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• 1. TORNADOES RIP THROUGH CENTRAL, SOUTHERN U.S.
• At least 16 people are dead in Arkansas and one in Oklahoma in a violent kick-start to the nation's twister season.
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• 2. U.S. TO LEVY NEW RUSSIA SANCTIONS
• Obama says the United States will levy new sanctions on Russian individuals and companies in retaliation for Moscow's alleged provocations in Ukraine.
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• 3. EGYPT SENTENCES MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPIRITUAL LEADER, HUNDREDS TO DEATH
• A court issues preliminary death sentences against 683 alleged supporters of the ousted president and his Islamist group.
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• 4. PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE U.S. REACH A MILESTONE
• Grades for U.S. graduation rates now in "B'' range as 80 percent of students, on average, receive diplomas.
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• 5. A NEW PHASE IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MALAYSIAN PLANE
• After the initial area is completely combed without yielding a single clue, a second phase begins, expanding the underwater search.
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• 6. WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE FOCUSING ON IN KOREA'S FERRY DISASTER
• The official probe of the accident is now focusing on what the coast guard did after learning that the ship was sinking.
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• 7. WHO IS VOTING EARLY IN IRAQ
• One million police and security personnel are casting their votes two days before the rest of the 22 million registered in the country's first national elections since the U.S. withdrawal.
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• 8. NEW NBA COMMISSIONER FACES FIRST CRISIS
• Adam Silver's priority is verifying that it is Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's voice caught on tape making racist comments.
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• 9. WHERE A NEW NYC TUNNEL IS LEADING
• Nowhere, for the time being. The $185 million concrete access trench could connect to two new railway lines under the Hudson River, eventually.

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