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• Lawyers who defend despised terror suspects in court can find themselves standing all alone--or falling from grace.
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• 6. HOW A PEDOPHILE EVADED NOTICE FOR DECADES
• The beloved teacher hopped around the globe teaching in international schools where he is believed to have molested dozens of boys.
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• 7. WHO'S GOING TO PRE-K--AND WHO'S NOT
• The availability of state-funded pre-kindergarten programs varies widely from state to state, report finds, but overall enrollment has declined, despite bipartisan support.
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• 8. SNOW, DROUGHT AND HEAT: WELCOME TO SPRINGTIME IN WEST
• More than 3 feet of snow hit parts of the Rockies, while some Arizona communities are rationing water due to drought and California is sweltering under high heat.
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• 9. GAY MARRIAGE BAN CHALLENGED IN 'LAST FRONTIER'
• Five couples file lawsuit against Alaska's prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling it unconstitutional.
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• 10. NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE CANDIDATE DIES BEFORE RACE IS SETTLED
• Keith Crisco, a man who went from pulling corn on a small farm to Harvard to Nixon's White House, was trailing "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken by fewer than 400 votes. He died at age 71 after he fell in his house.
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AP News in Brief
German FM travels to Kiev to help launch talks between Ukrainian government and its foes

• KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister flew to Ukraine Tuesday to help start talks between the Ukrainian government and its foes following the declaration of independence by two eastern regions.
• Speaking at the Kiev Boryspil airport Tuesday morning, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany supports Ukraine's efforts to arrange for a dialogue between the central government and its opponents in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions that

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