- Staff to be removed during probe at LA school
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AP - The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night.
- Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'
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AP - Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.
- US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
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AP - The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.
- New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel
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AP - Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for sanctions to work.