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BOSTON (AP) — Organizers and law enforcement officials are urging Boston Marathon spectators to leave backpacks and other bags at home. They also say crowds will be limited at the finish line where two bombs exploded a year ago. Monday's 26.2-mile race is expected to attract 36,000 runners — about 10,000 more than usual for the event — and about 1 million spectators. Officials said today that heightened security will include thousands of uniform police and hundreds of plainclothes officers, with about 100 video cameras monitoring the crowds.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's attorney general is looking at whether to appeal today's decision by a federal judge, overturning a state law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. That's as early as six weeks into a pregnancy -- and before many women know they're pregnant. The judge says the law "cannot withstand a constitutional challenge."
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban say they'll continue to take part in peace talks with the government, but the ceasefire they called to facilitate the negotiations is over. A Taliban spokesman blames the government, saying it was still continuing operations against militants during the ceasefire which began March 1. Militants in Pakistan's northwest have been battling the government for years with thousands of troops and civilians dying in bombings and shootings.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former city manager of Bell, Calif., has been ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million in addition to a 12-year prison term for a corruption scheme that nearly bankrupted the small, blue-collar city. Robert Rizzo apologized during today's sentencing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, telling the judge he breached the public's confidence. Rizzo pleaded no contest to 69 counts including conspiracy, misappropriation of public funds and falsification of public records.
NEW YORK (AP) — Miley Cyrus is canceling another concert and remains hospitalized for a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. A representative for the 21-year-old says in a statement that Cyrus is canceling her performance tonight in St. Louis. Her show in Nashville on Friday is still supposed to take place as scheduled.
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