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'Frozen' frenzy: Hours-long lines to meet Disney princesses, merchandise shortages
• ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- For the Calder family, the "Frozen" frenzy began when the Disney movie came out in late 2013 and they took their 7-year-old daughter Caroline to see it in the theater. • Caroline then saw it again, with a grandparent. Then with the other set of grandparents. Then came the Disney cruise to the Caribbean with the "Frozen" sing-along, the purchase of "Frozen"-themed pajamas -- instead of "Frozen" dolls, which were sold out -- and waiting in line at a Disney store to obtain a raffle ticket for a chance to purchase a "Frozen" dress. • "We've become the 'Frozen' family," said Caroline's mom Kristin, 41, who says the "Frozen" CD or DVD plays daily in her vehicle or home in Boynton Beach, Florida. "It is part of our everyday life." • Her daughter Caroline describes her love of the movie like this: "I really like Elsa because of her frozen power. And I really like Anna because she's really nice a lot." • Caroline added that the ice blue dress worn by Elsa when she sings the song "Let it Go" is her favorite part of the movie. • ___
AP PHOTOS: Hundreds of Muslims spend months sheltered at Central African Republic church
• CARNOT, Central African Republic (AP) -- Men so old their eyes are clouded with cataracts. Orphans who witnessed their parents' slaughter, left alone to make their way to safety. Widows caring for seven or more children, not sure how they will survive once they leave a church that has become their one place of safety from Central African Republic's religious violence. • The Rev. Justin Nary and his colleagues have been caring for 900 Muslims at the Catholic church in Carnot since early February, when Christian militia fighters attacked the town. In the weeks that followed, hundreds more Muslims trekked to the church as word spread in the forests that it was a safe haven. • Armed Cameroonian peacekeepers at the church compound's gates have so far kept the Christian militants at bay. • Those staying here sleep at night inside the church or in tents on the grounds of the compound.
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