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SOUTH AFRICA-MINE LIFE
WESTONARIA, South Africa — For those who grumble about their daily commute, imagine this ride to work: clamber into an elevator cage and plummet 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) below ground, so fast that your ears pop. Then board a small locomotive that creaks and grinds the same distance on a rail line to the remote reaches of a South African gold mine. The subterranean excursion, a sensory onslaught for first-timers, is routine for miners who work 12-hour shifts — four days on, four days off — at South Deep mine, near Johannesburg. By Christopher Torchia. UPCOMING: 750 words by 10 a.m., photos.
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ECONOMY
WASHINGTON — The government issues the March jobs report. Forecast is that employers added 195,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate dipped to 6.6 percent from 6.7 percent. In February, employers added 175,000 jobs, far more than in the two previous months, despite harsh winter weather. Many economists think the March jobs report will point to a bounce-back from employers who held off hiring during winter. By Christopher S. Rugaber. UPCOMING: 130 words after release of report at 8:30 a.m., 350 words by 9:15 a.m. (Overnight setup will move after midnight.)
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ANADARKO SETTLEMENT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The legacy and pain of uranium mining pollution has been felt on the Navajo Nation for decades. Many families still live among the contamination, fear drinking water polluted by uranium and have long complained of ill health effects such as anemia, cataracts and cancer. But the tribe will now become one of the largest recipients of a record $5 billion settlement that the federal government reached with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. By Felicia Fonseca. UPCOMING: 700 words by 1 a.m.
BRINGING PABST HOME
MILWAUKEE — A small group of people nostalgic for Milwaukee's beer-making past wants to buy Pabst Blue Ribbon from a California executive so they can return the famous brand to its birthplace, possibly as a city-owned brewery. The effort appears to be a distant long shot, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire the 170-year-old beer best known as PBR. But Milwaukee officials like the idea enough to talk about it, and at least one fundraising expert says the plan is not beyond the realm of possibility. "When I think about Pabst being anywhere else but Milwaukee, it just doesn't make sense," says Susie Seidelman, an organizer of the "Bring Pabst Blue Ribbon Home" effort. "Milwaukee made this beer what it is. ... It's right on the can." UPCOMING: 800 words by midnight, photos, video.
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GERMANY-ECONOMY
BERLIN — Germany's Economy Ministry releases February industrial orders figures for Europe's biggest economy. UPCOMING: 130 words by 6.m.
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