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• Glitch sends driver's license suspension notices to hundreds

  23-08-2017 23:59
  CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles say a computer glitch caused hundreds of letters threatening license and registration suspensions to be sent out this month.
  
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• Woman sues Texas parking garage after car plummets

  23-08-2017 23:54
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman whose car fell from the seventh floor of a parking garage last month has filed a lawsuit against the garage's owner and management.
  
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• US court rejects appeal from praying football coach

  23-08-2017 23:53
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state high school football coach took advantage of his position when he prayed on the field after games, and he's not entitled to immediately get his job back, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.
  
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• Federal judge again throws out Texas voter ID law

  23-08-2017 23:52
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has once again thrown out Texas' voter ID law in the latest court defeat for state Republican lawmakers over voting rights.
  
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• Man charged with indecent exposure after incident in downtown Tulsa

  23-08-2017 23:51
  
  A man has been charged with exposing himself in downtown Tulsa.
  
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• Cross-burning victims to priest: Apology is not enough

  23-08-2017 23:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Phillip and Barbara Butler hadn't given much thought to the man who burned a cross on their front lawn 40 years ago.
  
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• Trump administration calls out Egypt on human rights

  23-08-2017 23:49
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Washington's surprise decision this week to cut or delay nearly $300 million in aid to Egypt is the first time the Trump administration has publicly called out Cairo on its poor human rights record.
  
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• Critics: Utah horse meeting is secretive 'slaughter summit'

  23-08-2017 23:47
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Swollen populations of federally-protected wild horses roaming 10 Western states are starved and damaging rangelands, Utah and U.S. government officials said at conference Wednesday, an invitation-only meeting that mustang-protection advocates say is promoting the slaughter…
  
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• Judge allows money laundering charges against Backpage execs

  23-08-2017 23:41
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prosecutors can bring money laundering charges against the creators of a website that prosecutors label an online brothel, a judge ruled Wednesday. But he dismissed other charges months after another judge threw out the entire…
  
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• State says loan company mismanaged debt-forgiveness program

  23-08-2017 23:38
  BOSTON (AP) — One of the nation's largest student-loan companies is accused of mismanaging programs that offer debt forgiveness to public servants.
  
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• Chicago Police Superintendent getting new kidney from son

  23-08-2017 23:37
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is poised to receive a new kidney — from his son.
  
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• Within 24 hours, a pair of wildly different Trump speeches

  23-08-2017 23:30
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — It was a tale of two Trumps in the desert southwest.
  
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• Dutch police detain driver of Spanish van near cancelled gig

  23-08-2017 23:30
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam detained the driver of a van with Spanish license plates and a number of gas tanks inside after a concert by an American rock band was cancelled…
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela is a dictatorship, exiles tell Pence

  23-08-2017 23:27
  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Vice President Mike Pence's visit in South Florida to meet with Venezuelan exiles. (all times local):
  
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• Parks Service issues permit for San Francisco rally

  23-08-2017 23:26
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday issued a permit to a politically conservative group for a Saturday afternoon rally in San Francisco that local officials fear could turn violent.
  
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• Man wanted in fatal South Carolina bank holdup arrested

  23-08-2017 23:19
  GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police chief says officers have arrested a man wanted in the deaths of two South Carolina bank branch workers.
  
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• 10 dead, dozens missing after boat sinks on Brazil river

  23-08-2017 23:18
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A boat carrying 70 people sank on a major river in northern Brazil leaving at least 10 dead and dozens missing, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Former detective pleads guilty in tax-refund scheme

  23-08-2017 23:17
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Tampa police detective faces up to 10 years in prison for her part in a tax-refund scheme.
  
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• Disc Golf Store Sees Success In Tulsa

  23-08-2017 23:14
  
  Disc golf is one of America's fastest-growing sports.
  
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• Georgia truck driver gets prison in 2015 crash that killed 5

  23-08-2017 23:13
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia truck driver has been sentenced to prison in a 2015 highway collision that killed five people after the trucker fell asleep at the wheel.
  
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• Man accused of filming teen's suicide hears murder evidence

  23-08-2017 23:10
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man charged with murder after prosecutors say he filmed a teenage girl killing herself using a rope he bought for her went before a judge on Wednesday to decide if he'll be tried on…
  
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• The Latest: Lawmakers debate ability to question regulators

  23-08-2017 23:08
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the abandonment of a nuclear power project in South Carolina (all times local):
  
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• Man fatally shot by troopers wanted police to kill him

  23-08-2017 23:08
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who was fatally shot by Massachusetts state troopers following a pursuit into New Hampshire had fired at them at least six times and had told a relative beforehand that if caught, he'd be looking…
  
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• Bixby Go Club Offers Before & After School Care

  23-08-2017 22:28
  
  Bixby Public Schools GO Club is now available before and after school at some elementary and intermediate schools.  
  
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• Multiple Animals Seized From Creek County Home

  23-08-2017 22:19
  
  Creek County deputies served a search warrant on a residence associated with possible animal neglect.
  
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• Grove Bank To Host Online Predator Seminar

  23-08-2017 22:01
  
  First National Bank in Grove is hosting an online predator seminar for adults in the community. 
  
