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• Tulsa Man Arrested On Child Porn Warrants

  21-12-2017 23:52
  Sebastian Jaceon Gilbert, 21, was charged in July with two counts of possessing child pornography after investigators discovered he had downloaded pornographic videos of children. During their initial interview with Gilbert before the charges were filed, police said he admitted to "feeling guilty" about possessing the pornography and deleted it from his laptop.
  
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• Woman Tells Story Of Being Held Hostage, Sexually Assaulted

  21-12-2017 23:50
  
  A woman speaks out about the week she says Victor Hursh held her captive and sexually assaulted her.
  
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• Jury ends day with no verdict in FIFA bribery trial

  21-12-2017 23:44
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the U.S. trial of three former South American soccer officials charged with receiving millions of dollars in bribes still haven't reached a verdict.
  
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• Pence to Afghan president: US is 'here to see this through'

  21-12-2017 23:43
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence told Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on a secret visit Thursday to Afghanistan that the U.S. is "here to see this through" as they discussed a newly announced U.S. strategy to break the…
  
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• 'Obamacare' surprise: Strong showing as nearly 9M sign up

  21-12-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprisingly strong show of consumer demand, nearly 9 million people signed up for "Obamacare" next year, as government numbers out Thursday proved predictions of its collapse wrong yet again.
  
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• Judge tosses out lawsuit against Trump over business ties

  21-12-2017 23:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Restaurant workers, a hotel event booker and a watchdog group who say President Donald Trump has business conflicts that violate the Constitution cannot sue him, a New York judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• City Councilors, Firefighters 'Stocking The Station' For People In Need

  21-12-2017 23:35
  
  Tulsa city councilors and the Tulsa Fire Department are collecting food for people in need.
  
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• Judge considers lifting ban on entry of refugees, families

  21-12-2017 23:34
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge said he would decide before Christmas whether to stop a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after hearing arguments Thursday that the ban is separating families and putting some refugees in danger.
  
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• Party of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont claims victory for separatist bloc in regional election

  21-12-2017 23:33
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Party of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont claims victory for separatist bloc in regional election.
  
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• The Latest: Catalan pro-independence group claims victory

  21-12-2017 23:31
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Latest on the regional election in Catalonia (all times local):
  
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• Planned Parenthood: Arkansas faces having 1 abortion clinic

  21-12-2017 23:31
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Planned Parenthood subsidiary told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that Arkansas' restrictions on how abortion pills are administered could effectively end medication abortions in the state and leave Arkansas with only one clinic…
  
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• State auditor recuses himself from Health Department investigation

  21-12-2017 23:30
  
  Jones said his decision was prompted by the perception that he may have a vested interest in the Health Department investigation because of both his current position and his campaign for governor.
  
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• Long-term deal for children's health again eludes Congress

  21-12-2017 23:30
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has failed to approve long-term funds for a popular program that provides health insurance for nearly 9 million low-income children.
  
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• Former City Councilor John Benjamin dead at 74

  21-12-2017 23:30
  
  Benjamin represented District 7 on the first City Council elected after a 1989 charter change that eliminated Tulsa's existing city commission. In recent years, he was best known for raising the money to start Biscuit Acres dog park in south…
  
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• Tulsa Police Surprise Children With Refurbished Computers

  21-12-2017 23:28
  
  Tulsa police surprised children with refurbished computers Thursday.
  
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• The Latest: Pence says 'real progress' in war in Afghanistan

  21-12-2017 23:27
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Afghanistan (all times local):
  
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• Homeland Security suspending bioterror testing in Oklahoma

  21-12-2017 23:25
  NEWKIRK, Okla. (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security is suspending plans to conduct bioterrorism drills near the Kansas-Oklahoma border over concerns about their impact on grounds Native American tribes consider sacred.
  
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• The Latest: Congress approves $2.1B for Veterans Affairs aid

  21-12-2017 23:22
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress, spending and the threat of a government shutdown (all times local):
  
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• Catalan parties that want split from Spain leading election

  21-12-2017 23:22
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalan political parties that support independence from Spain were poised to regain a majority in Catalonia's regional parliament, according to provisional results with more than 90 percent of votes counted Thursday.
  
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• Hit-And-Run Suspect Blamed For Backup On I-44

  21-12-2017 23:20
  
  A hit-and-run suspect is to blame for a backup on the eastbound lanes of I-44 Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Snowy owls fitted with tracking devices to aid researchers

  21-12-2017 23:19
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Scott Judd trained his camera lens on the white dot in the distance. As he moved up the Lake Michigan shoreline, the speck on a breakwater came into view and took his breath away: it was a…
  
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• Senate GOP leader skeptical about another run at health law

  21-12-2017 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Senate Republican is skeptical at best about revisiting the Senate's botched efforts to dismantle Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act despite one GOP lawmaker's insistence the health care law will be scrapped.
  
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• It's a girl! Baby delivered outside Boston police station

  21-12-2017 23:13
  BOSTON (AP) — One Boston's family early Christmas gift couldn't wait for her parents to get to the hospital and was delivered in car outside of a police station.
  
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• House backs temporary spending bill to avert shutdown

  21-12-2017 23:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House narrowly passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown Thursday, doing the bare minimum in a sprint toward the holidays and punting disputes on immigration, health care and national security to next…
  
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• UN denounces US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

  21-12-2017 23:09
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to denounce President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, largely ignoring Trump's threats to cut off aid to any country that went against him.
  
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• State Auditor Gary Jones Stepping Aside As Special Audit Looms

  21-12-2017 23:07
  
  State Auditor Gary Jones has decided to step aside as a special audit of the Oklahoma Health Department moves forward.
  
