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• 5 Safe After Boat Capsizes Below Oologah Dam

  23-04-2017 23:58
  
  A boat capsized after taking on water from the nose Sunday afternoon on the Verdigris River and all five occupants were uninjured and taken to shore by a passing boat. 
  
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• Unconventional Macron faces unprecedented challenge

  23-04-2017 23:06
  
  PARIS (AP) — French centrist Emmanuel Macron faces an unprecedented challenge in his quest for the French presidency: A newcomer to politics, he was virtually unknown to most of his countrymen just three years ago.
  
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• Le Pen took French party from pariah to spotlight _ and now?

  23-04-2017 22:49
  
  HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — Marine Le Pen, whose passion for far-right values was forged in the cradle, is now one step away from the French presidency, hoping this time to finish what her father could not when he ran in…
  
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• Bloomberg to world leaders: Ignore Trump on climate

  23-04-2017 22:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions.
  
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• Tulsa attorney Gary Richardson to announce run for governor

  23-04-2017 22:31
  
  Richardson will be seeking the Republican nomination in the June 26, 2018 primary.
  
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• On Holocaust day, Netanyahu says its lessons guide him

  23-04-2017 22:27
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Israel's annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews systematically killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II by saying the lessons of the Holocaust guide him daily and…
  
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• The Latest: Euro jumps after French election projections

  23-04-2017 22:23
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the first round of France's presidential election (all times local):
  
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• Sand Springs Angler Takes Third In FLW Tournament On Grand Lake

  23-04-2017 22:11
  
  A Sand Springs native is making a big splash for himself in his first year as a pro-angler. Chad Warren finished third in the Costa FLW Series tournament on Grand Lake last week.
  
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• New York reopens oldest surviving theater in Hudson

  23-04-2017 22:02
  
  HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — New York has renovated the state's oldest surviving theater.
  
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• Heavy rainfall prompts water release from northeast Oklahoma lakes

  23-04-2017 21:59
  
  This weekend's torrential rainfall has resulted in the release of floodwater from Lake Hudson and Grand Lake, according to the Grand River Dam Authority.
  
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• College student killed during hammer throw at track meet

  23-04-2017 21:31
  
  WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A college student has died after being struck during a hammer-throw event at a track meet in suburban Chicago.
  
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• Area high school proms: See photo galleries from Union, Jenks, Owasso, East Central and more

  23-04-2017 21:30
  
  See if you can find your friends and family members at this year's various proms around the Tulsa area.
  
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• US gas prices rise 3 cents over 2 weeks, to $2.46 a gallon

  23-04-2017 21:27
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline jumped 3 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.46.
  
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• Witness sought for questioning in 2016 double homicide arrested on warrants, drug complaint

  23-04-2017 21:26
  
  A Tulsa man sought by police as a key witness in a double homicide last year was arrested this weekend on warrants and a drug-possession complaint.
  
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• France's next leader: centrist Macron vs. far-right Le Pen

  23-04-2017 21:26
  
  PARIS (AP) — Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to a runoff in France's presidential election, remaking the country's political system and setting up a showdown over its participation in the European Union.
  
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• Judge: Suspect in California school killings fit for trial

  23-04-2017 21:18
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California judge has decided that a defendant is mentally competent to stand trial for killing seven former classmates at a small Christian college in 2012.
  
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• American monitor killed in Ukraine when mine hits vehicle

  23-04-2017 20:53
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — An American member of the OSCE's monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine died Sunday and two others were wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the separatist Luhansk region.
  
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• Costs mount despite Waco motorcycle gang trials on hold

  23-04-2017 20:48
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Costs are mounting for the Central Texas county where a fatal gunfight involving two motorcycle gangs and police led to the indictments of 155 bikers.
  
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• Iranian candidate says nuclear deal failed to lift sanctions

  23-04-2017 20:41
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian presidential candidate said Sunday the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers has failed to lift sanctions or improve the country's economy.
  
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• US officials say pirates have returned to waters off Somalia

  23-04-2017 20:39
  
  DJIBOUTI (AP) — Pirates have returned to the waters off Somalia, but the spike in attacks on commercial shipping does not yet constitute a trend, senior U.S. officials said Sunday.
  
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• Giraffe's baby bump boosts tiny zoo's upkeep, conservation

  23-04-2017 20:10
  
  April the giraffe has brought a bundle to a tiny zoo in rural upstate New York, thanks to a YouTube video livestream of her pregnancy and birth of an incredibly cute calf that has riveted viewers around the world.
  
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• Remains of Illinois man killed at Pearl Harbor come home

  23-04-2017 20:09
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois sailor has been laid to rest near the community where he grew up — more than 75 years after he was killed at Pearl Harbor.
  
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• Hundreds remember teacher killed in San Bernardino classroom

  23-04-2017 19:46
  
  POMONA, Calif. (AP) — Family, friends and the public packed a California church for the funeral of a teacher who was shot and killed along with a student in her elementary school classroom in San Bernardino.
  
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• Transcript of AP interview with Trump

  23-04-2017 19:34
  
  A transcript of an Oval Office interview Friday with President Donald Trump by AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace. Where the audio recording of the interview is unclear, ellipses or a notation that the recording was unintelligible are used.
  
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• AP Explains: How Kenya's drought has turned into violence

  23-04-2017 19:33
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The shooting of a novelist and conservationist in Kenya has drawn attention to the violent tensions between landowners and herders who are trying to keep their animals alive in a widespread drought.
  
