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• NORAD takes calls from kids around the world awaiting Santa

  24-12-2017 23:41
  
  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado were answering questions on Sunday from eager children who wanted to know where Santa was on his Christmas Eve travels. President Donald Trump…
  
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• Police: Man shot in arm following altercation, road rage incident

  24-12-2017 23:40
  
  A man was shot in the arm Sunday afternoon in east Tulsa following an apparent altercation that escalated into a reported road rage incident, police said.
  
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• John Klein: Tulsan fights for 'underdog' neighborhoods, celebrates rebirth of Kendall Whittier

  24-12-2017 23:30
  
  When Ed Sharrer went to TU, he said students were advised it wasn't safe to go into the neighborhood. "Now, we’re seeing a new generation of people who want to be in this neighborhood. People are voting with their wallets…
  
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• White Christmas on its way for Northeast, Midwest

  24-12-2017 23:24
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — If you live in the Northeast or Midwest, you're not dreaming: It's probably going to be a white Christmas.
  
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• Pope on Christmas: Bethlehem trek's like today's migrations

  24-12-2017 23:24
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in Christmas Eve remarks Sunday likened the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem to the migrations of millions of people today who are forced to leave homelands for a better life, or just…
  
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• Spain's king addresses Catalonia in Christmas Eve speech

  24-12-2017 23:04
  
  MADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI used his traditional Christmas Eve address Sunday night to call on Catalonia's newly elected parliament to renounce further moves toward secession from Spain.
  
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• Veterans Remember: Fred Bartlett was stranded 16 hours in the Pacific after kamikaze attack

  24-12-2017 23:00
  
  He thought he was alone in the water, but sharks appeared while Bartlett was bleeding from bits of plane shrapnel that tore into his left side. "My philosophy during all those battles was, 'You may get me, but it's not…
  
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• NYFD employee held on $1M bail in minor crash turned deadly

  24-12-2017 22:59
  MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York Fire Department employee was held on $1 million bail Sunday after authorities said he ran over a college honors student on Long Island after a minor accident.
  
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• Oklahoma Court Overturns Ruling In Liquor Tax Lawsuit

  24-12-2017 22:58
  
  The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that hundreds of restaurants in the state overcharged customers for mixed drinks. Lawsuits filed in 2011 by Tom Erbar and John Truel alleged restaurants overcharged by adding a 13.5 percent liquor tax to advertised price of mixed drinks. The lawsuits were combined and contended the tax should have been included in the advertised price of the drink. Tuesday's ruling overturns an earlier ruling by a Canadian County judge i...
  
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• Michael Overall: How 'Tulsa' became a world-famous piece of music

  24-12-2017 22:45
  
  Don Gillis wrote a new overture, "Tulsa: A Symphonic Portrait in Oil," for a July 1950 celebration opening the new First National Bank Building, the first modernist skyscraper built in Tulsa Born in Missouri.
  
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• Skywatch for Dec. 24-30

  24-12-2017 22:36
  Sunday: At 9 p.m., look for a star cluster in the eastern sky. To the lower left of the constellation Gemini is the constellation Cancer the Crab. Cancer appears in the shape of the letter “Y” with the open end…
  
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• No snow in forecast for next several days, but cold Christmas morning

  24-12-2017 22:27
  
  A few patches of lingering snow may be around Christmas morning, but the main weather feature will be wind chill values in the single digits or teens, forecasters said.
  
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• Plane headed to Key West for holiday crashes, killing 5

  24-12-2017 21:59
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — A small plane headed to Key West for the Christmas holiday crashed Sunday at the end of a runway at a Florida airport, killing five people, authorities said.
  
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• Judge's partial lifting of Trump ban gives refugees hope

  24-12-2017 21:39
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — After hearing heartbreaking stories of refugees who have struggled to reconnect with their families and listening to the plight of others who strive to leave dangerous situations, a federal judge said he would try to issue a…
  
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• The Latest: 5th death confirmed in Florida small plane crash

  24-12-2017 21:22
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a small plane crash in Florida (all times local):
  
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• The Healing And Persistent Power Of Kindness

  24-12-2017 21:17
  
  In this season of Christmas, a question... When was the last time you thought about the power of KINDNESS? 
  
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• Woman's body found, man sought in officer-involved shooting

  24-12-2017 20:50
  Authorities in Tennessee say officers involved in a shooting during a traffic stop are seeking a motorist who sped away in a vehicle in which a woman was later found dead inside.
  
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• Jerusalem violence, rain put damper on Bethlehem Christmas

  24-12-2017 20:21
  
  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — It was a subdued Christmas Eve in the historic birthplace of Jesus on Sunday, with spirits dampened by cold, rainy weather and recent violence sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's…
  
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• Tulsa County Sheriff's Office legal fees at $850,000

  24-12-2017 20:11
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• White Christmas on its way for Northeast, Great Plains

  24-12-2017 20:01
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — If you live in the Northeast or Midwest, you're not dreaming: It's going to be a white Christmas.
  
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• Canadian orchestra launches probe after Dutoit allegations

  24-12-2017 19:53
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Canadian orchestra launched a sexual harassment investigation after receiving a complaint that names renowned conductor Charles Dutoit, a spokesman said Sunday.
  
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• Sheriff Tony Estrada, another kind of Arizona lawman

  24-12-2017 19:50
  
  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Sheriff Tony Estrada is a different kind of Arizona lawman.
  
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• How To Track Santa's Deliveries On Christmas Eve

  24-12-2017 19:47
  
  Technology has always been at the heart of NORAD Tracks Santa, which got its start in 1955 with an old-school glitch.
  
