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• At the other end, New Jersey repeated as the state with the highest percentage of outbound moves, with 63 percent, followed by Illinois, New York, West Virginia and Connecticut.
• United Van Lines vice president Carl Walter said the moving data has traditionally identified states that are attracting or losing residents.
• The study showed that states in the West and Southeast are attracting more residents. Many states with high percentages of outbound moves are in the Northeast.
• University of California, Los Angeles economist Michael Stoll said in the United Van Lines' news release that business incentives, industrial growth and lower costs of living are attracting jobs and people to the West and Southeast.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:
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• 1. RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS SAY YASSER ARAFAT DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
• They say there is no indication that the Palestinian leader was poisoned by radioactive polonium.
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• 2. WHY JAPAN LEADER'S WORLD WAR II SHRINE VISIT IRKS ASIAN NEIGHBORS
• China and South Korea say it glorifies Japan's militaristic past.
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• 3. SILENT NIGHT, DARK NIGHT FOR SOME IN U.S., CANADA
• Thousands of people left without electricity due to ice storms might not get power restored until Friday.
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• 4. ANNIVERSARY OF MAO'S BIRTHDAY MARKED IN CHINA
• Communist Party leaders pay tribute to Mao Zedong, and censors work to remove criticism of him from social media.
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• 5. HOW AMERICANS ARE FEELING ABOUT 2013
• A new AP poll indicates that 46 percent of respondents feel 2013 was about the same for them as 2012, 20 percent say it was worse, and 32 percent say it was bet (Continued on page 20)
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