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nasties in individual states across the nation.
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Egypt on edge after days of violence and storming of protester-held mosque by security forces

• CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt remained on edge Sunday after security forces stormed a Cairo mosque a day earlier and the ousted president's Muslim Brotherhood remained poised to hold further street protests despite a possible outlawing of the group.
• At one point, troops exchanged gunfire with men shooting from a minaret of the al-Fath mosque on Ramses Square, where hundreds of supporters of Mohammed Morsi had fled overnight after violent clashes killed 173 people.
• The evacuation was prompted by fears that the Brotherhood again planned to set up a sit-in, security officials said, similar to those that were broken up Wednesday in assaults that killed hundreds of people.
• Simultaneously, police arrested the brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, who officials said planned to bring in armed groups to provide support to those holed up inside the mosque.
• Mohammed al-Zawahri, a Morsi ally, is the leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafi group which espouses al-Qaida's hard-line ideology. He was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo, the official said.
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'Victim 5' reaches settlement in Penn State-Sandusky scandal; 25 others expected to settle

• HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A young man who testified he was fondled by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has reached a settlement that gives him some peace of mind while putting the university in a better position to recover the money through a third party, the man's attorney says.
• The settlement is the first among dozens of claims made against the school amid the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported that the young man known as "Victim 5," who took the stand at Sandusky's criminal trial and sentencing last year, settled for several million dollars.
• Attorney Tom Kline confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Saturday, but would not specify the dollar amount. He said the parties signed off on the agreement

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