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BELLEVUE, Wash. – Republican Rob McKenna says it could take until Friday to know the winner of Washington’s closely contested governor’s race. With a little more than half the expected ballots counted, McKenna was trailing Democrat Jay Inslee by about two-and-a-half percentage points.

Officials say a volunteer elections worker is suspected of marking votes for Republicans in races a voter had left blank.

Army prosecutors say Staff Sgt. Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians in two villages this past March in an act of “sheer brutality.”

The Oregon University System says that more than 101,000 people are taking classes.

Referendum 74's passage upholds the state legislature's law allowing gay marriage in Washington.