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New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
 

Australian officials moved the search area for the lost Malaysian jetliner 680 miles to the northeast Friday following a new analysis of radar data, and planes quickly found multiple objects in the new zone.

 
Microsoft’s Office apps for iPad usher in new era

Microsoft has released an iPad version of its popular Office software suite, a breakthrough heralding a new era under a CEO who promises to focus more on the devices that people are using instead of trying to protect the company’s lucrative Windows franchise.

 
Raffled puppies heading to new homes

The puppies rescued from a January pet shop fire started going to their new homes Thursday morning. The first three winners of a raffle to find owners for the 25 canines got to meet their furry friends about 10 a.m.

 
North Las Vegas tells workers to choose: A settlement or layoffs

Cash-strapped North Las Vegas has offered its union employees an ultimatum — accept a settlement or face layoffs — but leaders of three of the city’s four unions don’t like the options at all.

 
CinemaCon Day Four: ‘X-Men,’ Shailene Woodley steal the show

The goosebumpy, epic-looking opening minutes of “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” which showed the titular mutants battling Sentinels, grabbed me by my geeky parts in way’s last night’s reveal of 35 minutes of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” just didn’t.

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Minn. teen gets $70,000 settlement over Facebook post

A school district and a girl represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota have settled a lawsuit that claimed school officials violated the student’s constitutional rights by viewing her Facebook and email accounts without permission.

 
Hammerhead shark drags kayaker for 2 hours

A hammerhead shark dragged a college student in his kayak up the Atlantic coast for a two-hour “South Florida sleigh ride” that the kayaker taped with a head-mounted camera and posted on YouTube.

 
Tornadoes touch down in Northern California

Tornadoes touched down during storms in Northern California, including one twister near Sacramento that damaged a dozen homes and left a path of debris about 300 yards long.

 
Firefighter proposes during school fire drill

An Ohio firefighter used a school fire drill as an opportunity to propose to his girlfriend, a counselor at the school.

 
Bad weather cutting Malaysia plane search short

Hints about the lost Malaysian jetliner piled up Thursday, but there was precious little chance to track them down. Bad weather cut short the hunt for possible debris fields from the aircraft as satellite data revealed hundreds more objects that might be wreckage.

 
Obama expresses admiration for Pope Francis as two meet at Vatican

A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, expressing his great admiration for the pontiff and inviting him to visit the White House.

 
Sisolak proposes giving Metro $5 million to hire police officers

The Metropolitan Police Department, under a proposal from Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak, could get a $5 million boost to its budget beyond what city and county officials have tentatively planned for the next fiscal year.

 
2 firefighters killed in Boston blaze

A fast-moving fire that sent smoke and flames pouring from the roof and windows of a brownstone killed two firefighters on Wednesday and injured at least five others.