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• Tulsa's Most Wanted Arrested For Human Trafficking

  23-04-2017 19:22
  
  Sarah Jayne Garland is accused of human trafficking, possession of child pornography, lewd molestation, forcible sodomy and drug-related complaints. 
  
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• DUI suspect arrested, accused of fleeing crash that left woman unconscious

  23-04-2017 18:56
  
  The suspect reportedly told a witness to the crash to not call police or EMSA.
  
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• Police: Officer shoots knife-wielding man Virginia

  23-04-2017 18:50
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police say an officer in Virginia shot a knife-wielding man who had earlier told dispatchers that he strangled his wife.
  
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• Possible Tulsa Road Rage Ends In Shooting

  23-04-2017 18:04
  
  Tulsa police are investigating a shooting that may have been caused by a road rage incident. The woman who was wounded had a baby in her car.
  
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• Trump heads into tough week with budget, health care battles

  23-04-2017 17:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading into one of the most challenging weeks of his presidency, juggling a renewed health care push and a looming budget deadline. It's all complicated by a potential showdown with Democrats over paying…
  
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• Tulsa Author S.E. Hinton, Rob Lowe Appear On CBS This Morning

  23-04-2017 17:30
  
  Tulsa author SE Hinton and actor Rob Lowe were interviewed on CBS This Morning Sunday, April 23. Hinton is the author of "The Outsiders," a teen classic that turns 50 this year.  
  
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• German nationalists elect top duo for general election

  23-04-2017 17:28
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's nationalist party Alternative for Germany on Sunday elected two new top candidates for the September general election after the party's best-known politician, Frauke Petry, said last week she would no longer be available.
  
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• The Latest: Turnout is high for French presidential vote

  23-04-2017 17:26
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the first round of France's presidential election (all times local):
  
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• Sicily prosecutor probes possible NGOs-smuggler 'contacts'

  23-04-2017 17:25
  
  ROME (AP) — A prosecutor in Sicily says that an investigation has found "evidence" of contacts between rescue boats run by some humanitarian groups and Libya-based migrant smugglers.
  
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• North Carolina civil rights center faces conservative ire

  23-04-2017 17:20
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their…
  
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• Wisconsin tribes clash in casino expansion fight

  23-04-2017 17:06
  
  BOWLER, Wis. (AP) — At 85, Betty Putnam-Schiel has trouble standing, but she gets along well enough in her home on the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans' northern Wisconsin reservation thanks to tribal assistants who do everything from shovel her snow…
  
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• OSCE monitor killed in Ukraine when mine blows up vehicle

  23-04-2017 16:59
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A member of the OSCE's arms monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine has died and two others have been wounded after their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the separatist Luhansk region.
  
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• Doctor's arrest brings attention to US female circumcisions

  23-04-2017 16:54
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Zehra Patwa learned only a few years ago that during a family trip to India at age 7, she was circumcised, which is common for girls in parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
  
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• Tulsa Police Arrest 13 In Sobriety Checkpoint

  23-04-2017 16:53
  
  Tulsa police teamed up with several other state agencies to set up a sobriety checkpoint as part of their ENDUI campaign. 
  
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• French vote for president in litmus test for Europe's future

  23-04-2017 16:33
  
  PARIS (AP) — Amid heightened security, French voters began casting ballots for their next president Sunday in a first-round poll that's being seen as a litmus test for the future of Europe and the spread of populism around the world.
  
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• Corpses being sent home for burial after Taliban attack

  23-04-2017 16:31
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Dozens of corpses are being sent to different provinces around the country for burial two days after a Taliban attack on a northern Afghanistan army base left at least 100 soldiers and others dead or wounded.
  
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• Sessions on Hawaii remark: 'Nobody has a sense of humor'

  23-04-2017 16:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says "nobody has a sense of humor anymore."
  
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• Witness In Tulsa Double Murder Arrested On Drug Charges

  23-04-2017 16:29
  
  Levi Dunkin, described as a witness to a double homicide in 2016, was arrested on outstanding felony warrants for drug and burglary charges, according to Homicide Sergeant Dave Walker.  
  
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• California moves _ slowly _ toward resuming executions

  23-04-2017 16:24
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has long been what one expert calls a "symbolic death penalty state," one of 12 that has capital punishment on the books but has not executed anyone in more than a decade.
  
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• Watch Tulsa Author S.E. Hinton, Rob Lowe On CBS This Morning

  23-04-2017 16:08
  
  Tulsa author SE Hinton will be interviewed on CBS This Morning Sunday, April 23. Hinton is the author of "The Outsiders," a teen classic that turns 50 this year.  
  
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• Police ambush killer's strategy to avoid death: Blame Dad

  23-04-2017 15:40
  
  MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — As Eric Frein tries to avoid death row for ambushing two Pennsylvania State Police troopers at their barracks, defense lawyers are suggesting they intend to raise questions about his father's influence on the gunman, a college…
  
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• Crime victims: Alabama is wrong to post personal info online

  23-04-2017 15:32
  
  Tiffany Lawson's ex-boyfriend kicked in her door, beat her and poured hot cooking oil onto her face, back and legs in Birmingham, Alabama.
  
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• Study: Whale and boat collisions may be more common

  23-04-2017 15:29
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of marine scientists says collisions of whales and boats off of the New England coast may be more common than previously thought.
  
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