Reuters – North Korea agreed on Wednesday to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.
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North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium, IAEA inspections
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AP – A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to small towns in Illinois and Kansas. At least nine people were killed.
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Storms damage country music resort town, kill 9
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AP – The Nasdaq composite index briefly cracked 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since the meltdown in dot-com stocks more than a decade ago. The stock market sank but was still on its way to closing its best February in 14 years.
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Nasdaq cracks 3,000; stocks dip as Bernanke speaks
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AP – Portugal won’t extradite American fugitive George Wright to the United States for crimes he committed there four decades ago, after the U.S. ran out of possibilities to appeal the decision to let him stay, a Portuguese court official said Wednesday.
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Portugal judge: US fugitive won’t be extradited
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The Christian Science Monitor – T.J. Lane, the teenager held as a suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Cleveland-area high school on Monday, appeared in juvenile court Tuesday, where a judge determined that he will remain in custody pending trial. Whether the 17-year-old will face trial as a juvenile or an adult will be determined next month, but Ohio is a state where minors charged with serious crimes are routinely transferred to adult court.
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Ohio school shooting: State likely to seek adult trial for teen suspect
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AP – Are you ready for some racing — some Monday night racing?
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Daytona 500 start pushed back to 7 p.m. Monday
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AP – Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic’s first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over archfoe Israel — even as audiences in Israel packed theaters to watch the movie that beat their country’s entry at the Academy Awards.
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Iran state TV says Oscar win victory over Israel
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AP – A Syrian official says the West is trying to destabilize his country for geopolitical reasons and warns that militarizing the Syrian opposition is a big mistake that will backfire.
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AP Interview: Syrian official says West meddling
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AP – Millions of dollars in White House money has helped pay for New York Police Department programs that put entire American Muslim neighborhoods under surveillance.
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White House helps pay for NYPD Muslim surveillance
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