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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this evening is expected to be brimming with optimism. Over the past year, Obama has reached a nuclear deal with Iran, re-launched diplomatic relations with Cuba, secured a global climate pact and an Asia-Pacific trade deal, and negotiated a budget deal with the Republican-led Congress. But the country is less optimistic. Last month's NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll said 7 in 10 Americans see the U.S. heading in the wrong direction.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's president says a Syria-linked suicide bomber is believed to have been behind today's deadly attack in Istanbul. The explosion in the popular tourist area killed 10 people and wounded 15 others.
BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch says residency laws in Lebanon are putting Syrian refugees in danger. The regulations, adopted a year ago, have forced refugees to either return to Syria or to stay in Lebanon illegally, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. The rights group published a report today that says of the 40 refugees interviewed only two have been able to renew their Lebanese residencies since January 2015.
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's mayor plans today to tour some of the city's public schools where teachers have called sick-outs. The district teachers union says some of the schools have mold and are infested with rodents. The union is not part of the sick-out, which teachers have undertaken to protest their pay and call for smaller class sizes, among other things.
PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple is having a tough time selling a house used in the 1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs." In the movie, the three-story Victorian in Layton was the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill. It was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year. But owner Scott Lloyd tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the publicity has attracted curiosity seekers, not serious buyers. Lloyd and his wife have dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000.
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