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• Bodies Found Inside Burned Wagoner County Home

  02-07-2017 23:44
  
  The Wagoner County Sheriff's Office said it's investigating a scene after a body was found inside a home that burned in the Lakecrest area of Wagoner County Sunday morning.  
  
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• Elite firefighters save baby deer from Arizona wildfire

  02-07-2017 23:37
  
  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Count baby deer among those saved by the elite crews fighting a stubborn Arizona wildfire.
  
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• Officials: 3 hurt after ferry struck by passenger platform

  02-07-2017 23:36
  
  WOODS HOLE, Mass. (AP) — Officials say three passengers were injured when a ferry was hit by a passenger platform as the vessel was backing out of a dock in Massachusetts.
  
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• Media organizations criticize Trump for tweeted video

  02-07-2017 23:31
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside…
  
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• Mormon Tabernacle Choir director mentors inmate music group

  02-07-2017 23:19
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The newest students of the director of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir have the talent you would expect to be honed under the guidance of an experienced music teacher. But they come from an unlikely…
  
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• Police: Owasso Shoplifters Chased To Tulsa

  02-07-2017 23:12
  
  A chase that started in Owasso came to an end Sunday afternoon near Apache and North Yale Avenue in Tulsa.  
  
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• Illinois House delays Sunday vote on income tax increase

  02-07-2017 23:02
  
  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Action on a revenue plan to end Illinois' two-year budget stalemate has been delayed.
  
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• 2 Men Wanted By Tulsa Police For Questioning In Murder

  02-07-2017 23:00
  
  An 18-year-old man, Keely Birch, was shot and killed shortly after 9:30 p.m. following an altercation in the apartment complex parking lot, police said. 
  
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• Heavy storms roll through NE Oklahoma; at least 500 customers lose power

  02-07-2017 22:55
  
  Update, 5:49 p.m.: AEP-PSO is reporting about 1,200 customers without power in the Tulsa area following severe storms with winds up to 60 mph.
  
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• Facebook drone could one day provide global internet access

  02-07-2017 22:52
  
  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A solar-powered drone backed by Facebook that could one day provide worldwide internet access has quietly completed a test flight in Arizona after an earlier attempt ended with a crash landing.
  
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• Mormon Tabernacle Choir director mentors inmate choir group

  02-07-2017 22:06
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The newest students of the director of the famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir have the talent you would expect to be honed under the guidance of an experienced music teacher. But they come from an unlikely…
  
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• Man knocked out, left unattended near burning car in Tulsa

  02-07-2017 22:03
  
  A 76-year-old man was knocked unconscious while changing his car's tire early Sunday in Tulsa before the assailants apparently caught his vehicle on fire and fled the scene.
  
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• Vandals post anti-Jewish banner at Holocaust memorial

  02-07-2017 21:56
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Vandals have posted a banner containing an anti-Jewish slur on a Holocaust memorial at a synagogue in a New Jersey shore town where several residents were recently accused of misrepresenting their incomes to improperly obtain public…
  
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• July Fourth holiday brings mixed feelings for minorities

  02-07-2017 21:49
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have mixed feelings about the revelry of fireworks and parades in an atmosphere of tension on several fronts.
  
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• Stilwell Woman Killed In Single-Vehicle Crash

  02-07-2017 21:46
  
  A 24-year-old Stilwell woman died early Sunday morning on US-59 in Adair County when she drove off the road and struck a tree, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. 
  
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• Doctor: No idea why he would be hospital shooter's target

  02-07-2017 21:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who appears to have been the intended target of a former physician who started shooting at a New York hospital, killing one person and injuring six, said he has no idea why he would…
  
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• States without a plan: 11 US states haven't passed budgets

  02-07-2017 21:38
  
  Cub Scouts being kicked out of a campground in New Jersey may be the most visible sign of budget problems in American states, but New Jersey is far from alone in struggling to work out a spending plan.
  
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• 76-Year-Old Man Hit, Knocked Out While Changing Tire On Tulsa Street

  02-07-2017 21:38
  
  Tulsa police said someone hit a 76-year-old man in the head, knocking him unconscious, Sunday at about 3:15 a.m. while he was changing a flat tire near 200 E. 56th Street South.
  
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• Airstrikes propel Mosul gains, despite toll on civilians

  02-07-2017 21:19
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi forces say their recent territorial gains against the Islamic State group in Mosul's Old City have largely been propelled by airstrikes, despite a spike in allegations of civilian casualties and warnings from human rights groups…
  
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• Macedonia ex-counterintelligence chief's passport seized

  02-07-2017 20:55
  
  SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — A court in Macedonia's capital has banned a former counterintelligence chief from leaving the country and ordered his passport confiscated in connection with a wiretapping scandal.
  
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• The Latest: Guns recovered during rapper's unrelated arrest

  02-07-2017 20:52
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub (all times local):
  
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• Pope reverses Vatican stand on British sick baby case

  02-07-2017 20:49
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called Sunday for the parents of a terminally ill British baby to be allowed to do everything possible to treat their 10-month-old son, amending the Vatican's previous position after conservatives complained.
  
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• UNESCO World Heritage talks in Poland face divisive topics

  02-07-2017 20:43
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials have opened the 41st annual UNESCO World Heritage Committee's conference in Poland.
  
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• Body Found Inside Burned Wagoner County Home

  02-07-2017 20:36
  
  The Wagoner County Sheriff's Office said it's investigating a scene after a body was found inside a home that burned in the Lakecrest area of Wagoner County Sunday morning.  
  
