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cation, but mother Nancy Lanza stopped giving it to him after he was unable to raise his arm, which she believed a side effect. The nurse said Adam's mother failed to schedule follow-up visits.
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Libya detains, then releases 4 US military personnel after incident at checkpoint

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four U.S. military personnel investigating potential evacuation routes in Libya were taken into custody at a checkpoint and then detained briefly by the Libyan government before being released, U.S. officials said Friday night.
• These four military personnel were operating in an area near the coastal city of Sabratha in northwestern Libya as part of security preparedness efforts when they were taken into custody, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. Sabathra, about 40 miles west of Tripoli, is a popular tourist area with its ancient Roman ruins.
• No one was injured. The military personnel were taken to the U.S. Embassy after their release, a Defense Department official said. The official was not authorized to discuss the incident by name and requested anonymity.
• The four were supporting U.S. Marine security forces protecting the American Embassy, the official said. They were likely U.S. special operations forces, which have been deployed to Libya.
• An altercation apparently took place at the checkpoint, the Defense Department official said. Reports of gunfire could not be confirmed.
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Obama's boyhood home of Hawaii plays the underdog in campaign to host presidential library

• HONOLULU (AP) -- On these sun-bathed shores, Barack Obama was born and spent his formative years, soaking in an island sensibility that his wife and friends say is indispensable to understanding who he is as president. Yet in the search for a home for his future presidential library, Hawaii has become the underdog, stuck in Chicago's perpetual shadow.
• It's not for lack of trying. A high-level campaign has been underway here since Obama won the Iowa caucuses in 2008 -- before it was even clear he'd win his party's nomination, much less the presidency.

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