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strip club of its adult-oriented business license for three days.
• The license suspension for Shotgun Willies begins Tuesday, meaning the club can have adult entertainment again by the weekend.
• The council's 5-2 vote came Monday night after seven hours of discussion. Police had sought a 30-day license suspension, saying the club was cited five times in 2013 and once this year for violating the city's adult-oriented business ordinance. The club's attorney said authorities exaggerated claims.

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 today:

• 1. UKRAINE PRESIDENT BLAMES OPPOSITION LEADERS FOR ERUPTION OF VIOLENCE
• Yanukovych says he has tried to compromise with protest leaders; EU calls emergency meeting as death toll rises to 25.

• 2. OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STRUGGLING FOR NEW STRATEGY ON SYRIA
• As peace talks falter and civil war drags on, U.S. is reconsidering old ideas, including more help for Western-backed rebels.

• 3. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT TO GET FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEES
• Energy Department to approve $6.5 billion for plant in Georgia. When finished around 2018, it will be first in the U.S. in more than 30 years.

• 4. HOW INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE WOULD AFFECT EMPLOYMENT
• Rise to $10.10 an hour by 2016 would give 16.5 million people a raise but cost about 500,000 jobs, Congress' nonpartisan analysts say.

• 5. SOCHI NOT ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
• AP's Oskar Garcia finds that with Paralympics less than three weeks away, Olympic Park and its venues not entirely barrier-free.

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