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• Pentagon: 3 US soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan

  10-06-2017 23:56
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Family: Man killed by cops was off medication

  10-06-2017 23:54
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Family members of a black man who was fatally shot by three Oklahoma law enforcement officers say he had stopped taking medication in April to treat a bipolar disorder and was in declining mental health since…
  
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• Confederate monuments in New Orleans cost $2.1M to take down

  10-06-2017 23:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration says it cost more than $2.1 million to remove four Confederate monuments.
  
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• Tulsa Air And Space Museum Honors America's Veterans

  10-06-2017 22:48
  
  The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is honoring America's veterans this weekend.
  
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• Paris prosecutor charge Notre Dame attacker

  10-06-2017 22:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — The hammer-wielding man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral appears to have radicalized himself through the internet and was unknown to French police and intelligence services, the chief prosecutor in Paris said…
  
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• Warship USS Gabrielle Giffords commissioned in Texas

  10-06-2017 22:28
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Navy's newest combat ship was put into active service following a commissioning ceremony Saturday, named after former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was injured during a 2011 shooting.
  
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• Dutch police on car incident: no indication of attack

  10-06-2017 22:27
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A car struck pedestrians around Amsterdam's main train station on Saturday, injuring eight people. There was "no indication whatsoever" it was an extremist attack, police said.
  
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• The Latest: Italy coast guard: 1,650 migrants rescued in Med

  10-06-2017 22:08
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on European migration issues (all times local):
  
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• Polish police forcibly remove anti-Kaczynski protesters

  10-06-2017 22:03
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish police forcibly removed dozens of people staging an anti-government demonstration in Warsaw, including a hero of the anti-communist Solidarity movement.
  
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• Budget process didn't skirt provisions of state question on tax increases, Gov. Mary Fallin says

  10-06-2017 22:00
  
  Fallin said she believes it was the intent of the people that lawmakers get a budget done and that core services be funded.
  
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• Cosby on trial: Gripping testimony, brisk pace mark Week 1

  10-06-2017 21:55
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has moved at a brisk pace and produced gripping testimony along with moments of levity. The case could reach the jury early this week.
  
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• Rallies against Islamic law draw counter-protests across US

  10-06-2017 21:50
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Demonstrations against Islamic law Saturday in cities across the U.S. drew counter-protests by people who said they stoked unfounded fears and a distorted view of the religion.
  
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• UK leader May strikes tentative deal with N Ireland party

  10-06-2017 21:33
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a deal in principle with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party on Saturday to prop up the Conservative government, stripped of its majority in a disastrous election.
  
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• Man awaiting trial in brother's death found dead in jail

  10-06-2017 21:26
  
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old man awaiting trial in South Carolina on charges he killed his brother has been found dead in a county jail.
  
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• Tulsa Police Kill Man Armed with Knives After Mental Health Call

  10-06-2017 21:00
  A mental health call turned into a deadly shooting in Oklahoma when three law enforcement officers confronted a knife-wielding man outside a convenience store, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said. Two deputies and one Tulsa police officer opened fire and shot 29-year-old Joshua Barre on Friday morning.
  
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• The Latest: DUP agrees principles to back UK Conservatives

  10-06-2017 21:00
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the outcome of Britain's general election (all times local):
  
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• Authorities fire shots at driver after officer dragged

  10-06-2017 20:42
  
  LAURENS, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina police are investigating after officers say they fired shots at a man who dragged another officer with his car during a traffic stop at a housing project.
  
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• Yale man, 20, dies after being ejected from pickup in Payne County crash

  10-06-2017 20:38
  
  Matthew Baird, 20, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on a county road just north of Yale early Saturday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
  
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• Police: Severed head found at Mississippi home; body missing

  10-06-2017 20:35
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The severed head of a young black man was found on the front steps of a Mississippi home and police are working to identify him.
  
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• Three U.S. Soldiers Killed By Afghan Commando

  10-06-2017 20:33
  
  Three U.S. soldiers were killed by an Afghan army solider who opened fire on them following an operation in eastern Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirms to CBS News.
  
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• Biofuel case: $4.5M for investors under federal settlement

  10-06-2017 20:20
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $4.5 million settlement for private shareholders of failed biofuel maker KiOR, and a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi seeking to recover a much larger amount continues.
  
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• Autopsy: Florida parents died of overdose with 3 kids in car

  10-06-2017 20:11
  
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida couple found dead near their still-running SUV with their three young children in the backseat died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, a medical examiner's report says.
  
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• Detention officer arrested after allegedly smuggling contraband into Tulsa Jail

  10-06-2017 20:09
  
  Detectives reportedly found drugs inside a burrito in the detention officer's backpack and a cellphone in his sock.
  
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• School probing why pro-Trump yearbook photos were altered

  10-06-2017 20:04
  
  WALL, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school district is investigating why the yearbook photos of two high school students were altered to remove President Donald Trump's name on clothing they wore.
  
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• Trump seeks pivot from Russia probe to job training

  10-06-2017 20:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to change the subject back to his promise to make American job creation a top priority.
  
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• Biden encourages Romney to consider Senate run in Utah

  10-06-2017 20:02
  
  PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden has encouraged onetime GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for the Senate in Utah if longtime Republican incumbent Orrin Hatch decides to retire next year.
  
