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CAIRO (AP) — There's no response from Israel yet to word from Palestinian negotiators that they've accepted an Egyptian proposal for a new 72-hour truce with Israel. A truce could clear the way for the resumption of talks on a long-term cease-fire arrangement in the Gaza Strip. Israel walked away from cease-fire talks after militants resumed their rocket fire on southern Israel.
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting is raging the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk despite a request from the pro-Russian rebels for a cease-fire. Ukrainian officials demanded that the insurgents surrender instead. A spokesman for Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council says the only way for the rebels in Donetsk to save their lives would be to "lay down their arms and give up."
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The NAACP has called for a federal investigation into the death of a black teenager who was shot by police in a St. Louis suburb. Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot Saturday afternoon near his grandmother's house by a Ferguson police officer. St. Louis County police have not given a reason for the shooting. The officer is on administrative leave.
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) — Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is expected to race today in in upstate New York, a day after he struck and killed another driver. Kevin Ward Jr. had crashed following contact with Stewart one lap earlier and got out of his car as it was stopped along the fence. Video shows Ward walking from his crashed car onto the racing surface in an apparent attempt to confront Stewart. As he gestured at Stewart's passing car, he was struck.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The level of codfish spawning in one of the most critical fisheries in the Northeast U.S. is at an all-time low. National Marine Fisheries Service scientists say the amount of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is estimated at 3 to 4 percent of its target level. That number declined from 13 to 18 percent three years ago. The federal New England Fishery Management Council is working on new management measures for the species.
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