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CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a Grady County inmate who died Thursday night.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After more than a week of fear that an impostor police officer was pulling over motorists and killing them, police in northwestern Mississippi said Friday that a suspect in two roadside slayings was arrested.

WASHINGTON (AP) — China may have started work on it first domestically built aircraft carrier and is likely to produce a number of carriers over the next decade as part of an aggressive effort to modernize its military, the Pentagon ...

MIAMI, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says it's looking into the death of a 5-year-old boy in Ottawa County.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit same-sex marriages.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act and rejected a challenge by an Alabama county to the landmark civil rights law.

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a motorcycle and car collided in Broken Arrow.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has backed indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for U.S. citizens seized on American soil.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Lottery officials are looking for the owner of a $2 million ticket from Wednesday's Powerball drawing.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities in Mississippi said early Friday they have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings that happened late at night along desolate stretches.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa say a 2-year-old who's been missing for the past two weeks has been found safe.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The voyeurism conviction of a missing Utah woman's father-in-law may not be the last of his legal troubles, as an attorney said Thursday she is working on a lawsuit that could keep pressure on Steve Powell.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as they press cuts to foreign aid, food stamps and a host of domestic programs, Republicans running the House of Representatives are opting against any further cuts to their own office budgets.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The governor and other state officials would be prohibited from banning or confiscating firearms during a state of emergency under a bill signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin.