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• Deal with Trump, GOP retirements have Dems riding higher

  08-09-2017 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Relegated for months to playing defense, congressional Democrats are rising again. They've been revitalized by the deal their leaders cut with President Donald Trump this week and by a trickle of GOP retirements that have boosted their…
  
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• Tulsa Pet Funeral Home Provides Comfort For Animal Lovers

  08-09-2017 23:55
  
  In the past, when the family dog died, many people buried the dog under its favorite tree in the backyard.
  
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• The Latest: Irma devastates crops in northern Haiti

  08-09-2017 23:53
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  
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• Young Businessmen Of Tulsa, T-Town Roofing Plan Irma Relief

  08-09-2017 23:50
  
  The Young businessmen of Tulsa (YBT) and T-Town roofing have organized relief efforts for the much-anticipated Hurricane Irma.  
  
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• Giant portrait of toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall

  08-09-2017 23:49
  
  TECATE, Calif. (AP) — A photo of a giant toddler stands in Mexico and peers over a steel wall dividing the country from the U.S.
  
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• Progress Being Made On Entrance Way Into Tulsa's Gathering Place

  08-09-2017 23:48
  
  In less than a year, the Gathering Place will be filled with visitors, and the entrance for many will be just off 31st Street.
  
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• Miami shelters homeless against their will as Irma closes in

  08-09-2017 23:47
  
  MIAMI (AP) — On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma's monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami's estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark choice: Come willingly to a storm…
  
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• Deer killed in tony California neighborhood, neighbors upset

  08-09-2017 23:46
  
  TIBURON, Calif. (AP) — A resident of an exclusive San Francisco Bay neighborhood is the target of online outrage and may face criminal charges for shooting to death a doe and its fawn that were eating newly installed landscaping.
  
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• Tulsa Man Wanted For Multiple QuikTrip Robberies

  08-09-2017 23:44
  
  A Tulsa man, caught on camera robbing a QuikTrip, made his getaway on a bicycle.
  
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• Court blocks Seattle law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize

  08-09-2017 23:42
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked Seattle's first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions.
  
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• Winds, fire, floods and quakes: A nutty run of nature

  08-09-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — With four big hurricanes, a powerful earthquake and wildfires, it seems that nature recently has just gone nuts.
  
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• Day care workers in Delaware stop man from taking 2 infants

  08-09-2017 23:33
  
  Day care workers in Delaware stopped a man from walking off with two babies after the stranger shoved his way into the facility and grabbed the infants, state police said Friday.
  
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• Congress sends aid bill, debt hike to Trump

  08-09-2017 23:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday sent President Donald Trump a massive package of $15.3 billion in disaster aid linked to an increase in the nation's borrowing authority that angered conservative Republicans who hissed and booed senior administration officials dispatched…
  
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• Irma eyes long-feared path: Straight through Florida

  08-09-2017 23:28
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Irma aimed its sights on millions of homes and businesses in Florida and officials warned that time was running out to evacuate ahead of the deadly, which was headed Friday on a long-feared path right through the…
  
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• Drifter admits killing 6; bodies buried behind strip mall

  08-09-2017 23:28
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An East Coast drifter who authorities say killed seven people in Connecticut during a 2003 series of slayings and sexual assaults while driving a van he called the Murder Mobile pleaded guilty on Friday in connection…
  
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• Trump Signs $15.3B Harvey Aid Package

  08-09-2017 23:27
  
  President Donald Trump has signed a $15.3 billion disaster aid package in the aftermath of Harvey.
  
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• The Latest: Trump signs $15.3 billion Harvey aid package

  08-09-2017 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Harvey aid bill in Congress (all times local):
  
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• Kansas town celebrates Christmas early for dying boy

  08-09-2017 23:18
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Christmas trees are popping up in a small Kansas town as residents prepare to celebrate the holiday early for a 3-year-old boy with terminal cancer.
  
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• Couple indicted after man seen texting about child sex abuse

  08-09-2017 23:17
  
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Washington state couple accused of sexually abusing children after an airline passenger reported seeing text messages about the abuse on a man's phone during a flight.
  
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• Maryland man pleads guilty to terrorism charges

  08-09-2017 23:14
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Friday to federal terrorism charges in New York after he was accused of fighting on behalf of an al-Qaida-affiliated terror group in Somalia.
  
