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U.S. Senator Rand Paul Thursday accused Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear of being “drunk with power” and said the state is living under the “dictatorship of Beshear” while making an argument to reopen the economy in an interview with a Louisville television station. “So we have a relatively weak governor under normal circumstances, but right now we’re living under the dictatorship of Beshear, and we’ve got to get out from under him,” Paul told Lawrence Smith of WDRB. “He’s killing the economy. We have to get started again, and if we’re doing it according to his rules, there are going to...

Work Stoppage to Begin 12:01 AM Local Time Pittsburgh — The United Steelworkers Union (USW) announced that it is calling for a work stoppage at the following US refineries:LyondellBasell in Houston, TX;Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, TX;Marathon Houston Green Cogeneration facility, Texas City, TX;Marathon Refinery, Catlettsburg, Ky;Shell Deer Park Refinery, Deer Park, TX;Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant, Deer Park, TX;Tesoro Anacortes Refinery, Anacortes, Wash.;Tesoro Martinez Refinery, Martinez, Calif.; andTesoro Carson Refinery, Carson, Calif.All these refineries will go on strike at 12:01 am local time.

THE only filly in the legendary US Kentucky Derby, which Hillary Clinton urged her supporters to put their money on, broke both its ankles and was destroyed on the track after the race ended. Senator Clinton will be hoping Saturday's derby does not prove to be a political omen. Runner-up Eight Belles, whom Senator Clinton had urged supporters to put their money on as the sole female runner was humanely destroyed on the track minutes after the race ended. Barack Obama, Clinton's African-American rival for the Democratic White House nomination, may draw comfort from both the winning thoroughbred's name and...