MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another year, another campaign. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But the Republican’s courting of out-of-state donors …

British Soldier Killed In Brutal Slaying; ‘Strong Indications’ That Attack Was Terror-Related

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron says there are “strong indications” that a brutal attack in London is terror-related.

Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks on Wednesday. One man died and the two others believed to be have weapons were shot by police.

Speaking at a press conference in Paris with French President Francois Hollande, Cameron called the attack “the most appalling crime” and said there are “strong indications” that it is a terrorist incident.

Hollande says a British soldier was killed in the attack, but Cameron didn’t immediately confirm that.

Cameron said he would be cutting his trip short to return to London.

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UK Official: London Attack Could Be Terror-Related

LONDON (AP) — A British official says a violent attack near a London barracks is being investigated as a possible terrorist act.

Police said two men attacked another man on Wednesday. One man is dead and two others were injured.

U.S. Home Sales Tick Up To Highest In 3 1/2 Years

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.

The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that sales rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million, up from 4.94 million in March.

GOP Nominee In Virginia Called Three-Fifths Clause An ‘Anti-Slavery Amendment’

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia has called the Constitution’s original clause to count blacks as three-fifths of a person an “anti-slavery amendment.”

In an April 28, 2011 statement while he was a Senate candidate, conservative minister and lawyer E.W. Jackson held up the three-fifths clause as an “anti-slavery” measure. The context of his statement was to attack President Obama after a pastor at a church service he attended referred to the three-fifths clause as a historical marker of racism.

“Rev. [Charles Wallace] Smith must not have understood the 3/5ths clause was an anti-slavery amendment. Its purpose was to limit the voting power of slave holding states,” Jackson, an African-American, said in his statement.

Oklahoma Tornado Damage Could Top $2 Billion

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

Spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early tally is based on visual assessments of the extensive damage zone stretching more than 17 miles and the fact that the tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.

Reid Eyes Serial Votes On Obama Nominees In Key Nuclear Option Test

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would hold a vote on Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before the Senate skipped town for Memorial Day.

Plans change. Cordray will now most likely get his chance after immigration reform legislation clears the Senate. And not because Reid is giving up on Cordray’s nomination, but because he wants to turn Cordray and a handful of other nominees into a test of the GOP’s vows to filibuster top Obama picks, including two designated cabinet secretaries.

The move serves two purposes: First, it removes one of the largest pretexts Republicans will have to walk away from immigration reform. Second, it puts Republicans on the spot in an exquisite — and in Reid’s mind necessary — way, thus providing the nominees their best chance at confirmation, and leaving Democrats little choice, if the GOP blocks them, but to change the rules to immunize executive and judicial nominees from filibuster.

“The more likely scenario is that cloture is filed on some or all of them, because that is more substantive than a unanimous consent request,” says a senior Democratic aide. “But that determination hasn’t been made yet.”

Immigration Bill Heads To Full Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-reaching bill to remake the nation’s immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict.

Anthony Weiner Launches NYC Mayoral Bid

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner’s run for a renaissance is officially on.

Oklahoma Residents Return Home To Pick Up The Pieces

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years.