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• Suit: Hidden camera filmed Forever 21 employee in bathroom

  02-12-2017 23:58
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Forever 21 employee at a Providence, Rhode Island, store is suing the retailer after she says someone installed a hidden camera in the employee restroom and secretly filmed her.
  
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• Kentucky GOP rejects governor's call for resignations

  02-12-2017 23:53
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Republican governor asked his party on Saturday to call for the resignation of four GOP lawmakers who signed a secret sexual harassment settlement, but party leaders rejected it in a move the governor said "speaks…
  
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• FBI agent removed from Mueller probe for anti-Trump messages

  02-12-2017 23:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling after the discovery of an exchange of text messages seen as potentially anti-President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the…
  
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• Trump suggests openness to negotiations on tax plan

  02-12-2017 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is suggesting he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul — the corporate tax rate.
  
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• Thousands protest Trump's Utah monument reduction plan

  02-12-2017 23:37
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of protesters fired up by President Donald Trump's expected announcement to shrink two national monuments in Utah rallied in Salt Lake City on Saturday, just two days ahead of his planned visit.
  
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• Analysis: Flynn plea clouds Trump's tax victory

  02-12-2017 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Donald Trump, this is a best-of-times, worst-of-times moment. So far.
  
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• Atheists plan 2018 gathering in Oklahoma City

  02-12-2017 23:17
  This image depicts an American Atheists billboard that has been placed in several locations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. [Image provided by American Atheists] Holiday pictures and slogans abound at this time of year, but some local billboards featuring an image of Santa and his reindeer are definitely not promoting Christmas.
  
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• Police identify Tulsa woman killed in crash on Turner Turnpike near Bristow

  02-12-2017 23:00
  
  Shoun L. Scott, 51, was pronounced dead at the scene by Creek County EMS from massive internal injuries, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
  
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• No. 2 Sooners Stake Playoff Spot, 41-17 Over No. 10 TCU

  02-12-2017 22:37
  
  Baker Mayfield threw four touchdowns and No. 2 Oklahoma staked claim to a playoff spot with a 41-17 win over No. 10 TCU in the return of the Big 12 championship game Saturday.
  
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• The Latest: FBI asks for footage to help find girl's body

  02-12-2017 22:34
  
  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing North Carolina child (all times local):
  
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• Greece, creditors agree on new package of reforms

  02-12-2017 22:23
  ATHENS (AP) — Greece's finance minister says an agreement has been reached between the heavily indebted country and its creditors on its progress in implementing reforms.
  
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• Fairland woman dies after head-on collision in Ottawa County

  02-12-2017 22:11
  Cue was taken to Miami Integris Hospital in Miami, Oklahoma, where she died about 6:50 p.m., troopers reported.
  
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• Possible conflicts exist in Bixby school district's investigation of student rape claims

  02-12-2017 22:00
  
  Bixby Public Schools administrators and the school board vice president are engaged in the district’s internal investigation of a student’s rape allegations despite possible conflicts of interest.
  
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• Battle for leadership continues at consumer agency

  02-12-2017 21:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — One contender to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will keep fighting to get the job after suffering a legal setback.
  
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• McConnell: Tax bill won't add to nation's debt woes

  02-12-2017 21:43
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off his biggest legislative victory of the Trump era, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday disputed projections that the Senate's tax bill would add to the nation's debt woes.
  
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• The Latest: Alabama Senate candidate Jones seeks black votes

  02-12-2017 21:38
  
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on a U.S. Senate Race in Alabama (all times local):
  
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• Trump alters story on why he fired Flynn

  02-12-2017 21:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump changed his story Saturday on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI as well as to Vice…
  
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• Former public radio host accused of sexual misconduct

  02-12-2017 21:22
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former public radio host in New York City who left his show earlier this year has been accused of sexual misconduct by an author and some of his former colleagues.
  
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• Obama cites 'absence of American leadership' on climate

  02-12-2017 21:00
  
  PARIS (AP) — Former U.S. President Barack Obama is ending a five-day international trip in Paris, where he had lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron and gave a speech to business leaders.
  
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• At least 1 protester killed amid Honduras election unrest

  02-12-2017 20:55
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — At least one opposition protester died in shootings overnight in Honduras after the country announced a curfew and suspended some constitutional rights in the face of unrest over a disputed election in which both candidates have…
  
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• Sweeping aside Russia probe, Trump says 'we're unbeatable'

  02-12-2017 20:46
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Brushing aside an ongoing Russia probe, President Donald Trump reveled Saturday in the Senate's passage of a sweeping tax bill, predicting with swagger that he and his fellow Republicans were "unbeatable."
  
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• Sens. James Lankford, Jim Inhofe both vote for Senate tax cut package

  02-12-2017 20:40
  
  While Inhofe's vote was unsurprising and never in doubt, Lankford's support hung in the balance for much of the week over his opposition to raising the national debt.
  
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• Rising German nationalist party elects leaders amid protests

  02-12-2017 20:31
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Members of a rising nationalist party in Germany elected their leadership Saturday at a convention in the city of Hannover that was overshadowed by protests.
  
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• FBI removed agent from Russia probe for anti-Trump messages

  02-12-2017 19:41
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling after the discovery of an exchange of anti-Trump text messages, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday.
  
