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Tulsa, OK – A political analyst says Oklahoma's strong oil and natural gas industry plus low unemployment and relatively stable housing contributed to Republican John McCain's wide margin of victory in the state.

McCain won 66 percent of the vote in Oklahoma which is his biggest margin of victory.

Nationwide Democrat Barack Obama won in a landslide.

University of Oklahoma political science professor Keith Gaddie says things are going well in Oklahoma and voters saw no reason to punish Republicans.

Dallas, TX – A lost painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci (REE'-chee) has turned up in a Dallas warehouse after a 300-year journey.

That journey has seen Ricci's ``The Vision of St. Bruno'' change hands from a European nobleman playboy to a Missouri fur trader and finally to generations of an American family.

The discovery came only after the family asked an art expert to take a look at the 3-by-4-food painting depicting a robed St. Bruno glancing up to a colorful group of angels.

Oklahoma City, OK – Records show Oklahoma's American Indian tribes have donated nearly $900,000 to candidates for local, state and national offices this year.

And in the last two years the tribes have given another $1.16 million to state and national political committees and political parties.

A copyright report by The Oklahoman says federal records show Oklahoma tribes are second to California in donations to federal campaigns.