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• President Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help

  30-09-2017 23:46
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. — President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. response to the natural disaster that has imperiled the…
  
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• Unique Rocks Raise Money For Hurricane Relief

  30-09-2017 23:29
  
  A green country group has a rock-solid plan to help raise money for hurricane storm relief. 
  
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• The Latest: Democrat says party at fault for heartland loss

  30-09-2017 23:25
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on Iowa Democrats (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa Race for the Cure draws more than 42,000, plays key role in 'keeping the hope'

  30-09-2017 23:15
  
  The Tulsa Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure set records, with registration up 4 percent and contributions jumping 20 percent from last year’s event.
  
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• Bernie Sanders wades into Atlanta mayor's race

  30-09-2017 23:04
  ATLANTA (AP) — Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is wading into the crowded Atlanta mayor's race as he campaigns and raises money for Vincent Fort.
  
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• Sapulpa School Shooting Threat Reported To Police

  30-09-2017 22:40
  
  An alleged plan to carry out a shooting at the Sapulpa high school and junior high campuses was reported to police Saturday.
  
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• Owl stuck in truck survives highway trip, released to wild

  30-09-2017 22:39
  WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) — An owl that was hit by a truck last spring and traveled from Massachusetts to New Hampshire wedged between the truck cab and trailer is ready to hunt crawfish and moles again.
  
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• Update: Student dies after fall from top of Broken Arrow football stadium

  30-09-2017 22:15
  
  School officials said counseling would be offered from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the school's media center. Counselors will be available throughout the school week.
  
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• The Latest: San Juan mayor answers Trump's Twitter attack

  30-09-2017 22:06
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local):
  
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• Proposal calls for tax hikes, new taxes, agency cuts and teacher pay raises

  30-09-2017 22:00
  
  The plan was presented behind closed doors last week to lawmakers as a compilation of ideas from the various factions.
  
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• Community helped by Global Gardens celebrates new kitchen for cooking what they harvest

  30-09-2017 22:00
  
  At McAuliffe Elementary’s community garden, more than a dozen people gathered to harvest vegetables and cook a meal together in the newly dedicated kitchen. Similar get-togethers happen at other area Family Food Farm sites around Tulsa.
  
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• Separatists vow to defy police ultimatum over Catalan vote

  30-09-2017 21:24
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalan separatists vowed Saturday to ignore a police ultimatum to leave the schools they are occupying to use in a vote seeking independence from Spain. As police methodically sealed off hundreds of schools, some parents decided…
  
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• High School student dies after fall from Oklahoma stadium

  30-09-2017 21:24
  BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old student has died after falling from the top of a stadium at the end of a high school football game in Oklahoma.
  
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• Hezbollah leader: Kurdish vote will sow division in region

  30-09-2017 21:16
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has warned that a controversial referendum on support for independence in Iraq's Kurdistan will lead to dividing several countries in the region.
  
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• 2 accused of waterboarding 12-year-old girl as punishment

  30-09-2017 21:10
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple is accused of having subjected a 12-year-old girl to waterboarding last spring as a form of punishment.
  
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• Vatican newspaper chimes in — finally — on 'The Young Pope'

  30-09-2017 21:08
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican newspaper has broken a yearlong silence and weighed in on director Paolo Sorrentino's "The Young Pope," giving the television series generally positive reviews despite what it called the "frivolous," ''caustic" and "grotesque" way it…
  
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• Hurricane Maria a reminder of 'second-class' status for some

  30-09-2017 21:00
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Xavier Totti moved to the mainland United States from his native Puerto Rico 43 years ago. He is still asked routinely if he is "legal," and when he mails packages to relatives back home, he has to…
  
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• The Latest: Protesters rally against Catalan independence

  30-09-2017 20:47
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalonia's plans to hold a referendum Sunday on breaking away from Spain (all times local):
  
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• Missouri officer cleared in fatal shooting at traffic stop

  30-09-2017 20:45
  NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man during a traffic stop.
  
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• Semi Truck Catches Fire During Maintenance

  30-09-2017 20:44
  
  The Tulsa Fire Department responded to a semi truck on fire Saturday afternoon.  
  
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• Broken Arrow Student Dies After Fall From Stadium

  30-09-2017 20:42
  
  A Broken Arrow student is dead after falling from the top of Memorial Stadium.
  
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• Amazonian color, dramatic silhouettes hit the Paris runways

  30-09-2017 20:36
  
  PARIS (AP) — Amazonian color and exaggerated silhouettes reigned at Paris Fashion Week shows, as actresses Abbie Cornish and Emily Robinson joined it-girl Olivia Palermo on the coveted front row seats.
  
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• Tennessee golf course drops Confederate general from name

  30-09-2017 20:31
  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee golf course has dropped a Confederate general from its name.
  
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• Death toll rises to 360 in Mexico earthquake

  30-09-2017 20:25
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The death toll from Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake has risen by two and now stands at 360.
  
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• Man gets 18 to 36 years in wrong-way DUI crash that killed 5

  30-09-2017 19:56
  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who acknowledged he was driving drunk before a wrong-way crash that killed five people apologized to the victims' families before he was sentenced to 18 to 36 years in prison.
  
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• Prosecutors: Pharmacy worker diluted cancer patients' drugs

  30-09-2017 19:41
  When a hospice nurse called an Alabama pharmacy to ask why pain medication wasn't working, the technician taking the call could hear a patient moaning in agony in the background, federal prosecutors said.
  
