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LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than two dozen aftershocks ranging from magnitude 2 to 3.6 have been recorded following a magnitude-5.1 earthquake centered near Los Angeles. Authorities say they have no reports of major damage, but the quake about 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles broke glass, caused gas leaks, water main breaks and a rockslide.
ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Washington state officials have all but abandoned hope of finding survivors in the community inundated by countless tons of earth, timber and debris. The grueling process of locating, extracting and identifying human remains from the unstable debris has slowed the release of information by the Snohomish (snoh-HOH'-mish) County Medical Examiner's Office to a trickle. Officials say it's possible some of the 90 people missing may never be found.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Officials involved in the search for a missing Malaysian airliner says reports of debris spotted from the air are only a first step. Identifying what the objects are has to wait for ships to reach and recover the debris. A Chinese search aircraft spotted more floating objects today in the latest Indian Ocean search area.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's governor says his office's own legal experts and attorneys for the Legislature are the driving force for his veto of a bill that would have banned abortion in West Virginia after 20 weeks. The Democratic governor says the legal experts raised constitutional concerns because the law resembles one in Arizona that was struck down by federal courts.
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba wants to attract more foreign investment and an extraordinary session of the country's lawmakers is taking place today to approve legislation Havana hopes will do the trick. The bill would replace Cuba's 1995 foreign investment law, which hasn't worked as well as hoped. Among other things, the new legislation would cut taxes on profits by about half and make companies exempt from paying taxes for the first eight years of operation.
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