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• AP Explains: The obscure law in spotlight after Flynn's call

  14-02-2017 23:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Flynn's conversations with a Russian diplomat roiled the White House and put a spotlight on a little-enforced law prohibiting U.S. citizens from trying to influence a foreign
  
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• Official sides with Georgia over Florida in water lawsuit

  14-02-2017 23:58
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A judicial official sided with Georgia in a decades-long dispute over water rights with Florida on Tuesday, recommending that the U.S. Supreme Court refuse Florida's high-stakes request
  
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• US official: Russia deployed missile in violation of treaty

  14-02-2017 23:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia has deployed a cruise missile in violation of a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a Trump administration official said Tuesday, a development that complicates the outlook for
  
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• Two Anti-Abortion Bills Pass In House Committee

  14-02-2017 23:54
  
  Two controversial abortion bills have passed a House committee and now head to the full state House of Representatives.
  
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• Polisario: Morocco must accept Western Sahara independence

  14-02-2017 23:52
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Polisario Front independence movement in Western Sahara says Morocco must recognize the region as independent now that it has rejoined the African Union and accepted the orga
  
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• Pick for Medicare post faces questions on Indiana contracts

  14-02-2017 23:51
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump's pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid consulted Vice President Mike Pence on health care issues while he was Indiana's governor.
  
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• The Latest: Cops: Van-train crash may have been intentional

  14-02-2017 23:49
  
  AURORA, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal collision of a van with a Denver airport train (all times local):
  
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• Records: Associate of San Bernardino shooter agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to provide support to terrorists

  14-02-2017 23:49
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Records: Associate of San Bernardino shooter agrees to plead guilty to conspiracy to provide support to terrorists .
  
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• The Latest: Evacuees start returning to homes near dam

  14-02-2017 23:48
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on problems with an emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam (all times local):
  
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• Michael Flynn's resignation: A timeline

  14-02-2017 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A timeline of key dates leading to the resignation of White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn:
  
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• In private, court nominee Gorsuch lauds failed Obama pick

  14-02-2017 23:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate Democrat says Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has said he hopes to be "half the nominee" as the judge nominated by President Barack Obama last year, only to be blocke
  
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• Group sues feds for delaying bumblebee's endangered listing

  14-02-2017 23:47
  
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An environmental group is suing the Trump administration for delaying an endangered-species designation for the rusty patched bumblebee.
  
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• Legal challenge filed against Gov. Mary Fallin's Supreme Court pick

  14-02-2017 23:45
  
  The ACLU of Oklahoma, filed suit on behalf of two residents who say Patrick Wyrick does not live in the district for which he was appointed.
  
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• Judge orders drug-addicted mother of 4 to not get pregnant

  14-02-2017 23:45
  
  A New York judge has ordered a drug-addicted mother of four who has worked as a prostitute not to get pregnant again until she has gained custody of her infant son.
  
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• Senate will consider blocking rule on guns and mentally ill

  14-02-2017 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate is moving to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm.
  
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• Advocates demand New York lawmakers outlaw child marriage

  14-02-2017 23:42
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Child advocates say New York's marriage law that allows children as young as 14 years old to wed can trap minors in sexual abuse and domestic violence.
  
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• Lawsuit: Autistic student raped classmate while aide napped

  14-02-2017 23:41
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — An autistic high school student raped a classmate while the adult assigned to monitor him was taking a nap, said a federal lawsuit accusing Hawaii's statewide school district of neglig
  
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• Tulsa Couple Shares Their 57-Year-Old Love Story

  14-02-2017 23:39
  
  A Tulsa couple is sharing their love story this Valentine’s Day. This chapter is taking place at the Montereau Retirement Center, but the story began more than 50 years ago.
  
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• South Dakota tries to limit outsiders' money in initiatives

  14-02-2017 23:39
  
  PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Top South Dakota Republicans are moving to stem the flow of out-of-state money into its ballot question campaigns after millions of dollars poured in last fall seeking to influence
  
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• The Latest: FBI interviewed Flynn about Russia contact

  14-02-2017 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Environmentalists oppose permits for Pennsylvania pipeline

  14-02-2017 23:34
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Environmental advocacy groups are trying to halt construction of a $2.5 billion natural gas liquids pipeline across southern Pennsylvania while they appeal newly issued permits
  
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• Arkansas House approves ban on 'sex-selection' abortions

  14-02-2017 23:33
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted Tuesday to impose fines and prison time on doctors who perform abortions that are based solely on whether the mother wants to have a boy or girl, movi
  
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• Lincoln sculpture stolen from museum found in a church

  14-02-2017 23:31
  
  KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) — A sculpture of Abraham Lincoln's hand that was stolen from the Kankakee County Museum more than a year ago has been found in a local church.
  
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• Dementia Diagnosis Doesn’t Stop Tulsa Couple From Celebrating Valentine’s Day

  14-02-2017 23:30
  
  A Tulsa couple dealing with dementia said they’re using Valentine’s Day to stay mentally and romantically involved.
  
