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• Radio Recordings Released In Search Of Missing OKC Doctor, Plane

  01-02-2018 23:52
  
  It's been nearly a month since the search for Oklahoma City Dr. Bill Kinsinger was called off. His plane was deemed "missing" over the Gulf of Mexico. 
  
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• Woman: Daughter disciplined after same-sex prom invitation

  01-02-2018 23:02
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school student who went on stage during a high school talent show to ask another girl to attend the prom was disciplined for being "rebellious," her mother said Thursday.
  
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• Update: One lane of southbound U.S. 75 reopened Okmulgee County following overturned semi

  01-02-2018 23:00
  One lane of southbound U.S. 75 has been reopened in Okmulgee County following an injury collision involving two semi-tractor trailers, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
  
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• Molested gymnasts blast coach who sent them to doctor

  01-02-2018 23:00
  
  CHARLOTTE, Mich. (AP) — The young athletes who confronted Larry Nassar about molesting them at an elite Michigan gymnastics club saved some of their harshest words for a person who was not in the courtroom: an Olympic coach who for…
  
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• Luge for beginners: A first-person view down a former Olympic track

  01-02-2018 23:00
  
  A longtime fan wanted to know what a luge run really felt like. There was only one way to find out.
  
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• The Latest: 40-year commitment for girl in Slender Man case

  01-02-2018 22:58
  
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing hearing for one of two Wisconsin girls who stabbed a classmate to win favor with fictional horror character Slender Man (all times local):
  
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• Latest: Most seriously injured LA school shooting doing well

  01-02-2018 22:57
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Los Angeles school shooting (all times local):
  
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• Trump's a target at snow sculpting championship

  01-02-2018 22:56
  
  LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump is making an appearance at the National Snow Sculpting Championship in Wisconsin, just not in person.
  
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• Pawlenty set to meet with advisers on Minnesota governor run

  01-02-2018 22:53
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A top adviser says former Gov. Tim Pawlenty has scheduled a meeting with his inner circle as he nears a decision on whether to run for governor.
  
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• Judge sentences Wisconsin girl to maximum 40 years in mental hospital in Slender Man stabbing case

  01-02-2018 22:51
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Judge sentences Wisconsin girl to maximum 40 years in mental hospital in Slender Man stabbing case.
  
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• Wagoner County Man Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Turns Himself In

  01-02-2018 22:49
  
  A Wagoner County man accused of child sex abuse turned himself in.
  
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• In New York, Trump infrastructure plan prompts questions

  01-02-2018 22:48
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — If President Donald Trump needs help in picking projects for his $1.5 trillion infrastructure program, he needs only to look to his home state of New York, where the list of mega projects needing billions of…
  
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• Officials: Mom, daughter fight girl on Georgia school bus

  01-02-2018 22:47
  LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials say a high school freshman's mother joined her in a fight against another girl on a school bus in an Atlanta suburb.
  
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• Man Running From Tulsa Police Hit, Killed On I-44 Near Garnett

  01-02-2018 22:44
  
  Tulsa police said a man was hit as he ran onto eastbound Interstate 44 near Garnett. The man has died of his injuries.
  
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• Body of hiker from Oregon found in park in West Texas

  01-02-2018 22:43
  MARFA, Texas (AP) — Searchers have recovered the body of a hiker who was missing more than a week at Big Bend National Park in West Texas.
  
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• State Department loses top career diplomat as crises abound

  01-02-2018 22:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is losing its top career diplomat in a heavy blow to the State Department amid numerous international crises.
  
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• Kansas revenue spike raises legislator hopes on school money

  01-02-2018 22:33
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas collected $165 million in taxes more than expected in January, raising some legislators' hopes that they'll have more money than they thought for meeting a court mandate to increase spending on public schools.
  
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• Texas youth prison workers arrested amid abuse investigation

  01-02-2018 22:32
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities say four current and former employees of the state's troubled youth prison system have been arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of abuse and misconduct in juvenile lockups.
  
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• 2 Suspects That Tied Up Teen During Wagoner Co. Burglary Still Missing

  01-02-2018 22:29
  
  The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office hopes the public can help them locate the remaining suspects involved in a burglary where a 13-year-old boy was tied up.
  
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• Arizona House votes to kick out lawmaker over sex misconduct

  01-02-2018 22:28
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House voted Thursday to expel a Republican lawmaker after a report ordered by legislative leaders of his own party showed he engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment toward women.
  
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• Sanitation workers' strike recalled in Memphis, other cities

  01-02-2018 22:25
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Sanitation workers who went on a strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago were remembered Thursday as courageous men who made important contributions to the civil rights movement.
  
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• Pelosi: Tax overhaul has cast a 'dark cloud' over Washington

  01-02-2018 22:18
  
  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the Republican-approved tax overhaul has cast a "dark cloud" over Washington, threatening future budget negotiations and efforts to prevent another government shutdown.
  
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• Robert Wagner a 'person of interest' in Natalie Wood death

  01-02-2018 22:14
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly four decades after his wife drowned, investigators are now calling 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner a "person of interest" in the death of Natalie Wood.
  
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• Police: Utah man threatened ex, kids for days before slaying

  01-02-2018 22:14
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 6-year-old son when he opened fire on a car full of children last year had told several people he was fixated on hunting her down and…
  
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• Migrant allegedly shoots 4 others in melee in north France

  01-02-2018 22:13
  
  PARIS (AP) — Four migrants were shot and wounded Thursday during a confrontation in France's port city of Calais, with an Afghan migrant apparently firing the shots, the French Interior Ministry said.
  
