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• It's Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts as BSA moves to admit girls

  12-10-2017 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts pledge to be friendly and helpful. But their parent organizations may find that promise hard to keep as they head into a potentially bitter competition triggered by the Boy Scouts of…
  
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• Testimony, Evidence Suggests Man Did Not Have Gun When Ex-Tulsa Cop Shot Him

  12-10-2017 23:44
  
  Prosecutors presented evidence at Shannon Kepler's fourth murder trial Thursday that they said proves Jeremey Lake did not have a gun when he died.
  
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• Historic Tulsa Neighborhood Becoming Hub For Young Professionals

  12-10-2017 23:29
  
  Here's something you may not know: the Brady Heights neighborhood is on the National Registry of Historic Places.
  
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• Shooting Reported West Of Vera

  12-10-2017 23:24
  
  Law enforcement investigated a report of a shooting west of Vera in Washington County Thursday afternoon. 
  
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• Plumbing company owner charged in 3 Louisiana slayings

  12-10-2017 22:15
  
  CLINTON, La. (AP) — In a string of attacks that began in July, a plumbing company owner killed three men and wounded a fourth, shooting all of the men at their homes or on their property in a rural area…
  
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• Kelly: N. Korea threat 'manageable'; hopes diplomacy works

  12-10-2017 22:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said Thursday the North Korean nuclear and missile threat is "manageable" for now but the isolated nation can't be allowed to develop the ability to strike the U.S. homeland.
  
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• Boy's body found after 3 adults slain; manhunt underway

  12-10-2017 22:12
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A 7-year-old boy was shot dead and his body apparently hidden in a home where three adults were found fatally shot and a fourth was stabbed, a sheriff said Thursday as a manhunt for the suspect…
  
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• EPA orders cleanup at Texas toxic site flooded by Harvey

  12-10-2017 22:11
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration handed a rare victory to environmentalists, ordering two big corporations this week to pay $115 million to clean up a Texas toxic waste site that may have spread dangerous levels of pollution during flooding…
  
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• Dangerous sound? What Americans heard in Cuba attacks

  12-10-2017 22:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: There are hear multiple, distinct tones that sound to some like they're colliding in…
  
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• Craig County highway shut down following natural gas leak

  12-10-2017 22:09
  A highway in Craig County has been shut down and detours set up following a natural gas leak.
  
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• Teacher denied probation program in explicit text case

  12-10-2017 22:07
  GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A former theater teacher at a Connecticut private school who is accused of sending inappropriate text messages to a 15-year-old student will not be allowed to participate in a probation program that would remove the arrest…
  
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• Kelly: Barring 'change,' he's not quitting or being fired

  12-10-2017 22:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly insisted Thursday he's not quitting or being fired — for now.
  
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• Donnelly raises $1.3M, likely outperforming GOP contenders

  12-10-2017 22:06
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly is adding to his campaign cash advantage over the Republicans who hope to oust him from office.
  
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• Ethics panel extends review of New York GOP congressman

  12-10-2017 22:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee said Thursday it was extending its review of Republican Rep. Chris Collins of New York, whose stock market trades prompted an advocacy group to request an investigation for possible violation of insider trading…
  
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• Fed: Chemours ex-worker tried to sell trade secrets to China

  12-10-2017 22:03
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former employee of a chemical company that spun off from the DuPont Co. in 2015 has been charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to Chinese investors.
  
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• Trump's health care end run reflects frustrations

  12-10-2017 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated over setbacks in Congress, President Donald Trump wielded his rule-making power Thursday to launch an end run that might get him closer to his goal of repealing and replacing "Obamacare."
  
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• Highway 59 North Of Welch Closed For Gas Line Repairs

  12-10-2017 22:00
  
  Highway 2/59 between Welch and Chetopa, Kansas, has been shut down as crews work to repair a gas link leak.
  
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• Group files notice it will sue over walrus protection

  12-10-2017 21:58
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A national environmental organization filed notice Thursday that it will sue the Trump administration over its rejection of Pacific walrus as a threatened or endangered species.
  
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• The Latest: Neighbor: Slayings put rural Louisiana on edge

  12-10-2017 21:53
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on a string of attacks in Louisiana that left three people dead and a fourth wounded. (all times local):
  
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• Shootout at gas station leaves school bus window shattered.

  12-10-2017 21:53
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police say a shootout between two men at a North Carolina gas station ended up with a bullet shattering the window of a nearby school bus.
  
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• The Latest: California wildfires death toll now at 26

  12-10-2017 21:50
  
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Official: Hotel called police after attack began

  12-10-2017 21:48
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa Officer's Home Destroyed By Fire

  12-10-2017 21:47
  
  A Tulsa officer's home was destroyed in a fire Thursday morning.
  
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• County will ask Supreme Court to review prayer ruling

  12-10-2017 21:47
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina county will ask the Supreme Court to review a ruling barring it from opening its meetings with Christian prayers.
  
