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DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the earth where a landslide may have killed three Colorado ranchers may not be more stable until summer. In the meantime, the search for the men has been called off, but the Mesa County sheriff says it could eventually resume. The men were checking on irrigation problems caused by an initial slide Sunday when a large chunk of a bridge broke off, sending the soggy earth spilling and resulting in a mudslide 3 miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide in some spots.
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators in Orange County, California, are expected today to release the names of the four people found dead in a Mission Viejo home in a murder-suicide. Deputies found the bodies of two men and two women yesterday while responding to a 911 call from a relative.
BEIJING (AP) — China is trying to cool a dispute with Washington over cyber spying. In a commentary today, the government's Xinhua (shihn-wah) News Agency says, the issue of cyber spying "should not become a rift to undermine the two sides' cooperation on other issues of common concern." Last week, Washington announced criminal charges against five military officers for allegedly breaking into computers of major U.S. companies to steal commercial secrets.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House may soon approve a project to train and equip moderate Syrian rebel forces trying to oust President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd). Administration officials say President Barack Obama is weighing sending a limited number of American troops to Jordan to be part of a regional training mission. There's still internal discussion about the risks of such a program.
ROME (AP) — Thirty-one children from the Congo have arrived in Rome to begin a new life with their adoptive families after months of waiting. Congo had suspended all international adoptions citing fears of child trafficking. The Italian parents, whose visas had expired, eventually had to leave the Congo without the children. The Italian government had been working since late last year to allow the children to come to Italy.
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