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• AP FACT CHECK: Republicans thwarted high court picks, too

  02-04-2017 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the Republican talking point of the Sunday talk shows: If Democrats delay Neil Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court this week, Republicans said, it would be an affront
  
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• Hornets Hand Thunder Second Straight Loss Despite Westbrook's 40th Triple-Double

  02-04-2017 23:57
  
  Russell Westbrook tallied his 40th triple-double of the season but couldn’t get enough help from his teammates as the Thunder fell to the Hornets, 113-101 on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Michigan toddler killed, struck by grandfather's truck

  02-04-2017 23:51
  
  ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a western Michigan toddler has been struck and killed by a truck driven by his grandfather.
  
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• Serbia's powerful PM claims landslide presidential win

  02-04-2017 23:46
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's powerful Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic claimed victory Sunday in the presidential election that was a test of his authoritarian rule, an outcome that could expand Ru
  
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• Police: Man fakes death after rape charge, goes to jail

  02-04-2017 23:41
  
  HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities say a man who they suspected of faking his own death after he was accused of rape last year has now turned himself in.
  
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• 5 more children released after carbon monoxide pool leak

  02-04-2017 23:40
  
  NILES, Mich. (AP) — Five more children have been treated and released from the hospital after a carbon monoxide leak in a southern Michigan hotel pool area that killed a 13-year-old boy.
  
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• The Latest: Gov. warns of 'extremely dangerous weather'

  02-04-2017 23:38
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on severe weather rumbling through Texas and Louisiana (all times local):
  
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• Louisiana's governor puts state on 'high alert' as severe storms and possible tornadoes hit the area; 2 killed

  02-04-2017 23:37
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's governor puts state on 'high alert' as severe storms and possible tornadoes hit the area; 2 killed.
  
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• Trump says US is ready to act alone on North Korea

  02-04-2017 23:33
  
  POTOMAC FALLS, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea's nuclear program.
  
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• Oil leak discovered by workers in Alaska's Cook Inlet

  02-04-2017 23:27
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An oil leak was discovered in Alaska's Cook Inlet on Saturday, causing a major oil and gas producer to shut down two of its platforms there, officials say.
  
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• 1-month-old baby boy fatally shot near Las Vegas

  02-04-2017 23:03
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Authorities are investigating how a one-month-old baby boy was shot dead in suburban Las Vegas.
  
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• Conagra recalls Hunt's chili kits; may contain salmonella

  02-04-2017 22:48
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The maker of Hunt's Chili Kits says it is recalling some because they might be contaminated with salmonella.
  
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• Serbia's powerful PM on way to landslide presidential win

  02-04-2017 21:50
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's powerful Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was on his way to a landslide victory Sunday in a presidential election that was a test of his authoritarian rule amid growing
  
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• Trump takes up health care with Rand Paul, on golf course

  02-04-2017 21:45
  
  POTOMAC FALLS, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday, planning to discuss health care with the outspoken critic of the failed plan to repeal an
  
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• Scientists predict expansion of US grizzly bear habitat

  02-04-2017 21:45
  
  JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Grizzly bears continue to expand their range amid an ongoing effort to turn over management of the bears from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the states of Wyoming, Montana
  
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• Chicago police seek 2nd teen in Facebook sexual assault case

  02-04-2017 21:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a second teenage boy in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was streamed live on Facebook, and further arrests are expected, poli
  
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• 5 shot during fight at birthday party, 1 arrested

  02-04-2017 21:35
  
  PITTSBURG, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say five men were shot during a fight at a birthday party and that a suspect was arrested.
  
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• Photographer Honors Fallen Tecumseh Officer With Portrait Shoots

  02-04-2017 21:32
  
  When 22-year-old Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney died, the only pictures of him dressed in his full police uniform were selfies and snap shots from cell phones.
  
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• Sentencings not the end of New Jersey bridge case saga

  02-04-2017 21:29
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fans of the long-running saga known as "Bridgegate," take heart: Last week's sentencing of two former associates of Republican Gov. Chris Christie wasn't the final installment.
  
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• Indiana Democrat to back Gorsuch nomination to Supreme Court

  02-04-2017 21:29
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly says he'll support the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  
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• Show Us Your Best #RussFace

  02-04-2017 21:27
  
  Thunder fans can send us their best #RussFace on Twitter and Facebook as OKC point guard Russell Westbrook chases triple-double history down the final stretch of the regular season.  
  
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• Washington's high-court fights date to Washington himself

  02-04-2017 21:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Wondering when Supreme Court nominations became so politically contentious? Only about 222 years ago — when the Senate voted down George Washington's choice for chief justice.
  
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• Oxford wins boat race after WWII bomb removed from Thames

  02-04-2017 21:23
  
  LONDON (AP) — Hours after police removed an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the start of the course on the River Thames, Oxford reclaimed the boat race title from Cambridge on Sunday.
  
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• The Latest: Mom, daughter die in severe storm in Louisiana

  02-04-2017 21:22
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on severe weather rumbling through Texas and Louisiana (all times local):
  
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• Troopers Say Tulsa Woman Driving Under Influence In Injury Wreck

  02-04-2017 21:03
  
  Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a woman involved in a two-car injury Tulsa crash was driving under the influence.  
  