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• At least one protester killed amid Honduras election unrest

  02-12-2017 19:30
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — At least one opposition protester died in shootings overnight in Honduras after the country announced a curfew and suspended some constitutional rights in the face of protests over a disputed election in which both candidates have…
  
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• Oklahoma inmate testifies in vehicular death case

  02-12-2017 19:15
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• First Baby Born From Uterus Transplant In The U.S. Delivered In Texas

  02-12-2017 18:51
  
  The first birth as a result of a womb transplant in the United States has occurred in Texas, a milestone for the U.S. but one achieved several years ago in Sweden. 
  
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• The Latest: Trump says he's got 'nothing to hide' on Flynn

  02-12-2017 18:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's pleading guilty to a charge of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia (all times local):
  
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• How the Kate Steinle case became an immigration flashpoint

  02-12-2017 18:41
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man in the 2015 slaying of Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier has reignited the furor of critics who in the two years since have pointed to Steinle's…
  
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• The week in odd news: Opossum in liquor store; Sphinx found

  02-12-2017 18:27
  
  'POSSUM ON A GUM BUSH:' OPOSSUM BREAKS INTO LIQUOR STORE, GETS DRUNK AS A SKUNK
  
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• The Latest: Trump gets glimpse of New York protesters

  02-12-2017 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the GOP tax bill (all times local):
  
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• Trump says he had to fire Flynn because he lied to the VP and FBI, but "there was nothing to hide!"

  02-12-2017 18:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he had to fire Flynn because he lied to the VP and FBI, but "there was nothing to hide!"
  
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• Longtime Michigan Rep. Sander Levin won't run in 2018

  02-12-2017 18:19
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan announced Saturday that he will not seek re-election to a 19th term in 2018.
  
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• Smoked pot and want to enlist? Army issuing hundreds of waivers as more states lessen marijuana penalties

  02-12-2017 18:17
  
  The number of waivers granted by the active-duty Army for marijuana use jumped to more than 500 this year from 191 in 2016. Three years ago, no such waivers were granted. The big increase is just one way officials are…
  
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• Judge: Mom charged with killing 2 children is competent

  02-12-2017 18:11
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Dayton says a woman charged with fatally shooting two of her children is presently competent to stand trial.
  
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• McConnell turns to antagonist to help pass tax package

  02-12-2017 17:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealt a setback on taxes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was forced to turn to one of his harshest Republican antagonists to pass the most sweeping tax package in more than three decades.
  
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• 'Where's Waldo?' among list of banned books in Texas prisons

  02-12-2017 17:51
  DALLAS (AP) — The children's book "Where's Waldo? Santa Spectacular" is among the 10,000 books banned from Texas prisons, but Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" makes the cut.
  
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• Cincinnati police investigating union chief for remarks

  02-12-2017 17:47
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Police Department says it's investigating a white police union president for making disparaging remarks about a black female supervisor.
  
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• Remains found identified as woman missing since 2012

  02-12-2017 17:36
  ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have identified human remains found by a deer hunter in northeast Ohio.
  
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• Teacher's aide charged with kicking student in wheelchair

  02-12-2017 17:34
  MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) — A special education teacher's assistant has been charged with kicking a 16-year-old nonverbal student who was in a wheelchair at a Rhode Island high school.
  
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• Today in History for Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017

  02-12-2017 17:32
  
  There are 29 days left in the year.
  
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• Tax bill clears Senate in big boost for Trump, GOP

  02-12-2017 17:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate early Saturday, taking a big step toward giving President Donald Trump his first major legislative triumph after months of false starts and frustration on other…
  
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• Latvia bans Russian judges from military simulation contest

  02-12-2017 16:53
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An association of airsoft players in Latvia is expressing outrage after three Russian contest judges were deported before the start of a tournament for teams that use replica weapons and plastic pellets in military simulations.
  
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• The Latest: Warrants say man took child from where she died

  02-12-2017 16:46
  
  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing North Carolina child (all times local):
  
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• Trump Reacts To Flynn Guilty Plea, Says There Was 'No Collusion' With Russia

  02-12-2017 16:31
  
  President Trump spoke publicly Saturday morning for the first time since his former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI on Friday. 
  
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• Flynn pleads guilty, is cooperating in Trump-Russia probe; President responds: 'absolutely no collusion' with Russia

  02-12-2017 16:30
  
  Flynn's plea to a single felony count of false statements made him the first official of the Trump White House to be charged so far in the criminal investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
  
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• The Latest: FBI says boyfriend charged in missing girl case

  02-12-2017 16:27
  
  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on the search for a missing North Carolina child (all times local):
  
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• Testimony at US trial tests relations with Turkey

  02-12-2017 16:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A criminal trial that has chilled relations between the U.S. and one of its important allies, Turkey, began in a New York courtroom over the past week with testimony by a once high-flying gold trader who…
  
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• APNewsBreak: Longtime Michigan Rep. Sander Levin to retire

  02-12-2017 16:11
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan, who has served in Congress for nearly 35 years, will not seek re-election to a 19th term.
  
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• House GOP unveils plan to avert government shutdown

  02-12-2017 16:08
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House GOP leaders have unveiled a plan to avert a government shutdown next weekend and keep the government open through Dec. 22.
  
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