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• Girl Scouts accuse Boy Scouts of covertly recruiting girls

  23-08-2017 21:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the Girl Scouts of the USA is accusing the Boy Scouts of seeking to covertly recruit girls into their programs while disparaging the Girl Scouts' operations.
  
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• Man pleads not guilty in wife's death during Alaska cruise

  23-08-2017 21:58
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a cruise to Alaska dabbed his eyes as he pleaded not guilty to the charges on Wednesday.
  
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• Jury picked for corruption trial of US Sen. Bob Menendez

  23-08-2017 21:58
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A mail carrier, a utility worker and a children's librarian will be among the 12 people deciding the fate of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez when his corruption trial begins next month.
  
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• Former officer injects new racial element in 2014 slaying

  23-08-2017 21:57
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white former police officer is headed for a fourth trial in the killing of his daughter's black boyfriend, but Shannon Kepler has recently added another racial element to the case: He now says prosecutors can't…
  
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• Rock band Allah-Las' Rotterdam show cancelled due to threat

  23-08-2017 21:56
  
  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A concert in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam by American rock group Allah-Las was cancelled Wednesday night because of a "terror threat," police said in a statement.
  
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• Judge denies biker's request for delay in Waco trial

  23-08-2017 21:55
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The judge who would preside over the first trial of a biker allegedly involved in a shootout at a meeting of rival motorcycle gangs in Waco, Texas, that left nine people dead has denied a…
  
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• Great Smoky Mountains observation tower closes for repairs

  23-08-2017 21:50
  GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed an observation tower at the park's highest point for extensive renovations and repairs.
  
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• Decomposing body found in Okmulgee garage prompts homicide investigation

  23-08-2017 21:50
  Signs of trauma were found during the autopsy of 47-year-old James "Jimmy" Richardson of Okmulgee, whose death is being investigated as a homicide.
  
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• EPA taps Alabama business lobbyist to lead Southeast region

  23-08-2017 21:47
  ATLANTA (AP) — A business lobbyist and ex-environmental regulator has been tapped as the new regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection office that oversees eight Southeastern states.
  
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• The Latest: Sect accused of hiding children from police

  23-08-2017 21:45
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a New Mexico military-style Christian sect facing child abuse charges (all times local):
  
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• Troopers' use of deadly force after chase deemed justified

  23-08-2017 21:43
  NEWTON, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's attorney general says the use of deadly force by four Massachusetts state troopers who shot and killed a man who led them on a 40-mile-long multistate car chase was justified.
  
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• Violence in Charlottesville leads to soul-searching at ACLU

  23-08-2017 21:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with an angry backlash for defending white supremacists' right to march in Charlottesville, the American Civil Liberties Union is confronting a feeling among some of its members that was once considered heresy: Maybe some speech…
  
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• California dad gets 25 to life in son's smothering death

  23-08-2017 21:36
  
  ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — A California father who admitted killing his 5-year-old son amid a bitter custody battle was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison during a hearing where his estranged wife wished him an eternity in…
  
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• 'American Idol' To Hold Auditions in Tulsa

  23-08-2017 21:34
  
  Auditions for the hit music competition show "American Idol" will be held in Tulsa next month.
  
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• Park service fixes family cemetery within Flight 93 memorial

  23-08-2017 21:26
  SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The National Park Service has restored a family cemetery that just happens to lie within the Flight 93 National Memorial, which honors those killed on the hijacked airliner that crashed in western Pennsylvania during the Sept.…
  
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• Lawyer no longer wants new mental exam for bomb plot suspect

  23-08-2017 21:24
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for a man accused of trying to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma City bank has asked a federal judge to withdraw her request for a mental examination of…
  
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• Ex-FBI Director James Comey to lecture at Howard University

  23-08-2017 21:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — James Comey, the FBI director fired by President Donald Trump, will give a series of lectures at Howard University.
  
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• Harvey to dump heavy rains on Texas; hurricane possible

  23-08-2017 21:20
  MIAMI (AP) — Former Tropical Storm Harvey has restrengthened into a tropical depression forecast to dump heavy rains on the Gulf Coast and become a hurricane by the time it hits Texas on Friday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said…
  
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• Latest: 2 Confederate statues shrouded in Charlottesville

  23-08-2017 21:19
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on protests against Confederate monuments that have occurred in the aftermath of deadly violence at a Virginia rally by white nationalists (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Police: California man smothered 5-year-old son

  23-08-2017 21:17
  
  ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a California father who murdered his 5-year-old son amid a bitter custody battle (all times local):
  
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• University of Connecticut opens satellite campus in Hartford

  23-08-2017 21:16
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Mayor Luke Bronin says he sees the University of Connecticut's new downtown satellite campus as much more than an institution of higher learning.
  
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• Turbulence forces plane to land in St. Louis; 3 injured

  23-08-2017 21:16
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three people are recovering from injuries after strong turbulence forced a regional airline plane to divert to St. Louis.
  
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• Trump preaches unity to vets after fiery political speech

  23-08-2017 21:08
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A day after a searing speech tearing into the media and members of his own political party, President Donald Trump returned to calls for unity and love as he spoke to veterans Wednesday at an American…
  
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• Charlottesville covers Confederate statues with black shroud

  23-08-2017 21:06
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Workers in Charlottesville draped giant black covers over two statues of Confederate generals on Wednesday to symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally.
  
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