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• Ruling party candidate seen leading Ecuador president vote

  19-02-2017 23:59
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadoreans voted for a new leader Sunday, and exit polls indicated socialist President Rafael Correa's hand-picked successor was close to the threshold needed to win outright an
  
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• The Latest: Trump says Sweden comment followed TV report

  19-02-2017 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: Trump interviewing for national security adviser

  19-02-2017 23:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Employees fired after missing work for 'Day Without Immigrants'

  19-02-2017 23:22
  Demonstrators gather for a rally supporting immigrant rights, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 in Chicago. Immigrant rights advocates are planning demonstrations across the country in what they're calling a "first salvo" against President-elect Donald Trump's pledged hard line on immigration.
  
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• 2 dead in shooting during brawl at Houston strip club

  19-02-2017 23:06
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Two men have been fatally shot during a large fight at a Houston strip club.
  
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• Draft DHS guidelines seek to aggressively detain immigrants

  19-02-2017 23:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of mem
  
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• Police: Man cut with knife, robbed in south Tulsa

  19-02-2017 22:18
  
  The victim reportedly told officers he was walking in the 5600 block of South Peoria Avenue when two males, apparently between the ages of 16 and 18, approached him from behind and shouted "break yourself."
  
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• Small plane crashes in neighborhood, injuring pilot

  19-02-2017 21:24
  
  BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a New Jersey neighborhood, injuring the pilot.
  
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• Pulitzer-winning journalist Andrew Schneider dies at 74

  19-02-2017 21:13
  
  MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrew Schneider, a public health reporter for Lee Montana Newspapers, has died at age 74.
  
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• Officer shoots man after hostage situation in South Carolina

  19-02-2017 21:06
  
  PROSPERITY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an officer in South Carolina responding to a hostage situation shot a man who pointed a gun at deputies after leaving the home.
  
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• 5 arrested in Kiev clash between nationalists, police

  19-02-2017 21:06
  
  MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Five people have been detained and one policeman injured in a clash between Ukrainian nationalist demonstrators and police outside the presidential administration building in Kie
  
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• Pope to parish: Pontiff pick not always smartest cardinal

  19-02-2017 20:58
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says cardinals don't always choose "the most intelligent" of their lot to be pontiff.
  
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• Officers kill man who pointed gun after home invasion

  19-02-2017 20:56
  
  MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say police officers in North Carolina shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them as they investigating an earlier home invasion involving his ex-girlfriend.
  
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• Tulsa Desi Wok Catches Fire

  19-02-2017 20:49
  
  Tulsa firefighters are responding to a business fire at Desi Wok restaurant, 3900 South Hudson.
  
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• 1 killed; 1 hurt after car stuck on tracks is hit by train

  19-02-2017 20:39
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say one person has died after a car broke down on train tracks in North Carolina and was hit by an oncoming train.
  
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• Body cam video of $100 bills leads to many dropped charges

  19-02-2017 20:37
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Charges have been dropped in at least 18 central Florida criminal cases and hundreds more could be reviewed while authorities investigate a sheriff's deputy who investigator
  
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• Silver Alert Issued For Elderly Broken Arrow Man

  19-02-2017 19:55
  
  Broken Arrow Police have issued a Silver Alert 83-year-old  Lee Amen. He may be driving a silver or taupe 2014 Hyndai Santa Fe with Oklahoma tags: 813 LDR.
  
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• Silver alert issued for man last seen in Broken Arrow

  19-02-2017 19:52
  
  BROKEN ARROW — Broken Arrow police issued a silver alert for an 83-year-old man with medical issues who does not have his medication.
  
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• Dog Rescued In Owasso House Fire

  19-02-2017 19:37
  
  Owasso firefighters rescued a pup from a house fire Sunday, February 19, 2017. 
  
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• Interview: Tulsa artist Bob Sober gives insects their close-up in Oklahoma City exhibit

  19-02-2017 19:24
  Tulsa artist Bob Sober handles a bug in 2014 as he works on his insect-themed art. File photo by Mike Simons, Tulsa World "That works just fine for me.
  
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• The Latest: Congressional Black Caucus to meet with Trump

  19-02-2017 19:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Kraft Heinz withdraws $143B bid to buy Unilever

  19-02-2017 19:22
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz has decided to withdraw its $143 billion offer to buy mayonnaise, tea and seasonings maker Unilever.
  
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• Little Britches Rodeo Brings Crowds To Osage County

  19-02-2017 19:19
  
  Hold on to your hats, folks - the Little Britches are in Green Country this weekend.
  
