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• 6. A KEY LINGERING QUESTION AFTER THE GULF OIL SPILL
• Researchers are tracking the health of more than 30,000 workers involved in the cleanup and they're to discuss their findings so far.
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• 7. EARTHQUAKE INJURES 23 IN NICARAGUA
• The 6.1-magnitude temblor also damaged dozens of homes, including around 100 in the town of Nagarote.
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• 8. WHAT'S CONSIDERED FREE SPEECH IN OREGON
• A judge finds that flashing your headlights amounts to speech protected by the state constitution.
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• 9. ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME WELCOMES NEWCOMERS
• Nirvana, Peter Gabriel, Kiss, Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt and the E Street Band are among this year's inductees.
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• 10. HOW MICKELSON FARED ON DAY 1 OF THE MASTERS
• The three-time champ struggles to a 4-over 76 -- one of the worst scores of his career at Augusta National.
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AP News in Brief
Australian PM confident underwater signals are coming from missing Malaysian plane's black box
• PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Authorities are confident that signals detected deep in the Indian Ocean are from the missing Malaysian jet's black boxes, Australia's prime minister said Friday, raising hopes they are near solving one of aviation's most perplexing mysteries.
• Tony Abbott told reporters in Shanghai that crews hunting for Flight 370 have zeroed in on a more targeted area in their search for the source of the sounds, first heard on Saturday.
• "We have very much narrowed down the search area and we are very confident that the signals that we are detecting are from the black box on MH370," Abbott said.
• "Nevertheless, we're getting into the stage where the signal from what we are very confident is the black box is starting to fade," he added. "We are hoping to get (Continued on page 23)
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