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PARIS (AP) — A spokesman for France's civil aviation authority now says the plane that crashed in the French Alps today with 150 people on board had never sent out a distress signal. Instead, he says air traffic controllers sent out a distress call of their own after the plane lost radio contact. Officials believe that everyone on board was killed when the plane crashed on its way from Barcelona, Spain to Duesseldorf, Germany.
PARIS (AP) — Ten helicopters and a military plane have been sent to the site in the French Alps where today's plane crash took place. A photo of the crash scene from a newspaper (La Provence) shows scattered flecks across a mountain, and several larger pieces that appear to be part of the body of the plane.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is meeting with Afghanistan's new president today at the White House -- a meeting that takes place as the U.S. military is finalizing its plans to slow down its departure from Afghanistan. The focus of today's talks is the issue of how many troops the U.S. will leave behind, and for how long. Ashraf Ghani's government has asked that the number be larger than planned, and that the time frame be longer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Video that's being seen publicly for the first time today shows Secret Service agents in their government vehicle, driving through a secured area and nudging a temporary barrier at low speed. It happened as officers and agents investigated a suspicious item that was thrown near the White House earlier this month. Two senior agents are accused of drinking before pushing the barrier with the bumper of their SUV. The surveillance video came from the Washington, D.C. police department.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana says he will retire from the Senate and won't seek re-election in 2016. Coats, who is 71, is serving his second full term in the Senate. He becomes the third senator to announce plans to retire rather than seek re-election. The others are Democrats Barbara Boxer of California and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland. Republicans would be favored to hang onto Coats' seat.
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