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Death toll rises to 47 in twin bombings in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Heavily armed Lebanese security forces deployed across the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday as forensic experts sifted through the rubble from twin car bombs that killed at least 47 people the day before.
• The coordinated explosions Friday outside two mosques in the predominantly Sunni city raised even more the already simmering sectarian tensions in fragile Lebanon, heightening fears the country could be slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between its Sunni and Shiite communities. For many Lebanese, the bombings also were seen as the latest evidence that Syria's bloody civil war -- with its dark sectarian overtones -- is increasingly drawing in its smaller neighbor.
• Lebanese police officials on Saturday raised the casualty toll from the bombings to 47 people killed and more than 500 wounded. Some 300 people were still in the hospital a day after the attack, 65 of them in critical condition, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
• In Tripoli, armed civilians set up checkpoints on Saturday near the two mosques hit in the attacks, while Lebanese security forces patrolled the streets. A team of forensic experts was sorting through the mangled wreckage at the blast sites. Some residents used shovels and brooms to clean up shards of glass and shrapnel that littered the pavement in front of nearby shops.
• The explosions were clearly intended to cause maximum civilian casualties as they struck at midday Friday outside the Taqwa and Salam mosques, which are known to be filled with worshippers at that time on the Muslim day of prayer.
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Atty: Sandusky's adopted son, Sandusky 'Victim 2' among 7 who settle suits against Penn State
• HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Seven men, including Jerry Sandusky's adopted son and a Sandusky victim key to legendary coach Joe Paterno's firing, have finalized deals with Penn State over claims of abuse by the school's former assistant football coach, their lawyer says.
• Settlements were reached by Matt Sandusky, as well as the young man known as "Victim 2" in court records and three other victims who testified last summer against Jerry Sandusky at his criminal trial, Philadelphia attorney Matt Casey said (Continued on page 23)
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