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WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — Experts with the National Weather Service are heading to western North Dakota to assess the strength of a tornado that injured nine people and destroyed trailers at a workers' camp. A 15-year-old girl was critically injured when the twister struck Monday evening just south of Watford City. More thunderstorms are moving through the area, but meteorologists say the threat of more tornadoes today is small.
MOSCOW (AP) — Pro-Russia rebels say up to 100 of their fighters could be dead following their battle yesterday with government fighters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The rebels tried to take over the local airport when government forces fought back with combat jets and helicopter gunships. The mayor of Donetsk went on TV today to tell residents to stay home. He said 40 people were killed, including two civilians.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories for long-lasting manufactured goods rose again last month. The Commerce Department says orders for durable goods rose 0.8 percent after a 3.6 percent gain in March and a 2.6 percent rise in February. The April strength came from a big jump in demand for defense goods including airplanes. Excluding defense, orders would have fallen 0.8 percent in April.
NEW YORK (AP) — The owners of the World Trade Center's signature skyscraper are slashing office rents nearly 10 percent because they can't find enough tenants. Developer Douglas Durst tells the Wall Street Journal that rents for larger tenants on the building's middle floors have been reduced from $75 a square foot to $69 a square foot. Major tenants in the building include magazine publisher Conde Nast and the government's General Services Administration. The skyscraper, the nation's tallest building, is scheduled to open later this year.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A judge in Iran has summoned Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by people who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy. The semiofficial news agency ISNA reports that the judge has ordered both apps blocked. Facebook is already banned in the country, along with other social websites like Twitter and YouTube.
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