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PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australian officials say one of nine planes searching a new area of the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian jetliner found objects today, but it will likely be tomorrow before ships can reach the area. The area is closer to land and has calmer weather than the previous search zone. A new analysis of radar data suggests the plane had flown faster and therefore ran out of fuel more quickly.
DETROIT (AP) — The chairman of a powerful House committee says he's giving up politics for radio. Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he won't run for re-election during an interview on Detroit radio station WJR-AM. He says he plans to start a national radio program. He has been a prominent voice as President Barack Obama attempts to overhaul U.S. surveillance.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Some downtown Las Vegas casinos face the prospect of a strike. A statement from Culinary Union Local 226 says that more than 99 percent voted to authorize a strike if bargaining doesn't yield a new contract. A number of other casinos have reached agreements. The last strike in Las Vegas ended in 1991, after workers picketed the Frontier casino for more than six years.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been absolved of wrongdoing by his own investigation but federal authorities and New Jersey legislators are continuing to delve into a traffic-blocking operation near a major bridge. The scheme created gridlock in Fort Lee, the town at the base of the George Washington Bridge, to retaliate against its Democratic mayor for an unknown transgression. Asked in an interview with ABC News whether he considered resigning over the scandal, Chris said never, adding: "I'm not a quitter."
CAIRO (AP) — A militant group based in Egypt's Sinai is threatening workers and contractors building a security wall around a volatile town in the northern part of the peninsula. The al-Qaida-inspired group, whose name means Champions of Jerusalem, says in an Internet statement that the barrier seeks to isolate the town of el-Arish as part of a "repressive siege" by Egyptian authorities.
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