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passed the U.S. civics test and swore her allegiance to the flag along with thousands of others at a ceremony in March at Los Angeles' Staples Center.
• Castaneda said Democratic Party workers walked down the aisles handing out brochures to the crowd. She filled one out while still seated.
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• SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles, and said Washington's recent agreement to let Seoul possess missiles capable of hitting all of the North shows the allies are plotting to invade the country.
• Seoul announced Sunday it reached a deal with Washington that would allow it to nearly triple the range of its missiles to better cope with North Korean missile and nuclear threats. On Tuesday, North Korea called the deal a "product of another conspiracy of the master and the stooge" to "ignite a war" against the North.
• In a statement carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, an unidentified spokesman at the powerful National Defense Commission said the North will bolster its military preparedness.
• "We do not hide ... the strategic rocket forces are keeping within the scope of strike not only the bases of the puppet forces and the U.S. imperialist aggression forces' bases in the inviolable land of Korea but also Japan, Guam and the U.S. mainland," the spokesman said.
• South Korea's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it had no official comment on the North's statement, but Seoul and Washington have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking North Korea.
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• NEW YORK (AP) -- Three men who were brought from England to New York to face terrorism charges return to court to learn more about how their cases will proceed to trial.
• Abu Hamza al-Masri, who complained through his lawyer Saturday that he lost the use of his arms when his prosthetics, which included a hook, were taken away, will enter a plea for the first time on Tuesday. The Egyptian-born preacher faces

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