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• 7. SOURCES: TALIBAN WANT TO RELEASE U.S. SOLDIER HELD FOR 5 YEARS
• Critics of the government's efforts to secure the sergeant's freedom say bureaucratic confusion is stalling a deal with his captors.
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• 8. SAFE INVESTMENTS ARE YEAR'S TOP PERFORMERS SO FAR
• Investors are shying away from risk and sticking to havens such as utilities, Treasurys, and gold.
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• 9. (BABY GOT) BACK IN THE SADDLE
• Wranglers have been investing in bigger horses to accommodate the bigger tourists wanting to ride and get closer to the West that was.
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• 10. WHO'S NOW A MARRIED WOMAN
• Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster wed girlfriend Alexandra Hedison, 44-year-old photographer from Los Angeles, over the weekend.
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AP News in Brief
Obama warns Russia that more sanctions are 'teed up' but admits they may not stop Putin
• TOKYO (AP) -- Accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments, President Barack Obama warned Moscow on Thursday that the United States has another round of economic sanctions "teed up" -- even as he acknowledged those penalties may do little to influence Vladimir Putin's handling of the crisis in Ukraine.
• Obama's frank pessimism underscored the limits of Washington's ability to prevent Russia from stirring up instability in Ukraine's east and exerting influence over elections scheduled for next month in the former Soviet republic. A diplomatic accord that offered a glimmer of hope for a resolution to the tense dispute is crumbling, and Russia has warned of a firm response if the country's citizens or interests in Ukraine are attacked.
• With no appetite in the U.S. for a military response, Obama is largely banking on Putin, the Russian president, caving under a cascade of economic sanctions targeting his closest associates. But the success of that strategy also depends on European nations with closer financial ties to Moscow taking similar action despite their concern about a boomerang effect on their own economies.
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