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states. And they are untested on national stages, which have chewed up many once-promising governors, including Texas' Rick Perry and New York's Rudy Giuliani.
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Officials: 32 dead, including 3 firefighters, after supermarket roof collapse in Latvia

• RIGA, Latvia (AP) -- At least 32 people died, including three firefighters, after an enormous section of roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket in the country's capital, emergency medical officials said Friday.
• The reason for the collapse during shopping rush-hour Thursday was still not known but rescue and police officials said that possible theories include building's design flaws and poor construction work.
• Pictures from residential buildings overlooking the store showed an enormous crater-like hole in the roof. Building materials were stacked on remaining sections of the roof, where workers were building a garden as part of the Maxima supermarket's original design plan.
• The Fire and Rescue Service said 35 people were injured, 28 of whom were hospitalized, including 10 firefighters. The service could not say how many people might be trapped under the rubble.
• Several large construction cranes hauled debris from the hole, where firefighters slowly sifted looking for survivors.
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Hugh Jackman says he's been treated for skin cancer, posts selfie of his bandaged nose

• CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- "The Wolverine" star Hugh Jackman revealed he has been treated for skin cancer and shared a selfie showing his bandaged nose.
• "Deb said to get the mark on my nose checked. Boy, was she right!" he wrote on Instagram, referring to his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness.
• The 45-year-old Oscar-nominated Jackman said he had a basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer that is rarely fatal. The note he posted early Friday didn't say when his medical treatment took place.
• "Please don't be foolish like me. Get yourself checked. And USE sunscreen!!!" he wrote.
• Australia has the highest skin cancer rate in the world, and two in three Austra

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