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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An American Indian photographer has filed a lawsuit alleging that Oklahoma law violates her constitutional right to free speech by restricting her ability to label her works as American Indian-made. Peggy Fontenot, 59, filed t...

BRAGGS, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of Oklahoma soldiers are now training in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Ukraine. The Oklahoma National Guard says members of the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are n...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback's administration said he won't propose furloughs or layoffs of state workers in his January budget proposal. Brownback spokeswoman Melika Willoughby said the Republican governor intends to propose a budget t...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by five this week to 593. A year ago, 744 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have curtailed exploration although the rig count has been rising in r...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin — a decision-by-chance that Utah and a number of other states allow to break tie...

NEW YORK (AP) — At age 99, a woman named America has become a U.S. citizen. America Maria Hernandez, who was born in Colombia in 1917 and was brought to the U.S. by one of her daughters in 1988, signed her naturalization certificate and took the oath...

NEW YORK (AP) — A motorcycle that Bruce Springsteen was riding when a group of veterans found him broken down on the side of a New Jersey road was built by none other than Billy Joel. Joel told an audience in New York on Monday he gave The Boss t...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin hunter has killed an eight-point ... doe? WLUK-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2g3FewF ) that Wayne Douville was hunting near Abrams in northeastern Wisconsin on Monday when he shot and killed a 222-pound deer that had e...

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a man shopping in New York's Grand Central Terminal suffered leg and hand burns when an e-cigarette exploded in his pants pocket. Central Cellars employee John Lee says it looked like fireworks exploding when the v...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey says the social media platform accidentally suspended his account. Dorsey tweeted Tuesday night , "just setting up my twttr.again (account suspension was an internal mistake)." The post w...

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. (AP) — A workshop on fire eating sparked a false fire alarm at a former church near Pittsburgh. Neighbors called 911 after spotting flames inside the building in McKees Rocks about 9 p.m. Monday. Firefighters arrived to find f...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Little blue pills in South Korea's presidential Blue House? President Park Geun-hye's office on Wednesday confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile dysfunction Viagra pills and the...