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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's ordered a review of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan that inadvertently killed two hostages, an American and an Italian who were held by al-Qaida. Obama says he takes full responsibility for the January strikes and that he regrets the deaths of hostages Warren Weinstein (WYN'-steen) of Maryland and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian aid worker. The U.S. drone strikes also killed American Adam Gadahn, who served as an al-Qaida spokesman and Ahmed Farouq, a dual U.S.-Pakistani national who was an al-Qaida operations leader in Pakistan.

BOSTON (AP) — The prosecution has wrapped up presenting its case in the penalty phase of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv). Prosecutors played the videos of the mother of 8-year-old Martin Richard crouched over the boy as he lay dying on a sidewalk and of a man who lost his leg in the bombings. Prosecutors say Tsarnaev should be executed for his crimes. The defense, which begins presenting its case next week, say Tsarnaev's life should be spared because his older brother was the mastermind of the attack.

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — One student performing at a Westfield, Indiana high school says he took a step back just moments before the stage collapsed, injuring at least 12 people. One person was critically hurt Thursday night. Authorities and witnesses say students at Westfield High School were performing the grand finale of a concert when the floor of the stage collapsed into the orchestra pit below.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of raping and kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and holding her for a decade is due in court on Friday in Orange County Superior Court for a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors say Isidro Garcia drugged and abducted the teenage daughter of his girlfriend from Santa Ana, California in 2004 and took her to a neighboring county, telling her she would be deported if she contacted authorities. Authorities say Garcia made her marry him several years later and fathered a daughter with her.

ENSENADA, Chile (AP) — Chilean officials are warning that people near the Calbuco (kal-BOO'-koh) volcano should be prepared for a third and "even more aggressive eruption." The first two eruptions happened Wednesday and Thursday, after 42 years of being dormant, and the second eruption was a more spectacular outburst than the first. Authorities evacuated a total of 4,000 people from nearby communities, and they closed access to the area around the volcano. But some people have refused to leave.

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