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products by buying headphone maker Beats for $3 billion.
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• 8.INSURANCE INDUSTRY NAMES SAFEST CARS
• The 2014 Chevrolet Impala is the only non-luxury vehicle to earn the highest rating in new tests of crash prevention systems.
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• The British monarch will attend the 70th anniversary celebration in Normandy with her 92-year-old husband despite cutting down on foreign travel in recent years.
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• 10. BRAD PITT ATTACKED ON RED CARPET
• A man is jailed on suspicion of battery after rushing up and touching the actor at the Hollywood premiere of the movie "Maleficent."
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AP News in Brief
Ukraine military helicopter shot down over Slovyansk; rebels detaining OSCE observers
• DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian military helicopter was shot down by rebels Thursday over Slovyansk amid heavy fighting around the insurgent-held city in eastern Ukraine.
• Slovyansk has become the epicenter of fighting between pro-Russia insurgents and government forces in recent weeks. The city -- located 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of the Russian border -- has seen constant clashes and its residential areas have regularly come under mortar shelling from government forces, prompting some residents to flee.
• An Associated Press reporter witnessed the helicopter's downing Thursday. It wasn't immediately clear what weapons the rebels used to shoot it down, exactly where the helicopter fell or what happened to its crew.
• The Kiev government condemns the insurgency roiling the east as the work of "terrorists" bent on destroying the country and blames Russia for fomenting it. Russia denies the accusations, saying it has no influence over rebels, who insist they are only protecting the interests of the Russian-speaking population of the east. Still, fighters from Russia, including the battled-hardened region of Chechnya, have been (Continued on page 21)
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