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BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni militants have captured two border crossings in Iraq, one leading to Jordan and the other to Syria. Controlling the border with Syria will help it supply fellow fighters in Syria with weaponry looted from Iraqi warehouses. The insurgents have also seized four towns in Iraq's Anbar province, where they took over Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in January.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The funeral for a senior officer in the Iraqi army has been hit by a pair of bombs today. Officials say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the hall where the funeral was held in western Iraq. Two minutes later, a car bomb went off as the mourners were fleeing. Eight people were killed and 13 wounded.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A wildfire that has scorched more than 22 square miles near the Arizona-New Mexico border is now 60 percent contained. Hundreds of firefighters have been spending the day scouring the steep and rugged terrain looking for hot spots. Fire officials say many areas have started to cool down, giving crews a chance to mop up along the edges of the blaze.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York senator says Americans should be able use their computers, smartphones or electronic tablets to register to vote. A bill proposed by Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) would force the 23 states that don't have a system for online voter registration to establish one. She says her bill would ease the burden of registering and save states millions of dollars by allowing voters to file their information electronically.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A California man who missed his 1942 graduation because he was locked in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans has finally fulfilled his dream. The Los Angeles Times says 89-year-old Don Miyada donned his cap and gown last week with the Class of 2014 last week at Newport Harbor High School. Miyada was 17 when he was sent to a camp in the Arizona desert after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army and became a professor at the University of California, Irvine.
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