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• Tulsa Westlake Ace Hardware Donates Fans To People In Need Amid Heat Wave

  03-08-2017 23:58
  
  Tulsa Salvation Army Donates To People In Need Amid Heat Wave
  
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• West Virginia governor, a Democrat, to switch to Republican

  03-08-2017 23:28
  
  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is switching parties to join Republicans as President Donald Trump plans a visit to the increasingly conservative state.
  
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• Dozens Of Tulsa American Airlines Workers To Be Mechanics Again

  03-08-2017 23:18
  
  American Airlines told its Tulsa employees dozens of workers will be going back to work as full-fledged mechanics, with pay to match.
  
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• Tanning bed law improves state's standing in fighting cancer

  03-08-2017 23:15
  Law's author says more needs to be done.
  
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• City takes Helmerich Park case to state Supreme Court; ruling expected next month

  03-08-2017 23:15
  At issue is the future of 8.8 acres, or one-eighth of the 65-acre park, at the southwest corner 71st Street and Riverside Drive.
  
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• Sessions cracks down on cities over immigration enforcement

  03-08-2017 23:14
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions took new steps Thursday to punish cities he believes are not cooperating with federal immigration agents in a move that was met with bewilderment by local officials who said they did not…
  
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• Father: Indiana soldier among 2 killed in Afghanistan attack

  03-08-2017 23:14
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana soldier who was just 32 days into his first deployment was one of two American service members killed in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan, his father said Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: Defense in suicide text case expects exoneration

  03-08-2017 23:12
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself (all times local):
  
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• Official: Police closing in on Northwestern-Oxford duo

  03-08-2017 23:12
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Investigators think they're closing in on a Northwestern University professor and University of Oxford staffer who are wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man, a police official said Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer says president not under investigation

  03-08-2017 23:10
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into Russian meddling in the 2017 campaign (all times EDT):
  
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• Ecuador president strips VP of powers over bribe allegations

  03-08-2017 23:06
  
  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno stripped his vice president of his authority Thursday over corruption allegations that emerged amid a battle for power within their ruling leftist coalition.
  
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• Chickasha Mom, Who Went Missing With Children, Arrested

  03-08-2017 23:06
  
  The Chickasha mother, Destiny Corsaut, who went missing with her children in early July has been arrested, along with her own mother.  
  
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• Interior chief says he and Alaska senator bond over beers

  03-08-2017 23:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he has mended fences with Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski after a widely reported dispute over Murkowski's vote to oppose the GOP health care bill.
  
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• Tiny mermaid-painted shed apparently drifted 200 miles

  03-08-2017 23:03
  
  GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — The Coast Guard says a tiny floating dock sporting a painting of a blue-tailed mermaid is now considered a derelict vessel after it bobbed across the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• The Latest: Family of injured man says he'll need surgery

  03-08-2017 23:03
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the partial school building collapse in Minneapolis that killed two people (all times local):
  
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• NY Jets owner, former Sen. Hutchison confirmed as diplomats

  03-08-2017 22:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and former Texas GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison to be ambassador to NATO.
  
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• The Latest: Conservative group against Foxconn deal

  03-08-2017 22:58
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin state Assembly committee hearing on $3 billion tax incentive bill for Foxconn manufacturing plant (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Driller says no threat in 'Gasland' town

  03-08-2017 22:53
  
  DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on federal government testing of water wells in Dimock (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: North Carolina island to get power back Friday

  03-08-2017 22:51
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a power outage affecting two North Carolina islands on the Outer Banks (all times local):
  
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• Military scrambles for transgender policy after Trump tweets

  03-08-2017 22:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's tweets declaring transgender people unwelcome in the armed forces have plunged the Pentagon into a legal and moral quagmire, sparking a flurry of meetings to devise a new policy that could lead to hundreds…
  
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• Sperry Firefighters Put Out Fire Near Cemetery

  03-08-2017 22:48
  
  Sperry volunteer firefighters responded to a fire near the cemetery Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Tax breaks for Foxconn plant considered in Wisconsin

  03-08-2017 22:46
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of a planned $10 billion electronics factory that could bring 13,000 jobs in the largest economic development project in Wisconsin history called it a once-a-generation opportunity during a public hearing Thursday, while critics said the…
  
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• Official: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Democrat, switching to Republican Party as President Trump visits his state

  03-08-2017 22:42
  ATLANTA (AP) — Official: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Democrat, switching to Republican Party as President Trump visits his state.
  
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• No cops, no problem: Alaska town loses police, but not order

  03-08-2017 22:41
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A small, isolated town at the edge of Alaska's Aleutian Islands had no police oversight for several days after its three officers quit in quick succession, followed by the police chief's resignation.
  
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• Trump-supported immigration legislation spurs outcry

  03-08-2017 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Yaritza Mendez is an American citizen thanks to an immigration system that has been built around family connections for more than 50 years.
  
