Wednesday,  Feb. 26, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 225 • 33 of 41

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• 4. HOW 'EL CHAPO' ELUDED CAPTURE FOR 13 YEARS
• The AP learns that Mexico's most powerful drug cartel leader employed the latest high-tech communications gadgetry and sophisticated counterespionage tools.
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• 5. GLIMMER OF HOPE IN CHILD OBESITY BATTLE
• U.S. researchers find that obesity among children ages 2 to 5 has decreased -- to 8 percent, from 14 percent a decade ago, a 43 percent drop.
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• 6. WHO'S BEING DOGGED BY MISSTEPS
• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may have worsened his series of blunders by stonewalling the media at every turn.
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• 7. AN EVEN SMARTER PHONE
• The AP's Anick Jesdanum reports that Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 will have a fingerprint sensor for security -- and for shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal.
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• 8. WHAT'S RAISING AVALANCHE FEARS
• New snow in the West threatens to increase this winter's death toll. Already, 17 people have died in avalanches in the U.S., 11 of them since early February.
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• 9. KERRY KENNEDY SET TO TESTIFY
• The daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is on trial for alleged drugged-driving after swerving her Lexus into a tractor-trailer.
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• 10. CALIFORNIA COUPLE FIND 'POT OF GOLD'
• The husband and wife discover $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins dating from 1847 to 1894 buried in the shadow of an old tree in their backyard.
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AP News in Brief
Obama threatens Karzai with full US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by end of year

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frustrated with his Afghan counterpart, President Barack Obama is ordering the Pentagon to accelerate planning for a full U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year. But Obama is also holding out hope

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