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breaking the city's 1962 record of 16 degrees.
• The forecast calls for high temperatures ranging from the 30s to the 60s the rest of the week, and overnight lows no lower than the upper teens.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press

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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. NEARLY 300 PEOPLE ARE MISSING AFTER KOREAN BOAT SINKS
• The accident involving a ferry that was headed to a tourist island killed three passengers and many more are feared dead.
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• 2. END OF NYPD DEMOGRAPHICS UNIT APPLAUDED
• The controversial program tracked the daily lives of Muslims -- where they lived, shopped, worked and prayed -- in an effort to detect terror threats.
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• 3. CHINA'S ECONOMY SLOWS DOWN FURTHER
• Figures indicate the world's second largest economy grew at 7.4% so far this year, its slowest rate since late 2012.
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• 4. WHAT ONE MAN WON'T LEAVE UNFINISHED
• An amputee runner recruits_and inspires_two other amputees to come with him to finish the Boston Marathon, interrupted by last year's terror attack.
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• 5. MOSCOW STILL WILLING TO MEET UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
• Despite rising tensions in eastern Ukraine, Russia says it will attend international talks in Geneva on Thursday aimed at ending the crisis.
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• 6. WHO GETS A PEEK AT THE NEW SAT
• Anxious students -- and their parents -- can check out sample questions showing what the test will look like in 2016.
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• 7. UN: IRAN NUKE THREAT DIMINISHING
• The world body is set to release a report saying that Tehran's ability to make a

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