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• Polygamous leader's alleged memory loss could delay trial

  03-08-2017 21:43
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The polygamous sect leader caught recently after a year on the run from authorities is probably competent to stand trial, but needs a neurological exam to determine if two late 1990s accidents left him with…
  
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• Road Back Open After Multiple Collisions Block I-44 Westbound Lanes In Tulsa

  03-08-2017 21:40
  A small car attempted to change lanes to get in front of a semi before the construction zone, troopers said.
  
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• Woman who sent texts urging suicide gets 15 months in jail

  03-08-2017 21:38
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — A woman who encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to "get back in" a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail…
  
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• Congregation at oldest US synagogue reviewing legal options

  03-08-2017 21:29
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island congregants who worship at the nation's oldest synagogue say they are reviewing their legal options after a federal appeals panel ruled the nation's oldest Jewish congregation in New York owns the building and…
  
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• Sheriff: Mom, 2 kids held captive for 2 years in Virginia

  03-08-2017 21:27
  
  FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A woman and her two children escaped from captivity inside a home in Virginia when deputies were sent to check on their welfare, authorities said.
  
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• US prosecutors seek records of unregulated chemical in river

  03-08-2017 21:18
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are investigating a company and its discharges of a little-studied chemical into a North Carolina river that supplies drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people.
  
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• Senate panel approves bill to suspend US aid to Palestinians

  03-08-2017 21:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee approved legislation Thursday that would suspend U.S. financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority until it ends what lawmakers said is a long-standing practice of rewarding Palestinians who kill Americans and Israelis.
  
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• The Latest: Woman gets 15 months' jail in suicide text case

  03-08-2017 21:10
  
  TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending her suicidal boyfriend a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself (all times local):
  
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• Plumber fired after video showing him kicking dog goes viral

  03-08-2017 21:10
  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A plumber in North Carolina has lost his job after a video showing him kicking a dog at a home went viral.
  
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• Plane passenger spots man texting about sex abuse of kids

  03-08-2017 21:07
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Seattle police say a passenger on a plane spotted a fellow traveler texting someone about sexually exploiting children and contacted authorities as soon as she landed.
  
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• Officials: US approves high-tech attack planes for Nigeria

  03-08-2017 21:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is greenlighting a nearly $600 million sale of high-tech attack planes to Nigeria, officials said Thursday. The goal is to shore up the West African nation's ability to fight Boko Haram and other extremists,…
  
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• Body found in Grand Canyon during search for Texas physician

  03-08-2017 21:02
  GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Searchers in Grand Canyon National Park found a body believed to be a Texas physician who went missing after she hiked into the canyon with two children who were later found safe, officials…
  
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• Dad turns in his teen son to Jenks police after burglary at snow cone shack

  03-08-2017 21:00
  
  Dalton Simpson, 18, is accused of second-degree burglary, malicious injury to property and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the break-in at Josh's Sno Shack.
  
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• Nebraska governor to release findings of State Patrol probe

  03-08-2017 20:58
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts is set to reveal more details about an investigation that led him to fire the Nebraska State Patrol's superintendent.
  
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• The Latest: Foxconn CEO reiterates investment, jobs promises

  03-08-2017 20:57
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin state Assembly committee hearing on $3 billion tax incentive bill for Foxconn manufacturing plant (all times local):
  
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• Sessions, intelligence officials to announce leak crackdown

  03-08-2017 20:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement and intelligence officials are holding a news conference this week to discuss leaks of classified material.
  
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• Ex-Panamanian president says he can't be sent home for trial

  03-08-2017 20:54
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The United States cannot legally return a former Panamanian president to face political espionage charges in Panama, his lawyers argued Thursday, pointing in federal court to what they call flimsy evidence and flaws in an extradition treaty.
  
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• Man who had sex with stepdaughter's corpse wants new trial

  03-08-2017 20:45
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man serving a life sentence for killing his stepdaughter and then having sex with her corpse is petitioning for a new trial.
  
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• New trial ordered for ex-cop convicted of killing friend

  03-08-2017 20:42
  WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey appeals court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a police officer convicted of fatally shooting his friend while they played with a gun while watching an action movie.
  
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• The Latest: 7 earthquakes hit Oklahoma City area in 3 days

  03-08-2017 20:41
  EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on the recent cluster of earthquakes in central Oklahoma. (all times local):
  
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• EU official Tusk worried Poland moving toward leaving bloc

  03-08-2017 20:40
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Tusk, one of the European Union's top officials, says that he's worried his native Poland could be moving toward leaving the European Union.
  
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• Trump talked tersely with leaders of Mexico, Australia

  03-08-2017 20:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcripts of President Donald Trump's conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in January offer new details on how the president parried with the leaders over the politics of the border wall and refugee policy —…
  
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• Tulsa Business Briefly Evacuated Due To Fire

  03-08-2017 20:28
  
  Tulsa firefighters quickly put out a fire at Containment Solutions in north Tulsa after receiving a call that some plastic at the business was on fire, TFD officials said.  
  
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