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• Tulsa Robbery Victim Arrested After Police Arrive

  16-12-2017 23:53
  
  Police say they responded to an armed robbery Saturday morning only to also turn around and arrest the victim of that crime.
  
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• Nevada Democrat, facing ethics probe, won't seek re-election

  16-12-2017 23:49
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — First-term Democratic Congressman Ruben Kihuen of Nevada, who is at the center of sexual harassment allegations, announced Saturday he won't seek re-election.
  
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• Autopsies underway for Canadian billionaires found dead

  16-12-2017 23:49
  TORONTO (AP) — Investigators were awaiting the results of autopsies performed on Toronto billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Saturday before determining the next steps in the ongoing probe into their suspicious deaths.
  
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• Eating too much sugar can hurt your health, and for some it's actually addictive

  16-12-2017 23:45
  Health experts now believe it is wiser to focus on reducing sugar than on paring fats.
  
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• 9 burros beloved by visitors burned in Custer park wildfire

  16-12-2017 23:40
  CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Nine burros that are a favorite of visitors to South Dakota's Custer State Park have been burned in a wildfire and it's not known if they will survive.
  
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• Ski lift malfunction strands dozens, 5 have minor injuries

  16-12-2017 23:39
  
  BOALSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A ski lift malfunction on opening day at a Pennsylvania ski resort stranded dozens of people and left five with minor injuries.
  
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• Air Force Academy to restructure sexual-assault office

  16-12-2017 23:32
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force Academy is restructuring and expanding its sexual-assault office after an internal investigation concluded it was crippled by poor management and derelict in its duties, the school's top official said.
  
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• Residents flee as flames approach wealthy California enclave

  16-12-2017 23:26
  
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Residents piled into cars and fled on Saturday, turning downtown Santa Barbara into "a ghost town" as surging winds drove one of the biggest fires in California's history toward the city and the nearby wealthy enclave…
  
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• Zoo officials to take Fiona the hippo off bottle feeding

  16-12-2017 23:08
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden says Fiona the baby hippopotamus will soon eat nothing but grown-up hippo food as she's weaned from her bottles of formula.
  
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• Man robbed at gunpoint in north Tulsa

  16-12-2017 22:53
  Francisco Macias-Gonzalez told police he exited his vehicle in front of P&P Enterprise in the 6300 block of East Tecumseh Street about 7:15. when he was confronted by two men.
  
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• State could lose $115 million in Medicaid funds for teaching hospitals

  16-12-2017 22:43
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s two largest safety-net hospitals could lose $115 million a year because the state spent Medicaid dollars on training doctors for well over a decade apparently without approval, Oklahoma Watch has learned.
  
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• OSBI: Attorney Shoots Vinita Coach During Argument

  16-12-2017 22:43
  
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says an attorney shot a high school coach at a Vinita home Friday night.
  
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• Tulsa World survey finds 44 percent of Tulsa highway lights still unlit

  16-12-2017 22:15
  
  The survey found the Broken Arrow Expressway and Inner Dispersal Loop, which have yet to have missing wiring replaced by city crews, are both nearly totally dark. Nearly every other highway in the city had a sizeable portion of lights…
  
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• 'It only takes one,' Arkansas River Warriors organizer urges others to organize cleanup efforts

  16-12-2017 22:15
  
  Oklahoma River Warriors gathered for its third annual Arkansas River Cleanup Saturday, now a wintertime fixture, no matter how many people decide to show up.
  
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• Hunter Harrison, CEO of railroad company CSX, dead at 73

  16-12-2017 22:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Hunter Harrison, the president CEO of railroad giant CSX, has died, the company announced Saturday. He was 73.
  
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• The Latest: Trump to meet with Cabinet members at Camp David

  16-12-2017 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the tax plan in Congress (all times local):
  
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• Attorney Arrested After Shooting Vinita Coach During Argument

  16-12-2017 21:53
  
  Friday night, OSBI agents assisted the Craig County Sheriff's Office with a shooting at a home in Vinita. 
  
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• Volunteers place wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery

  16-12-2017 21:46
  
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A huge number of volunteers are placing wreaths on tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery.
  
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• Remains of exiled Italian king to be returned after 70 years

  16-12-2017 21:28
  
  ROME (AP) — The remains of exiled King Victor Emmanuel III, whose rule through two world wars led to the end of Italy's monarchy, are expected to be returned to a family mausoleum near Turin soon, an Italian church said…
  
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• Mario Batali gives holiday recipe in same email as apology

  16-12-2017 21:20
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrity chef Mario Batali has issued an apology to his newsletter subscribers for his sexual misconduct against women, but he confounded some by ending his message with a recipe for a "holiday-inspired breakfast."
  
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• Minnesota governor defends police shooting investigators

  16-12-2017 21:09
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton defended the state agency that investigates police shootings after a prosecutor criticized the investigation into the death of an Australian woman who was killed by an officer after she called police to report…
  
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• Massive California wildfire triggers new wave of evacuations

  16-12-2017 21:02
  
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — New evacuations were called on Saturday as surging winds drove an enormous wildfire toward a wealthy enclave in the coastal foothills northwest of Los Angeles.
  
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• Police identify man arrested after Baltimore car chase

  16-12-2017 20:54
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities have identified the man they said led police on a wild chase through the streets of Baltimore before being arrested on Friday.
  
