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• 5. WHERE DOCTORS ARE NEEDED
• The AP's Kristin M. Hall reports that Afghanistan's National Army has only 632 doctors to care for about 177,000 wounded soldiers.
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• 6. INVESTORS SPOOKED BY FED
• World markets slid today and the Dow fell by more than 200 points after the Fed announced it could scale back a program this year that kept interest rates down.
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• 7. FBI USED DRONES FOR SURVEILLANCE
• Mueller tells Congress that his agency now uses the unmanned aircraft only rarely, but privacy concerns are still "worthy of debate."
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• 8. THOUSANDS STRANDED BY INDIA FLOODS
• Rescuers used helicopters and climbed mountain paths to reach survivors trapped by landslides. At least 100 people have been killed.
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• 9. WHAT'S BEING BUILT TO SAVE THE HUMAN RACE
• A California man is building what he calls the world's largest underground survivor shelter in limestone caves dug more than a century ago in Kansas.
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• 10. JAMES AND DUNCAN BATTLE FOR LEGACY IN NBA FINALS
• Miami and San Antonio's big stars have won championships before, and are looking to elevate their spot in history in Game 7 tonight.
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AP News in Brief
AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier in exchange for Afghans held at Guantanamo
• ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.
• The offer follows this week's official opening of a Taliban political office in Doha, the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar.
• The only known American soldier held captive from the Afghan war is U.S. Army (Continued on page 27)
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