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• Man pleads guilty to striking, killing Australian satirist

  02-04-2017 21:01
  
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who struck and killed a renowned Australian humorist with his pickup truck will be sentenced in May after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and leaving the sce
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: GOP's selective history on high court fight

  02-04-2017 21:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the Republican talking point of the Sunday talk shows: If Democrats delay Neil Gorsuch's confirmation to the Supreme Court this week, Republicans said, it would be an affront
  
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• British black power activist Darcus Howe dies at age 74

  02-04-2017 20:59
  
  LONDON (AP) — Darcus Howe, one of the most prominent black activists of his generation in Britain, has died. He was 74, and had been suffering from prostate cancer.
  
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• Man keeping warm suspected of starting Colorado church fire

  02-04-2017 20:54
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A man is suspected of accidentally starting a fire that damaged a Colorado church while trying to keep warm during a snowstorm.
  
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• Desperation in Colombia amid search for flood survivors

  02-04-2017 20:35
  
  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — People in a small city in southern Colombia searched desperately Sunday for loved ones after heavy rains sent floodwaters, mud and debris surging through homes, killing at least
  
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• Exit poll shows Armenia's ruling party with wide lead

  02-04-2017 20:34
  
  YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenians voted Sunday in the country's first parliamentary election since the ex-Soviet nation modified its constitution to expand the powers of parliament and the prime minis
  
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• Mexican newspaper closes citing insecurity for journalists

  02-04-2017 20:29
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down due to the climate of insecurity and impunity for killings of journalists in one of the wo
  
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• Freedom Caucus, White House feud not dissipating

  02-04-2017 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A top adviser to President Donald Trump has urged the defeat of a Michigan congressman and member of a conservative group of U.S. House lawmakers who derailed the White House on legi
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Mayes County

  02-04-2017 20:11
  
  Bill Orton, 64, died while undergoing treatment at a Joplin, Missouri hospital after he was struck by a vehicle about a mile west of Langley, troopers said.
  
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• The Latest: Death toll rises to 207 in Colombia avalanche

  02-04-2017 20:01
  
  MOCOA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local):
  
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• Betty Shelby on '60 Minutes' tonight: Tulsa Police officer explains why she shot Terence Crutcher

  02-04-2017 20:00
  
  The interview with the Tulsa police officer will be broadcast nationally on CBS at 6 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: Thousands show support for a united Europe

  02-04-2017 19:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have joined rallies across Germany and other European countries to show their support for the idea of a united Europe.
  
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• US ambassador calls for 'very strong' stance on Russia

  02-04-2017 19:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says there's no question Russia was involved in the U.S. presidential election and insists President Donald Trump would fully support strong
  
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• Emergency Loans For Oklahoma Ranchers Affected By Wildfires

  02-04-2017 19:40
  
  Gov. Mary Fallin says the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved emergency loans for livestock producers in six Oklahoma counties affected by recent wildfires.
  
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• Ride-hailing companies facing background check deadline

  02-04-2017 18:40
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Monday is the deadline for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft to complete background checks on tens of thousands of drivers in Massachusetts.
  
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• Trump hits golf course with Sen. Rand Paul

  02-04-2017 18:29
  
  POTOMAC FALLS, Virginia (AP) — President Donald Trump brought Sen. Rand Paul to his Virginia golf course on Sunday, where the two planned to discuss health care as they hit the fairways.
  
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• 'Bathroom bill' compromise angers Democratic gov's allies

  02-04-2017 18:13
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gay rights groups that fiercely supported Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's winning campaign last fall because of his pledge to repeal North Carolina's "bathroom bill" now say he betra
  
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• Atlanta traffic horror: Crews razing fallen highway overpass

  02-04-2017 18:11
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — As crews rushed to clear debris from a major Atlanta interstate span that collapsed in a raging fire, commuters in the Southeast's largest city braced for the first full workweek withou
  
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• Massachusetts city weighs call for Trump impeachment probe

  02-04-2017 18:06
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts city of Cambridge is weighing whether to call for an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump.
  
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• A 'sci-fi' cancer therapy fights brain tumors, study finds

  02-04-2017 17:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds like science fiction, but a cap-like device that makes electric fields to fight cancer improved survival for the first time in more than a decade for people with deadly bra
  
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• Spain makes position clear on Gibraltar's post-Brexit future

  02-04-2017 17:50
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's top diplomat said Sunday that his government is urging the European Union to side with Madrid on the future of the British territory of Gibraltar, which lies at the sou
  
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• South African parliament speaker weighs no confidence motion

  02-04-2017 17:49
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's speaker of parliament said she is considering an emergency motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma after he fired the country's widely respected finance
  
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• 3 dozen reported arrested in Moscow protest attempts

  02-04-2017 17:44
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Police in Moscow detained about three dozen people at unauthorized rallies in the Russian capital on Sunday, a week after anti-government protests broke out across the country.
  
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• In DC visit, Egypt's el-Sissi to test 'chemistry' with Trump

  02-04-2017 17:38
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Making his first official visit to Washington, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump would be a significant step in the international rehabilitation o
  
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• Oklahoma cop: Race didn't factor into shooting of black man

  02-04-2017 17:34
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed black man last year says the man's race had nothing to do with her decision to fire her gu
  
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