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• Israelis march against corruption amid Netanyahu probe

  16-12-2017 20:45
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign at a demonstration in central Tel Aviv.
  
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• Large group of volunteers place wreaths at Arlington

  16-12-2017 20:27
  ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A huge number of volunteers are placing wreaths on tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery.
  
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• Coach hospitalized, lawyer arrested after shooting in Vinita, OSBI reports

  16-12-2017 20:26
  According to the OSBI, local attorney Karl Jones and high school coach Jason Sauer became involved in a verbal altercation, which moved inside the home. Jones then shot Sauer several times, the OSBI reports.
  
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• Report: CDC Given List Of Banned Words, Including 'Fetus' And 'Diversity'

  16-12-2017 20:17
  
  The Washington Post, citing an analyst, reports the Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using a list of words, including "fetus" and "diversity," in any documents used for prepping next year's budget.
  
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• Egypt reopens ancient library in Sinai after renovations

  16-12-2017 20:08
  
  ST. CATHERINE'S, Egypt (AP) — Egypt reopened on Saturday an ancient library which holds thousands of centuries-old religious and historical manuscripts at the famed St. Catherine Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in South Sinai.
  
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• The Latest: New evacuations called for California wildfire

  16-12-2017 19:57
  
  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local):
  
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• Trump defends tax plan, proclaims economy set 'to rock'

  16-12-2017 19:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing in on the first major legislative achievement of his term, President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the Republican tax cut as a good deal for the middle class while boldly suggesting it could lead to explosive…
  
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• California man gets stuck in chimney during burglary attempt

  16-12-2017 19:43
  CITRUS HEIGHTS, California (AP) — Authorities say a Northern California man tried to burglarize a business by entering through the chimney only to become stuck.
  
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• Winds fuel California fire toward celebrity-packed Montecito

  16-12-2017 19:26
  
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Surging Santa Ana winds on Saturday drove an enormous wildfire toward a wealthy community in the coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles, leaving fire crews working in a pall of smoke.
  
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• The one that got away: Not the fish, but the $2.8M prize

  16-12-2017 19:15
  
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Phil Heasley caught the fish of his life, but the $2.8 million in tournament prize money got away.
  
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• The Latest: Trump defends tax cuts as good for middle class

  16-12-2017 19:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the tax plan in Congress (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa man arrested after allegedly contacting undercover officer posing as 14-year old for sex

  16-12-2017 19:00
  Joe Saucedo Guerrero, 63, was charged with lewd or indecent proposal to a child and solicit minor for indecent exposure/photos.
  
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• Charges filed against man who threatened Tulsa County sheriff's deputy with knives

  16-12-2017 19:00
  
  Timothy Howard Worsham, 60, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and public intoxication.
  
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• Pope: Media sins by dredging up, sensationalizing old news

  16-12-2017 18:17
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is criticizing journalists who dredge up old scandals and sensationalize the news, saying it's a "very serious sin" that hurts all involved.
  
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• Romanians join European royals for last king's state funeral

  16-12-2017 18:09
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands of Romanians joined European royals to pay their respects to King Michael, Romania's last monarch and a ruler remembered for his dignity and morality, as he was given a state funeral Saturday.
  
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• Nevada governor and wife separating, plan to divorce

  16-12-2017 18:01
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he and his wife, Kathleen, have decided to separate and plan to divorce after 27 years of marriage.
  
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• New Austrian government pledges pro-EU approach, more police

  16-12-2017 17:56
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The new Austrian government led by a conservative and a nationalist party is pledging to tighten the country's asylum and immigration regulations while maintaining a firm commitment to the European Union, according to their coalition agreement released…
  
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• Tribes oppose planned bioterror tests near Oklahoma graves

  16-12-2017 17:48
  
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Five Native American tribes that own an Oklahoma site where the U.S. Department of Homeland Security intends to conduct bioterrorism drills next year now oppose the government's plan, saying the agency didn't inform them about chemicals…
  
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• Arrests made in overdose death of woman with 9 children

  16-12-2017 17:48
  MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say two men have been arrested in connection with the suspected overdose death of a woman whose nine children watched her die in their family's Ohio home.
  
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• Ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright charged with murder in 2010 death

  16-12-2017 17:40
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been charged with first-degree murder in his death more than seven years ago.
  
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• The Latest: South Africa leader doesn't endorse a successor

  16-12-2017 17:39
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Latest on South Africa's ruling party meeting (all times local):
  
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• Police: robbery suspect dies in officer-involved shooting

  16-12-2017 17:19
  SALEM, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say they are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting at a shopping center in Rockbridge County.
  
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• Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration Birth Control Rules

  16-12-2017 16:56
  
  A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump administration not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women's access to free birth control.
  
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• Syrian troops march into rebel-held province of Idlib

  16-12-2017 16:38
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have entered small parts of the northwestern rebel-held province of Idlib in one of their deepest incursions into the area where President Bashar Assad's government almost has no presence.
  
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• Relatives lose contact with Palestinian tycoon in Saudi

  16-12-2017 16:34
  JERICHO, West Bank (AP) — Two relatives say they have lost contact with a Jordanian-Palestinian tycoon after he flew to Saudi Arabia.
  
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• More than $600,000 spent on police gear for pipeline protest

  16-12-2017 16:27
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota law enforcement purchased more than $600,000 worth of body armor, tactical equipment and crowd control devices during the height of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, state invoices show.
  
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