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• Brrr! After record snow, bitter cold ahead for northern US

  27-12-2017 23:50
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Freezing temperatures and below-zero wind chills socked much of the northern United States on Wednesday, even setting a record in a Minnesota city so cold it's called the Icebox of the Nation, and will stay put…
  
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• Police seeking man charged in connection with Tulsa night club shooting earlier this month

  27-12-2017 23:47
  
  Joe Lorenzo Goodjoint is being sought in the death of Marquillon Jojuan Glover, according to the Tulsa Police Department.
  
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• Survivor of World War II Bataan Death March dies at 100

  27-12-2017 23:42
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area man who survived the infamous 1942 Bataan Death March and symbolized the thousands of unheralded Filipinos who fought alongside American forces during World War II has died. He was 100.
  
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• Grass Fire Burns Pole Barn, Hay Bales Near Pryor Creek

  27-12-2017 23:39
  
  A Mayes County resident lost a pole barn and some hay in a grass fire Wednesday. An emergency manager said the fire started from some embers that had been dumped outside.
  
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• Heightened security in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve

  27-12-2017 23:35
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An unprecedented number of law enforcement officers and National Guard members will be on duty when tens of thousands of people gather to ring in 2018 on the Las Vegas Boulevard, just three months after one…
  
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• OSBI Investigating Death At Latimer County Detention Center

  27-12-2017 23:28
  
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigating is investigating the death of an inmate at the Latimer County Detention Center.
  
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• Federal murder complaint filed against postal worker

  27-12-2017 23:19
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal criminal complaint says a disgruntled Ohio postal worker murdered two U.S. government employees for performing their official duties.
  
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• The Latest: In Minnesota, temperature drops to 37 below zero

  27-12-2017 23:18
  
  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on cold and snowy weather across the northern U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Power mostly back at Disneyland after guests taken off rides

  27-12-2017 23:18
  
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Power has been largely restored at Disneyland after an outage at the Southern California theme park forced some guests to be escorted off stopped rides.
  
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• Boy, 8, rescued from frozen Utah pond is awake, doing well

  27-12-2017 23:15
  
  NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old Utah boy who was rescued after falling through the ice on a frozen pond on Christmas is awake and doing well.
  
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• Claremore Police Ask For Public's Help Identifying Walmart Theft Suspects

  27-12-2017 23:12
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects who stole from the Claremore Walmart.
  
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• Heightened security expected in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve

  27-12-2017 23:09
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — An unprecedented number of law enforcement officers and National Guard members will be on duty when tens of thousands of people gather to ring in 2018 on the Las Vegas Boulevard.
  
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• OSBI investigating Christmas Eve death of Latimer County inmate

  27-12-2017 23:06
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Thasha Prindle was found unresponsive in his cell shortly after 5 a.m. that day by a detention officer.
  
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• Correction: Medical Marijuana-Texas story

  27-12-2017 23:03
  
  MANCHACA, Texas (AP) — In a story Dec. 15 about Texas' medical marijuana program, The Associated Press misidentified a National Conference of State Legislatures program director. Her name is Karmen Hanson, not Kristen Hanson.
  
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• California authorities seize pot from licensed company

  27-12-2017 23:01
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two employees of a Northern California business have been arrested and a large amount of marijuana has been seized despite it having a local pot license.
  
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• Tennessee statue of former Confederate general painted pink

  27-12-2017 22:59
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Confederate statue on private property along an interstate in Tennessee has been painted pink in the latest act of vandalism there.
  
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• The Latest: Suspect in Nebraska triple slaying captured

  27-12-2017 22:54
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Latest on a triple slaying in Nebraska (all times local):
  
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• Party control for Virginia up in air after contested race

  27-12-2017 22:54
  
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Which party will control Virginia's House of Delegates next year remains far from certain after a Democratic candidate petitioned a court to declare her the winner of a race that is officially tied.
  
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• 2017's viral stories from around the world

  27-12-2017 22:50
  
  2017 has been the year of the unrelenting news cycle. If it had a soundtrack, it would be the staccato dings of news alerts popping up on cellphones. If it had a color, it would be that hazy blue-ish white…
  
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• The Latest: Trump meets firefighters, touts tax bill

  27-12-2017 22:45
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Cites Of Tulsa, Owasso Offering Christmas Tree Pickup

  27-12-2017 22:44
  
  A reminder from the City of Tulsa and the City of Owasso that you can dispose of your live Christmas tree in your trash. 
  
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• Tulsa's Master Gardeners Volunteer For Love Of Gardening

  27-12-2017 22:35
  
  Tulsa's Master Gardeners volunteer thousands of hours on dozens of projects every year.
  
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• Judge praises teen for progress since killings when he was 8

  27-12-2017 22:26
  
  ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has praised an Arizona teenager for the progress he's made since being charged with killing his father and his father's friend when he was 8.
  
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• Tulsa Woman Nominated For National Dog Handling Award

  27-12-2017 21:37
  
  A Tulsa woman is nominated for a national award in the world of dog fancy. The winner will be announced in New York shortly before the Westminster Kennel Club Show.
  
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• Report: West Virginia pop. dip could threaten House seat

  27-12-2017 21:27
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A political consulting firm says an ongoing decline in West Virginia's population could eventually threaten one of its three U.S. House seats.
  
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• Russia: Explosion injures 10 at St. Petersburg supermarket

  27-12-2017 21:25
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least 10 people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city and the site of a deadly subway bombing this year.
  
