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• Historic Virginia church to relocate Washington, Lee plaques

  29-10-2017 23:56
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A historic Episcopal church in northern Virginia has decided to relocate two plaques in its sanctuary that honor George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who worshipped there.
  
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• Democratic Gubernatorial Debate To Be Held In OKC

  29-10-2017 23:31
  
  Democratic gubernatorial candidates are getting together for a debate this week.
  
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• Schoolhouse Rock Stars: Montessori method helps second-grade teacher build relationships

  29-10-2017 23:30
  
  She is among eight TPS teachers training to bring a Montesorri model to Emerson Elementary School next year. The method encourages independence, and it also gives her the chance to give students more one-on-one time.
  
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• Stillwater Man Dies After Crashing Truck Into Home, High On Mushrooms

  29-10-2017 23:20
  
  A Stillwater man is dead after crashing a pickup into a home overnight Sunday.
  
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• Jane Juska, who wrote about late-in-life sex, dies at 84

  29-10-2017 23:20
  CHICO, Calif. — Jane Juska, whose chronicle of searching for sex as a woman in her 60s became a best-selling memoir and later a stage show, has died in California. She was 84.
  
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• Tulsa Police Chase Lands Two In Jail

  29-10-2017 23:12
  
  Two people are in jail tonight after officers said they led them on a chase.
  
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• Wagoner County Woman Kidnapped, Forced To Walk Through Woods, Police Say

  29-10-2017 23:02
  
  A woman escaped a kidnapping in Wagoner County and the man she said took her is now behind bars.
  
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• John Klein: Sutton Center asked to help save endangered bird after success with eagle repopulation

  29-10-2017 23:00
  
  While the masked bobwhite has essentially become extinct in the U.S., dozens of masked bobwhite chicks were recently hatched at the Sutton Center, an internationally renowned avian research center near Bartlesville.
  
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• Heathrow launches probe after queen's security details found

  29-10-2017 22:58
  LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport has launched an investigation after a memory stick containing confidential security information was found on a London street.
  
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• Las Vegas shooting survivors memorialize event with tattoos

  29-10-2017 22:53
  OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Four Utah women who survived a mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival are memorializing their experiences with matching tattoos.
  
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• Lane closures on I-244 west of downtown to continue tonight and Monday night

  29-10-2017 22:40
  
  Lane closures on eastbound Interstate 244 just west of downtown that have caused traffic backups over the weekend will continue tonight and Monday, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation said.
  
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• Nov. 1 law change makes left lane for maneuvering, not driving

  29-10-2017 22:30
  
  "We're going to take into consideration congested traffic and metropolitan areas," a Highway Patrol spokesman says. "We're mainly concerned with the long stretches in the rural areas."
  
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• Update: Motorcyclist killed in head-on collision on U.S. 412 west of downtown

  29-10-2017 22:28
  
  An SUV struck a westbound motorcycle that appears to have gone up over the hood and in through the windshield of the SUV, which came to rest on its right side on the roadway.
  
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• Michael Overall: One surprising way Oklahoma beats every other state

  29-10-2017 22:00
  Surprisingly positive news: Oklahoma is one of only four states with more than 10 "ecoregions," or areas with distinct ecological and geological characteristics.
  
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• Communities mark 5 years since Superstorm Sandy

  29-10-2017 21:57
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across New York and New Jersey marked the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, a day that ironically saw the region hit by another strong storm system containing soaking rains and strong winds.
  
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• Puerto Rico says it's scrapping $300M Whitefish contract

  29-10-2017 21:44
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The head of Puerto Rico's power company said Sunday the agency will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the tiny Montana company's role in restoring the island's…
  
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• Town could get elected officials outside polygamous sect

  29-10-2017 21:32
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Next month's municipal election in Hildale, Utah, could give the town its first mayor and City Council members who don't claim affiliation with a polygamous sect.
  
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• Court orders Arizona tribe to recognize same-sex marriages

  29-10-2017 21:22
  PHOENIX (AP) — A tribal court has cleared the way for gay couples to marry on an American Indian reservation in the Phoenix area after a two-year legal battle that could have repercussions for Native Americans elsewhere.
  
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• Marine sergeant's trial over Muslim recruit's death to start

  29-10-2017 21:08
  CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A court-martial is due to start this week for a Marine Corps drill instructor charged with abusing two Muslim recruits, one of whom leaped to his death last year after a reported altercation.
  
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• The Latest: Puerto Rico to scrap Whitefish contract

  29-10-2017 21:01
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Latest on Puerto Rico's contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings (all times local):
  
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• Killing of Maltese journalist silences anti-corruption voice

  29-10-2017 20:54
  
  BIDNIJA, Malta (AP) — A few hundred meters from the home of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in the field where the flaming wreckage of her car landed after being blown off the road by an assassin's bomb, a…
  
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• Iran says its president turned down a meeting with Trump

  29-10-2017 20:46
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry says that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani turned down a meeting with President Donald Trump during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly in September.
  