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• Miami shoppers outpace Houston in some pre-hurricane buying

  08-09-2017 23:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — As Hurricane Irma heads toward Florida, shoppers in the Miami area increased their spending on gas, food and plywood to board up their homes at a higher rate than Houston residents did before Harvey, according to…
  
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• Death toll rises to 60 in powerful Mexico earthquake

  08-09-2017 23:03
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country's southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night. At least…
  
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• Montgomery Gentry singer dies in New Jersey helicopter crash

  08-09-2017 22:57
  
  LUMBERTON, N.J. (AP) — Troy Gentry, one half of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, died Friday in a helicopter crash just hours before a concert, according to a statement from the band's website. He was 50.
  
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• Man charged in Indiana school threats to remain in custody

  08-09-2017 22:55
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A California man charged with making online threats to blow up two suburban Indianapolis high schools will remain jailed while the case proceeds.
  
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• Audit: US misuses taxpayer cash for California water project

  08-09-2017 22:53
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department improperly contributed tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money to help California and politically powerful state water districts plan for a massive project to ship the state's water from north to…
  
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• Country Star Don Williams, ‘The Gentle Giant,’ Dead At 78

  08-09-2017 22:46
  
  Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like “I Believe in You,” has died. He was 78. 
  
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• Country Music Singer Troy Gentry Killed In Helicopter Crash

  08-09-2017 22:46
  
  Troy Gentry of country duo Montgomery Gentry has died in a tragic accident. The award-winning singer was killed in a helicopter crash on Friday, just hours before a concert, says a statement from the band's website. He was 50.
  
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• Emotional trial in case of slain Tennessee woman to begin

  08-09-2017 22:42
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — No one in the pastoral Tennessee town of Parsons will forget April 13, 2011.
  
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• Tulsa Hosts 103rd Annual Oklahoma Municipal League Conference

  08-09-2017 22:41
  
  Over 400 municipal delegates from cities and towns across Oklahoma will converge in Tulsa for the annual OML Conference.  
  
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• Bartlesville Football Coach Resigns Stating 'Personal Challenges'

  08-09-2017 22:40
  
  Bartlesville head football coach, John McKee, announced he will resign as coach and teacher from the district.
  
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• Local Employees Give Back On United Way’s 'Day of Caring'

  08-09-2017 21:12
  
  Thousands of volunteers are spread out around the area right now, taking part in United Way's Day of Caring.
  
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• Greece: Angry police kick off 2-day anti-austerity protests

  08-09-2017 20:37
  THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of Greek police officers, backed by colleagues from other uniformed services, have staged a protest in the country's second-largest city against austerity measures in the bailout-hit country.
  
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• APNewsBreak: $4M for tiny Wisconsin airport near golf course

  08-09-2017 20:35
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tiny airport in central Wisconsin that's seen an influx of private jets since a Republican donor's world-class golf course opened nearby would get $4 million in improvements under funding slipped into the state budget this…
  
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• Smaller US cities struggle with high teen gun violence rates

  08-09-2017 20:31
  
  WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — When the shots rang out — "pop, pop, pop," and then a thunder roll of gunfire — Maria Williams hit the floor.
  
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• Trump admin: No charges in IRS actions against conservatives

  08-09-2017 20:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has decided not to charge a key figure in the IRS' mistreatment of conservative political groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections.
  
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• The Latest: Woman who lost everything is moving on

  08-09-2017 20:29
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  
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• Oregon authorities release 'manifesto' from mass shooting

  08-09-2017 20:28
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have released a detailed report on a mass shooting at a community college that includes a six-page, typewritten "manifesto" that says the shooter had studied the methods of other mass killers.
  
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• Judge lets lawyers in Illinois abduction case withdraw

  08-09-2017 20:27
  URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A judge has allowed lawyers for a 27-year-old suspect in the abduction of a University of Illinois scholar from China to withdraw from the case on grounds he can't foot the legal bills.
  
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• Judge: Challenge to government watch list can go forward

  08-09-2017 20:27
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. government's terrorist watch list to go forward.
  
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• Cherokee Nation processing freedmen citizenship applications

  08-09-2017 20:26
  TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The Cherokee Nation has started processing tribal citizen applications for the descendants of black slaves once owned by tribal members.
  
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• House Roll Call: Harvey Aid

  08-09-2017 20:22
  The 316-90 roll call Friday by which the House voted to raise the nation's borrowing authority, fund the government through December and provide $15 billion in disaster relief.
  
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• 4 killed in medical helicopter crash in North Carolina

  08-09-2017 20:22
  BELVIDERE, N.C. (AP) — A medical helicopter crashed Friday in North Carolina, killing four people, the Highway Patrol said.
  
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• University of California sues over Trump immigrant decision

  08-09-2017 20:20
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The University of California has sued the Trump administration over its decision to end a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.
  
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• The Latest: Hurricane bears down on quake-rattled Mexico

  08-09-2017 20:18
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Mexico earthquake (all times local):
  
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