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US-CLINTON
WASHINGTON â€" Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's trip to the turbulent Middle East highlights the Obama administration's deep concern over developments in Libya and fear that the unrest roiling the Arab world may not produce the changes demanded by increasingly vocal and emboldened anti-government protesters. By Matthew Lee.
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US-WIKILEAKS
WASHINGTON â€" Chief State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley quits after causing a stir by describing the military's treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker as "ridiculous" and "stupid," pointed words that forced President Barack Obama to defend the detention as appropriate. By Matthew Lee.
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DRUG WAR-MEXICO
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico â€" A highly touted project to bring a little peace back to this violence-wracked border city with "safe corridors" along main streets has largely collapsed with a change in policing, residents and officials say. By Olivia Torres and Lauren Villagran.
VENEZUELA-OPPOSITION-LIBYA
CARACAS, Venezuela â€" President Hugo Chavez accuses his political opponents of trying to divide the military as part of a broader plan aimed at spurring a Libya-like uprising in Venezuela following next year's presidential election. By Christopher Toothaker.
OBAMA-GUNS
WASHINGTON â€" Two months after the shooting of a U.S. congresswoman, President Barack Obama called Sunday for more stringent enforcement of existing gun laws, citing the "awful consequences" of gun violence in American society.
OBIT-MORELLO
TRENTON, New Jersey â€" Legendary jazz drummer Joe Morello, whose virtuosity and command of odd time signatures made him an integral part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet on such classic recordings as "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo a la Turk," has died at age 82. By Bruce Shipkowski.
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LAST WWI VETERAN
WASHINGTON â€" Vietnam veteran Charles D. White stood and saluted the flag-draped casket holding the body of Frank Buckles, the last American veteran of World War I. By Ben Nuckols.
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TOUR BUS ACCIDENT
NEW YORK â€" Passengers and witnesses to a horrific crash that sheared the top off a bus headed for Chinatown and killed 14 people told investigators that the driver's account of getting clipped by a tractor-trailer didn't match up to what they felt and saw before the vehicle slid off the road and into a sign pole. By Tom Hays.
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BUSINESS:
IPHONE GLITCH
NEW YORK â€" Users of Apple's iPhone peppered the Internet with complaints Sunday when their phones bungled the one-hour "spring forward" to daylight savings time that went into effect overnight.
STATE OF JOURNALISM
NEW YORK â€" The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the Internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for news, a report released Monday said.
FEATURES:
HINDUISM--VISHNU MUSEUM SHOW
NASHVILLE, Tennessee â€" Hinduism is the world's third largest religion and its oldest continuously practiced one, so it's somewhat surprising there has never been a major museum exhibition on Vishnu, one of its most important dieties. "Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior" at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts aims to introduce the artwork of the faith to a largely uninitiated audience. By Travis Loller.
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