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• California man sentenced in DUI crash that killed 3

  29-10-2017 20:45
  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed a grandmother and two teenagers has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.
  
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• Huge rally in Barcelona rejects Catalan secession bid

  29-10-2017 20:39
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to voice their opposition to the region's declaration of independence amid vast political uncertainty for the region in northeast Spain.
  
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• Police say woman hit after White Lives Matter rally

  29-10-2017 20:37
  BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say they are searching for a man who allegedly hit a white woman who was seated at a pub with a black man.
  
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• Trial begins Monday for teen accused in murder of Tulsa father

  29-10-2017 20:31
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• Motorcyclist from Oklahoma City killed in interstate crash in Webbers Falls

  29-10-2017 20:30
  A motorcyclist was killed Saturday when he crashed and was struck by an oncoming semi truck.
  
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• Police: Boy jumps from overpass onto car, kills driver

  29-10-2017 20:08
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass above Interstate 66 in northern Virginia and fell onto a car, killing the driver.
  
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• Clashes around parliament as Iraqi Kurdish leader steps down

  29-10-2017 19:51
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Clashes raged in front of Irbil's parliament building after the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, dissolved his powers as president Sunday just over a month after a controversial independence referendum he spearheaded sparked a…
  
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• French women rally against sexual abuse under #MeToo banner

  29-10-2017 19:27
  
  PARIS (AP) — Women protested sexual abuse and harassment Sunday in 11 French cities under the #MeToo banner in the wake of mounting allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
  
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• Sen. Bob Corker: Tillerson Getting "Kneecapped" By Trump "Hurts Our Nation"

  29-10-2017 19:23
  
  Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, suggested Sunday that President Trump's tweets taking aim at North Korea are undermining diplomatic efforts regarding the country and its surrounding region. 
  
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• The Latest: Spanish PM praises pro-union rally in Barcelona

  29-10-2017 19:07
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local):
  
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• 2 firetrucks collide on way to call; 8 firefighters injured

  29-10-2017 19:01
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say two firetrucks headed to the same call crashed in New Jersey's capital city, injuring eight firefighters.
  
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• Report: Los Alamos lab comes up short on emergency drills

  29-10-2017 18:34
  
  LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A federal nuclear safety panel says Los Alamos National Laboratory has come up short during drills intended to show how the New Mexico lab would respond to potential emergencies such as radioactive leaks or earthquakes.
  
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• Somali police, intelligence chiefs fired after deadly attack

  29-10-2017 18:26
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Security forces ended an overnight siege by militants Sunday at a hotel in Somalia's capital after a bombing and shootout that killed 23 people, and the government fired its police and intelligence chiefs amid the continuing…
  
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• Michigan police: Buggy crash kills 3 kids, injures 6 others

  29-10-2017 18:23
  BUSHNELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police say a collision between a buggy and a pickup truck has killed three children and critically injured six other people.
  
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• The Latest: Spain warns police in Catalonia to do their job

  29-10-2017 18:21
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local):
  
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• Pro-independence Catalans: 'I've never felt Spanish'

  29-10-2017 18:18
  
  GIRONA, Spain (AP) — It's a time for celebration in Girona, a city that maps and world governments say is in Spain, but many residents consider part of an independent republic of Catalonia.
  
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• The Latest: 5 years since Sandy, officials tout resilience

  29-10-2017 18:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy (all times local):
  
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• Arson fire claims life of 3rd child; 1 person in custody

  29-10-2017 18:07
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A mid-week fire that authorities believe was intentionally set has claimed the life of a third child.
  
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• Michael J. Fox On Working Towards A Parkinson's Cure

  29-10-2017 18:05
  
  The Emmy-winning actor, who says his neurodegenerative disorder "sucks," has set up an online study to help researchers develop vastly-improved therapies.
  
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• Labor unions lead fight against NY constitutional convention

  29-10-2017 18:05
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Labor unions are leading the fight against a New York ballot measure to hold a constitutional convention, arguing that it's just too risky to tinker with the state's governing document and threaten existing protections for worker's…
  
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• Confusion coming with California's legal marijuana

  29-10-2017 18:02
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ready or not, California kicks off recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it's not.
  
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• Kenyan official says opposition leaders incited riots

  29-10-2017 17:59
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A top Kenyan government official on Sunday accused opposition leaders of inciting riots and attacks on police since a repeat presidential election, while opposition chief Raila Odinga visited a Nairobi slum and told thousands of cheering…
  
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• West Virginia warehouse fire out 8 days after it started

  29-10-2017 17:56
  PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia emergency officials say a large warehouse fire is fully extinguished more than a week after it broke out.
  
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• State police: Quash grand jury on trooper shooting policy

  29-10-2017 17:50
  EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's state police agency, facing pushback over its practice of investigating line-of-duty shootings by its own troopers, is trying to shut down a grand jury looking into the propriety of the policy.
  
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