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• Hopes of finding any more survivors from a massive mudslide that killed at least eight people wane as searchers pull more bodies from the debris field.
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• 6. WHY FLOOD-PRONE AREAS COULD SEE SPIKE IN PREMIUMS
• AP's David Caruso finds more than a million policyholders could face trouble in the future from the rising cost of government-mandated flood insurance.
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• 7. WHAT'S NEXT AFTER TEXAS OIL SPILL
• No timetable has been set to reopen the Houston Ship Channel after a "significant" oil spill, but help is on the way to contain it and protect important shorebird habitat.
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• 8. WHAT'S KEEPING SOME FROM 'OBAMACARE' ENROLLMENT
• Many of the uninsured still don't know much about the health overhaul and its March 31 deadline for signing up in plans that can yield discounts, researchers say.
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• 9. IN CALIFORNIA, CHEFS FIGHT FOR GLOVELESS CONTACT
• State lawmakers are considering a reversal of a law that would require chefs and bartenders to keep bare hands off food and drinks.
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• 10. KENTUCKY ENDS WICHITA STATE'S PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
• Andrew Harrison scores 20 points as the Wildcats hold off the top-seeded Shockers 78-76 to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament
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AP News in Brief
Russia dominates trip agenda, but Obama seeks to broaden foreign outreach
• AMSTERDAM (AP) -- President Barack Obama begins a week of international travel with Russia's Crimean incursion at the top of his agenda, even as he simultaneously seeks to re-emphasize U.S. influence abroad.
• As he arrived in the Netherlands Monday on a sunny and brisk morning, no issue commanded more of Obama's and Europe's attention than Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula and the fear that Moscow could decide to expand further into Ukraine.
• But Obama also is attempting to use his weeklong trip to personally reconnect not only with Europe but Asia and the Middle East, all strategically crucial regions (Continued on page 21)
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