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prove a costly embarrassment to the White House.
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• 8. SUNSHINE REVEALS SORROWS IN WASHINGTON MUDSLIDE
• Floodwaters at the site are receding, allowing crews to expand their search_and find more human remains.
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• 9. POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL TED CRUZ TO ADDRESS YOUNG EVANGELICALS
• The Texas senator and tea party favorite is to speak before the student body of Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell.
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• 10. NOWHERE TO RUN? TRY NORTH KOREA
• Tourism companies say they are being inundated with requests to sign up for the April 13 Pyongyang marathon.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Wednesday, April 2, the 92nd day of 2014. There are 273 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On April 2, 1914, British actor Sir Alec Guinness, whose roles in a 66-year career ranged from Hamlet to Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars," was born in London.
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• On this date:
• In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition landed in present-day Florida. (Some historians say the landing actually occurred the next day, on April 3.)
• In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized establishment of the U.S. Mint.
• In 1863, during the Civil War, the Richmond Bread Riot erupted in the Confederate capital as a mob outraged over food shortages and rising prices attacked and looted stores.
• In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Ger (Continued on page 41)
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