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• American brands move to Paris to kick off couture week

  02-07-2017 20:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — U.S. ready-to-wear brands Proenza Schouler and Rodarte switched from their regular New York slots to open Paris couture week Sunday, in a sign the business and organizational model of global fashion is evolving to meet the industry's…
  
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• Trump criticized by media organizations over tweeted video

  02-07-2017 20:04
  
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside…
  
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• 500 California high school students must retake AP tests

  02-07-2017 19:58
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — More than 500 San Diego high school students have been told they must retake Advanced Placement tests that have been declared invalid.
  
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• Qatar stock exchange drops as Arab ultimatum deadline nears

  02-07-2017 19:54
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's stock exchange dropped Sunday as the tiny Gulf nation braced for a deadline to accept demands from four Arab countries in part over what they allege is its support for extremist groups.
  
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• Damascus rocked by suicide blast, 2 others foiled

  02-07-2017 19:51
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Security forces chased three explosive-laden vehicles through Damascus Sunday, intercepting two of them at checkpoints but failing to stop the third before it exploded in the city center, killing at least eight people, state media and…
  
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• Wagoner County authorities investigating body found inside burned mobile home

  02-07-2017 19:38
  
  Representatives from both the Oklahoma Fire Marshal's office and the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office were called to the scene to investigate the death.
  
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• All aboard: New NYC ferry fleet puts out call for deckhands

  02-07-2017 19:36
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Winslo Edwards' new office is on the shimmering waterways around New York City, his backdrop its sweeping skyline, his job title: deckhand.
  
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• Are launches of helium balloons seeing their dying days?

  02-07-2017 19:16
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — When hands release helium-filled balloons and send them into the sky, they're doing more than marking a wedding, graduation or death. They're also stirring the pot in a clash between the balloon industry and environmentalists seeking…
  
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• Injured bald eagle found in nation's capital, taken for care

  02-07-2017 19:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say an injured bald eagle has been found in the nation's capital.
  
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• Cop's fatal shooting of Michigan man, 73, ruled justified

  02-07-2017 19:01
  
  MANISTEE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan county prosecutor has ruled that a police officer's actions in the fatal shooting of a 73-year-old man were justified.
  
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• Abu Dhabi airport now exempt from US laptop ban

  02-07-2017 19:00
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates became the first city to be exempt from a U.S. ban on laptop computers being in the cabins of airplanes coming from the Mideast, the country's flag…
  
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• Tulsa man killed in two-vehicle crash on Alt. U.S. 412

  02-07-2017 18:53
  
  Just before 4 p.m., a 2001 Ford Escape was traveling east on the highway when it failed to negotiate a curve and struck a westbound 2008 Chevrolet Impala, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.
  
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• Wife: Police didn't act fast enough to save husband

  02-07-2017 18:39
  
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — Sometime between Andrew Kearse's arrest and the 3.2-mile (5.15-kilometer) ride to the police station, officers say, he complained of dizziness and difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. He was later pronounced dead.
  
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• Syrian President Bashar Assad will be face of new bank note

  02-07-2017 18:39
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A new 2,000 Syrian Lira ($3.9) bank note with the face of President Bashar Assad will go into circulation Sunday, the Syrian Central Bank announced.
  
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• Toddler falls off raft, drowns in Keystone Lake

  02-07-2017 18:26
  
  None of those involved in the incident were wearing a personal flotation device.
  
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• The Latest: Bashar Assad face of new Syria bank note

  02-07-2017 18:02
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
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• Ex-cop gets state prison term in fatal alcohol-related crash

  02-07-2017 17:59
  
  MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A former police officer in New Jersey who was driving drunk when he caused a fatal off-duty crash last year is now headed to state prison.
  
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• Tulsa Man Dies In Mayes County Collision

  02-07-2017 17:58
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a 40-year-old Tulsa man died Saturday afternoon in a crash in Mayes County after another vehicle failed to negotiate a curve and collided with his vehicle.  
  
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• French president vows support in Africa anti-extremist fight

  02-07-2017 17:53
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — France's president on Sunday promised strong support for a new multinational military force against extremists in Africa's vast Sahel region, saying the "terrorists, thugs and assassins" need to be eradicated.
  
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• Man facing murder charges in road rage slaying of woman, 18

  02-07-2017 17:51
  
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was in custody Sunday for what a prosecutor called the "savage" and "senseless" death of a recent high school graduate shot in the head during a road rage confrontation as the two…
  
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• Turkish police chase away transgender marchers in Istanbul

  02-07-2017 17:42
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police chased away a small group of transgender rights activists who attempted to march to Istanbul's main square Sunday while carrying rainbow flags despite an official ban on the event. Seven people were detained.
  
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• Retirement 'bittersweet' for union boss who challenged Trump

  02-07-2017 17:40
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Chuck Jones joined the United Steel Workers, unions flexed their power to strike and crossing a picket line could be met with brute force.
  
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• Off-duty cop who killed daughter's boyfriend faces 3rd trial

  02-07-2017 17:31
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A former Oklahoma police officer who said he was trying to protect his daughter when he fatally shot her black boyfriend in 2014 is on trial for the third time in seven months, after jurors in…
  
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• The Latest: Man intended as shooting target has no idea why

  02-07-2017 17:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at Bronx Lebanon Hospital (all times local):
  
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• In Milwaukee, prosecutors hit neighborhoods, not just court

  02-07-2017 17:23
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — For Jeremy Arn, being a prosecutor in Milwaukee's most dangerous neighborhoods means spending more time on the streets than in court.
  
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