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• One Man Missing, One In Hospital After Tulsa Shooting

  04-03-2018 22:37
  
  Police are investigating a shooting that they say left two men with gunshot wounds in the abdomen Sunday afternoon.  
  
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• Driver Launches Car Into Tree After Starting Fire, TPD Says

  04-03-2018 22:17
  
  Tulsa police say a DUI suspect will go from the hospital straight to jail after they say a driver launched their SUV into a tree. 
  
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• Man Shot In Sand Springs Expected To Recover, Police Say

  04-03-2018 21:39
  
  A man is in the hospital after being shot at a Sand Springs home, police say. 
  
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• Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen Arrested At Protest

  04-03-2018 20:38
  
  The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream was arrested at a demonstration over whether F-35 fighter planes should be based in Vermont.
  
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• Trump Puts Aside Feud With The Media For A Night At Gridiron Dinner

  04-03-2018 17:21
  
  President Trump engaged in a good-natured duel of one-liners with political rivals and the press at the annual Gridiron Dinner this weekend, largely putting aside his ongoing criticism of the media for a night.
  
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• Cloudy Sunday Across Green Country

  04-03-2018 15:18
  
  Saturday’s spectacular sunshine is being replaced by cloudy skies and rain chances for our Sunday. 
  
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• Roger Bannister, first to run sub 4-minute mile, dies at 88

  04-03-2018 15:09
  
  LONDON (AP) — It was a typical British afternoon in early May: wet, cool and blustery. Not exactly the ideal conditions for running four laps around a track faster than many thought humanly possible.
  
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• Syrian troops advance in rebel-held region near capital

  04-03-2018 15:07
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops and allied militias have captured a number of villages and towns in a rebel-held region near the capital, in the largest advance since a wide-scale offensive began last month, state media and activists reported Sunday.
  
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• Man Shot Near TCC's West Campus Expected To Recover, Police Say

  04-03-2018 15:04
  
  A man is in the hospital after Sand Springs police say he was shot in a home near Tulsa Community College's West Campus.
  
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• During Trump hotel strife, a 'Trump Mojito' but no water

  04-03-2018 15:04
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — If you can overlook the intermittently running water, Friday's four-hour power outage and occasional police presence in the lobby, the Trump hotel in Panama City retains its status as one of the city's finest.
  
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• Carl Icahn Unloaded Millions In Steel-Related Stock Days Before Trump Tariff

  04-03-2018 14:42
  
  As the saying goes, timing is everything.  
  
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• UK leader tries to ease concerns of banks in Brexit talks

  04-03-2018 14:39
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's prime minister is trying to ease the concerns of bankers after she torpedoed one of their biggest demands during a speech on the country's departure from the European Union.
  
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• As Italy votes, Europe fears populist, euroskeptic gains

  04-03-2018 14:34
  
  ROME (AP) — Italians were voting Sunday in one of the most uncertain elections in years and one that could determine if Italy succumbs to the populist, euroskeptic and far-right sentiment that has swept through Europe.
  
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• Swiss voters reject plan to end mandatory TV fees

  04-03-2018 14:29
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Official results show that Swiss voters have handily rejected a proposal brought by free-market advocates to end mandatory fees to finance publicly supported TV and radio programming.
  
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• Case alleging racial bias in hair tests goes to trial

  04-03-2018 14:29
  BOSTON (AP) — Keri Hogan was nearing her dream of becoming a Boston police officer when a drug test using a sample of her hair came back positive for cocaine.
  
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• US, Afghan leaders agree on peace push, Taliban don't

  04-03-2018 14:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite U.S. support, the Afghan government's surprising new peace offer to the Taliban is immediately running into a wall. The insurgents show no sign of shifting from their demand that talks for a conflict-ending compromise take place…
  
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• Slovak investigators examine threats against slain reporter

  04-03-2018 14:20
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's prosecutor general says authorities have renewed their investigation into threats by a businessman against an investigative journalist who was shot dead last week with his fiancee.
  
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• Commemoration of 'Bloody Sunday' set in Alabama

  04-03-2018 14:13
  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Members of Congress plan to join civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma.
  
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• Burkina Faso investigates extremist attacks, French to help

  04-03-2018 14:13
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso has begun investigations into the simultaneous attacks on the French Embassy and army headquarters in the capital by an al-Qaida-linked group on Friday. Four french military experts are expected later Sunday in Ouagadougou.
  
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• In a switch, Dems and unions cheer Trump while GOP frets

  04-03-2018 14:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Few issues could blur the lines of partisanship in Trump-era Washington. Trade is one of them.
  
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• Media-Savvy Parkland Students On What They've Sworn Off In Wake Of Shooting

  04-03-2018 13:50
  
  Eric Garner is the broadcast journalism teacher at Stoneman Douglas and one of the people responsible for making students at the school as media savvy as they are.  
  
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• Spanish unionist rally mocks Catalan separatist movement

  04-03-2018 13:43
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Spaniards are joining a rally in Barcelona called by a grassroots group that uses humor to mock Catalonia's separatist push.
  
