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• Lawyers who defend despised terror suspects in court can find themselves standing all alone--or falling from grace.

• 6. HOW A PEDOPHILE EVADED NOTICE FOR DECADES
• The beloved teacher hopped around the globe teaching in international schools where he is believed to have molested dozens of boys.

• 7. WHO'S GOING TO PRE-K--AND WHO'S NOT
• The availability of state-funded pre-kindergarten programs varies widely from state to state, report finds, but overall enrollment has declined, despite bipartisan support.

• 8. SNOW, DROUGHT AND HEAT: WELCOME TO SPRINGTIME IN WEST
• More than 3 feet of snow hit parts of the Rockies, while some Arizona communities are rationing water due to drought and California is sweltering under high heat.

• 9. GAY MARRIAGE BAN CHALLENGED IN 'LAST FRONTIER'
• Five couples file lawsuit against Alaska's prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling it unconstitutional.

• 10. NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE CANDIDATE DIES BEFORE RACE IS SETTLED
• Keith Crisco, a man who went from pulling corn on a small farm to Harvard to Nixon's White House, was trailing "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken by fewer than 400 votes. He died at age 71 after he fell in his house.

AP News in Brief
German FM travels to Kiev to help launch talks between Ukrainian government and its foes

• KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister flew to Ukraine Tuesday to help start talks between the Ukrainian government and its foes following the declaration of independence by two eastern regions.
• Speaking at the Kiev Boryspil airport Tuesday morning, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany supports Ukraine's efforts to arrange for a dialogue between the central government and its opponents in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions that

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