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• Jennings Firefighters Ask Community To Support Restaurant Damaged By Weekend Fire

  09-04-2018 23:46
  
  The Jennings Fire Department is urging the community to support a restaurant that was damaged in an electrical fire over the weekend.
  
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• Azerbaijan's incumbent president set up for easy re-election

  09-04-2018 23:22
  
  BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Voters in the oil-rich Caspian Sea nation of Azerbaijan are set to cast ballots in a snap presidential election Wednesday that is all but certain to extend the rule of the country's long-serving leader by another…
  
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• an American in Paris Makes Regional Premiere in Tulsa

  09-04-2018 23:18
  Celebrity Attractions brings the most awarded new musical of 2015, An American in Paris , to the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for a limited engagement of only eight performances June 19-24. The Tony Award-winning production's tickets go on sale to the public Friday, April 13 at 10 a.m. Inspired by the Academy-Award winning film, An American in Paris is the romantic story about an American soldier, a mysterious French girl and an indomitable European city, each yearning for a new beginning in the
  
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• Virginia man caught in terror probe pleads guilty

  09-04-2018 23:15
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man who became the subject of an FBI investigation after his family became suspicious of his conversion to Islam pleaded guilty Monday to charges including obstruction of a terror probe and receipt of…
  
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• Burglary Suspect Shot, Killed In Delaware County Standoff

  09-04-2018 23:14
  
  One man is dead after a standoff with Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Delaware County Sheriff's Office southwest of Kansas, Oklahoma.
  
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• Indictment accuses Backpage founders of aiding prostitution

  09-04-2018 23:12
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two founders of Backpage.com and five others who work for the classified site have been indicted on federal charges in what authorities say was a scheme to knowingly facilitate prostitution by running ads for sexual services and…
  
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• Groups question police shooting at Oregon homeless shelter

  09-04-2018 23:10
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Groups and family members are raising questions about whether officers resorted to deadly force too quickly when they shot and killed a man inside a Portland, Oregon, homeless shelter who was wanted for a carjacking.
  
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• Canada town gets new shock with dead player misidentified

  09-04-2018 23:09
  
  HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — Families and friends already stunned by the deaths of 15 players and team personnel for Humboldt's youth hockey club got a new shock Monday when authorities announced that one of the dead had been misidentified.
  
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• Senators Call For Wind Industry Tax Credit Reforms For Education Funding

  09-04-2018 23:08
  
  A pair of Oklahoma senators spoke to the press concerning tax credits to the wind industry in order to help raise more money for education funding. 
  
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• Dems seek charges after SC congressman displays handgun

  09-04-2018 23:04
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Felony charges are appropriate against a South Carolina congressman who pulled out his own loaded handgun during a meeting with constituents to make a point about gun safety, the chairman of the state's Democratic Party said…
  
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• The Latest: Woman who killed 2 kids sentenced for 3rd murder

  09-04-2018 23:03
  
  FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The Latest on an Indiana woman serving a 130-year sentence for fatally smothering her two young children (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Solicitor recuses self from congressman gun case

  09-04-2018 23:01
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on a South Carolina congressman who pulled out a loaded handgun during a constituent meeting (all times local):
  
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• Update: Suspect in Delaware County hostage situation shot and killed by law enforcement

  09-04-2018 23:00
  
  This story is developing. Check tulsaworld.com for updates.
  
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• The Latest: Witness describes Portland police shooting

  09-04-2018 22:59
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal police shooting in Portland, Oregon (all times local):
  
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• Prosecutor says Cosby paid accuser nearly $3.4M

  09-04-2018 22:57
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby paid nearly $3.4 million to the woman he is charged with sexually assaulting, a prosecutor revealed to jurors Monday, answering one of the biggest questions surrounding the case as the comedian's retrial got underway.
  
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• The Latest: California man ride 55 hours to attend MLK march

  09-04-2018 22:56
  ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on a church service and march in Atlanta marking the 50th anniversary of the funeral of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (all times local):
  
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• Attorney: Federal agents seize documents from Trump lawyer

  09-04-2018 22:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents on Monday raided the offices of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, who has been under intense public scrutiny for weeks over a $130,000 payment to a porn actress who says she had sex…
  
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• Trump threatens Syria strike, suggests Russia shares blame

  09-04-2018 22:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising a decision within hours, President Donald Trump threatened a military strike against Syria and declared on Monday that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility for Saturday's apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians will…
  
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• 16 states fight Texas lawsuit targeting health overhaul

  09-04-2018 22:50
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen Democratic attorneys general pushed back Monday against a Texas lawsuit aimed at striking down former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
  
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• The Latest: UN envoy for Syria warns of escalating tensions

  09-04-2018 22:47
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
  
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• Border Patrol: Wall in New Mexico to be 'serious structure'

  09-04-2018 22:45
  A new wall being constructed along a 20-mile (32-kilometer) stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico as part of President Donald Trump's fight against drug trafficking and illegal immigration is being advertised as a "very serious structure" made…
  
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• Woman critically injured while attempting to cross north Tulsa street

  09-04-2018 22:44
  A woman was critically injured Monday afternoon after she attempted to cross a north Tulsa road.
  
