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• Woman slain by ex after she found tracking device on her car

  28-11-2017 23:59
  A 21-year-old Pennsylvania woman had told authorities that her ex-boyfriend threatened her and installed a tracking device on her car in the weeks before he apparently killed her and her mother the day after Thanksgiving.
  
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• Sheriff's office: Man held after Tennessee armed standoff

  28-11-2017 23:59
  CLEVELAND, Tenn. (AP) — A sheriff says a man has been taken into custody following an armed standoff at a home in Tennessee.
  
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• Retail group: Those using both online, stores spending more

  28-11-2017 23:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A retail trade group estimates that people who shopped both online and in stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday spent more than those who stuck to one or the other.
  
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• Libyan cleared of most serious charges in Benghazi attack

  28-11-2017 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant was convicted Tuesday of terrorism charges stemming from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. But a federal jury found him not guilty of murder, the most serious…
  
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• Researchers use advanced technology to study child mummy

  28-11-2017 23:54
  
  LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Researchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago are using advanced technology to unwrap the mysteries of an 1,800-year-old mummy.
  
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• The Latest: SKorean leader calls launch 'serious threat'

  28-11-2017 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's missile launch (all times local):
  
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• Virginia governor sued by electric car company investors

  28-11-2017 23:47
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A group of Chinese investors is suing Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe over his past work for a troubled electric car maker that relied heavily on foreign money from people trying to obtain residency in the United…
  
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• Paul says attacker spoke to him following assault

  28-11-2017 23:47
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says a man who tackled him in his yard spoke to him afterward about why he was unhappy, but Paul said no explanation would have justified what he called an unprovoked attack.
  
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• Republican Ross Ford sworn in to serve House District 76

  28-11-2017 23:45
  
  Ford won a special election after the office became vacant due to the death of Rep. David Brumbaugh.
  
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• The Latest: Democrat says Conyers should resign

  28-11-2017 23:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on alleged sexual misconduct by Rep. John Conyers (all times local):
  
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• Police Believe Shooting At Tulsa Gas Station Is Gang-Related

  28-11-2017 23:44
  
  Tulsa Police are investigating a shooting near 31st and Mingo Tuesday afternoon. 
  
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• Jones: Moore trying to 'dodge' real issues in Senate race.

  28-11-2017 23:44
  
  NORTHPORT, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Democrat Doug Jones said Republican Roy Moore is trying to "dodge" a discussion of his record and the accusations against him in their U.S. Senate race.
  
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• Spring wedding at Windsor Castle for Prince Harry and Markle

  28-11-2017 23:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — It will be a spring wedding on the glorious grounds of Windsor Castle for love-struck Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
  
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• Sheriff: Extradition of teen in grandmother's killing sought

  28-11-2017 23:42
  MIAMI (AP) — Florida authorities are seeking to extradite a teenager caught near the Canadian border who they said is a suspected in his grandmother's killing.
  
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• Cybersecurity company finds classified NSA, Army data online

  28-11-2017 23:42
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A cybersecurity company said Tuesday it found top secret files related to classified Army communications systems sitting unprotected online for anyone to see.
  
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• Scrabble Club Helps Broken Arrow Students Learn Spelling, Math

  28-11-2017 23:40
  
  Some Broken Arrow elementary school students are hooked on one of America's oldest board games — Scrabble.
  
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• Police chief who hit tree is charged with drunken driving

  28-11-2017 23:40
  CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police chief who crashed his truck into a tree and a mailbox has been charged with driving under the influence.
  
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• NKorea launches ICBM in possibly its longest-range test yet

  28-11-2017 23:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea abruptly ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing Tuesday by launching what the Pentagon said was an intercontinental ballistic missile — apparently its longest-range test yet — a move that will escalate already high…
  
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• Court documents reveal Trump paid $1.375M in labor lawsuit

  28-11-2017 23:35
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump paid $1.375 million in 1998 to settle a class-action lawsuit involving Polish laborers who demolished a building at the site of Trump Tower.
  
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• OSU-Okmulgee makes 'big statement' with downtown student housing

  28-11-2017 23:30
  
  The school has spent more than $10 million to convert the Grand Old Post Office and another building into loft-style student housing, mixing sleek ultra-modern design in the apartments with charming historic preservation in the public areas. Seventy-five students will…
  
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• Eni receives federal permit for US Arctic offshore drilling

  28-11-2017 23:30
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Italian energy company has received permission to drill oil exploration wells in U.S. Arctic waters.
  
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• Some Vegas shooting victims want donation plan revised

  28-11-2017 23:29
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some victims injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting are asking a committee in charge of distributing donations to rework a plan that would be used to divide the money.
  
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• EU official: Progress toward breakthrough in Brexit talks

  28-11-2017 23:29
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union official said Tuesday night that EU and British negotiators were making progress toward a breakthrough in Brexit talks amid media reports that a tentative deal on a financial settlement had been found.
  
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• NTSB: Enforcement of ag transport safety laws ineffective

  28-11-2017 23:27
  MIAMI (AP) — Three fatal crashes involving vehicles transporting migrant farmworkers have revealed the government is ineffective in enforcing agricultural transportation safety laws, federal investigators said Tuesday.
  
