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• Tulsa Company Matching Donations To Community Food Bank

  30-03-2018 23:57
  
  Dolese Brothers Company announced it will match all donations made to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.
  
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• Union Teachers Meet With Legislator, Push For More Funding

  30-03-2018 23:55
  
  Teachers at one Union school say the historic tax bill signed into law Thursday doesn't do enough for education funding.
  
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• Congressman files papers clarifying lobby registration dates

  30-03-2018 23:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio congressman who failed to disclose nearly $50,000 in political contributions while registered as a Washington lobbyist filed papers clarifying the date the registration was deactivated, his campaign said Friday.
  
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• The Latest: Pulse gunman widow released from custody

  30-03-2018 23:51
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of the widow of the Orlando nightclub shooting that killed 49 people in 2016 (all times local):
  
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• Drivers Should Expect Delays As Bridge Projects Beings On BA Expressway

  30-03-2018 23:47
  
  A more than $1.5 million bridge project near the Broken Arrow Expressway over Sheridan will start on Monday. The project will last into the summer.
  
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• Liberal US judge who struck down 'under God' in pledge dies

  30-03-2018 23:35
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Judge Stephen Reinhardt was an unabashed liberal on what's widely considered the nation's most left-leaning appeals court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
  
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• Escaped Inmate Could Have Stolen Muskogee Police Officer's Truck, DOC Says

  30-03-2018 23:31
  
  The Department Of Corrections is looking for an escaped inmate who's been on the run for more than 24 hours in Muskogee County. 
  
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• Venezuelan jail dead buried in mass tomb as questions linger

  30-03-2018 23:30
  
  VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — They died together when flames tore through an overcrowded police station jail in Venezuela.
  
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• Package of gun restrictions set to become law in Vermont

  30-03-2018 23:30
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A package of gun restrictions is on track to become law in Vermont after the state Senate on Friday approved raising the legal age for gun purchases, expanding background checks for private gun sales and banning…
  
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• New York official wants to give workers the right to ignore after-hours email

  30-03-2018 23:30
  Lawyers have so many questions.
  
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• Maryland man gets 20 years for supporting Islamic State

  30-03-2018 23:28
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorism financing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State.
  
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• Community Raising Money For Family Of Innocent Woman Killed In Tahlequah

  30-03-2018 23:28
  
  More help is on the way for the family of an innocent driver killed during a police chase in Tahlequah.
  
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• Tulsa Hit-And-Run Suspect Slams Into Sonic

  30-03-2018 23:22
  
  Tulsa police are looking for a driver they say hit multiple cars and a building Friday afternoon.  
  
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• The Latest: Pope Francis asks forgiveness for host of sins

  30-03-2018 23:05
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on Vatican ceremonies for Good Friday (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: State eyes closure of mine where bodies found

  30-03-2018 23:03
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on two teens found dead in an abandoned Utah mine (all times local):
  
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• Wife: Husband thought he no longer was a wanted man in Iowa

  30-03-2018 23:02
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman says her husband believed he was in the clear after escaping from an Iowa prison 37 years ago and they were both shocked when authorities arrested him earlier this week.
  
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• The Latest: UN Security Council to meet on clashes in Gaza

  30-03-2018 23:01
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on developments in Israel and the Palestinian territories (all times local):
  
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• Police search for driver who crashed vehicle into east Tulsa Sonic

  30-03-2018 23:01
  Officers were dispatched to the Sonic Drive-In restaurant in the 9300 block of East 71st Street about 3:27 p.m. after the vehicle collided into the side of the building, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• OSBI identifies man fatally shot by Stillwater police

  30-03-2018 23:00
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation on Friday identified the man who was fatally shot by Stillwater police this week.
  
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• Officials seek clues in SUV cliff crash that likely killed 8

  30-03-2018 22:54
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Accident-reconstruction investigators are trying to figure out what caused an SUV carrying a family to plunge off a California cliff in a deadly wreck that happened shortly after child-welfare authorities went to their home to investigate…
  
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• Civil Rights Museum expects big crowd at MLK50 events

  30-03-2018 22:52
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors who plan to attend events at the National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee commemorating the 50th anniversary Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination should be prepared to walk a bit.
  
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• Man Killed In Stillwater Officer-Involved Shooting Identified

  30-03-2018 22:49
  
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation identified the man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Stillwater.
  
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• The Latest: Romania says Russia has "presence" of spies

  30-03-2018 22:38
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the Russian ex-spy poisoning (all times local):
  
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• She was busted for driving a stolen vehicle a " then took off in the cop car, Okla. police say

  30-03-2018 22:31
  Angie Frost, 36, was arrested early Friday for allegedly driving two stolen vehicles. One was allegedly the cop car she tried to get away in after slipping her handcuffs.
  
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• Lawsuit: Priest spent $45K on indoor pool for lavish estate

  30-03-2018 22:27
  
  MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic priest accused of embezzling more than $5 million from his central Michigan church spent about $100,000 on an indoor swimming pool and stained glass windows for his six-bedroom, 12-bathroom home, according to a lawsuit…
  
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• Grand Canyon tests change in water system serving visitors

  30-03-2018 22:27
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Crews are drilling at the bottom of the Grand Canyon to test the idea of shifting the area where water is drawn to serve millions of people at the national park's popular South Rim.
  
