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their radiation-contaminated city.

• 4. WHAT TEENS ARE SMOKING NOW
• Small cigars flavored to taste like candy or fruit are popular among young people.

• 5. MURDER CHARGES FILED IN INDIAN SCHOOL POISONINGS
• A principal and her husband could face execution if convicted in the deaths of 23 children who died after eating pesticide-contaminated lunches.

• 6. HUNDREDS EVACUATED ALONG MEXICAN COAST
• Hurricane Raymond threatens the same area devastated by Tropical Storm Manuel in September.

• 7. RUSSIA BUS BOMBING RAISES FEARS AHEAD OF SOCHI OLYMPICS
• The blast killed 6 in Volgograd, 400 miles away from the upcoming Winter Games site.

• 8. CEMETERY OKS, THEN ORDERS SPONGEBOB HEADSTONE REMOVED
• The family of the slain Iraq war veteran whose Ohio grave is marked with the 7-foot likeness of the cartoon character is meeting with officials Tuesday.

• 9. FUNNY MATH IN WOMEN'S CLOTHING SIZES
• While the average American woman weighs 25 pounds more than her 1960 counterpart, plus-size clothing still makes up less than 10 percent of a $190 billion industry.

• 10. WHO LET THE GIANTS WIN AT LAST
• New York gets the first victory of the season with 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

AP News in Brief
San Francisco Bay Area transit agency, unions reach tentative labor agreement, ending strike

• OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The San Francisco Bay Area's main commuter train system and its unions reached a tentative agreement on a new contract Monday

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