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• 7. BIG EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
• Officials say a magnitude-6.9 temblor struck off the coast near Eureka, Calif., but there are no reports of damage or injuries or a threat of a tsunami.
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• 8. DEFENSE SET TO GRILL ACCUSER IN ARMY SEX CASE
• Defense lawyers for an Army general facing sexual assault charges say they plan to press the female captain on inconsistencies in her story.
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• 9. WHAT SECURITY IS IN STORE FOR BOSTON MARATHON
• Public safety officials are getting ready to release more details about enhanced security for this year's race.
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• 10. UKRAINE PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT WHITE HOUSE
• Obama plans to host Arseniy Yatsenyuk in a show of U.S. support for the fledgling new government.
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AP News in Brief
Investigators pursue 'every angle' on missing Boeing 777 as search fails to find any trace
• KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Dozens of ships and aircraft have failed to find any piece of the missing Boeing 777 jet that vanished more than two days ago above waters south of Vietnam as investigators pursued "every angle" to explain its disappearance, including hijacking, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said Monday.
• Malaysian maritime officials found some oil slicks in the South China Sea and sent a sample to a lab to see if it came from the plane, the Department of Civil Aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, told a news conference.
• Hundreds of distraught relatives were gathered in a hotel in Beijing, waiting to be flown to Malaysia. Of the 227 passengers, two-thirds were Chinese. There were also 38 passengers and 12 crew members from Malaysia, and others from elsewhere in Asia, Europe and North America, including three Americans.
• "We accept God's will. Whether he is found alive or dead, we surrender to Allah," said Selamat Omar, a Malaysian whose 29-year-old son Mohamad Khairul Amri Selamat was heading to Beijing for a business trip. He said he was expecting a call from his son after the flight's scheduled arrival time at 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Instead he got a call from the airline to say the plane was missing.
• Vietnamese ships working throughout the night could not find a rectangular ob (Continued on page 20)
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