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• 5. ISOLATED AND UNDERGROUND, WITH MANKIND'S DEMISE
• Some missileers find it hard to adjust to life under the prairie. There are reasons for that: ICBM duty is far removed from the glamor, guts and glory associated with the Air Force.
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• 6. PHILADELPHIA NEIGHBORHOOD, IN MOURNING, CRITICIZES FIREFIGHTERS
• About 250 people take to the streets over the response to a row house fire that left four children in a tight-knit West African community dead; the department's timeline shows help arrived within minutes of the first call.
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• 7. HAITI'S MACHETE FENCING ECHOES ITS REBELLIOUS HISTORY
• The obscure practice, which blends martial arts with art, emerged from the Caribbean nation's mix of European and African traditions.
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• 8. GOP PICKS SWING STATE FOR 2016
• Cleveland beats out a bid from Dallas to host the Republican National Convention in the next election.
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• 9. WHO'S TESTIFYING AT CLIPPERS TRIAL
• Donald Sterling takes the witness stand as he challenges his wife's $2 billion sale of the NBA team to Steve Ballmer.
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• 10. 'MAN OF THE PEOPLE' LEADS IN INDONESIA'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE
• Joko Widodo, a one-time furniture maker and current governor of the capital Jakarta, is edging out his ex-army general opponent in the Asian nation's third direct election.
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AP News in Brief
Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo leading Indonesian presidential election, but rival is not conceding
• JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo held a narrow but steady lead Wednesday in Indonesia's presidential election, according to quick-count results, but his Suharto-era opponent said he had poll data showing him ahead, setting up the prospect of a contested outcome in the still-fragile democracy.
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