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• 10. HOW ELMO WILL BE IMPACTED BY HIS PUPETEER'S RESIGNATION
• In the wake of the actor's scandalous exit from "Sesame Street", Elmo's positiveness and innocence could be put to the test.
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AP News in Brief
With team on brink of Champions League elimination, Chelsea fires coach Roberto Di Matteo,
• LONDON (AP) -- Chelsea fired coach Roberto Di Matteo on Wednesday, one day after another loss in the Champions League left the defending champions on the brink of elimination.
• Di Matteo, who took over last season after Andres Villas-Boas was fired, led Chelsea to its first Champions League title in May. But after a 3-0 loss to Juventus on Tuesday in Turin, the London club is in danger of becoming the first defending champion to fail to advance from the group stage.
• "The team's recent performances and results have not been good enough and the owner and the board felt that a change was necessary now to keep the club moving in the right direction as we head into a vitally important part of the season," Chelsea said in a statement on its website.
• There was no immediate announcement on a replacement for Di Matteo.
• Chelsea is in third place in Group E behind Shakhtar Donetsk and Juventus. The Blues next face Danish club Nordsjaelland, but they could still be eliminated even if they win depending on other results.
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From West Bank, Clinton returns to Jerusalem for more truce talks on Israel-Hamas fighting
• JERUSALEM (AP) -- An official says the U.S. secretary of state has returned to Jerusalem for another round of meetings with Israeli leaders as she tries to wring an elusive truce deal over the Israel-Hamas fighting.
• The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release details of the meeting.
• He says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton went back to Jerusalem (Continued on page 27)
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