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WATCHING OVER MOM AND DAD - More Baby Boomers are using technology to balance caring for parents and respecting their independence. SENT: 480 words.īOSTON MARATHON BOMBING - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's lawyers try to save him from the death penalty by portraying him as the product of a dysfunctional family from a turbulent corner of the world. Mike Huckabee declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, an underdog joining a crowded field of White House hopefuls. PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICANS - Former Arkansas Gov. NIGERIA-TURNING THE TIDE - YOLA, Nigeria - Help from neighboring countries, more weapons for Nigerian troops and the c utting of supply lines have combined to create a potential knockout punch to Boko Haram.
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NORTHERN IRELAND-KILLING - A former Irish Republican Army commander linked to one of the outlawed group's most notorious killings has been shot to death in Belfast. PROPHET CARTOON CONTEST-SHOOTING - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the assault on a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of the Prophet Muhammad, but counterterrorism experts say IS has a history of asserting involvement in attacks in which it had no operational role. By Trisha Thomas, Andrea Rosa and Frank Jordans. Dramatic video footage provided exclusively to AP provides a glimpse of the desperation of tens of thousands of people trying to reach Europe on dinghies. ITALY-MIGRANTS - Migrants frantically try to shimmy up ropes dangling from a towering cargo ship as others jump into the water grasping at lifesavers. By Nick Perry.ĪUSTRALIA-FRANCE AMBASSADOR - Australia's prime minister has brushed off controversy over his office's treatment of the gay partner of the Australian ambassador to France. Mega last year announced plans to list through a maneuver known as a reverse takeover. NEW ZEALAND-KIM DOTCOM - Internet file-storage company Mega Ltd., launched in 2013 by indicted entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, failed Wednesday in a bid to list on New Zealand's stock market. The marsupial casually strolled through the automatic doors of a hospital in Victoria state in the middle of the night last month. AUSTRALIA-KOALA VISITS HOSPITAL - Staffers at an Australian hospital's emergency department received a rather unusual late night visitor - a koala.