoint ended with seven arrests overnight for driving under the influence and two for other complaints.
  
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• The Latest: WH adviser skirts question on Flynn and Russia

  12-02-2017 17:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Online cookbook features North Country business recipes

  12-02-2017 16:57
  
  COLEBROOK, N.H. (AP) — Want to try cooking some moose chili or fiddlehead ferns? There's a free online cookbook featuring recipes from 22 businesses in New Hampshire's North Country.
  
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