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Joint chiefs chairman in Afghanistan for talks

By ROBERT BURNS - Updated: 9:45 pm

A weekend visit to Afghanistan by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is aimed at assessing the type and level of additional training that U.S. troops could provide to Afghan defense forces after 2014.

EU: Nuclear talks with Iran have failed

By GEORGE JAHN - Updated: 8:59 am

Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on an approach to reducing fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, with the EU's foreign policy chief declaring that the two sides "remain far apart on substance."

Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov.

By JOHN HANNA - Updated: 11:39 pm

Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex.

AP source: US delays missile test as tensions rise

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Updated: 4:54 pm

Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a senior defense official told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Suicide bomber kills 20 at political rally in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Updated: 1:54 pm

A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday at a lunch hosted by a Sunni candidate in Iraq's upcoming regional elections, killing 20 people, officials said.

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Michigan's Mitch McGary, Michigan's Tim Hardaway Jr. and Michigan's Trey Burke, from left, react to play against Syracuse during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta.
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Brooklyn Nets' Andray Blatche (0) scores a goal past Charlotte Bobcats' Josh McRoberts (11) and Tyrus Thomas during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, April 6, 2013, in New York.
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Brooklyn Nets' Deron Williams (8) scores during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Bobcats, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in New York.
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Brooklyn Nets' MarShon Brooks (9) goes up past Charlotte Bobcats' Reggie Williams (55) and Josh McRoberts during the first half of an NBA basketball game onSaturday, April 6, 2013, in New York.
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Brooklyn Nets' Brook Lopez, front right, scores a basket past Charlotte Bobcats' Josh McRoberts, front left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Saturday, April 6, 2013, in New York.

National News

Firefighter dies battling Philadelphia blaze

The Associated Press - Published: 7:24 pm

Officials say a Philadelphia firefighter has died after part of a roof collapsed during a blaze he was battling.

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World News

Deadly day in Afghanistan: 5 Americans killed in Taliban suicide blast; separate attack killed 6th, NATO says

By Jay Price and Rezwan Natiq - Updated: 5:29 pm

Five Americans were killed when a bomb targeted a convoy in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in the deadliest single combat incident for U.S. citizens this year.