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Mississippi heat and other headlines

Morning headlines: results from yesterday's primaries, another elderly voter disenfranchised in Alabama, NRA apologizes for criticizing open-carry activists.
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Chris McDaniel promises a victory to a late night audience Tuesday July 3, 2014, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Miss. McDaniel and six...

The Mississippi Republican Senate primary appears to be heading for a runoff. (Jackson Clarion-Ledger)

Runoff elections are a relic of the Democratic South. (Washington Post)

Want to know who won the other primaries yesterday?  (Washington Post)

Another elderly voter turned away at the Alabama polls for lack of ID. (AL.com)

And of course at least 3 people exercised their right to carry guns into their polling place. (AL.com)

NRA calls open-carry criticism a 'mistake.' (USA Today)

Taliban video purportedly shows handoff of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (NBC News)

In pictures, remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre. (Mashable)

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