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• 5. PROBE OF TEXAS DA'S DEATH FOCUSES ON EX-JUSTICE
• Eric Lyle Williams, in jail since this weekend, was convicted of theft in a case prosecuted by Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland.
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• 6. KEY GOP SUPPORT FOR GUN CONTROL BILL
• Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she would vote for a compromise on background checks, and Sen. John McCain said he was "favorably disposed" to it.
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• 7. ONE DEAD AFTER DUG OUT OF AVALANCHE, ONE MISSING
• It took rescue groups five or six hours to reach the snowshoer after a pair of spring avalanches struck hiking groups in the Cascade Mountains near Seattle.
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• 8. NYPD TACTIC UNDER SCRUTINY
• A court ruling casts a harsh light on using planted, unattended wallets and "bait cars" to snare crooks.
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• 9. BIEBER OFFENDS WITH ANNE FRANK COMMENT
• The pop star wrote in the guest book at the Amsterdam museum memorializing the Holocaust victim that he hopes she "would have been a Belieber."
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• 10. THE FIRST AUSSIE TO WEAR THE GREEN JACKET
• Adam Scott beats Angel Cabrera on the second hole of a soggy playoff to win the Masters.
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AP News in Brief
Maduro to take over Chavez's revolution after tight election win rejected by the opposition
• CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, has won Venezuela's presidential election by a stunningly narrow margin that highlights rising discontent over problems ranging from crime to power blackouts. His rival demanded a recount, portending more headaches for a country shaken by the death of its dominating leader.
• One key Chavista leader made known his dismay over the outcome of Sunday's (Continued on page 18)
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