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• Mormon leader reaffirms faith's opposition to gay marriage

  30-09-2017 19:32
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader reaffirmed the religion's opposition to same-sex marriage on Saturday during a church conference watched by members around the world.
  
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• Spain's FM calls Catalan referendum a mockery of democracy

  30-09-2017 19:24
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Catalan regional government's plan to hold an independence referendum is a "mockery of democracy," Spain's foreign minister said Saturday.
  
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• Democrats in Iowa looking for ways to win back Trump voters

  30-09-2017 19:21
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats are looking for the prescription that will help them emerge from their withered condition, after dominating just a decade ago.
  
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• Rights groups urge Egypt to halt crackdown on homosexuals

  30-09-2017 19:19
  CAIRO (AP) — Two international rights groups called on Egyptian authorities on Saturday to halt their crackdown on people suspected of homosexuality following the waving of the LGBT rainbow flag at a recent concert in Cairo.
  
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• Separatists vow to defy police ultimatum over Catalonia vote

  30-09-2017 19:05
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonian separatists vowed Saturday to ignore a police ultimatum to leave the schools they are occupying to use in a vote seeking independence from Spain. As police methodically sealed off hundreds of schools, some parents decided…
  
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• Oklahoma Longhorn Bull With Record Horn Span Sold In Texas

  30-09-2017 18:58
  
  A longhorn bull from Oklahoma with a record horn span of more than 8 feet has been sold for $165,000 at the Fort Worth Stockyards in Texas.
  
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• The Latest: Tim Ryan among Dems in Iowa to plan for 2020

  30-09-2017 18:46
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on Iowa Democrats (all times local):
  
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• Race to decide if West Coast keeps its only GOP-led chamber

  30-09-2017 18:44
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Senate is the only Republican-led legislative chamber on the West Coast, and a special election in Seattle's wealthy eastern suburbs has drawn millions of dollars and national attention to two political newcomers vying…
  
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• Tillerson says US has direct channels to talk to North Korea

  30-09-2017 18:35
  
  BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Saturday that the United State is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea even as tensions rise over the North's nuclear and missile programs and the countries' leaders…
  
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• The Latest: Organizer: Polling place closures threaten vote

  30-09-2017 18:34
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on Catalonia's plans to hold a referendum Sunday on breaking away from Spain (all times local):
  
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• German prosecutors: Suspect used poison threats as blackmail

  30-09-2017 18:34
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Saturday they are confident that a 53-year-old man arrested a day earlier is behind a blackmail attempt that saw jars of poisoned baby food placed on store shelves in southern Germany.
  
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• Geologist: Yosemite rock falls don't mean more danger

  30-09-2017 18:32
  
  YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Rock falls that killed a British tourist and injured two other people in Yosemite National Park aren't stopping climbers intent on scaling the sheer walls of El Capitan and a park geologist says there's…
  
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• $1M bond set for Ohio woman charged in infant's death

  30-09-2017 18:23
  RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Ohio has set a $1 million bond for a woman charged in the death of her 3-month-old daughter.
  
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• Hurricane stresses Puerto Rico's already weak health system

  30-09-2017 18:18
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Martin Lopez was shot in the hand last Saturday by two thieves who made off with his precious cans of gas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. He was rushed to Centro Medico, a…
  
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• 3 sentenced to prison for looting Mississippi Indian mound

  30-09-2017 18:11
  OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Three Mississippi residents have been sent to prison for looting an Indian mound.
  
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• Sheriff: No evidence officers mistreated Seahawks' Bennett

  30-09-2017 18:08
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police acted appropriately and professionally detaining Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett when he ran from a casino as officers searched for an active shooter following a report of gunfire at an after-hours club on the…
  
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• Amid outcry over Confederate markers, new ones are going up

  30-09-2017 17:55
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — While Confederate statues and monuments around the nation get removed, defaced, covered up or toppled, some new memorials are being erected, by people who insist their only purpose is to honor Civil War soldiers who died for…
  
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• 3 charged with using child to smuggle drugs into prison

  30-09-2017 17:51
  NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Police say that three adults are accused of using a child to smuggle narcotic drugs into a Vermont state prison.
  
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• Broken Arrow Student Falls From Stadium

  30-09-2017 17:43
  
  A Broken Arrow student has been hospitalized after falling from the top of Memorial Stadium. 
  
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• Attorneys: New Mexico library shooting case will be lengthy

  30-09-2017 17:42
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The attorney appointed to represent a New Mexico teenager accused in a deadly shooting inside a public library is certain any legal resolution will be a long time coming.
  
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• Man expresses remorse for trying to help Islamic State group

  30-09-2017 17:32
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has written a letter to the judge overseeing his case expressing remorse for trying to help the Islamic State group.
  
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• Jury: $21.7m to survivors of 3 dead in medical chopper crash

  30-09-2017 17:32
  MANCHESTER, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky jury has awarded $21.7 million to families of three people who died in a June 2013 medical helicopter crash.
  
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• Deputies: Drug dealer's security cameras help detectives

  30-09-2017 17:22
  STUART, Fla. (AP) — Installing security cameras might be a good idea for most retail businesses — but not for drug dealers.
  
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• Tillerson Says Trump Has "Issued No Red Lines" On North Korea

  30-09-2017 16:56
  
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that President Trump had "issued no red lines" when it came to North Korea, suggesting that an atmospheric test by the rogue state might not automatically trigger a military response from the U.S. 
  
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