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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's attorney general says drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being taken back to the same maximum-security prison where he escaped last July 11. Guzman used an elaborate tunnel that was dug to his shower stall. He was captured by Mexican marines early Friday in a coastal city. The attorney general says the drug boss was tracked down partly because he was making a biographical movie.
NEW YORK (AP) — Investor worries about China's economy continue to weigh on Wall Street. Industrial and technology companies such as Boeing and Apple that do a lot of business in China have also fallen sharply this week. Oil prices continue to slide. The Dow dropped 167 points despite solid job gains in December. The Dow and S&P 500 are each down about 6 percent for the week.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has dialed up its usual saber rattling. Speaking to a massive crowd in Pyongyang, a top ruling party official said the Korean Peninsula has been pushed "toward the brink of war." He cited loudspeaker broadcasts of propaganda by the South across the border. He also said Seoul and Washington have discussed the deployment of U.S. warplanes capable of delivering nuclear bombs.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is at risk of being excluded from the next Democratic presidential debate based on criteria released Friday by NBC News. It says in order to qualify for the Jan. 17 debate in Charleston, South Carolina, a candidate must reach an average of 5 percent either in recent national polls or in polls in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The odds are growing that someone will win Saturday night's $800 million Powerball jackpot. It's estimated about 65 percent of the possible number combinations will have been bought. But a lottery official says logic and statistics can be thrown out because it's a new experience. If no one matches all the numbers, the next drawing is expected to soar past $1 billion.
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