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• 8. WHY THE WEATHER IS SO EXTREME
• The AP's Seth Borenstein says the jet stream that generally rushes from west to east in a straight line has been wobbly and going north and south.
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• 9. ANOTHER BUSINESS DROPS PAULA DEEN
• Smithfield Foods, which sold hams with Deen's name on it, ended its relationship with the food celebrity after she admitted using racial slurs.
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• 10. LAST-MINUTE GOALS POWER CHICAGO TO STANLEY CUP
• Brian Bickell and Dave Bolland each scored 17 seconds apart to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins and its second Cup in four years.
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AP News in Brief
Russian FM: US demands for Snowden's extradition 'ungrounded and unacceptable'
• MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's foreign minister has rejected U.S. demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has apparently stopped in Moscow while trying to evade U.S. justice.
• Sergey Lavrov said that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border and insisted that Russia has nothing to do with him, his relations with U.S. justice or his travel plans.
• Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, he angrily lashed out at the U.S. demands for the extradition and warnings of negative consequences if Moscow fails to comply.
• Lavrov said that accusing Russia of "violation of U.S. laws and even some sort of conspiracy" with regard to Snowden is "absolutely ungrounded and unacceptable."
• He wouldn't specify the location of Snowden, who booked a Havana-bound flight from Moscow Monday but didn't show up on the plane.
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For Obama, Snowden's globe-trotting leads to diplomatic setbacks with China, possibly Russia
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- For President Barack Obama, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's globe-trotting evasion of U.S. authorities has dealt a star (Continued on page 31)
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