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• WWE thrills Saudi Arabia, and shocks with Iran flag

  27-04-2018 23:50
  
  The WWE's show in Saudi Arabia on Friday was the first in the country with women and children present, but also offended some with an Iranian flag.
  
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• Authorities ask for help identifying armed robbery suspects

  27-04-2018 22:24
  
  The Circle K at 3280 W. Valencia Road was robbed by two men, one of whom cocked and pointed a shotgun at the clerk when he demanded money from the register.
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: A Cosby Sweater

  27-04-2018 21:37
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• Wildcats land Samford transfer Justin Coleman

  27-04-2018 21:12
  
  Samford graduate transfer Justin Coleman announced on Twitter that he will play for Arizona next season. 
  
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• Federal lawsuit: Carthage ISD failed to discipline football player accused of recording nude video of students

  27-04-2018 20:10
  
  The mother of a Carthage High School student is suing the district and several officials, alleging the district failed to discipline a football player who she says secretly recorded her daughter while she was nude and circulated the video around the school.
  
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• TDOT: No timetable on when I-40 East will reopen in downtown Nashville

  27-04-2018 20:08
  
  Interstate 40 East is closed in downtown Nashville after a truck crashed into an overpass.
  
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• Your local post office could become a bank

  27-04-2018 19:22
  
  The Postal Banking Act is aimed at low-income and working-class Americans who have limited access to commercial banking.
  
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• Mexican students allegedly dissolved in acid by rapper

  27-04-2018 18:37
  
  Mexican film students allegedly dissolved in acid by aspiring rapper.
  
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• KOLD HERO: Larry Hecker

  27-04-2018 18:29
  
  Larry Hecker turns 95-years-old in just a few weeks. However, he's busy around the clock at work, and inspiring others. 
  
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• Police ID woman wanted in rare butterfly theft

  27-04-2018 18:25
  
  Cincinnati police have identified the woman who is accused of stealing a rare butterfly from a local facility. 
  
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• Police: Exotic butterfly thief arrested

  27-04-2018 18:25
  
  Springfield Twp. police have arrested the woman who is accused of stealing a rare butterfly from a special exhibit in Cincinnati. 
  
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• SILVER ALERT: Woman missing from Fort Mohave, AZ

  27-04-2018 17:41
  
  According to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 71-year-old Carolin Loring has been missing since Thursday, April 26. She is described as white with blondish/gray hair, cut above the shoulders; hazel eyes; 4-foot-11, 120 pounds. Her upper front teeth are missing.
  
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• Authorities cancel Silver Alert for missing Fort Mohave woman

  27-04-2018 17:41
  
  According to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, 71-year-old Carolin Loring was found on Friday and is in good health.
  
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• Status of Southern University band director unclear

  27-04-2018 17:25
  
  Questions are swirling around Southern University Friday morning about whether the director of the university's famed marching band is still employed there.
  
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• 10-year-old boy dies after tripping, falling under school bus

  27-04-2018 16:00
  
  A 10-year-old boy died on Friday morning, April 27 after being run over by a school bus in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
  
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• Mother hopes social media can help find late daughter's organ recipients

  27-04-2018 15:07
  
  Julia Griffin lost her life on Aug. 28, 2016 at just 15-years-old. 
  
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• One person dead after wreck involving school bus

  27-04-2018 14:49
  
  The driver of a vehicle has died from injuries she received during an automobile accident involving the car she was driving and a school bus.
  
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• GRAPHIC: Toddler needs prosthetic ears after dog attack

  27-04-2018 14:37
  
  Arial Canen lost her ears and her family said insurance won't cover the procedure she needs for new ones.
  
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• Educators marching to Ducey's Tucson office to get legislators' attention

  27-04-2018 14:33
  
  The culmination of the week's events come Friday morning as educators and their supporters march from the Mercado to Gov. Doug Ducey's Tucson office.
  
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• Educators march to Ducey's Tucson office to get legislators' attention

  27-04-2018 14:33
  
  The culmination of the week's events come Friday morning as educators and their supporters march from the Mercado to Gov. Doug Ducey's Tucson office.
  
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• Mississippi girl earns full-ride scholarship to Harvard

  27-04-2018 14:18
  
  She's the former state president of Mississippi HOSA, president of the first NAACP chapter in Jefferson Davis County, president of the Beta Club, president of Mu Alpha Theta chapter for three years. Those are only some of the accomplishments of a Bassfield girl. Perhaps the biggest one thus far, is an acceptance letter and a full ride Bill Gates Scholarship to Harvard University. This young woman exudes brains, beauty, and faith.    
  
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• Subway expects to close hundreds of locations in North America, expand overseas

  27-04-2018 14:01
  
  Media reports this week said the world's largest restaurant chain would close about 500 stores, but a Subway spokesperson said that was a projected, unconfirmed number.
  
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• 3 teens killed in overnight accident in Florence

  27-04-2018 13:54
  
  Three teens were killed in a late night wreck in Lauderdale County.
  
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• Body of missing Tucson man found, 2 suspects in custody

  27-04-2018 10:48
  TUCSON, AZ - The body of missing Tucson man, 66-year-old Timothy Abriola has been found, according to the Tucson Police Department and two suspects are in custody. Abriola's body was discovered in a desert area southeast of San Xavier Mission, with sharp force trauma, according to TPD.
  
