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• 5. BEFORE GULF OIL SPILL, THERE WAS ALASKA
• For a generation of people around the world, the Exxon Valdez disaster is seared into their memories by images of fouled coastline and marine life soaked in petroleum.
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• 6. WHAT YELLEN IS TELLING INVESTORS
• With the job market still weak, she says the Fed intends to keep short-term interest rates near zero for a "considerable" time.
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• 7. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING STATINS
• New guidelines say nearly half of Americans ages 40-75 should be taking the drugs to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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• 8. GENERAL MOTORS, BEWARE
• The announcement that Toyota will pay $1.2 billion to avoid criminal prosecution for hiding information in a recall case could be a warning for the auto giant.
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• 9. WHO'S TAKING CLOSER LOOK AT OREGON CAT ATTACK
• Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's "My Cat from Hell," is heading to Portland soon. He says cats don't become ferocious felines that turn on their families for no reason.
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• 10. HOOPS HYPE REACHING CRESCENDO
• When Ohio State and Dayton and Duke and Mercer tip off just after noon Eastern time, March Madness will be underway in earnest.
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AP News in Brief
Australia sends planes to check possible objects from missing Malaysia jet; cautions on hopes
• KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Four military search planes were dispatched Thursday to determine whether two large objects bobbing in a remote part of the Indian Ocean are debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.
• One of the objects spotted by satellite imagery was 24 meters (almost 80 feet) in length and the other was 5 meters (15 feet). There could be other objects in the (Continued on page 23)
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