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mains. He was buried in a pauper's grave.
• But within days of the AP story, Embry's family finally found the man they lost touch with years earlier.
• "We didn't even know he was back in prison," Keown said.
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Pro-Russian insurgents retreat in major city in eastern Ukraine as steelworkers begin patrols
• MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) -- Pro-Russian insurgents have retreated from government buildings in a major eastern Ukrainian city as steelworkers began citizen patrols, giving residents hope that a wave of anarchy had come to an end.
• Mariupol, second-largest city in the Donetsk region, was one of the cities in the east overrun by pro-Russian protesters who have been in control of government buildings there for weeks.
• Citizen patrols began earlier this week as Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man who is believed to wield great influence in the area, urged the steelworkers at his factories to help the police restore order in the city.
• Akhmetov's Metinvest initiated Thursday's agreement with steel plant directors, local police and community leaders on improving security in the city and vacating separatist-occupied buildings. A representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, which declared independence on Monday, was also party to the deal.
• An Associated Press crew did not see any insurgent presence in Mariupol Friday morning.
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Hagel to Israel: US will do whatever necessary to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapon
• JERUSALEM (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pledged to Israeli leaders Friday that the U.S. "will do what we must" to prevent the Jewish state's greatest fear of a nuclear-armed Iran.
• Hagel made the public pledge in a statement at talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• "I want to assure you of the United States' commitment to ensuring Iran does not get a nuclear weapon -- and that America will do what we must to live up to that commitment," Hagel said.
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