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their radiation-contaminated city. • • 4. WHAT TEENS ARE SMOKING NOW • Small cigars flavored to taste like candy or fruit are popular among young people. • • 5. MURDER CHARGES FILED IN INDIAN SCHOOL POISONINGS • A principal and her husband could face execution if convicted in the deaths of 23 children who died after eating pesticide-contaminated lunches. • • 6. HUNDREDS EVACUATED ALONG MEXICAN COAST • Hurricane Raymond threatens the same area devastated by Tropical Storm Manuel in September. • • 7. RUSSIA BUS BOMBING RAISES FEARS AHEAD OF SOCHI OLYMPICS • The blast killed 6 in Volgograd, 400 miles away from the upcoming Winter Games site. • • 8. CEMETERY OKS, THEN ORDERS SPONGEBOB HEADSTONE REMOVED • The family of the slain Iraq war veteran whose Ohio grave is marked with the 7-foot likeness of the cartoon character is meeting with officials Tuesday. • • 9. FUNNY MATH IN WOMEN'S CLOTHING SIZES • While the average American woman weighs 25 pounds more than her 1960 counterpart, plus-size clothing still makes up less than 10 percent of a $190 billion industry. • • 10. WHO LET THE GIANTS WIN AT LAST • New York gets the first victory of the season with 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. •
AP News in Brief San Francisco Bay Area transit agency, unions reach tentative labor agreement, ending strike
• OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train system and its unions reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Monday (Continued on page 26)
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