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• Avoiding lofty goals, he'll instead announce smaller proposals -- such as job-training initiatives -- during his prime-time address.
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• 2. UKRAINIAN PREMIER SUBMITS RESIGNATION
• Mykola Azarov quits in order to encourage what he calls "social-political compromise" in the crisis-torn country.
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• 3. SOUTHERNERS WARNED OF ICY MESS
• A blast of freezing precipitation could scatter snow and ice across the Deep South, a rare occurrence in places that seldom even see prolonged sub-freezing temperatures.
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• 4. OUSTED EGYPTIAN LEADER FACES TRIAL
• Morsi stands inside a glass-encased metal cage for the start of a new trial over charges from prison breaks during the country's 2011 revolution.
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• 5. WHO WANTS TO PREVENT SPYING ON ITS SPIES
• The AP has learned the U.S. government is funding research aimed at coming up with a way to encrypt searches of electronic records.
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• 6. WHAT APPLE NEEDS TO GET ITS STOCK RISING AGAIN
• Slowing sales growth of hit products like the iPhone and iPad means the world's most valuable company needs another breakthrough innovation.
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• 7. LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES TO LETHAL INJECTIONS FOR EXECUTIONS
• Concerns over supplies of drugs and their effectiveness raise the possibility of a return to firing squads, electrocutions or gas chambers.
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• 8. FARM-STATE LEGISLATORS PUSHING MASSIVE BILL IN HOUSE
• A five-year farm bill has goodies that appeal to members of Congress from both parties and all regions of the country.
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• 9. TODDLERS SEEM TO LOVE SELFIES AS MUCH AS THEIR PARENTS DO
• Some experts wonder about the impact a barrage of self-images will have on the first truly "smartphone generation."
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