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process he considered illegitimate only to avoid bloodshed.
• Lugo spoke in a pre-dawn special televised "open microphone" program hosted by a state-funded public television channel that was created by his government. As Saturday turned into Sunday, a long line of speakers queued up in front of the station's headquarters to vent their frustration over what they called an institutional coup, calling for strikes and protests to demand his return.
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• MIAMI (AP) -- Tropical Storm Debby crawled slowly closer to the northern rim of

the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, its exact track still uncertain as forecasters warned the system could begin strengthening and produce near hurricane force winds in coming days.
• Amid an ongoing threat of torrential downpours from Debby, authorities warned of the possibility of flooding and strong winds from Texas to Florida. At least one tornado linked to the storm touched down Saturday in southwest Florida, but no injuries were reported. Heavy squalls pounded parts of that state.
• At 5 a.m. EDT Sunday, Debby was about 165 miles (265 kilometers) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), the Nationial Hurricane Center in Miami said.
• Debby was moving toward the north at 3 mph (6 kph) and was expected to strengthen as it gradually takes a more westward direction in coming hours.
• The center of Debby was expected to linger in the northern Gulf over the next few days with no landfall in the immediate forecast.
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• BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) -- Jerry Sandusky's lawyers said Saturday they tried to quit at the start of jury selection in his child sex abuse trial because they weren't given enough time to prepare, raising an argument on the trial's speed that could become the thrust of an appeal.
• And one of the jurors who convicted Sandusky of 45 child sex abuse counts said Saturday he was swayed by the "very convincing" testimony of eight accusers who

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