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• N. Carolina governor offers 'compromise' repealing LGBT law

  14-02-2017 23:27
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper proposed Tuesday what he called a compromise to repeal the state's so-called bathroom bill, saying a new measure is designed to allay fea
  
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• Flynn exit creates vacuum that Trump's pragmatists may fill

  14-02-2017 23:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The dramatic departure of President Donald Trump's hard-hitting national security adviser creates a vacuum of power and raises a key question about U.S. foreign policy: Will the prag
  
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• Oklahoma County Inmate Found Dead In Cell

  14-02-2017 22:27
  
  An Oklahoma County inmate was found dead Saturday in a cell, the Oklahoma County sheriff's office reported Tuesday. 
  
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• Motorist killed when van struck by train in Colorado

  14-02-2017 22:08
  
  DENVER (AP) — The driver of a van was killed Tuesday when the vehicle went through a railroad crossing and was struck by a commuter train that serves the Denver airport, authorities said. Four train p
  
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• Yellen: Expect Fed to resume raising rates in coming months

  14-02-2017 22:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pointed Tuesday to a solid U.S. job market and economy and said the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates in the next few months. But with
  
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• Video shifts initial view of fatal Nashville police shooting

  14-02-2017 22:04
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police say new video has caused them to revise their account of a traffic stop that ended with a white officer fatally shooting an armed African-American man.
  
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• Nigeria: Up to $100 billion lost from oil militant attacks

  14-02-2017 22:04
  
  WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria lost between $50 billion to $100 billion in oil revenues to militant attacks on installations last year, the country's petroleum minister said Tuesday.
  
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• Connecticut: Tribe can't sue state for $600M for land grab

  14-02-2017 22:00
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State officials are claiming government immunity in response to a lawsuit by a Native American tribe seeking more than $600 million for land it says the state seized from 1801 t
  
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• The Latest: Another GOP senator won't commit to labor pick

  14-02-2017 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Turning 3 at evacuation shelter, boy gets birthday surprise

  14-02-2017 21:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 3-year-old birthday boy was in his pajamas, about to go to sleep on a cot inside a shelter packed with hundreds of evacuees affected by a damaged California dam.
  
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• Retailers ramp up threat for big outdoors show to leave Utah

  14-02-2017 21:54
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of major outdoor companies on Tuesday ramped up a threat to get a lucrative outdoor trade show to leave Utah unless the governor and elected officials back away from
  
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• Officials: Man fatally shot after ramming officers' vehicles

  14-02-2017 21:53
  
  KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been fatally shot by Tennessee law enforcement officers who were trying to arrest him on charges including theft and endangerment.
  
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• The Latest: Rain coming to Oroville Dam area

  14-02-2017 21:52
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on problems with an emergency spillway at the nation's tallest dam (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa Woman Pleads Guilty To Unlawful Practice Of Dentistry

  14-02-2017 21:50
  
  Paige Maples worked for Bert Franklin, the dentist accused in the death of his girlfriend's 19-month-old son. 
  
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• Just how secure is Mar-a-Lago, House Oversight chairman asks

  14-02-2017 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz wants to know more about the security measures at Mar-a-Lago, which President Donald Trump calls the "Winter White House."
  
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• Parents, daughter agree to drop college payment-tuition case

  14-02-2017 21:49
  
  CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A father says he and his ex-wife are working to repair their relationship with their estranged daughter after a state appeals court ruled the parents cannot be forced to pay her co
  
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• What's next for Boscov's after retail titan's death

  14-02-2017 21:48
  
  READING, Pa. (AP) — Albert Boscov was the ebullient public face of a department store chain he built from a single corner store in downtown Reading to a regional powerhouse with dozens of locations in
  
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• Oklahoma lawmaker defends pregnant women are 'hosts' comment

  14-02-2017 21:46
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma lawmaker who defended his description of pregnant women as "hosts" won approval Tuesday for his bill that would require women seeking an abortion to first re
  
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• The Latest: Toddler, woman wounded, man killed in Chicago

  14-02-2017 21:45
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on violence in Chicago (all times local):
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: No Trump order to deport welfare immigrants

  14-02-2017 21:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A widely circulated report that President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the deportation of immigrants who accept government welfare is false.
  
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• Jamaican man gets 3 years for threatening immigration judge

  14-02-2017 21:41
  
  COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Jamaican man has been sentenced to serve more than three years in federal prison for threatening an immigration judge.
  
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• New diplomats exempted from Trump federal hiring freeze

  14-02-2017 21:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it has been granted an exemption from the Trump administration's hiring freeze on most federal employees. It will bring on 175 new diplomats.
  
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• Construction halted on mosque with too-tall minarets

  14-02-2017 21:37
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — After exceeding a city height limit, builders of a mosque on New Haven's outskirts are wrestling with how to cut 24 feet from its soaring, crescent-topped minarets.
  
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• Ginnie Graham: Less than a handful have voted at some precincts

  14-02-2017 20:50
  
  For all the social and political activism going on, Tulsa County voters need to get out the vote today on local elections.
  
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• The Latest: McConnell rebuffs Dems on Russia-Flynn probe

  14-02-2017 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Ethicists open to one day altering heredity to fight disease

  14-02-2017 20:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't expect designer babies any time soon — but a major new ethics report leaves open the possibility of one day altering human heredity to fight genetic diseases, with stringent ov
  
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