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to talk to Assad's government at the upcoming meeting in Switzerland.
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• 6. HOW OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS AIDING IRAQIS
• The U.S. won't send troops, but has been delivering missiles to bolster government forces aiming to retake two key cities from al-Qaida.
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• 7. DEEP FREEZE COSTLY TO THE US
• The price tag from school closures, airline disruptions, lost productivity and repairs could reach $5 billion.
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• 8. MAN SURVIVES BEING STUCK UNDER TRUCK FOR HOURS IN SUBZERO TEMPS IN INDIANA
• He had crawled under his truck to loosen ice from his brakes. But it suddenly settled deeper into the snow, pinning him beneath an axle.
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• 9. AMIRI BARAKA, MILITANT MAN OF LETTERS, DIES AT 79
• The controversial U.S. poet and playwright was both revered and reviled for works that called for revolution.
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• 10. WHY IT'S BEST TO WAIT TO BUY SUPER BOWL TICKETS
• Prices are expected to drop the closer it gets to the game.
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AP News in Brief
US employers may have finished 2013 with 5th straight month of solid hiring
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Healthy U.S. economic growth in the second half of last year has raised expectations that 2013 ended with a fifth straight month of solid hiring.
• Economists predict that employers added 196,000 jobs last month, according to a survey by FactSet. That would be nearly as strong as November's robust gain of 203,000. The unemployment rate is forecast to remain at a five-year low of 7 percent.
• The Labor Department will release the December employment report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time Friday.
• From August through November, the economy added an average of 204,000 jobs a month. Another month of 200,000 or so new jobs would suggest that employ (Continued on page 28)
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