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• An AP analysis finds millions of middle-class jobs are disappearing, replaced by technology. • • 5. TEXAS COLLEGE GUNFIRE SPARKS FEARS OF MASS SHOOTING • Three people were wounded at the Houston-area college and one of the wounded was charged with assault. • • 6. GENERAL CLEARED IN EMAIL INQUIRY • The Pentagon reviewed more up to 30,000 pages of emails between Gen. John Allen and a Tampa socialite, but found no misconduct. • • 7. WHO MIGHT LEAVE THE EUROPEAN UNION • British Prime Minister David Cameron says that if his party wins the next election he'll let voters decide whether to leave the EU. • • 8. THE COLDEST PLACE IN THE U.S. • Temperatures in Embarrass, Minn., rose to 15 below on Tuesday night from 36 below zero the day before as a deep freeze moved east. • • 9. LISTEN UP: BEYONCE GOES SILENT WHEN ASKED ABOUT LIP SYNCING • Questions swirl about whether the singer's voice was pre-recorded for her rendition of the national anthem. • • 10. SERENA'S GRAND SLAM REIGN ENDS • Williams' loss in the Australian Open quarterfinals to teenager Sloane Stephens was her first defeat in a major since last year's French Open. •
AP News in Brief House Republicans seek to defuse debt crisis with vote on 3-month increase in borrowing limit
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- With tacit support from President Barack Obama, House Republicans are moving to try to defuse a potential debt crisis with legislation to prevent an economy-rattling fiscal crisis for at least three months. • The GOP legislation marks a tactical retreat by House Speaker John Boehner, (Continued on page 39)
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