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• Couple booked in the death of Kansas boy encased in concrete

  04-12-2017 23:58
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say two people are being held in the death of a Kansas boy discovered earlier this year encased in concrete.
  
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• Colorado school board set to end prominent voucher program

  04-12-2017 23:57
  DENVER (AP) — A new anti-voucher majority on a suburban Denver school district board prepared Monday to eliminate a program enacted by an earlier conservative-dominated board to help public school students attend secular and religious schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers.
  
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• Pelosi slams Republican bill easing gun restrictions

  04-12-2017 23:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Monday slammed a Republican bill that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines ahead of a House vote later this week. It would…
  
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• Police: Man killed Salvation Army worker, stole 4 vehicles

  04-12-2017 23:53
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting a Salvation Army worker who was going out to collect money at one of the charity's kettles tried to get away by carjacking four vehicles before he was arrested, police said.
  
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• Oklahoma halfway house contract canceled after inmate death

  04-12-2017 23:53
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lax oversight of inmates at a halfway house in Oklahoma City, including one inmate whose charred remains were discovered in a burned vehicle last month, led state prison officials to cancel its contract with the facility's…
  
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• 13 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law

  04-12-2017 23:53
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than a dozen states banded together Monday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in…
  
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• Former Sand Springs pastor accused of scamming church members out of tens of thousands

  04-12-2017 23:50
  
  Mark Wayne Miller, 48, was arrested and charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretenses over $500 or a con game after a yearlong investigation.
  
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• Bernie Sanders' stepdaughter runs for his old mayor's job

  04-12-2017 23:50
  FAIRFAX, Vt. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' stepdaughter announced Monday that she is running for mayor of Burlington, Vermont, following in the footsteps of the independent senator and former presidential candidate who launched his political career from the office.
  
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• Claremore Police Raise $8K To Buy Gifts For Students

  04-12-2017 23:49
  
  Claremore police officers put down the razors for November and it paid off big for some Claremore students.
  
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• Bodycam shows officer saving life of newborn baby

  04-12-2017 23:49
  
  SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Savannah police are crediting an officer with saving the life of a choking newborn baby by racing to her apartment and then using chest compressions to restart the infant's breathing.
  
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• Walker moving ahead with plan to drug test food stamp users

  04-12-2017 23:45
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker moved ahead Monday with his plans to make Wisconsin the first state to drug test able-bodied adults applying for food stamps, a move blocked by the federal government or found to be unconstitutional…
  
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• 3 teens charged as adults with fatally beating homeless man

  04-12-2017 23:45
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have charged three teen boys with the fatal beating death of a 57-year-old homeless man in Philadelphia.
  
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• Attorney: Ex-cop who shot black man had no 'racial animus'

  04-12-2017 23:43
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former police officer who shot an unarmed black man to death in the back as he fled a traffic stop never had any "racial animus" toward minorities in the community, his attorney said Monday.
  
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• Harvey leaves thousands still waiting on clean water

  04-12-2017 23:40
  ROSE CITY, Texas (AP) — Thousands of people are still waiting on access to safe drinking water in parts of Texas more than three months after Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Potential For Severe Storms In Green Country

  04-12-2017 23:09
  
  News On 6 Chief Meteorologist Travis Meyer said a few showers and thunderstorms are developing ahead of the cold front in several areas. 
  
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• The Latest: UN calls for immediate halt to fighting in Yemen

  04-12-2017 22:29
  
  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The latest on the conflict in Yemen (all times local):
  
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• Ex-Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president, dies

  04-12-2017 22:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Former longtime Illinois Congressman John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95.
  
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• In wake of Weinstein, men wonder if hugging women still OK

  04-12-2017 22:28
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Wyard thought he knew what sexual harassment looked like: a put-out-or-lose-your-job overture. Now he's not so sure.
  
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• Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

  04-12-2017 22:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries.
  
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• Honduran president holds lead as vote count wraps up

  04-12-2017 22:23
  
  TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — President Juan Orlando Hernandez held a lead of more than 52,000 votes in Honduras' hotly disputed presidential race as the long-delayed count wrapped up Monday, eight days after the election.
  
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• Sign language interpreter delivered gibberish in Florida

  04-12-2017 22:21
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hearing-impaired people tuning in to a news conference about the arrest of a suspected serial killer got a message of gibberish from an American Sign Language interpreter.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer: Settlement near on pony at Clinton event

  04-12-2017 22:13
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a New Hampshire presidential primary candidate's request to bring ponies to his planned protest of Hillary Clinton's book signing (all times local):
  
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• Did 'Do Not Resuscitate' tattoo reflect patient's true wish?

  04-12-2017 22:11
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It was a scenario that emergency room doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital had discussed but never seen in person — an unconscious patient with a tattoo across his chest that read "Do Not Resuscitate."
  
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• Long-running school voucher fight in Colorado could end

  04-12-2017 22:07
  DENVER (AP) — The election of an anti-voucher slate of school board candidates in a Colorado district could end a long-running battle over whether it could use taxpayer money to help students attend secular or religious schools.
  
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• OTEMS 'Stuffs The Ambulance' With Food, Toys For Holidays

  04-12-2017 22:05
  
  A Green Country ambulance service is trying to stuff its ambulance for the holidays.
  
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• Graduate students to protest proposal to tax tuition waivers

  04-12-2017 22:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Graduate students around the U.S. are staging campus walk-outs and lobbying Congress in an effort to keep their tuition waivers tax-free.
  
