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The old adage says all politics are local. But challengers this year are convinced that national dissatisfaction with Iraq, immigration and political corruption give them an unusual chance to topple sitting governors, senators and House members. Primaries on Tuesday for governor in Alabama and California, a Senate seat in Montana …

WASHINGTON – Oil prices declined by 2 percent Wednesday after U.S. government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude-oil and gasoline. “The market looks a bit shaky,” said BNP Paribas commodity futures broker Tom Bentz, noting that traders had expected crude-oil inventories to drop. Bentz said gasoline imports also looked …

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma on Friday became the fifth state to allow the death penalty for certain sex crimes, although legal scholars questioned the constitutionality of the new state law. Under the measure signed by Gov. Brad Henry, anyone convicted twice for rape, sodomy or lewd molestation involving children under …