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those frenzied moments before 14 people were killed. They are especially interested in the town's volunteer fire crews, who may not have been fully aware of the dangers they faced. Did they know about the potential for an explosion? Were they trained to prevent one? Should they have acted differently?
• "We do not know," said Daniel Horowitz, managing director of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, one of the federal agencies involved in the investigation. "With interviews still underway, it's difficult to say at this point what was the level of knowledge and what did they know about suppression techniques."
• Associated Press interviews with first-responders suggest that firefighters' foremost fear was a poisonous cloud of anhydrous ammonia. But the greater threat turned out to be the plant's vast stockpile of a common fertilizer, ammonium nitrate, which can also serve as a cheap alternative to dynamite.
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OJ Simpson set to tell his story in Las Vegas court
• LAS VEGAS (AP) -- More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners speaks again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies.
• In 2008, he was near tears as he told a judge: "I didn't mean to steal anything from anybody ... I'm sorry. I'm sorry for all of it."
• This time he will get to say much more testifying for at least a day about a strange Las Vegas hotel room confrontation that sent him to prison.
• There is no jury and his fate will be determined by Clark County District Judge Linda Marie Bell.
• "He's been wanting to tell his story. He's excited about telling his story," said Simpson attorney Ozzie Fumo.
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Jodi Arias returns to court as jurors weigh whether death penalty should be sentencing option
• PHOENIX (AP) -- Jodi Arias heads back to court Wednesday as jurors consider whether the death penalty should be an option for sentencing the former waitress after convicting her of first-degree murder last week.
• Arias spent the weekend on suicide watch before being transferred back to the all-female Estrella Jail on Monday where she will remain held until her sentencing.
• The so-called "aggravation" phase of the trial is set for Wednesday, during which (Continued on page 29)
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