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• Police: Man in photos now 'main suspect' in 2 girls' deaths

  19-02-2017 18:58
  
  DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — A man photographed walking along a northern Indiana trail system around the time two teenage girls later found slain were dropped off by a relative is now considered "the main susp
  
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• Flood fears renewed as another storm aims for California

  19-02-2017 18:45
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials are warning that residents returning to homes damaged by flooding should be prepared to evacuate again as yet another powerful Pacific storm takes aim at Northern Califo
  
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• Iraqi forces launch offensive to drive IS from western Mosul

  19-02-2017 18:35
  
  HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq (AP) — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a major air-and-ground offensive Sunday to retake western Mosul from Islamic State militants and drive the extremist group from its last ma
  
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• Americans on Presidents Day: Admiration, fear mark holiday

  19-02-2017 18:29
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The United States on Monday marks Presidents Day, a holiday that's taking on a new meaning for some Americans this year as President Donald Trump — to the dismay of some and de
  
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• Mattis to decide soon on troop levels in Afghanistan

  19-02-2017 18:24
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he plans to make some decisions soon on whether to recommend an increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and w
  
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• Berryhill Waterline Project May Lower Pressure Sunday

  19-02-2017 18:18
  
  A waterline tie-in project on West 41st Street may affect water pressure in the Berryhill area Sunday, February 19, 2017. 
  
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• Ex-officials: Israeli leader spurned secret peace offer

  19-02-2017 18:14
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then-American Secretary of State John Kerry, former U.S. officials confirmed Sunday, in
  
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• Trump steps up security aide search, focuses on health care

  19-02-2017 18:11
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday was stepping up his search for a national security adviser, with several interviews on tap, and focusing on health care in talks with his
  
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• Blast in Somalia kills 34 in Mogadishu marketplace

  19-02-2017 17:57
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a car bomb at a marketplace in Somalia's capital has risen to 34 with 52 injured, said a police officer.
  
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• Officers kill man who pointed gun during home invasion

  19-02-2017 17:53
  
  MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say police officers in North Carolina shot and killed a man who pointed a gun at them after running out of a house where a home invasion had been reported.
  
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• The Latest: Trump plans calls to Panama, Trinidad and Tobago

  19-02-2017 17:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• ICE arrests man who escaped Illinois prison in 2003

  19-02-2017 17:38
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A man who escaped from an Illinois prison in 2003 has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Atlanta.
  
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• Known for political temperance, Iowa moves sharply right

  19-02-2017 17:34
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After decades as the crossroads of prairie populists and checkbook conservatives, Iowa has suddenly become solidly Republican like many of its Midwestern neighbors.
  
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• Aide says senators want materials saved for Russia probe

  19-02-2017 17:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has sent formal requests to more than a dozen organizations, agencies and individuals, asking them to preserve all materials related to the committe
  
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• UAE arms show comes as Yemen war, suspicions of Iran linger

  19-02-2017 17:13
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fighter jets screaming overhead and theatrical explosions marked the opening of an arms show Sunday in Abu Dhabi, as a bullet-scarred Emirati armored personnel c
  
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• Hunters charged in Texas shooting had blamed immigrants

  19-02-2017 17:05
  
  PRESIDIO, Texas (AP) — Two hunters accused in a shooting on a remote Texas ranch near the Mexican border had told authorities that they were attacked by immigrants who had entered the country illegall
  
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• French foreign minister warns Russia on election meddling

  19-02-2017 17:02
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's foreign minister is denouncing possible Russian meddling in the French presidential campaign as "unacceptable."
  
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• Doctor-lawmaker tries to restrict smoking in tobacco country

  19-02-2017 16:36
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Dr. Ralph Alvarado was elected to the Kentucky state Senate in 2014, he found his new colleagues had something in common with most of his patients: They knew smoking was bad
  
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• Blast in Somalia kills 20 in Mogadishu marketplace

  19-02-2017 16:20
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb blast at a marketplace Somalia's capital has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 others, said a local Somali official.
  
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• Senior Trump appointee fired after critical comments

  19-02-2017 16:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump's policies and his inner circle of advisers.
  
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• The fiduciary rule and you

  19-02-2017 16:17
  
  President Donald Trump's administration is working to dismantle a complex set of financial rules including the "fiduciary rule," which requires certain financial professionals to act in their clients'
  
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• Toughening penalties if pets are harmed during crimes

  19-02-2017 16:14
  
  FLORIDA, N.Y. (AP) — When Denise Krohn came home to find her goldendoodle Kirby bleeding on the kitchen floor, she at first thought it was a terrible accident. But she soon realized that her home had
  
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• French voters protest corruption amid troubled campaign

  19-02-2017 16:09
  
  PARIS (AP) — French activists are demonstrating against corruption amid a presidential campaign marked by a fake jobs investigation and other legal scandals.
  
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