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RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi say a tea party official has apparently committed suicide -- just days after Sen. Thad Cochran won a nasty Republican primary over a tea-party-backed rival. The body of Mark Mayfield was found this morning in the garage of his home -- with a gun and a suicide note nearby. Mayfield was facing charges of conspiring to take photos of Cochran's wife inside a nursing home where she has lived for years with dementia.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's top Shiite cleric is putting more pressure on the country's political factions. He's calling on them to agree on the next prime minister before the newly-elected parliament convenes next week. The lawmakers are supposed to clear the way for an inclusive government, as Sunni militants capture large areas of Iraq. Amid the insurgency, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is fighting to keep his job.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a move that symbolizes the collapse of the latest U.S. effort to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. The U.S. special Mideast envoy, Martin Indyk (IHN'-dihk), has resigned to return to a Washington think-tank. The resignation comes as relations between Israel and the Palestinians are at a low point, with little hope for a resumption of talks.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A court decision in Iowa today is a victory for the rights of disabled students. The state's highest court ordered the nation's leading chiropractic college to make accommodations that would allow blind students to complete degrees. The college had contended that eyesight is a critical requirement for chiropractors, who adjust the spines of patients to treat back pain. But the court pointed out that many chiropractors rely on outside experts to take patient X-rays. Still, a dissenting justice says today's decision "elevates political correctness over common sense."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A water park in Kansas has been forced to delay the opening of the world's tallest water slide for the third time. And it hasn't set a new date for the debut. Earlier this week, there were problems with a conveyor system that hauls 100-pound rafts to the top of the 17-story, 168-foot-tall slide.
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