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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to resign Friday
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has agreed to resign as part of a deal reached this week with city officials, NBC San Diego has learned. Filner, spotted leaving City Hall with packing boxes Wednesday night,...
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Fenton high school teacher named tops in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A social studies teacher from Fenton has been chosen as the Missouri teacher of the year.Besides teaching, Jamie Manker also is a department chair at Rockwood Summit High...
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Belgian police report $1.75 billion drug bust
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian prosecutor's office says a three-nation investigation has led to one of the biggest seizures of synthetic drugs in Europe, a haul of core products to create Ecstasy pills...
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Fierce clashes in suburbs of Syrian capital
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops and opposition fighters clashed Friday during fierce battles in suburbs of the Syrian capital where the opposition claims a chemical weapons attack this week killed more...
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Czech Republic to hold snap election
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Milos Zeman says he will dissolve Parliament's lower house on Wednesday call an early election for Oct.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Obama: Syria attack a 'big event of grave concern'
AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama says a possible chemical weapons attack in Syria this week is a "big event of grave concern" that has hastened the timeframe for determining a U.S....
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Microsoft says CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who took over the helm of the world's largest software company from founder Bill Gates, will retire within the next 12 months.Microsoft Corp.Read more on...
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Daughter of accused Ohio mom: I didn't want fight
CINCINNATI (AP) — A jury is expected to finish hearing testimony about a woman accused of helping her teenage daughter beat up a fellow student inside a Cincinnati high school classroom.The woman's...
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San Diego officials to weigh mayoral agreement
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Mayor Bob Filner, besieged by sexual harassment allegations, sat down to the negotiating table with a key bargaining chip: His refusal to resign.Now that a tentative deal aimed at...
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Twin explosions kill 27 in north Lebanese city
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Twin car bombs exploded outside mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli Friday, killing at least 27 people, wounding over 350 and wreaking major destruction in the...
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U.S. gun culture is 'corrupting the world,' Australia ex-deputy PM says after...
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Furious at the killing of an Australian college baseball player in Oklahoma, a senior figure in the victim's home country blamed the “gun culture” of United States for the...
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Some Canadian oil-sands producers have started considering crude exports from...
Canada's landlocked oil-sands producers have sought to access markets beyond North America in recent years.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Oklahoma County real estate transactions for Aug. 24
Real dealsTransactionsNAI Sullivan Group reports the following real estate transactions:• Edmond Public School System paid $3 million to IPE Inc.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Smiles come with turning dirt at Edmond project
BY DIANA BALDWIN dbaldwin@opubco.comEDMOND— Deputy Police Chief Steve Thompson wore a smile as he took off his police uniform hat and replaced it with a white hard hat.Thompson had reason to smile.Read...
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Women's prison in McLoud prepares to build chapel
BY CARLA HINTON chinton@opubco.comMCLOUD— Sheila Hargis didn't think she'd ever see the day, and she almost missed it with her parole from the state's maximum-security prison for women coming in a...
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How to help with the chapel project
How to helpFor more information about the new Mabel Bassett Correctional Center prison chapel, or to donate to the chapel building fund, call the Rev.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Edmond considers cutting back on paratransit service
BY DIANA BALDWIN dbaldwin@opubco.comEDMOND— Mark Maddy relies on his wheelchair and Edmond's paratransit service to get to the University of Central Oklahoma where he is an assistant professor.But...
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Children of the American Revolution meet in Oklahoma City
BY WILLIAM MELTONThe Oklahoma state society of the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution hosted the South Central Regional Meeting last month in Oklahoma City.The national theme...
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Former Oklahoma County workers lose age discrimination case
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City federal jury rejected age-discrimination claims Friday from eight former Oklahoma County road crew workers who said they were fired because they...
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Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center promotes math, science program
BY DAVID KOONCECHOCTAW— For Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center, 2012 was an outstanding year.Read more on NewsOK.com
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