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of vacation Bible school. • Carnahan said the teenagers refused to let the storm force them to give up their mission. The group spent Wednesday cleaning up debris. Bible school was expected to resume Thursday. •
10 Things to Know for Today The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: • 1. IT'S FREEDOM FOR ARIZONA WOMAN • Yanira Maldonado is released from a Mexican jail after security footage found she made no attempt to smuggle drugs on a U.S.-bound bus. • • 2. SYRIA SAID TO BE BUYING MiGs • A Russian arms manufacturer tells news agencies it is signing a contract to deliver at least 10 fighter jets to the Assad regime. • • 3. EUROPE SETS ANOTHER JOBLESS RECORD • Unemployment across the 17 EU countries that use the euro hit another record high in April, and could breach the 20 million mark this year. • • 4. WHAT LINKS RICIN-LACED LETTERS • A suspicious letter sent to the White House is similar to the ricin-laced mail sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. • • 5. QUICK! SPELL "KNAIDEL" • Arvind Mahankali, 13, did it to win the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee. If you're wondering, it means a small mass of dough. • • 6. RETRAINING K-9s TO SNIFF THE RIGHT STUFF • Now that marijuana is legal in Washington state, dogs are being trained to ignore pot so police can focus on other drugs. • • 7. WHAT MAKES THIS HOUSE SALE UNIQUE • A Dallas boarding house is on the market and the allure comes from one of its former occupants: Lee Harvey Oswald, who once lived there for about six weeks in 1963.
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