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• For 62nd year, NORAD takes calls from kids awaiting Santa

  24-12-2017 19:26
  
  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers at an Air Force base in Colorado were answering questions on Sunday from eager children who wanted to know where Santa was on his Christmas Eve travels.
  
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• Maine robotics company competing for major Army contract

  24-12-2017 19:06
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine robotics company is one of four companies competing to build the Army's next generation of battlefield support vehicles.
  
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• Dems aim for 2018 midterm boost from Trump tax plan fallout

  24-12-2017 18:56
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — A Democratic congressional candidate outside Philadelphia calls the Republican tax overhaul a "cynical bill" that will redistribute wealth upward.
  
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• 4 dead after twin-engine plane crashes at Florida airport

  24-12-2017 18:35
  BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — Four people died Sunday after their twin-engine plane crashed at the end of a runway at a small airport in Florida, authorities said.
  
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• 200 skiers stuck on gondola at French Alps resort

  24-12-2017 18:31
  PARIS (AP) — French authorities say about 200 skiers were stranded in chair lifts when a gondola broke down at a resort in the French Alps. Rescue operations are underway and no one has been reported injured so far.
  
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• White House hopes always high in Massachusetts, despite size

  24-12-2017 18:25
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts is known for many things — fanatical sports fans, a sprawling Cape Cod shoreline and an accent that has stymied generations of actors — not to mention a public water supply that sparks a Potomac fever…
  
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• Two men die in separate crashes in Leflore, Latimer counties

  24-12-2017 18:12
  The overnight crashes killed a Talihina man and a Wister man.
  
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• Adviser: Trump confident in FBI director despite attacks

  24-12-2017 18:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A presidential adviser says Donald Trump has full confidence in his new FBI director despite a series of attacks on the impartiality of his soon-to-retire deputy.
  
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• Why you can't find your favorite holiday movies on streaming services

  24-12-2017 18:00
  Though it’s a relatively wonderful life for TV cord-cutters, George Bailey, Clark Griswold and Will Ferrell’s ‘Elf’ is still available only on a pay-per-view basis this month.
  
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• Sen. Flake dangles possibility of running against Trump

  24-12-2017 17:49
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona says President Donald Trump is certain to face an independent challenge in the next presidential election, if not a challenge from within the party. And Flake is not ruling out being…
  
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• Jerusalem violence puts damper on Christmas in Bethlehem

  24-12-2017 17:36
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a subdued Christmas Eve in the historic birthplace of Jesus on Sunday, with spirits dampened by recent violence sparked by President Donald Trump's recognition of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
  
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• Ice sculptures nearly ready for viewing in New Hampshire

  24-12-2017 17:36
  
  LINCOLN, N.H. (AP) — Hand-crafted ice castle sculptures are expected to be ready for public viewing in Lincoln, New Hampshire, during the first week of January.
  
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• Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russian presidency

  24-12-2017 17:33
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny nominated him for president Sunday, allowing Navalny to ready the endorsement papers required for candidacy and putting pressure on the Kremlin to allow him to run.
  
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• Police: Elderly Couple Hauled 60 Pounds Of Pot, Said It Was For Christmas Presents

  24-12-2017 17:30
  
  An elderly couple who was arrested with 60 pounds of marijuana in their truck told officers that the drugs were meant to be Christmas presents. 
  
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• Obituary project makes homicide victims more than just stats

  24-12-2017 17:28
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It was a bloody day in Philadelphia: five people shot or stabbed dead. One of the shooting victims was Trina Singleton's 24-year-old son, Darryl.
  
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• Christmas card sent back and forth since 1941

  24-12-2017 17:22
  DANNEBROG, Neb. (AP) — For three quarters of a century, the same Christmas card featuring a Scottish man in a kilt has made its way through the mail either to or from a Nebraska woman.
  
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• Former Texas Congressman says he was abused at boys ranch

  24-12-2017 17:11
  AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A former Texas Congressman says he was abused as a teen when he lived at a ranch that houses at-risk children in the Texas Panhandle.
  
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• Family of detained Indian 'spy' to visit him in Pakistan

  24-12-2017 17:06
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — The wife and mother of an Indian naval officer facing the death penalty for espionage in Pakistan will arrive for a rare meeting with him in the country's capital, despite lingering tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors,…
  
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• Secret Santa hands out $100 bills to strangers in Topeka

  24-12-2017 16:48
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City's Secret Santa is at it again, this time focusing his annual good cheer on Kansas' capital city.
  
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• Egyptian president's backers say 12M want him to run again

  24-12-2017 16:47
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Supporters of Egypt's president announced on Sunday that they have collected more than 12 million signatures from people urging him to run for a second four-year term, a mostly symbolic gesture as there is little doubt he…
  
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• Israeli official: Saudi Arabia denies chess visas

  24-12-2017 16:37
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli chess official says Saudi Arabia has disregarded a request by seven Israeli players to participate in a world chess tournament in the kingdom this week.
  
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• North Korea Describes Latest U.N. Sanctions As An "Act Of War"

  24-12-2017 16:25
  
  North Korea has called new U.N. sanctions against the country an "act of war," BBC News reports.
  
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• Cincinnati street renamed for child who killed himself

  24-12-2017 16:13
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Part of a street in Cincinnati has been renamed after an 8-year-old boy who killed himself earlier this year.
  
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• North Korea calls latest UN sanctions 'an act of war'

  24-12-2017 16:12
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country "an act of war" that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it…
  
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• Trump sends Christmas greetings to US troops abroad

  24-12-2017 15:54
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is sending Christmas greetings to U.S. troops stationed around the world.
  
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• Christmas Comes Early For Pediatric Patients At St. Francis

  24-12-2017 15:53
  
  Christmas came early for some Green Country kids having to spend the holiday in the hospital. 
  
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