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largest cable provider, Sky Cable, were setting up the screen at the Tacloban astrodome, around which the displaced have taken shelter in tents and inside ground-floor shops.
• Much hope is pinned on Pacquiao in his homeland. He is returning to the ring to fight Brandon Rios in Macau on Sunday. It will be Pacquiao's first fight since his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez last year, following a defeat by decision to Timothy Bradley.
• Boxing analyst Ronnie Nathanielz said that Pacquiao has always dedicated his fights to the Philippines, but Sunday's bout "takes on a special significance because of the devastation."
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Auto crash, gun fears bring chaotic night to LAX; nerves still frayed from earlier shooting

• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Fears of gunfire, false alarms and a real auto accident brought minutes of chaos and hours of delays to Los Angeles International Airport, where frayed nerves remained three weeks after a gunman killed one person and injured three others.
• Some 2,000 people were evacuated from two terminals, hundreds more were affected, dozens of flights were delayed, and a few were diverted Friday night as the string of incidents unfolded, airport officials said.
• Some travelers were nervous and police were on high alert at the airport after the Nov.
1 shooting attack.
• "With what recently just occurred here, everybody's still a little bit on edge," Guardado said.
• Hours earlier, an autopsy report on the death of Transportation Security Administration officer Gerardo Hernandez was released, showing he was shot 12 times with bullets grazing his heart and piercing his bladder and intestines.
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Security, military police dominate tight race for Honduran president

• TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- The last thing Honduras needs is a presidential election that's a draw.
• This country already is plagued by drug violence, poverty, corruption and the legacy of a 2009 coup. Now, if polls are accurate, Sunday's vote could fail to produce a

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