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• Jewelry company Alex and Ani's president, finance boss leave

  27-12-2017 21:23
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Fashion jewelry maker Alex and Ani says its president and chief financial officer have left the Rhode Island-based company.
  
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• Woman accused of trying to snort cocaine in police station

  27-12-2017 21:07
  LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) — A woman has been accused of trying to snort cocaine inside a Connecticut police station while waiting to be booked on unrelated charges.
  
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• Boston Avenue office building set to become hotel

  27-12-2017 21:00
  
  Plans call for a Hyatt Place Hotel in the 13-story building at 400 S. Boston Ave., according to building permits filed in December. The hotel is scheduled to have 103 units, documents show.
  
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• Police: Son shot, killed father in argument on Christmas Eve

  27-12-2017 20:55
  COLTONS POINT, Md. (AP) — Police in southern Maryland say a man killed his father in a Christmas Eve shootout in the son's home.
  
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• Evaluation ordered for postal worker in colleagues' slayings

  27-12-2017 20:55
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A mental evaluation has been ordered for a disgruntled postal worker accused of fatally shooting his supervisor at an Ohio post office and then killing a postmaster outside her apartment.
  
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• Clarification: Defense Department-Lawsuit story

  27-12-2017 20:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Dec. 26 on cities suing the Department of Defense, The Associated Press reported that 26 people were killed inside a Texas church last month. The story should have made clear that the gunman…
  
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• Liberia commission still tallying votes for runoff election

  27-12-2017 20:46
  
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's National Elections Commission continued tallying votes Wednesday from the West African nation's presidential runoff election between a football star and the vice president who are competing to replace Africa's first female head of state.
  
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• Embattled New Orleans conference sold; to be nonprofit event

  27-12-2017 20:40
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans cocktail conference whose founders were criticized for racial insensitivity is being sold.
  
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• Woman kidnapped, pushed into freezing river after shooting

  27-12-2017 20:30
  SCOTT, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock police say a woman who was kidnapped, thrown into the frigid Arkansas River and then swam to safety has been found alive but suffering from hypothermia.
  
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• Greek far-left group claims responsibility for court bombing

  27-12-2017 20:30
  
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A small far-left group in Greece has claimed responsibility for a Dec. 22 bombing at an Athens courthouse that caused extensive damage but no injuries.
  
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• North Dakota shooting justified; officer's name released

  27-12-2017 20:27
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An investigation has found that a North Dakota police officer was justified in shooting a man who attacked him outside a motel, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Two men were best friends for 60 years - then they found out they were brothers

  27-12-2017 20:25
  
  They've been best friends since the sixth grade, a relationship that for many would feel like family.
  
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• Victims in basement apartment were mom, 2 kids, 2nd woman

  27-12-2017 20:23
  
  TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Four people found slain inside a basement apartment the day after Christmas have been identified as two children, their mother and a second woman, authorities said Wednesday.
  
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• Trump, GOP Hill leaders to meet at Camp David in January

  27-12-2017 20:19
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Eager for more legislative achievements before Washington's focus shifts to the midterm elections, President Donald Trump plans to open the new year by meeting with Republican congressional leaders to map out the 2018 legislative…
  
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• Tulsa police identify officer involved in Christmas Day fatal shooting

  27-12-2017 20:11
  Tulsa police identified Officer Jairo Calle as the officer who shot and killed Jacob Craig, 31, according to a previous story and a news release.
  
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• Man shot in confrontation with Louisiana sheriff's deputy

  27-12-2017 20:09
  MONROE, La. (AP) — Police say a man was shot and wounded during a confrontation with a Louisiana sheriff's deputy.
  
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• Lawsuit: Sam's Club discriminated against transgender worker

  27-12-2017 19:45
  A transgender woman said in a lawsuit Wednesday that she was called "it" and "thing" by co-workers and then wrongfully fired from a North Carolina Sam's Club store after repeatedly complaining about harassment.
  
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• Record number of Kirtland's warbler nests found in Wisconsin

  27-12-2017 19:42
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservationists in Wisconsin say they've spotted a record number of nests from the endangered Kirtland's warbler this year, a decade after the songbird was first spotted in the state.
  
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• FBI won't take over investigation of detective's slaying

  27-12-2017 19:39
  BALTIMORE (AP) — The FBI won't take over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was slain amid a corruption investigation.
  
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• Prosecutors can cite alleged threats in Dakota Access trial

  27-12-2017 19:38
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says prosecutors can cite threatening statements that a Denver woman made after she allegedly shot at police during Dakota Access oil pipeline protests in North Dakota.
  
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• Police: Omaha man wanted in killings of his parents, niece

  27-12-2017 19:35
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man who served prison time for killing his wife in 1998 is wanted in the deaths of his parents and a niece, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Fire At Skiatook Duplex Leaves 2 People Homeless

  27-12-2017 19:33
  
  Firefighters in Skiatook are trying to figure out what caused a fire that destroyed a duplex on Wildhorse Street Wednesday morning.
  
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• Russia: Explosion injures 4 at St. Petersburg supermarket

  27-12-2017 19:29
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — At least four people were injured Wednesday by an explosion at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, Russian officials said.
  
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• Senate Majority PAC backed Jones' winning Alabama campaign

  27-12-2017 19:27
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A mysterious super PAC that spent millions of dollars backing Democrat Doug Jones in Alabama's Senate race was heavily funded by the Democratic Senate Majority PAC.
  
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