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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden plans to meet Tuesday with government officials in Ukraine's capital Kiev. And he also plans to announce new technical support to help Ukraine's government with energy and economic reforms. Biden's visit in Ukraine comes as the U.S. says photographs show that some of the troops in the eastern part of the country are Russian special forces.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials say their earlier conclusion that the sunken ferry had made a sharp turn shortly before the disaster was incorrect, and that the vessel changed course much more gradually. Officials say data from the ferry's on-board transponder show the ship made a J-shaped turn before listing and then sinking. So far 104 people have been confirmed dead, and nearly 200 are still missing.
LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Minnesota homeowner planned to kill two teens who broke into his home, and was lying in wait in his basement. The defense says increasingly violent break-ins made 65-year-old Byron Smith afraid to live in his own home. During Smith's trial Monday, the jury heard a taped police interview in which Smith told authorities he finished off one of the teens with a shot under her chin because a .22-caliber "doesn't go through bone very well."
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Officials in Snohomish County say after the deadly mudslide in Oso one month ago, just two names remain on the list of people still missing. The medical examiner's office counted two more victims Monday, but says they have not officially been identified. The March 22 landslide northeast of Seattle tore through about three dozen homes, killing at least 41 people.
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in Pennsylvania are accusing two prep school grads of operating a drug ring, by using their sports connections and business acumen. Authorities say 25-year-old Neil Scott and 18-year-old Timothy Brooks recruited and supplied dealers with marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy and hash oil to sell to teens at five high schools in affluent Philadelphia suburbs that are part of the Main Line.
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