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• 7. WHEN CANCELLATIONS BECAUSE OF SNOW ADD UP TO HEADACHES
• Schools in at least 10 states have had so many this winter they'll have to schedule makeup days or sacrifice some of their spring holidays.
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• 8. WHAT NEW YORK'S NEW MAYOR WILL SAY IN HIS STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH
• Bill de Blasio is expected to offer a glimpse into his signature goal of fighting the city's widening income inequality gap.
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• 9. U.S. ECONOMY MAY BE AS ROBUST AS IT'S GOING TO GET
• Short-term drag from weather, slow growth overseas may be followed by demographic hit as baby boomers retire.
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• 10. NORTH KOREA RESCINDS INVITATION TO DISCUSS RELEASE OF AMERICAN DETAINEE
• The State Department is "deeply disappointed" in Pyongyang's decision to withdraw a second offer for a U.S. envoy to discuss jailed businessman Kenneth Bae.
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AP News in Brief
AP Investigation: Documents show inconsistent judgments in US military sex-crimes in Japan
• TOKYO (AP) -- At U.S. military bases in Japan, most service members found culpable in sex crimes in recent years did not go to prison, according to internal Department of Defense documents. Instead, in a review of hundreds of cases filed in America's largest overseas military installation, offenders were fined, demoted, restricted to their bases or removed from the military.
• In about 30 cases, a letter of reprimand was the only punishment.
• More than 1,000 records, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, describe hundreds of cases in graphic detail, painting a disturbing picture of how senior American officers prosecute and punish troops accused of sex crimes. The handling of allegations verged on the chaotic, with seemingly strong cases often reduced to lesser charges. In two rape cases, commanders overruled recommendations to court-martial and dropped the charges instead.
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