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• Tennessee: Lone pilot dead after small plane crash near home

  21-12-2017 23:05
  FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say the lone male pilot of a small plane has died after his amateur-built aircraft hit some trees and crashed near a home south of Nashville.
  
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• Wisconsin girl convicted in Slender Man stabbing sentenced

  21-12-2017 23:03
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible.
  
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• Survivors of Mexico bus crash heading home, 2 victims ID'd

  21-12-2017 22:57
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Injured survivors of a tour bus crash that killed 11 foreigners in southeastern Mexico began leaving hospitals and heading home Thursday as two of the dead were identified as long-time educators from Washington state.
  
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• Tulsa Man Attempts To Rob Unlocked Apartment, Shoots Dog

  21-12-2017 22:35
  
  A Tulsa man walked into an unlocked apartment Thursday afternoon, trying to rob the place. 
  
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• Oklahoma regents vice chair to resign after anti-gay comment

  21-12-2017 21:59
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The vice chair of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents announced Thursday he would resign after an uproar over a comment on public affairs television that appeared to liken gay people to pedophiles.
  
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• The Latest: Girl convicted in Slender Man stabbing sentenced

  21-12-2017 21:57
  
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on sentencing of Slender Man defendant (all times local):
  
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• Rohingya survivors: Myanmar's army slaughtered men, children

  21-12-2017 21:54
  
  UKHIA, Bangladesh (AP) — For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home.
  
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• Police: Hospital gunman fired many shots, killed himself

  21-12-2017 21:51
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A man carrying two handguns who tried to storm into an Ohio hospital's psychiatric emergency room shot and wounded a security officer, fired at a police officer and then fatally shot himself, police said Thursday.
  
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• Toll of railroads' speed control lag: 150 crashes, 298 dead

  21-12-2017 21:50
  
  For nearly 50 years, the National Transportation Safety Board has been pushing railroads to implement critical speed-control technology in trains. The agency says it could've prevented 150 crashes since 1970.
  
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• Rare white tiger diagnosed with cancer dies at zoo

  21-12-2017 21:48
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials say a rare white tiger has died at the Cincinnati Zoo.
  
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• Vermont woman displays more than 1,400 nativity scenes

  21-12-2017 21:47
  
  GUILFORD, Vt. (AP) — Each December, Shirley Squires transforms her modest Vermont home into a veritable creche museum, with more than 1,400 miniature nativity scenes of Jesus, Mary and Joseph covering every surface, taking over two bedrooms and overflowing into…
  
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• Mattis gives US troops a pep talk at Guantanamo

  21-12-2017 21:46
  
  GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — On a rare visit to the home of the U.S. military's prison for terror suspects, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis offered a pep talk Thursday to American troops — and urged them to always be ready…
  
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• GOP tax overhaul will be felt by state, local governments

  21-12-2017 21:46
  With Congress sending President Donald Trump a tax overhaul, state and local governments are preparing for some fallout.
  
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• Suit seeks $70M in Montana diocese assets for abuse victims

  21-12-2017 21:43
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Representatives of sex abuse victims and their survivors are suing a bankrupt Roman Catholic diocese in Montana in an effort to ensure more than $70 million in assets are available for those abused by church officials.
  
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• Rail tunnel officials confident despite funding questions

  21-12-2017 21:42
  NEW YORK (AP) — The group overseeing the building of an estimated $13 billion rail tunnel into New York City said Thursday it's confident the project will be fully funded despite recent pushback from the federal government.
  
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• Alabama finds no voter fraud after probe of TV interview

  21-12-2017 21:40
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Defeated U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Thursday pleaded for donations to help him investigate potential election fraud, the same day Alabama officials said they investigated but found nothing improper regarding a TV interview that had raised…
  
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• Daughter of prof detained in Cameroon tells him not to worry

  21-12-2017 21:38
  
  The 8-year-old daughter of a U.S. literature professor held in Cameroon on allegations he threatened government officials has written to her father, saying his family is proud of him and not to worry if he misses Christmas or her birthday.
  
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• MIT janitor facing deportation is released from jail

  21-12-2017 21:37
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology janitor facing deportation to El Salvador has been released from a Boston jail.
  
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• Delays continue after hundreds stranded on commuter trains

  21-12-2017 21:36
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Delays for commuter rail passengers in Philadelphia will continue into the evening after hundreds were stuck for up to 90 minutes on two commuter trains as a result of downed wires.
  
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• Strong showing for Obama health law as nearly 9M sign up

  21-12-2017 21:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — About 8.8 million people have signed up for coverage next year under the Affordable Care Act, the government said Thursday. The surprisingly strong numbers come after a deadline surge last week.
  
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• US appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban

  21-12-2017 21:34
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a Trump administration request to delay the Jan. 1 start date for transgender people to enlist in the military.
  
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• The down-and-out Mall Santa reinvents himself for a modern age as shopping centers close

  21-12-2017 21:30
  
  Ali Schultz hasn’t shopped at a mall in years — and not even Santa Claus is enough to lure her back.
  
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• Congress rushes to avoid shutdown, punts issues to January

  21-12-2017 21:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Conflict-weary lawmakers eyed the U.S. Capitol exits Thursday as the Republican-led Congress rushed to approve a temporary spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and then sprint home for the holidays.
  
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• Tulsa Man Hit By Car During Argument

  21-12-2017 21:18
  
  Tulsa Police said a man was hit by a car during a domestic dispute Thursday afternoon. He was taken to the hospital.
  
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