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• TPD Seeks Man Suspected Of Passing Counterfeit Bills

  01-02-2018 21:48
  
  The Tulsa Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit is asking for the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest who they suspect was passing counterfeit $100 bills.  
  
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• Tow Truck Convoy Honors Tulsa Worker Killed On Highway

  01-02-2018 21:38
  
  Tow truck operators from across Oklahoma will honor Jonathan Taylor who was struck and killed last week while on the job in Rogers County.   
  
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• Warrant issued for grandson in slaying of elderly couple found in McIntosh County

  01-02-2018 21:02
  
  An arrest warrant has been issued in the double slaying of an elderly Oklahoma City couple.
  
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• The Latest: Wiesenthal Center: Holocaust bill an 'outrage'

  01-02-2018 21:00
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the Polish Senate's vote to regulate Holocaust speech (all times local):
  
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• AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar

  01-02-2018 20:57
  
  BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (AP) — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colors of their shorts.
  
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• Drought deepens dramatically in Southern California

  01-02-2018 20:48
  
  PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions now existing in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties — home to one-fourth of the state's population, a U.S. agency said Thursday.
  
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• Arizona lawmaker faces vote to kick him out over allegations

  01-02-2018 20:48
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — A Republican lawmaker faces a vote Thursday to kick him out of the Arizona House after a report ordered by legislative leaders of his own party showed he engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment toward women.
  
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• Illinois high court says gun ban near parks unconstitutional

  01-02-2018 20:46
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law banning guns within 1,000 feet of public park violates a Second Amendment right to self-defense.
  
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• Wisconsin girl awaits sentencing for Slender Man stabbing

  01-02-2018 20:45
  
  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Doctors who evaluated a Wisconsin girl inspired by fictional horror character Slender Man to try to kill a classmate provided conflicting opinions Thursday about the type of institutional care she needs and the severity of her…
  
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• Latest: Chief: suspect in school shooting believed to be 12

  01-02-2018 20:45
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Los Angeles school shooting (all times local):
  
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• US says Syria may be using new weapons to deliver chemicals

  01-02-2018 20:44
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad's government of producing and using "new kinds of weapons" to deliver deadly chemicals despite committing to abolish its program in 2013, and said the world must find…
  
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• Nassar victim who complained in 2004 gets apology from cops

  01-02-2018 20:40
  
  MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman whose assault complaint against Larry Nassar was dismissed without charges being filed in 2004 accepted an apology years later Thursday from a Michigan police chief who said, "We wish we had this one…
  
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• Topless beachgoers: Ban is unconstitutional, discriminatory

  01-02-2018 20:38
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A city law in New Hampshire that bans women from showing their nipples is unconstitutional and discriminatory, a lawyer for three women accused of violating it told the state's highest court Thursday.
  
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• Trump says Republicans had a bumper year

  01-02-2018 20:37
  
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia (AP) — President Donald Trump used a speech before GOP lawmakers Thursday to pat fellow party members on the back and take digs at Democrats just days after calling for bipartisan unity.
  
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• Video released of encounter between police and accused Taco Bell smasher

  01-02-2018 20:34
  
  In the video, an officer can be seen walking to the front of the store and ordering Madden to come outside and to “drop the bar.”
  
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• Florida lawmaker: Law that OKs child marriage well-crafted

  01-02-2018 20:33
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker who opposes a bill to ban child marriage said Thursday that the current law allowing child rapists to marry girls they impregnate is well-crafted.
  
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• AP Explains: How historic wounds fuel Polish-Israel dispute

  01-02-2018 20:33
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A diplomatic dispute has erupted between Poland and Israel over pending Polish legislation that imposes prison terms of up to three years for falsely attributing the crimes of Nazi Germany to Poland. Bitter recriminations have exposed…
  
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• Study: Racist messages land on campuses in surging numbers

  01-02-2018 20:30
  
  White supremacist groups have targeted college campuses in surging numbers since President Donald Trump's election, emboldened by political and racial tensions over immigration and other issues, according to a group that monitors extremism and bigotry.
  
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• State rests its case in murder trial after jury hears defendant's jail calls to husband about Khalid Jabara

  01-02-2018 20:30
  
  The jury in 63-year-old Stanley Vernon Majors’ murder trial heard 10 phone calls he had with his husband, Stephen Schmauss, while incarcerated at the Tulsa Jail. The state then rested its case Thursday afternoon. The defense announced Majors will not…
  
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• Penn revokes honorary degrees from Bill Cosby, Steve Wynn

  01-02-2018 20:26
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania has announced plans to distance itself from casino mogul Steve Wynn and comedian Bill Cosby in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against both men.
  
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• Tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers

  01-02-2018 20:23
  
  The contentious tax overhaul is beginning to deliver a change that many will welcome — bigger paychecks.
  
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• Newark officially regains schools control after 22 years

  01-02-2018 20:23
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Twenty-two years after a state takeover, Newark officially regained control of its schools Thursday, a milestone hailed by local officials as the beginning of a new era for the state's largest city.
  
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• Ex-priest charged in decades-old Delaware child rape case

  01-02-2018 20:23
  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware prosecutors for the first time have brought criminal child molestation charges against a Catholic priest.
  
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• Oklahoma quakes tied to how deep wastewater is injected

  01-02-2018 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds that a major trigger of man-made earthquakes rattling Oklahoma is how deep — not just how much — fracking wastewater is injected into the ground.
  
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• The Latest: Democrat praises FBI director for memo objection

  01-02-2018 20:16
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into contacts between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia (all times local):
  
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