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    The German chancellor is considered one of the few leaders Putin will deign to hear out.

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    Officials acknowledge they don't know which direction the plane was heading when it vanished.

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    The Republican victory in Florida's special election Tuesday serves as an example for future battles over Obamacare.

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  • CIA-Senate dispute: Who's spying on whom?

    Complex story starts with waterboarding and ends in a secret CIA facility in Virginia.

    Christian Science Monitor

  • Senate investigation of CIA dogged by controversy

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A marathon Senate investigation into allegations of CIA torture during the Bush-era war on terror is veering toward partisan political territory and possibly the federal courts after unusually pointed accusations against the spy agency, including potential criminal wrongdoing.

    Associated Press

  • Fla. House race could be warning for Democrats

    CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After months of railing against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republicans scored a key victory in a hard-fought congressional race that had been closely watched as a bellwether of midterm elections in November.

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  • Pistorius trial: cricket bat, toilet door in court

    PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Kneeling in court and swinging a cricket bat at Oscar Pistorius' toilet door, a South African forensic analyst demonstrated Wednesday how the double-amputee athlete may have bashed the door to get to the girlfriend he had just fatally shot.

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  • Obama to host new Ukrainian PM at White House

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hosting the new Ukrainian prime minister at the White House, a gesture aimed at rebuking Russia and cementing the West's allegiance to Ukraine's fledgling government.

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  • $600K taken from safe at Osteen's megachurch

    HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities are investigating after $600,000 in checks and cash was stolen from a safe at Pastor Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch, which has one of the largest congregations in the country.

    Associated Press

  • Cold and snow returns after brief period of warmth

    CHICAGO (AP) — Another storm dealt yet another wintery blast to the snow-weary Midwest and a blizzard warning was issued in upstate New York on Wednesday after a day or so of spring-like temperatures teased the region.

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  • 49ers acquire Jonathan Martin from Dolphins

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  • Pistorius trial: cricket bat, toilet door shown

    PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was probably on his stumps when he fatally shot his girlfriend through a toilet door, a forensic analyst said Wednesday at the double-amputee athlete's murder trial.

    Associated Press

  • India asked to join hunt for missing plane

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia asked India to join the expanding search for the missing Boeing 777 near the Andaman Sea — far to the northwest of its last reported position and a further sign Wednesday that authorities have no idea where the plane might be more than four days after it vanished.

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  • APNewsBreak: Defense contractor to plead guilty

    HONOLULU (AP) — A civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a Chinese girlfriend half his age will be entering a guilty plea, his attorney said Tuesday.

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  • Rohingya dying from lack of health care in Myanmar

    THE' CHAUNG, Myanmar (AP) — Noor Jahan rocked slowly on the floor, trying to steady her weak body. Her chest heaved and her eyes closed with each raspy breath. She could no longer eat or speak, throwing up even spoonfuls of tea.

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  • Lagos aims to use trash to make electric power

    LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — At Lagos' largest dump, dozens of men gather to sort iron, plastic and nylon atop a 20-foot wall of garbage where hundreds of white herons compete to eat the spoils.

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  • Flobots classroom project takes off in Denver

    DENVER (AP) — The Flobots, a Denver hip-hop band that gained fame with the hit single "Handlebars," are known for social activism and supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement. Drew Elder, a senior vice president of the investment firm Janus, is more familiar with the cello than with Chuck D.

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  • Work until you die: Lifelong labor becomes the new normal

    There’s an interesting paradox happening in the U.S. labor market: Today there are more incentives than ever for a healthy, prosperous retirement. Yet over the same time period since investment options like 401(k)’s become available, people have been choosing to work further into their golden years.

  • Malaysian relative 'praying for divine intervention'

    Two suspect men who flew on a missing Malaysian airliner appear to have been Iranian illegal immigrants, officials said Tuesday, lessening fears of terrorism but shedding no light on the fate of the plane's 239 passengers and crew. On the fourth day of a multinational search at sea and on land, relatives desperate for news of loved ones aboard Malaysia Airlines MH370 said their hopes for a miracle were ebbing away. Authorities have doubled the search radius to 100 nautical miles (equivalent to 185 kilometres) around the point where the Boeing 777 disappeared from radar over the South China Sea early Saturday, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The 34-year-old son of Malaysian security guard Subramaniam Gurusamy was on the flight to do business in Beijing for an oil company.

    AFP