Monday,  April 22, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 277 • 21 of 26 •  Other Editions

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• Information from the FAA and others showed that flying Sunday was largely uneventful, with most flights on time. There were delays in parts of Florida, but those were caused by thunderstorms.
• Mark Duell at the flight tracking website FlightAware said that John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports in New York indicated delays due to lower staffing starting late Sunday evening. JFK averaged 70-minute delays for inbound flights, but no detectable departure delays. LaGuardia averaged 74-minute delays for inbound flights, and departure delays of 37 minutes.
• The FAA website said that flights from Philadelphia and Orlando, Fla., into John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Westchester County airports were delayed due to staffing issues.
• The trade group Airlines for America, which represents the airlines and had predicted a big traffic snarl, said Sunday evening that it was "not seeing a significant impact at this point." A spokeswoman said the group would continue to monitor the situation, and urged flyers to stay in contact with their airlines.
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Police: 5 dead in shootings at apartment complex south of Seattle

• FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- Gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in a city south of Seattle and five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers, police said early Monday.
• Officers responding to an emergency call at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the apartments in Federal Way encountered a chaotic scene, with bullets flying.
• "When officers arrived there were still shots being fired," said Federal Way police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock.
• They found two injured men on the ground in a parking lot. One of the men reached for a gun as police moved in to assist the two, she said.
• At that point, officers opened fire. The suspect died but police said it wasn't immediately clear if it was from their gunfire.
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama's shift to support for same-sex marriage mirrors national trend

• The issue:
• Ten years ago, same-sex marriage was legal nowhere in the United States. It's

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