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• Salmonella in chicken salad kills 1, sickens 265 in 8 states

  09-04-2018 22:42
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Chicken salad made by an Iowa food processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores in the Midwest sickened 265 people in eight states and caused one death in Iowa from salmonella contamination, the U.S. Centers…
  
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• Police: GPS failed to warn bus driver before overpass crash

  09-04-2018 22:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The out-of-state driver of a charter bus full of high school students that crashed into a low-hanging overpass on a Long Island parkway was using a non-commercial GPS device that didn't warn him about the hazard…
  
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• FBI Raids Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen's Office

  09-04-2018 22:36
  
  The F.B.I. raided Trump attorney Michael Cohen's office and seized material material related to, among other things, his payments to porn actress Stephanie Clifford, CBS News' Pat Milton confirms.
  
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• Detention Officer Arrested For Bringing Contraband To Inmates In Haskell County

  09-04-2018 22:17
  
  A detention officer in Haskell County has been arrested for bringing contraband to inmates.
  
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• This strange syndrome causes people to think their loved ones have been replaced by identical impostors

  09-04-2018 21:30
  Capgras often accompanies a type of dementia, but head trauma seems to set it off, too.
  
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• Kremlin aide: Russia's centuries-long romance with West over

  09-04-2018 21:23
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has abandoned its centuries-long aspirations of integrating into the West and is bracing for a new era of "geopolitical loneliness," a top adviser to President Vladimir Putin warned in a magazine article released Monday.
  
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• Danville man fatally shot by police; investigation underway

  09-04-2018 21:18
  DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police are investigating the fatal weekend shooting of a 25-year-old man by Danville officers.
  
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• The Latest: Russia says 3,000 leave Syria's Douma

  09-04-2018 21:15
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local):
  
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• Facebook users to learn if they were part of privacy scandal

  09-04-2018 21:14
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is scheduled to begin notifying users Monday if their data has been swept up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it isn't clear if it's started yet.
  
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• Atlantic City casino earnings up 22.5 percent in 2017

  09-04-2018 21:14
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Less competition has led to higher profits for Atlantic City's casinos in 2017 — but will it last with two more casinos soon to join the mix?
  
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• Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1 trillion by 2019

  09-04-2018 21:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The combined effect of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget…
  
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• Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2019

  09-04-2018 21:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The combined effect of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the government's budget deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget…
  
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• GOP Senate chairman backs Pruitt as ethics probes expand

  09-04-2018 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the Senate Environment Committee voiced support Monday for Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, even as other Republicans expressed concern about Pruitt's ethics and spending on security and travel.
  
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• 12 years' prison for "cocaine cowboys" pilot for stolen cars

  09-04-2018 21:12
  MIAMI (AP) — A judge has handed a 12-year prison sentence to a smuggler who flew loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami's "cocaine cowboys" era in the 1980s for his recent participation in an auto theft ring.
  
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• The Latest: Facebook users await word on privacy scandal

  09-04-2018 21:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Facebook's privacy scandal (all times local):
  
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• Jurors convict Army veteran in killing, burying wife

  09-04-2018 21:03
  
  SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A jury needed only 40 minutes to reach a guilty verdict Monday after an Army veteran accused of killing his wife and burying her body with flowers, a bag of potato chips and a bottle of…
  
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• Mississippi prison comes under fire during federal trial

  09-04-2018 20:58
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi has "abandoned its responsibility to provide basic needs" to inmates at a privately run prison that is excessively violent and fails to provide proper medical care, an attorney for the prisoners said…
  
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• Israel blamed for Syria missile strike; 14 reported killed

  09-04-2018 20:57
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — International condemnation grew over a suspected poison gas attack in a rebel-held town near Damascus said to have been carried out by the Syrian government, while Syria and its main ally, Russia, blamed Israel for airstrikes on…
  
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• The Latest: Oklahoma teacher strike to extend a 7th day

  09-04-2018 20:56
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on Oklahoma's teacher walkout (all times local):
  
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• Arizona sends 225 troops to Mexico border, more heading soon

  09-04-2018 20:56
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state's National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico border to support President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
  
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• Police: Bus driver didn't brake before hitting overpass

  09-04-2018 20:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the driver of a charter bus full of high school students didn't brake before hitting a low-hanging overpass on a Long Island parkway where commercial traffic is prohibited.
  
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• Forget April showers, Midwest covered under blanket of snow

  09-04-2018 20:54
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — People in the Midwest woke up Monday to a scene that looked a lot more like January than April.
  
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• At the EEOC, harassment cases can languish for years

  09-04-2018 20:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency handling workplace harassment complaints has become a crowded waystation in an overwhelmed bureaucracy, with wait times often stretching years. And as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission takes on renewed significance in light of the…
  
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