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• Voting in Belgrade tests ruling populists' grip on power

  04-03-2018 13:36
  
  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian capital of Belgrade held a municipal election Sunday that is being seen as a test of the ruling populists' firm grip on power in the country.
  
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• China says military no threat, but refuses to reveal budget

  04-03-2018 13:36
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China has no desire to overturn the existing international order and its increasingly powerful military does not constitute a threat to others, the spokesman for the country's ceremonial legislature said Sunday.
  
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• Life in quotes: Roger Bannister on landmark sub 4-min mile

  04-03-2018 13:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Associated Press interviewed Roger Bannister several times in his later years, including for the 50th and 60th anniversaries of his landmark sub 4-minute mile.
  
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• The Latest: Femen activist disrupts Berlusconi vote in Italy

  04-03-2018 13:27
  
  ROME (AP) — The Latest on Italy's national election on Sunday (all times local):
  
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• High-level Seoul officials to head to North Korea for talks

  04-03-2018 13:25
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang…
  
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• Merkel set for 4th term after Social Democrats OK coalition

  04-03-2018 13:23
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel cleared the last major hurdle on her path to a fourth term Sunday, after members of the center-left Social Democrats voted in favor of continuing their governing coalition with her conservative bloc.
  
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• China's Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite rule

  04-03-2018 12:44
  
  BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping is poised to make a historic power grab as China's legislators gather beginning Monday to approve changes that will let him rule indefinitely and undo decades of efforts to prevent a return to crushing…
  
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• Trump puts aside the feud with media for a night at Gridiron

  04-03-2018 12:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump engaged in a good-natured duel of one-liners with political rivals and the press at the annual Gridiron Dinner this weekend, largely putting aside his ongoing criticism of the media for a night.
  
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• The Latest: Merkel welcomes center-left's OK for coalition

  04-03-2018 12:18
  
  BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on Germany's politics (all times local):
  
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• Unlimited Xi presidency looms over China political gathering

  04-03-2018 11:56
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The prospect of Chinese President Xi Jinping ruling for an unlimited number of terms is dominating discussion as China's legislature opens its annual session Monday. The constitutional amendment to the two-term limit on the president underscores Xi's…
  
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• Mushers focus on trail ahead as Alaska's Iditarod kicks off

  04-03-2018 07:35
  
  WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's famed Iditarod begins Sunday following a difficult year for the long-distance sled dog race that included a champion's dog doping scandal, the loss of a major sponsor, discontent among mushers and increasing pressure from animal…
  
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• Police investigate why student gunned down his parents

  04-03-2018 07:09
  
  Investigators were trying to figure out why a Central Michigan University student charged with fatally shooting his parents acted so strangely the day before the killings that he was taken to a hospital.
  
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• Tulsa Public Schools loses 35 percent of its teachers in two years, but many aren't leaving for higher pay

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  A Tulsa World analysis found at least 28 percent of school-based certified staff who left TPS were on the faculties of other public school districts within the state.
  
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• Today in History for Sunday, March 4, 2018

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
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• Six teens are running for governor in Kansas, and suddenly it doesn't seem so preposterous

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  MERRIAM, Kan. — A report from the Midwest, where a gangly hope has arrived in the form of children enrobed in various assortments of khakis and blazers, because six teenage boys are running for governor of the state of Kansas.
  
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• Report: Anti-Semitic incidents soar by 57 percent in 2017

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  The New York City-based organization found 1,986 anti-Semitic incidents last year, up from 1,267 in 2016. That's the highest total since 1994 and the largest single-year increase since the group began collecting this data in 1979.
  
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• PolitiFact check: Was Rep. Tom Cole correct about how many Oklahomans own guns?

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  During a recent appearance on "Morning Joe," the Oklahoma Representative said "probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun." See how PolitiFact rates that statement's accuracy.
  
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• Parents spooked by abuse in youth sports set more limits

  04-03-2018 07:00
  Shannon Stabbert said her 6-year-old daughter wants to be a gymnast, but the Seattle mother decided to put her in a martial-arts program instead.
  
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• North Pole surges above freezing in the dead of winter, stunning scientists

  04-03-2018 07:00
  The sun won’t rise at the North Pole until March 20, and it’s normally close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet last weekend. Analyses show that…
  
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• Local help saves Oklahoma Historical Society sites amid decade of state funding cuts

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  The Oklahoma Historical Society had 40 sites in 1978. Now, 40 years later, just 18 sites get a majority of their funds from the group. Virtually all of the remaining sites are partially funded to varying degrees by local entities.
  
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• Judge in church camp rape has let sex offenders stay out of prison before

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  The judge who approved probation for a church camp rapist has allowed sex offenders to stay out of prison over and over in his more than seven years on the bench.
  
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• Fairfax residents worry after Blue Cross Blue Shield drops their hospital

  04-03-2018 07:00
  
  Mar4-Hospital People in Fairfax are confused and worried after Blue Cross Blue Shield kicked their hospital out of network.
  
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