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More obstacles impede crews in Japan nuke crisis

TOKYO — Mounting problems, including badly miscalculated radiation figures and inadequate storage tanks for huge amounts of contaminated water, stymied emergency workers Sunday as they struggled to nudge Japan's stricken nuclear complex back from the edge of disaster.


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Air raids hit Gadhafi stronghold

RAS LANUF, Libya — International air raids targeted Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte for the first time Sunday night as rebels quickly closed in on the regime stronghold.


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Blue lights not being used often

Gene Burton, director of public safety, said there might not be a need for any more blue lights on campus since they are normally pushed for real emergencies about once per year.



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Analysis: Gambits abound in Wisconsin union fight

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans were accustomed to getting what they wanted after the election put Scott Walker in the governor's office and flipped legislative control to the GOP, even gaining some Democratic support for a series of economic measures in his first weeks in office. Then they took on unions.


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First female VP candidate Ferraro dies at 75

BOSTON (AP) — Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens in 1984 when she was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join his ticket.



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Expert: School shooting affects more than kids

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The shock wave from a school shooting that left a 15-year-old boy critically injured in Martinsville will be felt far beyond the classroom, said the director of a clinic that's offering counseling to children and their parents.


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Navy training linked to at least 3 dolphin deaths

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Naval training exercise that included an underwater blast off San Diego's coast has been linked to at least three dolphin deaths earlier this month, prompting a probe into whether the military violated the federal law that protects marine mammals.



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Fighting's effect on Libya civilians remains murky

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Government-organized trips to a mass funeral, a morgue, and a home officials say was damaged by a bomb have raised more questions than they answer about civilian victims of the fighting in Libya.


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LSU discusses cultural taboos, sexuality

It was an evening that made the audience laugh as well as fall silent from the personal stories of shared by Latina group and Teatro Luna at the Latino Student Union's Dinner Theater.  


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Wisconsin union law published despite court order

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials couldn't agree Friday about whether an explosive law taking away nearly all public worker collective bargaining rights was about to take effect after a nonpartisan legislative bureau published it despite a court order blocking implementation.






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