WASHINGTON (AP) ? Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress.

Even as he sought to pressure fellow Democrats, Burris signaled there were limits to his rebelliousness. "I'm not going to make a scene. I don't want to give you all a circus," he told reporters asking whether he intended to breach protocol by attempting to walk uninvited onto the Senate floor on Tuesday.

The 71-year-old veteran of Illinois politics was still en route from his home state when Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he would not be permitted to take his seat w
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress.

Even as he sought to pressure fellow Democrats, Burris signaled there were limits to his rebelliousness. "I'm not going to make a scene. I don't want to give you all a circus," he told reporters asking whether he intended to breach protocol by attempting to walk uninvited onto the Senate floor on Tuesday.
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Temperatures are expected to slowly warm across Oklahoma beginning Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, daytime highs will approach seasonable levels, with a chance of rain lingering in southeastern areas of the state. By Wednesday, an Arctic airmass over the region will retreat and milder conditions are expected to overtake Oklahoma, forecasters said. On Monday, skies were cloudy and temperatures ranged from 31 degrees in McAlester to 49 in Guymon. Daytime highs peaked at 34 degrees in Muskogee and Oklahoma City and reached 36 degrees in Guthrie, Hobart, Lawton and Tulsa, according to the weather service. Skies should be mainly cloudy on Tuesday, with rain possible in extreme southeast Oklahoma. Highs should reach the
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Police say the victim of a weekend drive by shooting was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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