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• 6. THE PHILIPPINES FACES TRANSPARENCY TEST ON TYPHOON AID
• Manila wants to shake off any charges of corruption in its reconstruction plans.
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• 7. WASHINGTON STATE'S LEGAL POT INDUSTRY DRAWS PROSPECTORS
• Marijuana industry's "Green Rush" is luring profit-seekers from diverse backgrounds.
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• 8. GETTYSBURG TEXT: SACRED BUT ELUSIVE
• No definitive edition exists of Lincoln's famous speech that countless children have memorized.
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• 9. BACHELET FAVORITE TO WIN CHILE'S RUNOFF ELECTIONS
• The former president will face off her conservative rival in the December poll after a strong showing in Sunday's vote.
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• 10. HOW JFK'S IDEAS LIVE ON
• New website asks people to share how Kennedy and his legacy have inspired them.
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AP News in Brief
Tornadoes, powerful thunderstorms kill 6 and level homes across Illinois, then sweep east
• WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- As a powerful tornado bore down on their Illinois farmhouse, Curt Zehr's wife and adult son didn't have time to do anything but scramble down the stairs into their basement.
• Uninjured, the pair looked out moments later to find the house gone and the sun out and "right on top" of them, Zehr said. The home on the outskirts of Washington, Ill., was swept up and scattered over hundreds of yards by one of the dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms that swept across the Midwest on Sunday, leaving at least six people dead and unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighborhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees.
• "They saw (the tornado) right there and got in the basement," said a stunned Zehr, pointing to the farm field near the rubble that had been his home.
• Entire blocks in Washington were leveled. Other area towns were heavily damaged, too, and officials at Chicago's Soldier Field evacuated the stands and delayed (Continued on page 31)
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