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• Hours-Long Standoff Ends With Tulsa Shooting Suspect In Custody

  28-11-2017 23:14
  
  After being involved in a standoff for several hours, Tulsa Police took a shooting suspect into custody.
  
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• North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile

  28-11-2017 23:08
  
  North Korea has launched a ballistic missile, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday. 
  
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• Tulsa Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Child Abuse

  28-11-2017 22:28
  
  A judge sentences a Tulsa man to 25 years in prison for child abuse.
  
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• Witness: Two Men Shoot At Each Other At Tulsa Gas Station

  28-11-2017 22:17
  
  Tulsa Police are investigating a shooting near 31st and Mingo Tuesday afternoon. 
  
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• Affidavit Accuses Bixby Football Players Of Sexually Assaulting Teammate

  28-11-2017 21:48
  
  Court records reveal new information about the possible sexual assault of a Bixby football player earlier this year and what a chief investigator calls delays in reporting the incident to authorities.  
  
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• Authorities Investigate Suspicious Fires Set Near Eufaula

  28-11-2017 21:35
  
  McIntosh County authorities say they've had a series of suspicious fires set near Eufaula Monday and Tuesday.
  
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• Retail group: Those buying both online, in stores spent more

  28-11-2017 21:29
  NEW YORK (AP) — A retail trade group says people who shopped both online and in stores from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday spent more than those who picked one or the other.
  
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• The Latest: Japan UN ambassador criticizes NK after launch

  28-11-2017 21:28
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on North Korea's missile launch (all times local):
  
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• For second time this year, Supreme Court suspends wrong guy

  28-11-2017 21:26
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jim Robbins' seven years of service at the Supreme Court was not enough to keep him from the being the second lawyer this year who was mistakenly suspended from the court's prestigious bar.
  
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• Denver coffee shop reopens amid gentrification controversy

  28-11-2017 21:20
  
  DENVER (AP) — A Denver coffee shop has reopened after being targeted by protesters for displaying an advertising slogan that was perceived as making light of gentrification.
  
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• Tulsa's new Green Country Jam announces headliners, 2018 dates

  28-11-2017 21:18
  Rascal Flatts is scheduled to headline the first Green Country Jam in Tulsa. The new festival runs from May 3-5 at the Tulsa Raceway Park.
  
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• Tulsa Police In Standoff with Possible Homicide Suspect

  28-11-2017 21:18
  Tulsa Police are tracking a possible homicide suspect in east Tulsa. They believe the person is in a home near 31st and 137th East Place.
  
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• The Latest: Pelosi seeks fast ethics probe of Conyers

  28-11-2017 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on alleged sexual misconduct by Rep. John Conyers (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump celebrates committee passage of tax plan

  28-11-2017 21:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican tax overhaul legislation (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Illinois Rep. Gutierrez won't seek 14th term

  28-11-2017 21:16
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois announcing his retirement after 13 House terms (all times local):
  
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• EPA hears worries about climate in heart of coal country

  28-11-2017 21:10
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After more than four decades as a coal miner, Stanley Sturgill ambled into an ornate room at West Virginia's state capitol Tuesday to deliver a stark message to the Trump administration: Climate change is real and…
  
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• Affidavit: Oklahoma school delayed reporting sexual assault

  28-11-2017 21:07
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say officials at a suburban Tulsa high school failed to promptly report the sexual assault of a 16-year-old football player by several of his teammates during an event at the superintendent's house.
  
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• Man who was on deer hunt day earlier uses boat to save buck

  28-11-2017 21:03
  EUSTIS, Maine (AP) — A hunter who had been pursuing deer in the Maine woods just a day earlier has used his boat to save a drowning buck from a freezing lake.
  
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• The long five minutes: Abortion doulas bring comfort during a complicated time

  28-11-2017 21:00
  
  "Do you support reproductive choices of all shapes and sizes?" the flier had read, posted online in early April. "Become an abortion doula."
  
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• Suspect in slaying critically wounded in rest-stop shootout

  28-11-2017 21:00
  
  TONOPAH, Ariz. (AP) — A man accused of killing his neighbor later opened fire on an officer at a highway rest stop in the Arizona desert, setting off a shootout with law enforcement that left the suspect critically wounded, authorities…
  
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• NKorea launches missile, dashing hopes of diplomatic opening

  28-11-2017 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea abruptly ended a 10-week pause in its weapons testing Tuesday by launching an unidentified missile into the sea, South Korean, Japanese and U.S. officials said, in a move that shuts the door for now on…
  
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• The Latest: Harry, Markle to wed in May at Windsor Castle

  28-11-2017 20:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (all times local):
  
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• Trump talks Alabama with Senate GOP -- Football, that is

  28-11-2017 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump briefly discussed Alabama at the Senate GOP luncheon. That's Alabama football, not Senate candidate Roy Moore.
  
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• The Latest: Trump to make statement after GOP Senate meeting

  28-11-2017 20:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Trump's discussions with lawmakers on taxes and the budget (all times local):
  
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• Homeless Samaritan to get house, dream truck, trust funds

  28-11-2017 20:51
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A New Jersey woman has raised more than $385,000 for a Philadelphia homeless man who came to her roadside aid — enough to buy him a home and his dream truck, and provide him with a small…
  
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