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• Sentencing phase begins for white ex-cop who shot black man

  04-12-2017 22:01
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white former police officer who shot an unarmed black man to death in the back as he fled a traffic stop never had any "racial animus" toward minorities in the community, his attorney said Monday.
  
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• When film scores hit all the right notes, movies achieve picture perfection

  04-12-2017 22:00
  
  When a score is great, it can’t be overstated how much a movie’s success — as well as your emotional involvement in said film — depends on the music.
  
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• Inside a judge’s rehab: Unpaid work at a Coca-Cola plant in Ada, Oklahoma

  04-12-2017 22:00
  
  Nearly a decade ago, a retired Oklahoma judge started his own rehab work camp where defendants must work full time for free at a local Coca-Cola bottling plant and other companies, under threat of prison if they don’t comply.
  
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• Man charged in shooting death of Salvation Army worker

  04-12-2017 21:50
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A Cleveland man accused of fatally shooting a Salvation Army worker who was going out to collect money at one of the charity's kettles is being held on $5 million bond.
  
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• UN political chief heads to North Korea on rare visit

  04-12-2017 21:47
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief is heading to North Korea on a rare four-day visit at the invitation of the government for a wide-ranging discussion on policy issues "of mutual interest and concern."
  
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• The Latest: Ex-US treasurer to keep Ohio candidate's books

  04-12-2017 21:47
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on Democrat Richard Cordray's bid for governor (all times local):
  
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• Navy's 2nd stealthy destroyer heads out to sea for 1st time

  04-12-2017 21:47
  
  BATH, Maine (AP) — The second in the U.S. Navy stealthy Zumwalt class of destroyers headed out to sea for the first time on Monday, departing from Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works for builder trials.
  
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• Justices wary of terror victims' pleas to seize Iran objects

  04-12-2017 21:46
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is indicating it could prevent survivors of a 1997 terrorist attack from seizing Persian artifacts at Chicago museums to help pay a $71.5 million default judgment against Iran.
  
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• Congressman pledges to repay public funds that settled claim

  04-12-2017 21:44
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas is promising to pay back taxpayer money used to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokeswoman.
  
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• 12 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law

  04-12-2017 21:41
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A dozen states are banding together to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring any eggs sold there to come from hens that have space to stretch out in their cages.
  
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• 1 peacekeeper killed, 3 wounded in Central African Republic

  04-12-2017 21:41
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says one peacekeeper has been killed and three wounded in Central African Republic in an attack carried out by mostly Christian anti-Balaka forces at a U.N. police checkpoint.
  
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• Inside a judge's rehab: Unpaid work at a Coca-Cola plant

  04-12-2017 21:28
  In this March 4, 2011 photo, Oklahoma Judge Thomas Landrith speaks at a dedication ceremony in Ada, Oka. The retired judge started his own rehab work camp where defendants must work full-time for free at a Coca-Cola bottling plant and other companies, under threat of prison.
  
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• Correction: Killings by Police-Tulsa story

  04-12-2017 21:28
  In a story Dec. 1 about an open records request seeking documents related to use-of-force incidents and complaints the Tulsa police department has received from citizens, The Associated Press misidentified the organization that made the request. The request was filed by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., not the NAACP.
  
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• TPD Hopes To Learn More From Attempted Murder-Suicide Victim

  04-12-2017 20:39
  
  Tulsa police say they are hoping to learn more from the victim of an attempted murder-suicide. 
  
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• Lawyer: 'Voter-proof' state congressional map favors the GOP

  04-12-2017 20:11
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for a group of Democratic voters in Pennsylvania says a court should throw out the state's congressional district map because it was created to be a "voter-proof" map favoring Republicans.
  
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• Correction: Haslams Investigation story

  04-12-2017 20:11
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a Dec. 2 story about the trial of former executives and sales representatives at the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam , The…
  
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• Trump arrives in Utah to announce scaling back of monuments

  04-12-2017 20:08
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in Utah on Monday to announce that he is scaling back two sprawling national monuments, a move that is welcomed by the state's top Republican officials but opposed by tribes and…
  
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• Supreme Court lets stand Texas ruling on gay spouse benefits

  04-12-2017 20:04
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a Texas ruling that gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits — a potential victory for social conservatives hoping to chip away at 2015's legalization…
  
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• Adviser: Cordray to announce bid of Ohio governor on Tuesday

  04-12-2017 20:04
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former consumer watchdog Richard Cordray is set to launch his long-anticipated bid for Ohio governor on Tuesday.
  
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• Syrian who set out solo from Libya in tiny boat is rescued

  04-12-2017 20:03
  
  ROME (AP) — A Syrian refugee has been saved at sea after setting out solo in a tiny boat from Libya, where he told rescuers he was practically a slave.
  
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• The Latest: Trump meets with Mormon leaders in Utah

  04-12-2017 19:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to scale back national monuments (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump feels 'very badly' for Michael Flynn

  04-12-2017 19:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Court suggests it may side with state in sports betting case

  04-12-2017 19:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday suggested it may side with New Jersey in its effort to make sports gambling legal in a case that could make betting on football, basketball and other sports widely available.
  
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• 1963 church bombing echoes throughout Alabama Senate race

  04-12-2017 19:44
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Convicted of murder in the deadliest attack of the civil rights era, the one-time Ku Klux Klansman glowered when the judge asked if he had anything to say before going to prison for the 1963 church…
  
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