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City.
• "It took a dead hit," resident James Hoke said. Emerging from a storm cellar where he sought refuge with his wife and two children, Hoke found that their mobile home had vanished. "Everything is gone."
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• BAGHDAD (AP) -- A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people on Monday, Iraqi officials said.
• The attacks are the latest in a recent spike of bombings that has hit both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the past week. The bloodshed has raised fears of a return to the widespread sectarian violence of 2006-2007 that brought the country to the edge of civil war.
• In the Iraqi capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus stops, market places and in the streets of Shiite areas during the busy morning hours, killing 24 people and wounding 112, according to police officials.
• In the southern city of Basra, two car bombs -- one near a restaurant and the other at a bus stop -- killed at least 10 people and wounded 27, according to police officials in the oil-rich city.
• No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts but such large-scale bombings bear the hallmarks of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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• Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
• Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for "Red." She told the crowd: "You are the longest and best relationship I ever had."
• She also had a colorful performance of her hit "22" -- starting backstage and working her way to the main stage on the back of a bike with help from a dozen background dancers and a flurry of red balloons.
• Justin Bieber also performed -- twice -- and was also a multiple winner with three awards, including top male artist, social artist and the fan-voted milestone

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