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• What's next for Comey? Maybe law, corporate work, politics

  10-06-2017 20:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — So what's next for James Comey?
  
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• Tulsa 'Stop The Killing And Start The Healing' Event Underway

  10-06-2017 19:59
  
  Tulsa Black Lives Matter and others are gathered for a free event called "Stop The Killing And Start The Healing."
  
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• Paris prosecutor: Internet radicalized Notre Dame attacker

  10-06-2017 19:44
  
  PARIS (AP) — The hammer-wielding man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral appears to have radicalized himself through the internet and was unknown to French police and intelligence services, the chief prosecutor in Paris said…
  
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• 'The Grand Tour' host Richard Hammond injured in car crash

  10-06-2017 19:40
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Richard Hammond, a presenter of Amazon's car-themed TV show "The Grand Tour," escaped serious injury Saturday in a fiery crash while filming in Switzerland.
  
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• Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn't shake

  10-06-2017 19:32
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West.
  
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• Videos show rescue of rape victim, serial killer confessions

  10-06-2017 19:28
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After hearing a woman's screams inside a large metal container, investigators sawed and pried open the bin, rescuing the woman who had been chained inside for about two months by a serial killer, according to new…
  
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• Adam West, who played 1960s-era Batman, dies at 88

  10-06-2017 19:14
  
  LOS ANGELES — Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his family said Saturday on a verified Facebook page.
  
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• Queen Mary 2 liner involved in mid-Atlantic yacht rescue

  10-06-2017 19:12
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Queen Mary 2 cruise liner has rescued a sailor taking part in a trans-Atlantic yacht race after several vessels were damaged in rough seas.
  
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• Trump rebuffs bipartisanship, banks on base to tame turmoil

  10-06-2017 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is banking on his loyal base of supporters to help him through the tangle of the Russia turmoil.
  
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• Louisiana man: 33-month sentence in threatening letters case

  10-06-2017 19:04
  
  LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Authorities say a Louisiana man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for sending threatening letters to the governor's office and other government agencies.
  
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• Qatar Petroleum says production not impacted by Gulf crisis

  10-06-2017 19:01
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Petroleum says it has responded to a diplomatic crisis engulfing Qatar by mobilizing to mitigate the impact any action could have on its energy supplies to customers around the world.
  
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• Biden's niece pleads guilty in $110K credit-account theft

  10-06-2017 18:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A niece of former Vice President Joe Biden has pleaded guilty in a $110,000 credit-account theft at a New York City drugstore.
  
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• 'Batman' TV Star Adam West Dead At 88

  10-06-2017 18:37
  
  “Adam West, the actor best known for his role in the 1960s "Batman" series, has died, CBS News has learned. He was 88.
  
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• Ex-congresswoman seeks new trial after fraud conviction

  10-06-2017 18:35
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is seeking a new trial after a federal jury found her guilty of using a purported charity for poor children as a personal slush fund.
  
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• 1,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean; 2 dead

  10-06-2017 18:07
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Two migrants died in the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday during a rescue operation that saved more than 1,000 others who were attempting the dangerous crossing to Europe, according to a Spanish aid group.
  
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• Arab states in row with Qatar laud Trump's supportive stance

  10-06-2017 17:59
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Arab states that have laid virtual siege on Qatar praised U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday for enthusiastically supporting their stance when he called on the Gulf state to stop "the funding of terrorism."
  
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• Report: Opel CEO to step down once sale to PSA completed

  10-06-2017 17:58
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The chief executive of German automaker Opel reportedly plans to step down from his post once the General Motors subsidiary's sale to PSA Peugeot-Citroen has been completed.
  
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• Syrian activists: At least 7 killed in Raqqa airstrike

  10-06-2017 17:56
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say an airstrike in the contested de-facto capital of the Islamic State group has killed at least 7 civilians.
  
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• US Navy calls off Atlantic Ocean search for missing sailor

  10-06-2017 17:51
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Navy has ended its search for a sailor who was on a training mission on a guided-missile cruiser off the coast of North Carolina when he went overboard.
  
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• Alleged Italian mobster-drug kingpin detained in Brazil

  10-06-2017 17:51
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian and Brazilian authorities say a fugitive 'ndrangheta crime clan boss, accused of international drug trafficking, has been detained at a Brazil airport.
  
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• Biofuel cas: Investors to get $4.5M under federal settlement

  10-06-2017 17:43
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $4.5 million settlement for private shareholders of failed biofuel maker KiOR, and a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi seeking to recover a much larger amount continues.
  
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• Afghan official: Afghan soldier kills 2 US soldiers

  10-06-2017 17:42
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday when an Afghan army solider opened fire on them in eastern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said.
  
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• Powerball jackpot up to $435M, 10th largest in US history

  10-06-2017 17:40
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players apparently will have a chance to win the 10th largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
  
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• Texas's tough pension laws may not apply in other states

  10-06-2017 17:34
  
  DALLAS (AP) — One by one, Pete Bailey, Clint Conway, Julian Bernal and a half dozen other retired police officers and firefighters stood up in December and told the Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board that they had been counting…
  
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