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  WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000. That's close to Wall Street...

• 2 Marine fighter pilots rescued; SC crash probed

  

  A Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot and his weapons officer tried to make it back home after both engines on their warplane failed and a fire broke out, but they were forced to eject and ditch the aircraft in the ocean, a spokesman said Thursday.

• Miss. school prom off after lesbian's date request

  A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

• 1 killed, many homes damaged in Arkansas tornadoes

  Authorities say one person was killed in the tornadoes that struck parts of Arkansas.
  Cleburne County Sheriff Marty Moss said Thursday that one person died, but he declined to identify the victim or provide more details.

• FBI looking into NJ man linked to attack in Yemen

  The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from New Jersey who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.

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