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WASHINGTON (AP) — Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran is leading tea party favorite Chris McDaniel in a bruising, costly Mississippi primary runoff tonight. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Cochran leads with 50.6 percent to McDaniel's 49.4 percent. In a special House election on Florida's Gulf Coast, voters chose Republican businessman Curt Clawson to replace former Rep. Trey Radel (RAY'-dul), who resigned in January after pleading guilty to cocaine possession.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a blow to the tea party movement in Oklahoma. Two-term Congressman James Lankford won the GOP nomination in the race to succeed Sen. Tom Coburn, who's stepping down with two years left in his term. In the solidly Republican state, Lankford is all but assured of becoming the next senator. In Maryland, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has won the Democratic primary for governor. If elected in November, he would become Maryland's first black governor.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (NOO'-ree ahl-MAHL'-ih-kee) is deploying the military's best-trained and equipped troops to defend Baghdad from Sunni insurgents. Al-Maliki is ready to concede, at least temporarily, the loss of much of Iraq to the insurgents. But the Shiite-led government is struggling to devise an effective strategy to fight of advances by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says he's thinking about suing President Barack Obama. Boehner accuses Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority when it comes to administering the laws that Congress passes. Boehner has often accused Obama of picking and choosing what portions of laws, sometimes by issuing executive orders.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Several homes in Indianapolis and its outskirts are damaged, and trees have been uprooted and power lines are down. But no injuries are reported. Several thunderstorms sprang up in southwestern Indiana earlier today, and the National Weather Service says a tornado struck in Hendricks County just southwest of Indianapolis. Three homes were extensively damaged.
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