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• 89 graves found at Texas construction site

  27-04-2018 09:42
  
  Archaeologists in Texas are working to identify the remains found in 89 graves at a construction site.
  
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• NFL Draft: Oakland Raiders select OT Kolton Miller of UCLA

  27-04-2018 08:35
  OCTOBER 14: UCLA Bruins offensive lineman Kolton Miller goes to block Arizona Wildcats defensive end DeAndre' Miller during a college football game between the UCLA Bruins and Arizona Wildcats on October 14, 2017, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ. Arizona defeated UCLA 47-20.
  
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• 'Truth prevails': Cosby accuser hails guilty verdict

  27-04-2018 07:29
  
  Prosecutors say the public has now seen 'the real Bill Cosby'; the comedian was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion.
  
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• Family of geese might have caused 5-car crash

  27-04-2018 07:29
  
  It wasn’t long after the geese made their way onto the highway that cars began trying to avoid hitting them, which could have led to a five-car crash in the middle of the road.
  
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• Cosby could spend rest of life in prison for sex assault

  27-04-2018 07:29
  
  Prosecutors say the public has now seen 'the real Bill Cosby'; the comedian was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion.
  
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• Cosby confined to his home as team decries 'public lynching'

  27-04-2018 07:29
  
  Prosecutors say the public has now seen 'the real Bill Cosby'; the comedian was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion.
  
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• National Prescription Drug Take Back day event

  27-04-2018 05:15
  
  This Saturday, April 26 everyone can take a simple but important step forward to protect family, friends, and the community by participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
  
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• Teachers say walkout will continue as long as needed

  27-04-2018 04:03
  
  More than a thousand teachers, supporters and staff lined Broadway at Congress and Granada amid a sea honking horns, cheers and waves as the cars passed by showing their support. The teachers promised to paint the street red and they didn't disappoint. 
  
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• Teachers say walk out will continue as long as needed

  27-04-2018 04:03
  
  More than a thousand teachers, supporters and staff lined Broadway at Congress and Granada amid a sea honking horns, cheers and waves as the cars passed by showing their support. The teachers promised to paint the street red and they didn't disappoint. 
  
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• Tom Brokaw denies sexual misconduct claim by ex-NBC reporter

  27-04-2018 03:49
  
  A woman who worked as a war correspondent for NBC News says Tom Brokaw groped her, twice tried to forcibly kiss her and made inappropriate overtures attempting to have an affair.
  
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• 4 Alabama players taken in first round of 2018 NFL Draft

  27-04-2018 03:24
  
  Four Alabama Crimson Tide players have been taken in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
  
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• Doctor arrested after threatening to 'slit' employees' throats

  27-04-2018 02:46
  
  According to a license suspension order from the Georgia Composite Medical Board on Feb. 21, Patterson yelled expletives at employees in her office and repeatedly threatened to "slit their throats."
  
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• Sierra Vista man facing charges for kidnapping, attempted murder

  27-04-2018 02:36
  
  A local man was arrested Thursday, April 26 on charges that include kidnapping and attempted murder stemming from an incident that began in the early morning hours at a residence located in east Sierra Vista. 
  
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• ONLY ON KOLD: The worst road in Pima County and why you may be paying for it

  27-04-2018 02:03
  
  A five-mile stretch of Ruby Road near Arivaca was once called "the worst maintained" road in Pima County. The county has spent plenty to try to fix it but thinks someone else should be on the hook the next time.
  
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• Man attempts to smuggle $809K in meth in a cargo of mangoes

  27-04-2018 01:42
  
  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested a man from Mexico, in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle almost 270 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States on Wednesday, April 25.
  
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• Fire closes Highway 92 near Hereford

  27-04-2018 01:42
  COCHISE COUNTY, AZ - A fire has closed State Route 92 in both directions from Ramsey Canyon Road to Hereford Road, according to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. CCSO deputies responded to an assist call at 1:51 p.m. Thursday, April 26 for a fire on Calle Cereza.
  
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• Fatal crash at Dodge and Alvernon in Tucson

  27-04-2018 01:42
  TUCSON, AZ - Authorities are working a fatal crash near Dodge Boulevard and Alvernon Way in Tucson Thursday afternoon. Traffic will be heavily restricted in the area until at least 6 p.m. Drivers are being diverted from northbound Alvernon way at Paradise Falls, eastbound Alvernon at River and northbound Dodge at Kleindale.
  
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• Video shows SC inmates set fire in top-security prison cell

  27-04-2018 01:26
  
  Inside the maximum security prison where inmates were killed in deadly riots, at Lee Correctional Institution, new video shows smoke from a fire the Department of Corrections says inmates set on Tuesday. 
  
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• UPDATE: Dodge, Alvernon back open after fatal crash

  27-04-2018 00:57
  
  Authorities are working a fatal crash near Dodge Boulevard and Alvernon Way in Tucson Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Fire closes Highway 92 near Hereford

  27-04-2018 00:56
  
  A fire has closed Highway 92 near Hereford, according to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.  CCSO deputies responded to an assist call at 1:51 p.m. Thursday, April 26 for a fire on Calle Cereza.  
  
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• CCSO: Highway 92 back open, crews are in the mop up process

  27-04-2018 00:56
  
  All roads are now open in the Carr Fire area and fire personnel are in the mop up process, according to the Cochise County Sheriff's Office. 
  
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