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• US says Security Council approves new sanctions on NKorea

  30-03-2018 22:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says it has the support of the U.N. Security Council for a new package of sanctions against North Korea.
  
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• Could enemies target undersea cables that link the world?

  30-03-2018 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths.
  
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• Congresswoman apologizes for not protecting female staffers

  30-03-2018 22:20
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Outspoken #MeToo advocate Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty finds herself in the awkward position of apologizing for not protecting female staffers from alleged violence, threats and sexual harassment by her former chief of staff.
  
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• Iowa high court says teacher's hugs with student were sexual

  30-03-2018 22:18
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a high school teacher who claimed his only physical contact with the student was hugging, finding that the hugging amounted to sexual misconduct in light…
  
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• Italian gourmet grocery pioneer Andrew Balducci dies at 92

  30-03-2018 22:16
  NEW YORK (AP) — The New Yorker who pioneered commercial sales of gourmet Italian food at his famed Greenwich Village grocery store, Balducci's, has died. Andrew Balducci was 92.
  
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• Louisiana pipeline company says vandals caused $50K damage

  30-03-2018 21:58
  BELLE ROSE, La. (AP) — The company behind a pipeline under construction in Louisiana says construction equipment vandalism has caused estimated damage of at least $50,000.
  
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• Russia ramps up diplomatic tensions, expels more UK envoys

  30-03-2018 21:57
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The crisis between Russia and the West over the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain heightened Friday as Russia ordered new cuts to the number of British envoys in the country.
  
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• In private, Trump has mused about Syria pullout for weeks

  30-03-2018 21:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's unscripted remark this week about pulling out of Syria "very soon," while at odds with his own policy, was not a one-off: For weeks, top advisers have been fretting about an overly hasty withdrawal…
  
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• Pathologist: Stephon Clark was shot 8 times, 7 from behind

  30-03-2018 21:44
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist hired by Clark's family, findings that call into question the department's assertion that the 22-year-old black man was…
  
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• The Latest: Pope presides over Way of the Cross procession

  30-03-2018 21:34
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Latest on Vatican ceremonies for Good Friday (all times local):
  
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• Circle Cinema sets free events for children and teachers amid walkout

  30-03-2018 21:30
  
  In support of a planned teacher walkout, Circle Cinema is staging screenings that will be free for students and teachers.
  
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• New Jersey fights challenge to $225 million Exxon settlement

  30-03-2018 21:00
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection is fighting an attempt by environmental groups to throw out a $225 million pollution settlement between the state and Exxon.
  
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• Dead lawyer's family to appeal prosecutor immunity ruling

  30-03-2018 21:00
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers for relatives of a Connecticut attorney found fatally shot in a wrecked vehicle intend to challenge a judge's ruling allowing a prosecutor to refuse to answer questions about how he determined there was no evidence…
  
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• The Latest: Doctor: Stephon Clark shot 7 times from behind

  30-03-2018 20:48
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by Sacramento police (all times local):
  
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• Science Says: What we know about cancer risk and coffee

  30-03-2018 20:47
  
  Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers in California, where a judge just ruled that sellers must post scary warnings about cancer risks. But some scientists and available evidence suggest that a daily cup of joe does not pose a huge…
  
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• Deadly clashes in Gaza mark start of Palestinian campaign

  30-03-2018 20:46
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinians marched to Gaza's border with Israel on Friday in the largest such demonstration in recent memory, and 15 were killed by Israeli fire on the first day of what Hamas organizers…
  
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• Police confirm bodies found in mine were missing teens

  30-03-2018 20:41
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say they've confirmed that two bodies found in an abandoned Utah mine are those of a teenage couple who disappeared nearly three months ago.
  
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• NOT REAL NEWS: Reports of Clinton probe arrests incorrect

  30-03-2018 20:41
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — No employees of the Clinton Foundation were arrested on the first day of a corruption probe, despite the claims in a widely shared online story.
  
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• 2 British IS members say hostage beheadings were a "mistake"

  30-03-2018 20:39
  
  KOBANI, Syria (AP) — Two British militants believed to have belonged to an Islamic State group cell notorious for beheading hostages in Syria said Friday that their home country's revoking of their citizenship denies them the possibility of a fair…
  
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• CORRECTS: Pathologist says Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark 7 times from behind and he took up to 10 minutes to die.

  30-03-2018 20:37
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — CORRECTS: Pathologist says Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark 7 times from behind and he took up to 10 minutes to die. (Corrects APNewsAlert to say he was shot seven times from behind instead of seven times…
  
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• The Latest: Russia claims UK police search Aeroflot flight

  30-03-2018 20:35
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the Russian ex-spy poisoning (all times local):
  
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• Teens accused of shooting at priest gathering eggs indicted

  30-03-2018 20:29
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Three teenagers accused of shooting at a priest who was gathering eggs from his Cleveland church's chicken coop have been indicted.
  
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• Texan accused of throwing toddler son out 3rd story window

  30-03-2018 20:25
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a Central Texas man has been arrested after a neighbor reported seeing him throw his 2-year-old son out a third-story window.
  
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• Police: Judge admits to stealing neighbor's underwear

  30-03-2018 20:16
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge who police say repeatedly broke into his neighbor's home to steal her underwear has been removed from the bench.
  
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