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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says nearly half of the roughly 300 advisers and special operations forces expected to go to Iraq are now in Baghdad. Their mission is to assess the Iraqi forces and the fight against Sunni militants. Another four teams of special forces will arrive in days, bringing the total to almost 200. A Pentagon spokesman says the insurgency is well organized and aided by foreign fighters and Sunni sympathizers in the country.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Severe weather has caused damage in central Indiana. A tornado-producing storm damaged homes southwest of Indianapolis. And it brought down power lines and uprooted trees in the city and its suburbs. The city of Indianapolis opened an operations center to organize its response to the storm. There are no reports of injuries.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal safety officials have concluded that Asiana Flight 214's pilots caused the crash last year of their airliner carrying more than 300 people by bungling a landing approach in San Francisco. Their mistakes included inadvertently deactivating the plane's key control for airspeed. The Boeing 777 has been in service 18 years and is one of the world's most popular wide-bodied airliners.
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities say a registered sex offender ran a home child care as a front for a child porn production operation involving a Special Forces soldier and other adults. Harnett County investigators say Bailey Joe Mills has three felony convictions involving sexual activity with children and was charged in January with raping a 13-year-old girl. Authorities say there are at least 10 child victims.
CHICAGO (AP) — A new study says 3-D mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans, but whether that means saving more lives isn't known. The study involved almost half a million breast scans. The 3-D combo detected one additional cancer per 1,000 scans, compared with conventional mammograms. There were also 15 percent fewer false alarms. The study was published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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