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• Police: 1 man dead, 1 officer wounded in Alabama shooting

  12-10-2017 21:46
  HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Police tried to question three people in the parking lot of an appliance store early Thursday and wound up in a shootout that left one man dead and an officer wounded near Alabama's main city of…
  
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• DeVos touts school choice, STEM as education priorities

  12-10-2017 21:43
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has announced a set of priorities for states and schools competing for federal grant money.
  
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• The Frontier: Racist Facebook Posts Made By Account Of Verdigris Officer Won't Result In Suspension

  12-10-2017 21:17
  
  A racist Facebook post which appears to have been made by a part-time Verdigris officer won't result in a suspension, the police chief said, because the officer claimed his account had been hacked.
  
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• Police: Child Hit By Truck In Tulsa Expected To Be Okay

  12-10-2017 20:52
  
  Tulsa Police responded to a child being hit by a vehicle near Apache and Peoria. They tell us the 2-year-old child is going to be okay.
  
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• Shannon Kepler's fourth murder trial gets underway with opening statements

  12-10-2017 20:15
  
  Prosecutor tells jury that the former officer had "no right" to kill his daughter's boyfriend, while defense says Kepler was protecting her from a "violent person."
  
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• The Latest: Trump aide vows Puerto Rico help till job's done

  12-10-2017 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on federal aid for hurricane=ravaged Puerto Rico (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Pennsylvania town delights in couple's release

  12-10-2017 20:12
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on the release of an American woman, her husband and their three children after being held for years by a group with ties to the Taliban (all times local):
  
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• Utah's 'Negro Bill Canyon' renamed after years of debate

  12-10-2017 20:11
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After years of debate, a U.S. government board has voted unanimously to rename Utah's Negro Bill Canyon, overruling a recommendation by Utah officials to keep the name.
  
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• Former President George W. Bush to be honored at West Point

  12-10-2017 20:11
  WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Former President George W. Bush will be honored with an award at West Point.
  
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• Maine had worst year for mussel harvest in 4 decades in '16

  12-10-2017 20:09
  
  SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Maine mussels are losing their muscle.
  
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• US, Israel to exit UN agency over alleged anti-Israel bias

  12-10-2017 20:06
  
  PARIS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it is pulling out of the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for "fundamental reform" in the agency.
  
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• Trump chief of staff won't quit or be fired barring change

  12-10-2017 20:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says he's not quitting, getting fired or firing anyone else, "unless things change."
  
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• Police: Texas Tech student who shot campus cop was searched

  12-10-2017 20:04
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Texas Tech University student accused of killing a campus police officer was searched at some point before he pulled a gun while being booked on a drug charge at the police station, authorities said Thursday.
  
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• Orphan of Islamic State parents is home after year in limbo

  12-10-2017 20:04
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A 3-year-old Tunisian orphan whose parents left home to join the Islamic State group has returned to his grandfather's custody after over a year in a Libyan prison.
  
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• NYC, London police taking fresh look at Weinstein claims

  12-10-2017 20:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police detectives in New York City and London are taking a fresh look into sexual assault allegations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein now that some 30 women have accused him of inappropriate conduct.
  
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• Tricked out: Pickup trucks get more luxurious

  12-10-2017 19:56
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Heated and cooled seats. Backup cameras. Panoramic glass roofs.
  
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• Commerce chief: Billions more dollars needed for 2020 Census

  12-10-2017 19:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration acknowledged on Thursday that billions more dollars are "urgently needed" to ensure a fair and accurate count during the 2020 Census.
  
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• Jury in trial of burned woman visits key locations in case

  12-10-2017 19:54
  BATESVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A jury in the trial of a man charged with setting a 19-year-old Mississippi woman on fire and leaving her to die along a rural road has visited the road and other key locations in the…
  
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• The Latest: Hill Dems blast Trump energy plan

  12-10-2017 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's energy plan (all times local):
  
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• Government presents tearful last witness at NY bombing trial

  12-10-2017 19:46
  NEW YORK (AP) — The government used a tearful final witness and a closing argument to urge a jury to convict a New Jersey man in last year's New York bombing.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Border Patrol tests camera-toting balloon

  12-10-2017 19:46
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol is considering another type of surveillance balloon that can be quickly moved to spot illegal activity, part of an effort to see if more eyes in the sky translate to fewer illegal…
  
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• The Latest: Senators seek mortgage relief for victims

  12-10-2017 19:38
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the mass shooting in Las Vegas (all times local):
  
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• Liberia political party calls for halt to vote-counting

  12-10-2017 19:36
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — One of Liberia's largest political parties called for a halt to counting of election results Thursday, alleging voting irregularities and fraud, as the country awaited the announcement of the first provisional results.
  
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• Calling it a beginning, Trump signs health care order

  12-10-2017 19:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated by health care failures in Congress, President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to rewrite some federal insurance rules as a beginning of renewed efforts to undermine "Obamacare," the program he's promised to kill.
  
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• Giant billboard rings bell when children finish chemotherapy

  12-10-2017 19:31
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A giant bell on a billboard in St. Louis will ring every time a child completes chemotherapy at a local hospital.
  
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