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• New numbers on "Obamacare" enrollment are encouraging to the president, but still to be announced is how many of those were previously uninsured.
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• 6. HOLY WEEK COMMEMORATIONS CONTINUE
• Christians are marking Good Friday with prayers and processions through Jerusalem's Old City, while Pope Francis joins a torch-lit Via Crucis procession later in the day.
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• 7. HOW THE OFFICER KILLED AFTER BOSTON BOMBINGS IS BEING REMEMBERED
• Sean Collier will be honored in a ceremony at MIT, and some 25 friends and family will run the marathon to raise money for a scholarship fund named for him.
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• 8. CHINA SAYS ONE-FIFTH OF ITS FARMLAND IS POLLUTED
• The admission by Beijing is a stunning indictment of unfettered industrialization under the Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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• 9. NEW DETAILS ABOUT DEATH DURING A LONG 911 CALL
• Search warrants say the man accused of killing his wife while she was on the phone with a dispatcher had eaten marijuana-infused candy from one of Denver's pot dispensaries.
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• 10. WHO IS NOT SINGIN' THE BLUES
• St. Louis outlasted the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in triple overtime to take Game 1 of its NHL playoff series.
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AP News in Brief
Pro-Russian insurgents: will only leave occupied buildings if interim Ukrainian gov't resigns
• DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- Pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine's east who have been occupying government buildings in more than 10 cities said Friday they will only leave them if the interim government in Kiev resigns.
• Denis Pushilin, a spokesman of the self-appointed Donetsk People's Republic, told reporters that the insurgents do not recognize the Ukrainian government as legitimate.
• Ukraine and Russia on Thursday agreed to take tentative steps toward calming (Continued on page 26)
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